Koyaanisqatsi is a Classical album by Philip Glass, originally released in 1998. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Classical
About
Glass's earlier works - from Music In Similar Motion (1969) through the operas Einstein on the Beach (1976), Satyagraha (1980) and Akhnaten (1983) - had won him respect and influence within the musical world. But it was Koyaanisqatsi, which was finally issued in 1983 after several years in the making, that marked the composer's first great popular success. Indeed, it could be argued that Koyaanisqatsi, a collaboration with the filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, has proved the most influential mating of cinema and music after Fantasia in 1940. Everybody in the music or entertainment business seems to have borrowed from it at .
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Tracklist
- 1Koyaanisqatsi3:27
- 2Organic4:57
- 3Clouds4:37
- 4Resource6:36
- 5Vessels8:12
- 6Pruitt Igoe7:50
- 7Pruitt Igoe Coda1:17
- 8Slo Mo People3:19
- 9The Grid (Introduction)3:24
- 10The Grid18:05
- 11Microchip1:47
- 12Prophecies10:34
- 13Translations & Credits2:11
Credits
Performers
- Elliott Z. LevineBARITONE VOCALS VOCALS
- Alan RaphBASS TROMBONE
- Albert De RuiterBASS VOCALS
- Ellen HassmanCELLO
- Garfield MooreCELLO
- Joseph KimuraCELLO
- Marisol EspadaCELLO
- Matthias NaegeleCELLO
- Richard SherCELLO
- Sarah CarterCELLO
- Seymour BarabCELLO
- Michael RiesmanCONDUCTOR KEYBOARDS
- William ZukofCOUNTERTENOR VOCALS VOCALS
- John BealDOUBLE BASS BASS
- Paul HarrisDOUBLE BASS
- Andrew StermanFLUTE PICCOLO FLUTE BASS CLARINET
- Bob CarlisleFRENCH HORN
- Peter GordonFRENCH HORN
9 pressings tracked on Gatefold