Philip Glass — Anthem Part 1
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Wow.
Watch the paint dry, in time.
Is it 4/4?
Watch the paint dry, in time.
Is it 4/4?
2024: 36 years later. Same shit, another century, and getting much further out of balance. In retrospect, 1988 was a good year, when humans had much better odds.
idiot_wind wrote:
...and maybe it is the length it is since it was scored for a film sequence.
It kind of borders on being pompous.
And it goes on forever.
At least Copeland knew when to end a song; e.g. Fanfare.
...and maybe it is the length it is since it was scored for a film sequence.
RP Commenters: remember that the film for which this was scored (Godfrey Reggio's 1988 experimental film Powaqqatsi), is even more divisive that this music.
Maybe find a film forum and complain about that instead?
Maybe find a film forum and complain about that instead?
Give us some chariots of fire too!
It kind of borders on being pompous.
And it goes on forever.
At least Copeland knew when to end a song; e.g. Fanfare.
And it goes on forever.
At least Copeland knew when to end a song; e.g. Fanfare.
Ihatethissong wrote:
BURN! Fairly certain that little troll toddled off and won't be back for that to sail over its head.
Music aside, I LOVE the Wikipedia photo for Glass signing autographs.
I imagine him saying, "Yes dear, and how do you spell that?"
I saw an artist ask a woman if she wanted him to sign the painting she was buying. She hesitated then said, "how big is you signature?" He looked a little stunned and confused, than said, "I can write in a lot of different sizes." I haven't stopped laughing yet
BURN! Fairly certain that little troll toddled off and won't be back for that to sail over its head.
Music aside, I LOVE the Wikipedia photo for Glass signing autographs.
I imagine him saying, "Yes dear, and how do you spell that?"
I saw an artist ask a woman if she wanted him to sign the painting she was buying. She hesitated then said, "how big is you signature?" He looked a little stunned and confused, than said, "I can write in a lot of different sizes." I haven't stopped laughing yet
This song kicks Glass!
Seriously, though, it's great.
Seriously, though, it's great.
ArrayMac wrote:
I always see the mine workers in Powaqqatsi.
I'll always see Truman stopping the bus.
I always see the mine workers in Powaqqatsi.
Zep wrote:
But I find the repetitiveness so soothing. Why I love PG.
Any Philip Glass gets high marks from me. But there's a little joke I hear awhile back ....
knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-philip-glass.
But I find the repetitiveness so soothing. Why I love PG.
Philip Glass is really good. In the same way than Arvo Pärt (it's more classical music)
Any Philip Glass gets high marks from me. But there's a little joke I hear awhile back ....
knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-philip-glass.
knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-knock-knock-who's-there-philip-glass.
ArrayMac wrote:
Yep. Me, too.
I'll always see Truman stopping the bus.
Yep. Me, too.
I'll always see Truman stopping the bus.
pkurtin wrote:
I get it - the type of post Philip Glass would write.
I get it - the type of post Philip Glass would write.
alisathegreat wrote:
Well, I sure can stand it. And you seriously think he deserves death because you don't like his art? Seriously? Regardless of the 2nd amendment, this is why everyone shouldn't have a gun. There should be some demonstration of responsibility first. We don't let felons have guns. We shouldn't let whack jobs have them either.
How is this dude not dead yet? Gah. Can't stand his music.
Well, I sure can stand it. And you seriously think he deserves death because you don't like his art? Seriously? Regardless of the 2nd amendment, this is why everyone shouldn't have a gun. There should be some demonstration of responsibility first. We don't let felons have guns. We shouldn't let whack jobs have them either.
"We'll be back with coverage of the 1988 Olympics after these messages..."
yougivememosi wrote:
Too funny.
Epic use of this in the mask.. No wait... Ace ventura
Too funny.
pawelcitak83 wrote:
That's the true trick of this music .. when you hear it in Truman Show, its used to show his mind opening and progression into "what if".
in the quatsi film I think it was the background to workers climbing the walls of a mine with bags and baskets of dirt on their backs, shoulders, and heads and in that context I think of ants in the colony, doing but never truely getting the fruits of their labor..
I was sure this is from Truman Show, and ding, I am mistaken, it was elsewhere too.
Wonderful music very specific and easily recognizable style of Mr.Glass
Wonderful music very specific and easily recognizable style of Mr.Glass
That's the true trick of this music .. when you hear it in Truman Show, its used to show his mind opening and progression into "what if".
in the quatsi film I think it was the background to workers climbing the walls of a mine with bags and baskets of dirt on their backs, shoulders, and heads and in that context I think of ants in the colony, doing but never truely getting the fruits of their labor..
pawelcitak83 wrote:
Looks like Anthem Part 2 is from the Truman Show (one of my favorite Jim Carrey movies).
I was sure this is from Truman Show, and ding, I am mistaken, it was elsewhere too.
Wonderful music very specific and easily recognizable style of Mr.Glass
Looks like Anthem Part 2 is from the Truman Show (one of my favorite Jim Carrey movies).
yougivememosi wrote:
Reddit worthy commentary.
Epic use of this in the mask.. No wait... Ace ventura
Reddit worthy commentary.
Bleyfusz wrote:
spot on!
In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight.
spot on!
Reminds me of music from a John Carpenter movie.
sjccroquet wrote:
To me this sounds like Fanfare for the Common Man meets Colonel Bogey March, with a dash of Chariots of Fire.
I like it, in spite of this observation.
i also heard fanfare for the common man, so much so that it made me wanna go listen to it
To me this sounds like Fanfare for the Common Man meets Colonel Bogey March, with a dash of Chariots of Fire.
I like it, in spite of this observation.
i also heard fanfare for the common man, so much so that it made me wanna go listen to it
niseywee wrote:
Those films were directed by Ron Fricke, who was the Qatsi trilogy cinematographer. Yes, you can certainly see echoes of the Qatsi trilogy in his films. And I enjoy those films very much. But yes, the Qatsi films are quite different, not in the least because of the closely tracked Glass soundtrack. :-)
curious about the film. I've never seen it. Is it similar to Baraka or Samsara?
Those films were directed by Ron Fricke, who was the Qatsi trilogy cinematographer. Yes, you can certainly see echoes of the Qatsi trilogy in his films. And I enjoy those films very much. But yes, the Qatsi films are quite different, not in the least because of the closely tracked Glass soundtrack. :-)
One of the most remarkable films and soundtracks I've ever heard. First came across it in the late 80s'. Truly a life-changing album for me musically. The other two films and soundtracks are great too, but for me this is just about the pinnacle of sonic perfection.
curious about the film. I've never seen it. Is it similar to Baraka or Samsara?
In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight.
ozzie1313 wrote:
... with Vangelis hovering in the wings! I find this more accessible than previous parts for his ouvre.
The first time I heard this was decades ago on Hearts of Space w/John Diliberto out of SF. Reminds me a little of Copeland and of Scherazade (sp?).
... with Vangelis hovering in the wings! I find this more accessible than previous parts for his ouvre.
Reminds me "Overture", from Bjork. Nice.
The first time I heard this was decades ago on Hearts of Space w/John Diliberto out of SF. Reminds me a little of Copeland and of Scherazade (sp?).
Irrational, I know, but there is something about Glasses music that makes me so angry. I absolutely hate it. I will take this up with my therapist.
Heard somethimg by Glass much years ago and, how to say it? atonal. Hated it. My first back to RP in months, and first off, I need to change my attitude about this guy I no like for years. This is good. 
I was sure this is from Truman Show, and ding, I am mistaken, it was elsewhere too.
Wonderful music very specific and easily recognizable style of Mr.Glass
Wonderful music very specific and easily recognizable style of Mr.Glass
alisathegreat wrote:
Classy. Most of us can barely stand folks with your kind of attitude. For one thing, WTF? For another, the documentary and the music are all but inseparable, and the visuals and their compound effects, like the musical accompaniment, were brilliant. What planet of perfection do you live on?
How is this dude not dead yet? Gah. Can't stand his music.
Classy. Most of us can barely stand folks with your kind of attitude. For one thing, WTF? For another, the documentary and the music are all but inseparable, and the visuals and their compound effects, like the musical accompaniment, were brilliant. What planet of perfection do you live on?
This is why I love RP.
jtherieau wrote:
Your RP handle speaks volumes. Ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
BURN! Fairly certain that little troll toddled off and won't be back for that to sail over its head.
Music aside, I LOVE the Wikipedia photo for Glass signing autographs.
I imagine him saying, "Yes dear, and how do you spell that?"
Your RP handle speaks volumes. Ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
BURN! Fairly certain that little troll toddled off and won't be back for that to sail over its head.
Music aside, I LOVE the Wikipedia photo for Glass signing autographs.
I imagine him saying, "Yes dear, and how do you spell that?"
If you haven't seen the movie this comes from, it's about how the "developed nations" prey upon and take advantage of "developing nations." There is no plot, characters or dialog. It's all just music and cinematography. Whether or not you agree with the politics, it is a powerful statement. The title "Powaquatsi" is Hopi.
Salamus wrote:
To me this sounds like Fanfare for the Common Man meets Colonel Bogey March, with a dash of Chariots of Fire.
I like it, in spite of this observation.
To me this sounds like the grace and majesty of the weak and voiceless.
To me this sounds like Fanfare for the Common Man meets Colonel Bogey March, with a dash of Chariots of Fire.
I like it, in spite of this observation.
Thought it was some OMD there for awhile.
To me this sounds like the grace and majesty of the weak and voiceless.
Danged if this dosen't sound like music from The Truman Show! Glass did that too.
alisathegreat wrote:
Your RP handle speaks volumes. Ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
How is this dude not dead yet? Gah. Can't stand his music.
Your RP handle speaks volumes. Ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
How is this dude not dead yet? Gah. Can't stand his music.
Ihatethissong wrote:
Powaqqatski is visually and aurally stunning!!! Bought the DVD through the RP Amazon link because I heard this on RP. Thanks BillG and Rebecca!!!
And before Powaqqatski was Koyaanisqatsi.
MiguelEI wrote:
MiguelEI wrote:
Before that was POWAQQATSI!!
Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
This is from The Truman Show. Great soundtrack!
Powaqqatski is visually and aurally stunning!!! Bought the DVD through the RP Amazon link because I heard this on RP. Thanks BillG and Rebecca!!!
Epic use of this in the mask.. No wait... Ace ventura
aelfheld wrote:
It would be more accurate to say The Truman Show made use of it in the soundtrack.
Either way, thanks for reminding me where I know this from!
It would be more accurate to say The Truman Show made use of it in the soundtrack.
Either way, thanks for reminding me where I know this from!
idiot_wind wrote:
This song makes me want to wave banners, flags and then dance a ballet. Wow.
This song makes me want to wave banners, flags and then dance a ballet. Wow.
Just fantastic music ! thanks Bill.
after hearing glass i.m shattered
OK, normally I find Philip Glass to be unbearably self-absorbed and pompous...
And to this is REALLY self-absorbed and pompous, but it's so openly, honestly so that I appreciate if for what it is.
And to this is REALLY self-absorbed and pompous, but it's so openly, honestly so that I appreciate if for what it is.
Wonderful piece of music. Part 3 is even better.
Aaron Copland rolls over in his grave. Pure schlok.
Beautiful example of minimalism. Glass at his finest.
Music folk: is this 10/8 time
Before that was POWAQQATSI!!
Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
This is from The Truman Show. Great soundtrack!
Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
It would be more accurate to say The Truman Show made use of it in the soundtrack.
This is from The Truman Show. Great soundtrack!
It would be more accurate to say The Truman Show made use of it in the soundtrack.
If you like Philip Glass find and listen to his work with Uakti.
sfyi2001 wrote:
Nearly perfect, after that Afro Celt-Big Cat nightmare ~
Agreed.
Nearly perfect, after that Afro Celt-Big Cat nightmare ~
Agreed.
This is from The Truman Show. Great soundtrack!
I don't think I have ever heard anything from Mr. Glass that I didn't at least like the first time I heard it - net alone love. This piece is serious love.
Nearly perfect, after that Afro Celt-Big Cat nightmare ~
The wife and I just returned from a trip to 30A in Florida, and spent lots of time in Seaside where the Truman Show was filmed. It's a gorgeous town.
Our AirBnB had the DVD for Truman Show in it, so we watched it while we were there.
This song just reminds me of the beach now. :)
Our AirBnB had the DVD for Truman Show in it, so we watched it while we were there.
This song just reminds me of the beach now. :)
dimar wrote:
Your sequencing is backwards, if I understand you correctly. This album was released in 1988, while the Alt-J song was released in 2012.
From fstopper.com: Chances are you've heard of Alt-J or could recognize several of their hit songs currently being played on every indie rock station. What you may not know is that their song Taro was written about the first female war photojournalist and her life partner who both died doing what they love.
This SAME EXACT image is a still taken from a video by Alt-J in the song TARO. Check it out on Youtube. This same boy is walking along and that same truck drives by and dusts him.
Your sequencing is backwards, if I understand you correctly. This album was released in 1988, while the Alt-J song was released in 2012.
From fstopper.com: Chances are you've heard of Alt-J or could recognize several of their hit songs currently being played on every indie rock station. What you may not know is that their song Taro was written about the first female war photojournalist and her life partner who both died doing what they love.
VH1 wrote:
Amen!
He is simply the BEST contemporary composer! More of it!
Amen!
Boring and repetitive....1
boooooooooooooooring....
dimar wrote:
Interesting. I wonder why Alt-J used the still from the film that this is a soundtrack of? Quite a film and quite a soundtrack, furshur!
This SAME EXACT image is a still taken from a video by Alt-J in the song TARO. Check it out on Youtube. This same boy is walking along and that same truck drives by and dusts him.
Interesting. I wonder why Alt-J used the still from the film that this is a soundtrack of? Quite a film and quite a soundtrack, furshur!
He is simply the BEST contemporary composer! More of it!
This SAME EXACT image is a still taken from a video by Alt-J in the song TARO. Check it out on Youtube. This same boy is walking along and that same truck drives by and dusts him.
I thought that this was an extra long intro to a live version of Biko by Peter Gabriel.
lathyris wrote:
Funny. What you call a 'movie', I thought was the 'visualtrack' to the music.
God, since when did RP start playing soundtrack music. I'm not watching a darnfriggin movie!
Funny. What you call a 'movie', I thought was the 'visualtrack' to the music.
JohnnySockhead wrote:
I've forgotten the visuals, and still this soundtrack is a 10.
In context with the movie visuals this and the whole soundtrack is a solid 10.
I've forgotten the visuals, and still this soundtrack is a 10.
JohnnySockhead wrote:
Right on JS!
In context with the movie visuals this and the whole soundtrack is a solid 10.
Right on JS!
Love this music (Used for Truman Show too)
In context with the movie visuals this and the whole soundtrack is a solid 10.
chasech5 wrote:
Yes, an amazing piece of music. But, also, though it is little heard, the soundtrack he did 20+ years ago for a Paul Schrader film on Yukio Mishima was stunning as well. But Powaqqatsi is stupendous because it is married to eye-popping evocative real time documentary images, not recreated drama.
IMHO the greatest of all the Philip Glass soundtracks and the best of the Godfrey Reggio Trilogy. An amazing piece. One of the few pieces able to clear Basement Jaxx out of my heard.
Yes, an amazing piece of music. But, also, though it is little heard, the soundtrack he did 20+ years ago for a Paul Schrader film on Yukio Mishima was stunning as well. But Powaqqatsi is stupendous because it is married to eye-popping evocative real time documentary images, not recreated drama.
Never knew I liked anything by Philip Glass
They used this in The Truman Show, didn't they? I recognized it in a second!
IMHO the greatest of all the Philip Glass soundtracks and the best of the Godfrey Reggio Trilogy. An amazing piece. One of the few pieces able to clear Basement Jaxx out of my heard.
A good subwoofer helps in the appreciation. First film in the series the clear winner...
lathyris wrote:
Uhh, there is some played here, perhaps most prominently one of the greatest movie scores ever, The Last Temptation of Christ by Peter Gabriel. You really should put your ears on.
God, since when did RP start playing soundtrack music. I'm not watching a darnfriggin movie!
Uhh, there is some played here, perhaps most prominently one of the greatest movie scores ever, The Last Temptation of Christ by Peter Gabriel. You really should put your ears on.
better with the visuals...
Was nothing real?
not my taste
Well okay okay, I never said there isn't good soundtrack music out there! But some soundtrack music is such generically bland soundtrack music that is should stay in the background of a movie -- where it belongs!
Your examples clearly don't fit that discription; they stand fine separately from any other media!
lmic wrote:
God, since when did RP start playing show tunes(1), TV themes(2), opera(3), and scores from cheeseball European mondos(4)??
(1) Miles Davis/George Gershwin - "It Ain't Necessarily So," from Porgy and Bess
(2) Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Linus and Lucy," from A Charlie Brown Christmas
(3) Rimsky-Korsakov - "Flight of the Bumblebee," from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
(4) "Manah Manah," originating in the pseudo-documentary, soft-core porno Svezia, inferno e paradiso (Sweden, Heaven and Hell) (not Cake's version, of course)
See, good music comes from LOTS of different sources. (Though Sweden, Heaven and Hell must take some kind of prize! )
)
deanofox wrote:
HAHAHA! very good (in a crap kinda way) Oh come on hes got talent and lots of puff!
For sure. His score was one of the reasons Errol Morris' Thin Blue Line was so effective. I was just taking a cheap shot.
lathyris wrote: )
God, since when did RP start playing soundtrack music. I'm not watching a darnfriggin movie!
God, since when did RP start playing show tunes(1), TV themes(2), opera(3), and scores from cheeseball European mondos(4)??
(1) Miles Davis/George Gershwin - "It Ain't Necessarily So," from Porgy and Bess
(2) Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Linus and Lucy," from A Charlie Brown Christmas
(3) Rimsky-Korsakov - "Flight of the Bumblebee," from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
(4) "Manah Manah," originating in the pseudo-documentary, soft-core porno Svezia, inferno e paradiso (Sweden, Heaven and Hell) (not Cake's version, of course)
See, good music comes from LOTS of different sources. (Though Sweden, Heaven and Hell must take some kind of prize! )
JennyAnyDots wrote:
Brilliant.
Exactly what I needed this Monday morning at work. Inspirational and transporting!
I find it depressing and repetitive and cumbersome
lathyris wrote:
God, since when did RP start playing soundtrack music. I'm not watching a darnfriggin movie!
It's not important whether it's a soundtrack song or a song.....it's music....
And good music at that! :D
God, since when did RP start playing soundtrack music. I'm not watching a darnfriggin movie!
Brilliant.
Exactly what I needed this Monday morning at work. Inspirational and transporting!
great films, great music
if you want real repetitiveness, try Einstein on the Beach!
Pyro wrote:
You either love Glass, or you don't. He's subtle in the changes (so people hear repetitiveness), but I love his work. It's an 8 for me.
So agree!
Okay, Bill, after all these dunderhead comments here, please play the intro from Koyaanisqatsi and we'll REALLY have some fun.
cosmiclint wrote:
knock knock
who's there?
knock knock
who's there?
knock knock
who's there?
knock knock
who's there?
Philip Glass
HAHAHA! very good (in a crap kinda way) Oh come on hes got talent and lots of puff!
Inexplicably rose to a 9.
Powaqqcropcircles?
Pyro wrote:
You either love Glass, or you don't. He's subtle in the changes (so people hear repetitiveness), but I love his work. It's an 8 for me.
It's not about the subtlety of the changes, it's about the total lack of inspiration or depth in the music itself. Extolling the subtle shifts within trite melodies is like trying to polish a piece of $#!*.
I despise having my intelligence insulted by a Copland wanna-be. This is worse than the supposedly intellectual minimalism that Glass usually foists upon us.
Let's face it, Philip Glass is... well, transparent.
You either love Glass, or you don't. He's subtle in the changes (so people hear repetitiveness), but I love his work. It's an 8 for me.
Maybe it would seem different as an accompaniment to a film. It's reminiscent of the Chariots of Fire theme.
Alear wrote:
Might I add, that the Glass piece here is very very sexy.
Sexy like a wooden leg.
Hey... is it already time for the Olympics?!
From Clive Davis:
"Sexiest piece of jazz in my record collection? How about Ahmad Jamal's version of Poinciana, the smoky club equivalent of Ravel's Bolero? Or there's Stanley Turrentine's tenor sax solo on Kenny Burrell's Mule."
Might I add, that the Glass piece here is very very sexy.
I heard this for the first time without knowing the credits - kept waiting for a Peter Gabriel anthem to start.
Mugen wrote:
The arrangement on The Truman Show seems to be slightly different. So it was at least re-recorded.
The same theme is repeated three times on the Powaqqatsi soundtrack, each one slightly different. For one thing, they're in different time signatures: 10/8, 12/8, and 13/8, if I recall correctly.
So, this is Part 1; the version in The Truman Show was Part 2.
Appropriately titled and so stirring. I imagine looking off in the distance to witness the arrival of a great King...
Some music just needs the visual context it was created for to be complete. Nice piece, but much more effective when used as an accompaniment to film.
Feels EMPTY here.
knock knock
who's there?
knock knock
who's there?
knock knock
who's there?
knock knock
who's there?
Philip Glass
I agree with the comment below, it sounds like some ceremonial marching tune, with enough music to fill in the background but without enough interest or modulation to distract you from the commentators who are likely going on and on about what each athlete is wearing.
Crocodile Dundee meets Aaron Copeland?
THE TRUMAN SHOW. ahhhh, that was bothering me for such a long time, but there it is, this is also from the Truman show.
Art_Carnage wrote:
One of my favorite Glass albums. I got to see a showing of the film many years ago, with Glass and his orchestra playing the soundtrack live. Just amazing.
Wish I had seen that! Ohh, and if you ever get the opportunity to do this, make sure you go. I've seen him several times. It's always a revelation. Only film I saw him play w/orchestra was La Belle et la Bête but it was sensational.
I got this strange feeling that I want to start marchiing in the Olympics opening ceremonies...
Rafter101 wrote:
Trying ridiculously to remember another movie where I heard this---
Crocodile Dundee II, at the end, where he has been chasing the bad guys in the outback, and finally gets himself shot by his buddy. They play this song. Then a bad guy dies. Very memorable.
you heard it when Jim Carray, as Truman, first wakes up to the realization that reality may not be what he thought it was. (The Truman Show)
a very inspirational scene! the music's perfect for it!
It's way toooooooooo long.
The master of the modern, western raga, Philip Glass.
Trying ridiculously to remember another movie where I heard this---
Crocodile Dundee II, at the end, where he has been chasing the bad guys in the outback, and finally gets himself shot by his buddy. They play this song. Then a bad guy dies. Very memorable.
Wow.
Watch the paint dry, in time.
Is it 4/4?
Sounds like 5/4 to me...