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Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music is an eight-part documentary series exploring the art of sound recording and music production, charting a century's worth of innovation and experimentation in the creation of recorded music. The final project of Sir George Martin, legendary producer of the Beatles, the series chronicles the influence and evolution of recorded music on the 20th century, and its lasting impact on how we create and relate to music. The series combines rare archival footage from celebrated recording studios and features an extensive, wide-ranging soundtrack illuminating the stories of many artists, producers, and audio engineering innovators.
Original Release
03/14/2016 on PBS
US Release
03/14/2016
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Dermot Mulroney | Narrator |
Todd Boyd | Self |
Questlove | Self |
Don Was | Self |
Jeff Beck | Self |
Jason King | Self |
Roger Waters | Self |
Oliver Wang | Self |
Darryl McDaniels | Self |
Jody Rosen | Self |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Art of Recording | Monday, 14 November 2016 |
2 | Painting with Sound | Tuesday, 15 November 2016 |
3 | The Human Instrument | Wednesday, 16 November 2016 |
4 | Going Electric | Thursday, 17 November 2016 |
5 | Four on the Floor | Friday, 18 November 2016 |
6 | The World Is Yours | Monday, 21 November 2016 |
7 | Sound and Vision | Tuesday, 22 November 2016 |
8 | I Am My Music | Wednesday, 23 November 2016 |
Directors
Maro Chermayeff, James Manera, Jeffrey Dupre
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dermot Mulroney | Narrator |
Todd Boyd | Self |
Questlove | Self |
Don Was | Self |
Jeff Beck | Self |
Jason King | Self |
Roger Waters | Self |
Oliver Wang | Self |
Darryl McDaniels | Self |
Jody Rosen | Self |
Annie Lennox | Self |
Adam Horovitz | Self |
George Martin | Self |
Chuck Granata | Self |
Roger Daltrey | Self |
Greg Milner | Self |
St. Vincent | Self |
Fredara Hadley | Self |
Jimmy Jam | Self |
Elton John | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Colleen Goodhue | Producer |
Eugen Bräunig | Producer |
Eddie Kuspiel | Producer |
Wyatt Stone | Producer |
Eric J. Schwartz | Producer |
Daniel Gilbert | Producer |
James Manera | Producer |
Glenn Rudolph | Producer |
Julia Marchesi | Producer |
Julie Schapiro Thorman | Producer |
Editors
Alexandre Landreau, Nancy Novack, E. Donna Shepherd, Howard Sharp, Sam Pollard, Jay Keuper