---
title: 'Music of the Heart (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wes Craven'
released: '1999-09-14'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/music-of-the-heart-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166943/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Music of the Heart (1999)

1999 · 124 min · Drama, History, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Music of the Heart is a 1999 American biographical musical drama film directed by Wes Craven and written by Pamela Gray, based on the 1995 documentary Small Wonders. A dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari, portrayed by Meryl Streep, who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and fought for music education funding in New York City public schools, the film also stars Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan in her film debut, Jane Leeves, Kieran Culkin and Jay O. Sanders. It was Craven's sole mainstream cinematic film not in the horror or thriller genre, and also his only film to receive Oscar nominations.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wes Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-craven)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mason Daring](https://cinepixo.com/people/mason-daring)
- **Producer:** [Allan Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-miller), [Marianne Maddalena](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-maddalena)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Deming](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-deming)
- **Editor:** [Patrick Lussier](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-lussier)

## Cast

- [Kieran Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kieran-culkin)
- [Jane Leeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-leeves)
- [Jean-Luke Figueroa](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luke-figueroa)
- [Gloria Estefan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-estefan)
- [Jade Yorker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jade-yorker)
- [Isaac Stern](https://cinepixo.com/people/isaac-stern)
- [Olga Merediz](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-merediz)
- [Itzhak Perlman](https://cinepixo.com/people/itzhak-perlman)
- [Charlie Hofheimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-hofheimer)
- [Michael Angarano](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-angarano)
- [Aidan Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/aidan-quinn)
- [Cloris Leachman](https://cinepixo.com/people/cloris-leachman)
- [Josh Pais](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-pais)
- [Jay O. Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-o-sanders)
- [Joshua Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/joshua-bell)

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