sepheritoh
Great theme. Crossroads & school of rock is amongst my favourites too. I suppose musicals like Tommy does not count? I think you missed Rock star somewhere in your list. Does Prince's Purple Rain count?
Although it is not about guitar, Steven King's The stand (OST by W. G. Snuffy Walden) features the old lady playing guitar - or at least trying to act like she's playing it. Great soundtrack by the way.
I can list a few soundtracks that features guitar in the music, but not onscreen as well: Rush by Eric Clapton, Local Hero by Mark Knofler.
Renesongs
Yeah Come to think of it I wonder how movies like, Tommy, Rainbow Bridge, The Song Remains The Same, fit into this picture, or Pop Festival movies like Woodstock, Isle of White, Pop Corn (Brilliant piece of 60's memorabilia). How about movies that just feature great rock music like Eezy Rider or weird stuff like "Duelling Banjos" from Deliverance? ?
AlanRatcliffe
I think let's keep it to movies with a largely music-based, but story-driven plot rather than live concerts - that keeps it manageable. Otherwise there's a thousand music concert DVDs that would have to be added.
So Purple Rain would qualify (even though the movie itself was cringeworthy). Prince may be able to play 27 different instruments, but he sho' can't act.
The Three Amigos - Pretty funny Steve Martin film with three guitarists who are mistaken for Lone Ranger types, recruited to save a mexican village from the bad guys.
Black Snake Moan - Former blues guitarist (Samuel L. Jackson) nurses the badly beaten town nymphomaniac (Christina Ricci) back to health and typically cures his own demons alongside hers and gets back to playing.
I've always liked the fact that Depp originally was a struggling rock guitarist, acting just to pay the bills while he tried to get his music career off the ground. "Life's what happens while you're busy making plans" - John Lennon
Speaking of which, the movie Mr Holland's Opus was good too.
Across the Universe was a really good film, but more of a musical than having music as a theme.
Riaan
...and let's not forget Pink Floyd's The Wall!
AlanRatcliffe
Riaan wrote:
...and let's not forget Pink Floyd's The Wall!
Whoops! How did I forget that? Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow Riaan.
Riaan
...and I Walk The Line, the story of Johnny Cash. I actually have a Johnny Cash CD...it's behind the hinge of the door of my CD rack next to my Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra, where my younger friends won't see it first thing... ?
AlanRatcliffe
Riaan wrote:
...and I Walk The Line, the story of Johnny Cash.
I had that listed under "Honourable Mentions". No Noddy badge for you. ?
I actually have a Johnny Cash CD...
So do I...
Bitter Tears, the one with all the Native American (First people... indigenous tribes... dammit... the Injuns) songs on. My mother was a big fan and some rubbed off (as it did with Django, Atkins, Bach and Tchaikovsky).
Riaan
Oops... I missed that :-[! Same here, still listen to a lot of the stuff my parents listen to. Only now beginning to appreciate it!
Wessel
Immortally Beloved - The story of beethoven's life (love).The scene where he plays moonlight sonata while he is going deaf.And the scene where he floats on a river in the moonlight as child running away from his father .My favorite scenes are when everybody thinks he is going mad by stil composing after he became totally deaf , and then he composes his 9th Symphony is also kinda funny.
arjunmenon
Check out Bill & Ted's bogus journey and the other one as well for some cool guitar sounds and a cameo by Les Claypool. Pretty wicked!!
Cheers
MiKeZilLA
The Buddy Holly Story was awesome as was Sweet dreams (the life of patsy Kline) and The Doors
Garth-S
Alan already metioned it, but August Rush is an awesome movie with some insane guitar playing. You have to see it ?
Reef
'I'm Not There' is a surreal trip of a movie. Six actors play characters based on Bob Dylan during different stages of his life. It's exactly the sort of film you'd expect Dylan to have written, produced and directed himself so kudos to director, Todd Haynes.
AlanRatcliffe
Six actors play characters based on Bob Dylan during different stages of his life.
...and one of them is
Cate Blanchett - who absolutely
nails every aspect of early Dylan's character, movement, speech, everything. Amazing performance.
FatBoy
OMG is I'm not there out yet? I thought they are still working on it!! Alan did you import it or is it out in video stores? I HAVE to see this!
Reef
Spot on Alan. Cate Blanchett really nails it!
Fritz Brand wrote:
OMG is I'm not there out yet?
I saw it on the big screen but it's dropped off circuit since. I'm not sure if that means you'll find it at the local video store though. So far I haven't found it for sale anywhere.
SimoneMeyer
You guys know that Gibson Acoustic that Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays with in August Rush?
I want that guitar! With the pretty little stars on the frets! Lol ^_^
Reef
You and me both *wiping a tear from my eye* ... SJ-200
AlanRatcliffe
It was a Gibson Everly Brothers, probably early 1960s. Based on a J-200, but with star inlays, tortoiseshell pickguard and it came standard in black, which was quite unusual at the time.
Reef
I definitely prefer the SJ. Aaah for a spare R30000
