Philip Glass
Baltimore/Maryland 1937 - lebt in New York


          

Koyaanisqatsi, 1982
LP
A-1984-07
Audio
 

Minimal Music, Soundtrack

Philip Glass
 
Soundtrack zum gleichnamigen Film, komponiert von Philip Glass.

A-Seite
Koyaanisqatsi, 3:28 Min.
Organic, 7:43 Min.
Cloudscape, 4:34 Min.
Resource, 6:39 Min.
Vessels, 8:05 Min.
Pruit Igoe, 7:53 Min.

B-Seite
The Grid, 21:23 Min.
Prophecies, 13:36 Min.

Music composed by Philip Glass for the film by Godfrey Reggio
Conducted by Michael Riesman
Performed by:
Albert de Ruiter: bass vocal
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble: Phyllis Elaine Clark, soprano. Kathy Theil, soprano. William Zukof, countertenor. Nel Farrell, tenor. Michael Steinberg, tenor. Elliot Z. Levine, baritone
Members of the Philip Glass Ensemble:
Jon Gibson: soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
Richard E. Peck: Jr., soprano and tenor saxophones
Michael Riesman: keyboards
Andrew Sterman: flute, piccolo, bass clarinet
Viola: Richard Sortomme, Kathleen Foster, Stephanie Fricker, Lois Martin, Martha Mooke: Masako Yanagita
Cello: Richard Sher, Seymour Barab, Sarah Carter, Marisol Espada, E. Zoe Hassman, Joseph Kimura, Garfield Moore, Matthias D. Naegele
Double Bass: John Beal, Paul Harris
French Horn: Peter Gordon, Robert Carlisle
Trumpet: Wilmer Wise, Lorraine Cohen-Moses, Philip Ruecktenwald. Trombone: James Pugh, Dennis Elliot
Bass Trombone: Alan Raph. Tuba: Kyle Turner

"Ko.yaa.nis.qatsi (from the Hopi language), noun: 1. Crazy life. 2. Life in turmoil. 3. Life disintegrating. 4. Life out of balance. 5. A state of life that calls for another way of living.

THE HOPI PROPHECIES
If we dig precious things from the land,
We will invite disaster.
Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs
Spun back and forth in the sky.
A container of ashes might one day be thrown
From the sky, which could burn the land
And boil the oceans”

(zit. nach http://www.philipglass.com/koyaanisqatsi.html).