Before the Music Dies (2006)
1h 35m
Running Time
November 2, 2006Release Date
Before the Music Dies (2006)
1h 35m
Running Time
November 2, 2006Release Date

Plot.
B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey are what makes B4MD both riveting and exciting.
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Cast & Crew.

Elvis Costello
Self - Musician

Les Paul
Self - Musician

Erykah Badu
Self - Musician

Bonnie Raitt
Self - Musician

Branford Marsalis
Self - Musician

Eric Clapton
Self - Musician

Dave Matthews
Self - Musician

Questlove
Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)

Edna Gundersen
Self - Senior Music Critic, USA Today

Forest Whitaker
Self - Narrator (voice)

Alan Light
Self - Writer, Rolling Stone

Touré
Self - Pop Culture Correspondent, CNN

Andrew Shapter
Director

Nancy Giles
Self - CBS Sunday Morning, Former New York DJ

Andrew Shapter
Director

Carl Thiel
Composer

Michael Courtney
Editor

Sjon Ueckert
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
Before the Music Dies (B4MD) is a 2006 U.S. documentary film that criticizes the American music industry and the increasing commercialization of the art of music over the past thirty years. The film features interviews and performances from such musicians and groups as Doyle Bramhall II, Erykah Badu, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Branford Marsalis, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt and My Morning Jacket. It was directed by Andrew Shapter, produced by Joel Rasmussen, and co-written by Shapter and Rasmussen. The film premiered on March 12, 2006, at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas.
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