GlassWorks: The Works of Philip Glass

I posted a thread titled "The Qatsi trilogy" a year ago. Unfortunately, it didn't get any replies.

PHILIP GLASS - Glassworks (1981)

He was the headline at the Columbia (MD) Arts festival several years back where my wife and I saw him play. His minimalist style was mesmerizing. The music seemed repetitious at first, but after you fell into his hypnotic spell, you could detect a second running melody made by subtle alteration of the repeating pattern. I've probably seen hundreds of artists in concert, but none had the captivating effect he did. Genius.

A link to the film itself that Glass did the music for....which is a must see film  imho.

Edited by dr wu23 - July 10 2020 at 08:11

Two Philip Glass soundtracks with a far eastern theme.....

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 12 2020 at 12:07

The two follow-up DVD's in the "Qatsi" trilogy are very good too:- Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002).

DancePieces (1987)

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: I do like Glass, I saw him at Big Ears Festival in '16 as a duo with Laurie Anderson. I say a live performance of  Koyaanisqatsi in Boston last year with the movie running behind the musicians. To be honest I found it too disturbing to stay for the whole show and left after about an hour. It was extremely powerful. I do like both the Glassworks and Koyaanisqatsi as albums.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Koyaanisqatsi is probably the soundtrack album Philip Glass is best-known for, although "Koyaanisqatsi" is not exactly a  word you hear every day. I think it's from the native American Indian language.

My favourite piece of music from Koyaanisqatsi is Pruit Igoe:
 
 

 
 
However, the visually most spectacular part of the movie occurs during The Grid. The Grid works quite well with the accompanying visuals, but as a stand-alone piece, it tends to be too repetitious.