Philip Glass
 

Anyone who listens to this great composer?

No I think he's pretty boring.

no he isn't..
listen to The Hours OST

It looks to me as if he didn't do the original score for that movie, Micheal Reisman did, and what a film to pick too, I loathe Virginia Woolf.

All I know of him is that Triumph called him an "atonal ass" in "I keed"

no man he's the one who did the full film score
you can check at imdb.com ;)

ok well i use iTunes and their saying something else.

Yes...you are correct...a friend of mine did a film music project on The Hours and Philip Glass. he did in fact do the music to it...he recycled some old material of his...Satyagraha (an opera I believe) and also Metamorphosis...I thought parts of it sounded like this piece on his Glassworks album called "Island" though. Philip Glass does a lot of film work...cool stuff..check out the Qatsi trilogy (hopefully i spelled it right)...oddly...he did not enjoy writing for film! Sad...he's very good at it!


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Philip Glass's music is absolutely integral to the QATSI trilogy of documentarys that compromise slow motion and time lapse photography. Predominantly shot by Ron Fricke. They are dialogue free and driven by some of the most incredible images and an equally apposite score. Music is art and so is film. They are so intrinsically linked here.

^ I'm going to rent the first in that series right now.

Koyaanisqatsi is the first in the series. Not to everyone's tastes, but members with a passing interest in art should check these out. Let me know what you think.

Giving this thread a righteous bump, as he is fantastic to listen to.

Anybody really into Philip Glass? Besides Koyaanisqatsi and his other movie works, which of his non-movie works are worth getting into.

Glassworks and Einstein on the Beach are my non-Koyaanisqatsi favorites of his. The soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi easily stands by itself as a great album and is one of my favorite albums of all time.

Well, he did the score for most (if not all) of Errol Morris' films, so I'm cool with him.

I actually have the "Low" Symphony, but have yet to give it a serious listen. I really should get on that.

Did Glass compose the music to that? It's great!

Yes, it's probably his most famous work, especially movie score wise.

I loved that movie. I had a teacher back in high school tell me about it and warned that it was "slow" and "only for those who truely value art." I personally loved the music more than the art.

It certainly is a great experience, stunning landscapes beautifully shot and amazing music flowing on top of it.

I've listened to the Low and "Heroes" symphonies (Some Are is spectacular) but that's all I've heard of him

Philip Glass is so amazing. He is one of my favorite composers. Among his film socres, my favorites are The Hours, The Truman Show, and of course Koyaanisquatsi.

Einstein on the Beach and 1000 Airplanes on the roof are really amazing as well.

I highly recommend his String Quartets at well. I recently picked up the Kronos Quartet preforming his quartets and they are some really interesting pieces.

Knock knock.... who's there?
Phillip Glass.
Knock knock.... who's there?
Phillip Glass.
Knock knock.... who's there?
Phillip Glass.

Sorry I love that joke... But I also love Phillip glass. His Violin Concerto is one of his best pieces. I've heard The Hours is his best movie score but I've yet to find it at a record store! Grrr.... On the subject of PG, does anyone like Steve Reich? I know these two are always mentioned in the same breath but for good reason. His Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.

^PM'd you The Hours. It's my favorite soundtrack ever.

Is that Akhnaten? Superb album. His Cello Octet Glass Reflections is very good as well.


Reich is one of my favourite artistes. I have 11 of his recordings. I first heard Come Out as a youngster in the late 70's and was spellbound. It took me until the last few years to discover who had done that and once discovered I have become a huge admirer. I don't have Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ though. I have always thought that Remixed is a good starting point for the beginner. Have you heard Different Trains? I adore it.

Me too please manny? Anything that I have of interest to you is yours.

No problem, brotha.

Cheers. Much appreciated.

Actually Different Trains is one of my least favorite... I'm not a huge fan of the samples thing. But I have just recently checked out "You Are (Variations)" and that's also pretty incredible.

I like Reich a lot but I think I prefer Glass. I have Desert Music, Different Trains, Music for 18 Musicians, Electric Counterpoint, and the Triple Quartet. I like his less electronic work more. I've recently been listening to some of his piano work like Piano Phase and Six Pianos and they're pretty amazing.

'Solo Piano' is absolutely sublime.

'Solo Piano' is absolutely sublime. (2)

I love him! He is very ingenious.

I adore this:



Skip to 2:27 to hear him play if you don't like to listen to composers speak about their work.

That is really interesting; I never knew that it had to do with Tibetan philosophies. It seems like too simple of a piece to be about that.

Beautiful! Maybe not simple enough for Tibetan philosophies!

I guess it makes sense, how he talked about the coflict between the two gods or whatever. I just always thought of the solo piano album as more of a simple beauty like a waterfall or something like that.

My fav Glass album is "The Kronos quartet plays Philip Glass"

I just picked up "Songs and Poems for Solo Cello" with Wendy Sutter its a fabulous album

Courtesy of jackhammer (thanks! :))I've just listened to his solo piano stuff and 'Glassworks' with the ensemble. I thoroughly enjoyed it, although I must say I like his solo piano stuff more. I'm not usually impressed by many contemporary composers of this genre but his piano compositions are just so pretty.

I am pleased you like him. It's not everyday music but when the mood takes you it's fantastically calming.

He's good but a a lot of it sounds the same. I think you only need the classics.

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philip glass solo piano

This is a good record

Glass is good but he just can't compete with the other heroes of minimalism.