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Philip Glass: My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies (2017)

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Post by ratww »

kaybe wrote: post #137
easytiger wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes indeed. A lady playing a cactus was the point at which we decided to take our leave, around the 3 hour mark. I struggled and read a lot to understand the foundations of modern art. I found a lot of the intellectual constructions very unconvincing contrivances. I imagine I'd feel the same way about such compositions; an area in which I am certainly a neophyte

May I ask, how does one play a cactus?

Put a microphone in/close to it. Either a contact microphone or a regular one. Strike the thorns (spines?), bow it with a violin bow, drag your fingers on it. Apply electronic effects to taste.

Here's an Unplugged version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVjwEmzxy_w

Re: Philip Glass: My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies (2017)

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Post by superduperuser »

Alex3917 wrote: post #63
hypertele-Xii wrote: post #34

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.

IMHO Baraka and Samsara are much more realized versions of the idea behind Koyaanisqatsi.

The 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.

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Post by sebmellen »

hypertele-Xii wrote: post #34

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.

Don't forget to mention his most transcendent movie scoring, in Powaqqatsi! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNVTmWRcUbY

Re: Philip Glass: My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies (2017)

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Post by prvc »

Such a strange comment to make. I do not believe anyone disputes his right to choose whatever title he desires for his compositions. On the other hand, those pieces are not equivalent to works with that title, say, written in the 19th century. He seems to want to create precisely that conflation.

Re: Philip Glass: My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies (2017)

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Post by sebmellen »

Cactus2018 wrote: post #57
motohagiography wrote: post #6

These days I would pick a movie to see based on who did or contributed to its soundtrack. Glass, Zimmer, Richter, and Preisnser, in particular. Some of Glass' work transposes well to other instruments, but a real extra gift to the world would be if he wrote a guitar suite. I've been hacking around with a classical guitar arrangement of Pärt's "Spiegel im Spiegel," and might see if Glass' new "The Teacher" is more ame…

Recently learned Hans Zimmer is in the Buggles' 1979 music video Video Killed the Radio Star . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs (and incase you missed it, Hitler and Stalin deepfake lip-sync Video Killed the Radio Star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DysigzGQvU )

Notably reposted by the President of El Salvador: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEu5daVg0Ko/.

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Post by rajangdavis »

pdevalla wrote: post #53

Never commented on the internet before, but I just started to learn playing the Intro Theme to Candyman on piano [0] yesterday and then saw this. Weird coincidence... The movie Candyman itself and the rest of the songs in the score are also fantastic. Heard about that song from the sample in Travis Scott's The Prayer [1]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7FFEu7Har0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOH8V0KTVI

I would have never guessed that he wrote this theme, sounds more like something Danny Elfman would write. Very cool!

Re: Philip Glass: My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies (2017)

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Post by rolfea »

kaybe wrote: post #137
easytiger wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes indeed. A lady playing a cactus was the point at which we decided to take our leave, around the 3 hour mark. I struggled and read a lot to understand the foundations of modern art. I found a lot of the intellectual constructions very unconvincing contrivances. I imagine I'd feel the same way about such compositions; an area in which I am certainly a neophyte

May I ask, how does one play a cactus?

here's the man himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLQSjzt3vnY

Re: Philip Glass: My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies (2017)

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Post by dwd »

hypertele-Xii wrote: post #34

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.

While 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.

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Post by yellowapple »

hypertele-Xii wrote: post #34

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.

I'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

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Post by pacomerh »

hypertele-Xii wrote: post #34

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.

hey 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.
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