Great films where music is a central theme.


I'm a film lover for as long as I can remember. There's nothing like a film that combines my passion for music and film. I'm going to leave out concert films from this, as there are plenty of threads on that. Lets stick to other films - dramas or documentaries - that use music as a central theme, or have it as a key element in the narrative. Here are a few of my own favorites to get the ball rolling.

As it is in Heaven
The Bands Visit
Schultze Gets the Blues
Troubled Water (the Erik Poppe film)
Sweet and Lowdown
Bird
'Round Midnight
I'm Not Here

Documentaries:

Throw Down Your Heart
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Lets Get Close (Bruce Weber)
Buena Vista Social Club
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

So it's really could be split into two threads; Narative films and Documentaries. But lets try leaving it open to both, just no concert films. What are some of your favorites?
jax2
From the above posts it seems there aren't many true film music lovers here. So, maybe that's why no one mentioned something as obvious, profound, and influential as Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's "PSYCHO"
No one mentioned the score for Psycho because it does not fit the criteria I've set forth and repeated ad nauseum for the thread. This is not a thread about scores or soundtracks. There is absolutely NOTHING in the plot or story of Psycho that relates to music. Zero. Zilch. Nada. This parrot is bleeding deeemised! Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Nor do Lost in Translation nor Amelie have music as part of their stories that I recall. Nor does Mike's Murder. You all need to retake the class or come after school for a makeup session. Does anyone actually read the thread before posting? There's going to be a surprise quiz at some point here.
Hey Duke

you blew it man and are risking the rath of the OP, read carefully, NOT soundtracks BUT where music is a central theme. In Psycho the music is effect, not the central theme. I hear you concerning Bernard Herrmann though, among a small handful of the greatest composers ever for film. My favorite, "Taxi Driver", now I'm risking the rath for going off on a tangent as well!