Rick Wakeman Filmography

Occupation:
Actor, Composer (Music Score), Songwriter
  • Rick Wakeman's Grumpy Old Picture Show

    Actors: Rick Wakeman

    Synopsis: This movie captures Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman delivering a monologue about his life and career, often spiked with mordant humor. The program is augmented by music and archival photographs. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

    2008
  • 2008
  • Rick Wakeman: Amazing Grace - Arranged and Performed

    Actors: Rick Wakeman

    Synopsis: Acclaimed keyboardist Rick Wakeman sits down at the piano to perform numerous variations on familiar hymns as computer animated graphics provide emotive imagery designed to truly draw the viewer in to the music. Designed to appeal to the viewer's inner sense of spirituality regardless of their Read More

    2007
  • Moog

    Synopsis: Born in 1934, Robert Moog grew up in New York City, where he developed a passion for playing the piano around the same time he started tinkering with electronic equipment, an interest he picked up from his father. In 1949, Moog had learned how to build and play theremins, one of the world's first Read More

    9/24/04
  • Yes: Live at Montreux 2003

    Synopsis: For five decades Yes has been delivering some of the most complex and challenging music on the charts, and with this release of a concert captured at the Montreux Festival in 2003 fans can experience the majesty of a live performance by the band anytime they wish. For years fans have whispered Read More

    2003
  • Yes: YesSpeak - 35th Anniversary

    Actors: Yes

    Synopsis: Prog rock godfathers Yes celebrates its 35th anniversary on the two-disc set Yesspeak. Narrated by Roger Daltrey, the three-hour documentary contains interviews, conversations, and live concert performances. Also Included are individual spotlights on each member of the 2004 lineup: Chris Squire, Jon Anderson Read More

    2003
  • Roger Dean: Views

    Synopsis: This video biography takes a look at the career of artist Roger Dean, best known as the designer of album covers for the prog-rock legends Yes. Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman compiled interviews with hose who worked with Dean in order to present a complete perspective on the artist. ~ Perry Seibert Read More

    2002
  • Rick Wakeman and The New English Rock Ensemble: Out There

    Actors: Rick Wakeman

    Synopsis: Progressive rock legend Rick Wakeman and his band bring his 2003 concept album {^Out There} to the stage in this concert film. Featuring a high-tech computer-generated light show, Rick Wakeman & the New English Rock Ensemble: Out There delivers a blend of sound and images that recalls Wakeman's Read More

    2002
  • Yes: Keys to Ascension

    Synopsis: This concert film captures the classic line-up of the prog-rock band Yes performing together again in 1996. The band presents a dozen songs including "I've Seen All Good People," &Close to the Edge," "Roundabout," and "Turn of the Century." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

    1996
  • Bullet to Beijing

    Crew: Songwriter

    Actors: Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Mia Sara, Michael Sarrazin, Michael Gambon

    Synopsis: Working-class espionage-agent Harry Palmer returns in this spy thriller. The story begins in London after a murder occurs during a demonstration at the North Korean embassy. Palmer, who was supposed to ensure nothing happened, fears repercussions from his higher-ups. They tell him that since the Read More

    1995
  • Rick Wakeman: The Classical Connection

    Synopsis: Rick Wakeman is recognized as one of the foremost prog-rock keyboardists is the history of the musical form. This documentary captures a Wakeman performance in which he reworks some of his most well known pieces into a more classical vein. Featuring new versions of "Merlin the Magician," "After Read More

    1991
  • 1990
  • Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe: In The Big Dream

    Synopsis: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe: In The Big Dream collects a number of music videos by the prog-rock band that comprise 80% of the most well-known line-up of Yes. This release includes the promotional clips for "Brother of Mine," "Order of the Universe," and "Quartet." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Read More

    1990
  • Creepshow 2

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Actors: Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini, Domenick John

    Synopsis: This less-satisfying sequel to the 1982 George A. Romero/Stephen King anthology presents a new trio of King stories, framed in a similar EC Comics-style format -- this time featuring some rather lackluster animated segments involving horror-host "The Creep," who introduces each chapter with Read More

    5/1/87
  • Day After the Fair

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Actors: Sammi Davis, Hannah Gordon

    Synopsis: Day After the Fair is a two-part TV adaptation of Thomas Hardy's On the Western Circuit. The unhappy wife (Hannah Gordon) of a brewery owner takes pity on a lonely, pregnant serving girl (Sammi Davis). The illiterate servant prevails upon her protector to write a letter to the London man (Martyn Read More

    1987
  • Playing for Keeps

    Crew: Songwriter

    Actors: Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn, Leon Grant, Mary Ward, Marisa Tomei

    Synopsis: In this comedy drama, three exuberant high-school graduates finally find a direction in life when they decide to fix-up a ramshackle Catskill resort and turn it into a little slice of rock & roll heaven for teens. They work hard to make the repairs and pay the over $8,000 in back taxes. When Read More

    10/3/86
  • Yes: 9012 Live

    Actors: Yes

    Synopsis: In 1985, British progressive rock legends Yes were making a major comeback following the success of their album {^90125}, and this concert film captured the band on-stage at the height of their powers, playing hits from that album as well as classics from their back catalog. Yes: 9012 Live Read More

    1985
  • She

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Actors: Sandahl Bergman, David Goss, Quin Kessler, Harrison Muller, Elena Wiedermann

    Synopsis: This undistinguished sci-fi fantasy is set in a post-holocaust world where "She" (Sandahl Bergman) rules over one of several different tribes with weird and supernatural abilities. Some tribesmen are like lizards, they can grow back a limb after it is cut off -- or just a whole other clone of Read More

    1984
  • Crimes of Passion

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Actors: Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin, Annie Potts, Bruce Davison

    Synopsis: Joanna Crane (Kathleen Turner) is a cold, workaholic sportswear designer, divorced and dedicated only to her job. Once strapped into that role, Joanna looks for an "out" and finds it by donning a wig and hitting the pavement as a $50/trick hooker named China Blue. Explicit scenes show her at work Read More

    1984
  • B.C. Rock

    Synopsis: In this animated frolic a club-toting cave man studies self-defense and then encounters a bevy of lady jungle dwellers. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

    1984
  • G'Ole!

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Synopsis: This is a 100-minute soccer film of World Cup teams playing at different locations on the Iberian peninsula in 1982, ending with the play-off matches. The games are interspersed with interviews of sports notables. Sean Connery narrates. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide Read More

    1983
  • The Burning

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Actors: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua, Jason Alexander

    Synopsis: Apart from early appearances by Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter, an interesting score by Rick Wakeman, and some typically effective work by effects icon Tom Savini, this slasher film is also among the more frightening of its kind. The plot concerns a summer-camp caretaker named Cropsy (Lou DavidRead More

    1981
  • The Word

    Synopsis: Word is about the newly discovered text that is allegedly written by the younger brother of Jesus Christ. It the document is genuine, it would throw the world's theological community into chaos. David Janssen plays an archaeologist who travels to Italy to verify the document's origins. ~ Stephen Read More

    1978
  • White Rock

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Actors: James Coburn

    Synopsis: This documentary, narrated by James Coburn, covers the 1976 Innsbruck Austria Winter Olympics. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

    1977
  • Lisztomania

    Crew: Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision

    Actors: Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Fiona Lewis, Veronica Quilligan

    Synopsis: This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt ranks among director Ken Russell's most outrageous efforts. Roger Daltrey, lead singer for The Who, is awkward yet likeable as the flamboyant piano performer with a bevy of fetching mistresses and groupies, while Paul Nicholas Read More

    1975
  • Yes: YesSongs

    Actors: Jon Anderson

    Synopsis: Yes were at the peak of their power and popularity when this concert film was shot during a stand at London's Rainbow Theatre in 1972. The lineup for this tour included Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Jon Anderson and Alan White. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

    1973
  • X, Y and Zee

    Crew: Songwriter

    Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton, John Standing

    Synopsis: More commonly known as Zee & Co., this cautionary tale of extramarital discretions finds a threatened and desperate wife lashing out in order to salvage a faltering marriage. An upper-crust couple living the high-life in post-'60s London, Zee (Elizabeth Taylor) and Robert (Michael Caine) Blakely's Read More

    1972
  • The Phantom of the Opera

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Actors: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland

    Synopsis: Lon Chaney stars as Erik, the Phantom, in what is probably his most famous and certainly his most horrifying role. Produced by Universal, the film shot in 1923 and shelved for nearly two years, and was subjected to intensive studio tinkering. While many expected a disaster, the film turned out to Read More

    9/8/25
  • Rick Wakeman: The Other Side of Rick Wakeman

    Actors: Rick Wakeman

    Synopsis: Rick Wakeman: The Other Side of Rick Wakeman features the revered keyboardist offering humorous stories about various aspects of his life. These stories are augmented be a handful of music performances that borrow from many different phases of Wakeman's lengthy career. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Read More

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