George Martin
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Biography: Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician. He was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle", including by Paul McCartney, in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles' original albums. Martin produced 30 number-one hit singles in the United Kingdom and 23 number-one hits in the United States.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Highbury, London, England, UK
Birthday: January 03, 1926
Deathday: March 08, 2016
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Gender: Male
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
Overview: This incredible documentary features in-depth contributions from wives Yoko Ono and Cynthia Lennon, son Julian Lennon and many previously unseen interviews with John himself. Through rare footage, we learn of his rise to fame with the Beatles, his divorce from Cynthia, his first meeting with Yoko, split-up of the band, and his decision to become a solo artist and advocate for world peace.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-19
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Under the Volcano
Overview: The story of George Martin’s AIR Studios Montserrat and the island that changed music forever.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-20
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Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond
Overview: TV documentary exploring the musical world of James Bond through interviews with key figures and discussion of work of David Arnold.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-28
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Overview: A 1965 British television special honouring the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was produced by Granada Television and aired on that network on 16 December 1965 before receiving a national broadcast the following evening. The programme mainly consisted of other artists miming to their recordings of the songs. The Beatles performed Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, and Peter Sellers delivered a comedic interpretation of A Hard Day's Night, in the style of stage actor Laurence Olivier's portrayal of Richard III.
Genres: Family Comedy Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-16
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Overview: In 2002, a 60-year old McCartney refocused the attention on his musicianship, staging a massive live concert in Cleveland, Ohio. The superstar, who went on to form the popular rock group Wings and had several hit records as a solo artist, performs a track list that covers all three phases of his long and prolific career, including the hits "Eleanor Rigby," "Live And Let Die," "Blackbird," "The Long And Winding Road," and "Mother Nature's Son." In addition to the 30 tunes that McCartney enthusiastically performs, seemingly immune to the ravages of time and aging, BACK IN THE U.S.A LIVE also includes candid behind-the-scenes footage of the rocker backstage and on the road.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-26
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The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Overview: This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us their memories of the sessions. The Making Of Sgt. Pepper was transmitted in the UK on ITV on 14th June 1992 and featured separate interviews with Paul (filmed on 9th April 1992), George (12th April) and Ringo (19th April). The show also features George Martin playing some unreleased Sgt. Pepper's recordings directly off the original studio 4-track master tapes.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-14
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Give My Regards to Broad Street
Overview: When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath.
Genres: Drama Music Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-28
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Overview: The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-06
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
Overview: Included in the set is a DVD called The Mini Documentaries compiling all the short documentaries released on the individual albums in QuickTime format. This DVD features narration from all four Beatles as well as George Martin as the opening on each of the individual albums. Each documentary contains rare footage and previously unheard dialogue. There are sound excerpts from various songs, accompanied by still photos, clips of television appearances, footage from inside recording sessions, film footage from their final photo session, and material from the five Beatles films A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be. The DVD has a red Apple label (similar to that on the original US Let It Be LP). This DVD is exclusive to the Stereo set, and is not included in the Mono version.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-09
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
Overview: On the 30th of January, 1969, the Beatles performed an unannounced concert from the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters at Savile Row, within central London's office and fashion district. Experience the final and unforgettable iconic performance of The Beatles in a special 60-minute presentation, digitally remastered into the image and sound quality of IMAX DMR technology.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-30
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The Beatles on Record
Overview: A collection of interviews and footage of the band detailing how their sound progressed and how their albums were made.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-06
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All Together Now
Overview: George Harrison's friendship with Cirque founder Guy Laliberté led them to an inspired idea: bring together the 20th Century's most popular music with the world's greatest circus performers. Though George Harrison passed away before development began, band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr; along with Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison; pushed the vision forward. Using archival materials, interviews, and footage of the rehearsals and performances that chart the creative process, All Together Now charts the story of this bold collaboration and the resulting live show. This GRAMMY® Award-winning film takes you from the studio, as musical directors George and Giles Martin reshaped The Beatles' original masters into an original, vibrant soundscape, to the historic opening night in Las Vegas.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-20
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Overview: An unflinching and deeply personal journey into the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton told through his own words and songs.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-30
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Produced By George Martin
Overview: A profile of Sir George Martin, Britain's most celebrated record producer, from his early days at EMI/Parlophone to his work with The Beatles.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-11
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Our World
Overview: Various international presentions are featured through satellite uplink.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-25
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The Beatles Revolution
Overview: A primetime special celebrating The Beatles and exploring the lasting impact on pop music of Beatles innovations like stadium concerts, music videos, and the idea of rock album as art form. The filmmakers were provided rare, previously unseen footage from the Apple archives, and afforded complete access to their recorded music and film library.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-17
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Overview: The story of The Beatles' last song featuring exclusive footage and commentary.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-13
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Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
Overview: Kylie and The Bee Gees are compared to see who had the better music, comebacks, dancing, legacy and more.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-26
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The Brian Epstein Story
Overview: Documentary on the life of Brian Epstein, the man who brought The Beatles to fame. A Documentary examining the turbulent life and career of Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Gay when homosexuality was illegal, a gambler, shopkeeper and failed actor, he was also pop king with a Midas touch who, in the 60s, was as well known as the band he managed. Broadcast in two episodes on the BBC Series Arena
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-25
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The Beatles and the BBC
Overview: The relationship between The Beatles and the BBC has always been a special and fascinating one. This special looks back at some key moments that saw the BBC document the band’s journey as they went from Merseybeat heroes with mop-tops and MBEs to seeing out the sixties as long-haired heroes of the counter-culture.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-04
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The Sound of 007
Overview: Pull back the curtain on the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, from Sean Connery’s Dr No through to Daniel Craig’s final outing in No Time to Die.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-04
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Overview: The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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If These Walls Could Sing
Overview: The untold story of the Abbey Road studio, all-star interviews and intimate access to the premises.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-03
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Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
Overview: This film tells (using modern day interviews and archival footage and sound tapes) the story of how in 1967, while his band The Beach Boys triumphantly toured abroad, Brian Wilson was trying to push the boundaries of conventional pop music with a new follow-up to the Beach Boys' cutting-edge mega-hit, Pet Sounds. The new album was to be called "SMiLE". SMiLE pushed the envelope both musically and lyrically, and was supposed to out-do the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper record. But Brian wasn't able to sell the project to his band-mates when they returned. The project was shelved and Wilson's well-documented decline into depression, drug abuse, recluseness, and obesity had begun. Thirty-odd years later, Wilson announced that in 2004, SMiLE would be performed live in its entirety in London. This film tells the story of a damaged but healing artist bringing his greatest work to light.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-05
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How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
Overview: In August 1962, director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film in Liverpool's Cavern Club with a raw and unrecorded group of rockers called the Beatles. He arranged their first live TV appearances on a local show in Manchester and watched as the Fab Four phenomenon swept the world. Twenty-five years later while making films in Russia, Woodhead became aware of how, even though they were never able to play in the Soviet Union, the Beatles' legend had soaked into the lives of a generation of kids. This film meets the Soviet Beatles generation and hears their stories about how the Fab Four changed their lives, including Putin's deputy premier Sergei Ivanov, who explains how the Beatles helped him learn English and showed him another life. (Storyville)
Genres: History Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-06
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George Martin: In My Life
Overview: Documentary following George Martin and the making of his final album: "In My Life".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-12
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The Abbey Road Story
Overview: Television documentary about the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, England.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-04
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The Compleat Beatles
Overview: Now, for the first time, you can re-live the Beatles legends with this stunning 2-hour musical “Rockumentary”. It’s all there from the wild exuberance of the early Cavern Club days through eight incredible years, to the grim finality of “Let It Be”. See John, Paul, George and Ringo in performance, on tour, in films, recording with George Martin and in rare footage never before seen. Narrated by Malcom McDowell.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Overview: Featuring interviews with former employees, fellow musicians, family members and journalists, and supported by original and exclusive never-seen-before footage, this star-studded rockumentary offers a fascinating insight into the creation and recording of one of the most ground-breaking and influential albums in pop history.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-26
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Overview: This is a "Fly on the Wall" look at The Beatles' recording sessions from productive days at Apple Studios January 23 to 29, 1969. Most of this footage did not make the final cut for the film, Let It Be. We see the Beatles chat, joke, tune, rehearse and try some serious attempts at recording. Over 75% of this footage has not been seen in this form, meaning inferior copies of some of this footage has circulated, but contained few moments of audio that matched the film.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Let It Be
Overview: A documentary chronicling the Beatles' rehearsal sessions in January 1969 for their proposed "back to basics" album, "Get Back," later re-envisioned and released as "Let It Be."
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-13
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
Overview: George Harrison was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who initially achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles, but went on to sell millions of critically acclaimed solo records. Harrison was referred to as the quiet one of the Beatles, often in the shadow of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. However, he later acquired the respect of critics world wide and is now considered to be on the same level - if not surpassing - Lennon and McCartney as a song writer, a result of creating songs such as ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. Rolling Stone magazine even ranked him number 11 on their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," and he is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-20
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Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
Overview: Documenting the recording process for Paul's 1997 album Flaming Pie, In The World Tonight is a fascinating insight into how a studio album is constructed, following Paul around his home studio and Abbey Road as he creates what would go on to be his first studio album in four years. In many ways there are two Paul McCartneys, the legend and the man. In The World Tonight reveals the man behind the public face, intimately capturing him at work, at ease and as candid as ever.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-02
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Overview: The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame, that in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil, led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-15
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Imagine: John Lennon
Overview: The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-30
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Overview: The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One tells the stories behind some of the greatest Beatles songs ever. With interviews from Beatles’ insiders including musicians, friends, fellow performers and celebrity fans, we’ll hear about the stories behind the Fab Four’s best-loved hits
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-11
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Understanding McCartney
Overview: 5-episode Documentary series about the fascinating musical career of Paul McCartney
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-18
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No Hamburg No Beatles
Overview: “We were born in Liverpool but grew up in Hamburg” John Lennon. This feature documentary seeks to find the truth in those words. The long and winding road that the Beatles took to worldwide fame passed through Hamburg, Germany in the early 1960s. Only a couple of years before they became household names, the former “Quarrymen” were cutting their musical teeth on nightclub stages in Hamburg. In the 15 years after the end of WW2 Hamburg had become the vice capital of Europe. Its neon lit streets were home to sailors, prostitutes, drug dealers, gangs and low life. The group was still developing. At the time of their first Hamburg adventure, George Harrison, was only 17 years old. They were all still very young men, and their group was virtually unknown. By the time of their last German visit in 1966, the Beatles were a worldwide phenomenon.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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