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I discovered Philip Glass' music through the movie Koyaanisqatsi, which I heartily recommend. If you haven't seen it, go into it without expectations of what a
by hypertele-Xii 6y ago
I discovered Philip Glass' music through the movie Koyaanisqatsi, which I heartily recommend. If you haven't seen it, go into it without expectations of what a movie is supposed to be like; it's weird.
- Bayart 6y agoI love the urban hell of Pruit Igoe [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq_SpRBXRmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq_SpRBXRmE
- skuthus 6y agoAlso used in Watchmen (2009) to great effect
- dreamcompiler 6y agoMe too. Haven't heard it in over a year so thanks for re-lighting those neurons.
- Alex3917 6y agoIMHO Baraka and Samsara are much more realized versions of the idea behind Koyaanisqatsi.
- iooi 6y agoRon Fricke, the man behind Baraka and Samsara, was the director of photography (and writer, editor) for Koyaanisqatsi. I would keep in mind how novel Koyaanisqatsi was for its time, and that Baraka and Samsara are mere evolutions on a revolutionary film.
- noema 6y agoHave to disagree - personally found those films to be too heavy-handed with their "message". Koyaanisqatsi maintains a certain ambiguity throughout, conveying both awe and fear at modern civilization.
- barbecue_sauce 6y agoA little too realized if you ask me. And with worse music.
- superduperuser 6y agoThe photography and cinematography in Samara were far beyond what Koyaanisqatsi accomplished. I can easily conjure up the images from Samsara in my mind only have watched it twice.
- allenu 6y agoThis is how I discovered his music as well. I probably saw it for the first time 15 years ago and I still listen to the soundtrack regularly. Incredibly powerful, both film and music.
- runarberg 6y agoAll I knew going into it, was that it was a movie about society. A quite apt description
- crooked-v 6y agoFor me it was The Truman Show, which uses several of his pieces from other works along with some specifically made for the film.
- jspash 6y agoI discovered Koyaanisqatsi and Glass after hearing a 10 second bit played on an episode a Scrubs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM2VZk560_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM2VZk560_g
- sebmellen 6y agoDon't forget to mention his most transcendent movie scoring, in Powaqqatsi! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNVTmWRcUbY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNVTmWRcUbY
- dwd 6y agoWhile I'd listened to some of his music previously, Spotify highlighted his score for Tales from the Loop with their end of year "Missed Hits" and it is excellent. Been listening to it the last few days.
- yellowapple 6y agoI'd listened to Philip Glass quite a bit through studying music in high school (including some exposure from the drum and bugle corps scene), but hilariously enough it's his composition for Kundun that stuck with me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw
- pacomerh 6y agohey me too, I saw this movie back in the early 90s when I was discovering international films and experimental music. I was a big fan of El Topo too.
- dvdkhlng 6y agoI remember the name Philip Glass only due to watching the movie "Hamburger Hill", which started with an opening theme [1] that seemed so unusual that I looked up the composer on wikipdia. [1] https://youtu.be/YeD4b2L1iNU https://youtu.be/YeD4b2L1iNU
- 3np 6y agoAlso Kundun, which appeared yesteryear in Lasagna Cat[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw
- dreamcompiler 6y agoKoyaanisqatsi is an anthropological study of Earth made by aliens. They watch it before deciding "Not Yet" to the question of whether to invite Earth to join the Galactic Federation.
- hindsightbias 6y agoI think Koyaanisqatsi would have intrigued aliens. Powaqqatsi , being an endless loop of extraction and planetary rape would send them running for another galaxy.