Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. He is widely … Read Full Bio ↴Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been described as minimal music, having similar qualities to other "minimalist" composers such as La Monte Young, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley. Glass describes himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped evolve stylistically.
Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards. He has written numerous operas and musical theatre works, twelve symphonies, eleven concertos, eight string quartets and various other chamber music, and film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.
Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Ida (née Gouline) and Benjamin Charles Glass. His family were Jewish emigrants from Lithuania. His father owned a record store and his mother was a librarian. In his memoir, Glass recalls that at the end of World War II his mother aided Jewish Holocaust survivors, inviting recent arrivals to America to stay at their home until they could find a job and a place to live. She developed a plan to help them learn English and develop skills so they could find work. His sister, Sheppie, would later do similar work as an active member of the International Rescue Committee.
Glass developed his appreciation of music from his father, discovering later his father's side of the family had many musicians. His cousin Cevia was a classical pianist, while others had been in vaudeville.
Glass has composed many film scores, starting with the orchestral score for Koyaanisqatsi (1982), and continuing with two biopics, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985, resulting in the String Quartet No. 3) and Kundun (1997) about the Dalai Lama, for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. In 1968 he composed and conducted the score for director Harrison Engle's minimalist comedy short, Railroaded, played by the Philip Glass Ensemble. This was one of his earliest film efforts.
The year after scoring Hamburger Hill (1987), Glass began a long collaboration with the filmmaker Errol Morris with his music for Morris's celebrated documentaries, including The Thin Blue Line (1988) and A Brief History of Time (1991). He continued composing for the Qatsi trilogy with the scores for Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). In 1995 he composed the theme for Reggio's short independent film Evidence. He made a cameo appearance—briefly visible performing at the piano—in Peter Weir's The Truman Show (1998), which uses music from Powaqqatsi, Anima Mundi and Mishima, as well as three original tracks by Glass. In the 1990s, he also composed scores for Bent (1997) and the thriller Candyman (1992) and its sequel, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), plus a film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent (1996).
In 1999, he finished a new soundtrack for the 1931 film Dracula. The Hours (2002) earned him a second Academy Award nomination, and was followed by another Morris documentary, The Fog of War (2003). In the mid-2000s Glass provided the scores to films such as Secret Window (2004), Neverwas (2005), The Illusionist and Notes on a Scandal, garnering his third Academy Award nomination for the latter. Glass's most recent film scores include No Reservations (Glass makes a brief cameo in the film sitting at an outdoor café), Cassandra's Dream (2007), Les Regrets (2009), Mr Nice (2010), the Brazilian film Nosso Lar (2010) and Fantastic Four (2015, in collaboration with Marco Beltrami). In 2009, Glass composed original theme music for Transcendent Man, about the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil by filmmaker Barry Ptolemy.
In the 2000s Glass's work from the 1980s again became known to wider public through various media. In 2005 his Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1987) was featured in the surreal French thriller, La Moustache, providing a tone intentionally incongruous to the banality of the movie's plot. Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis One from Solo Piano (1989) was featured in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica in the episode "Valley of Darkness" and also in the final episode ("return 0") of Person of Interest. In 2008, Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV featuring Glass's "Pruit Igoe" (from Koyaanisqatsi). "Pruit Igoe" and "Prophecies" (also from Koyaanisqatsi) were used both in a trailer for Watchmen and in the film itself. Watchmen also included two other Glass pieces in the score: "Something She Has To Do" from The Hours and "Protest" from Satyagraha, act 2, scene 3. In 2013 Glass contributed a piano piece "Duet" to the Park Chan-wook film Stoker. In 2017 Glass scored the National Geographic Films documentary Jane (a documentary on the life of renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall).
Glass's music was featured in two award-winning films by Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, Elena (2011) and Leviathan (2014).
For television, Glass composed the theme for Night Stalker (2005).
Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards. He has written numerous operas and musical theatre works, twelve symphonies, eleven concertos, eight string quartets and various other chamber music, and film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.
Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Ida (née Gouline) and Benjamin Charles Glass. His family were Jewish emigrants from Lithuania. His father owned a record store and his mother was a librarian. In his memoir, Glass recalls that at the end of World War II his mother aided Jewish Holocaust survivors, inviting recent arrivals to America to stay at their home until they could find a job and a place to live. She developed a plan to help them learn English and develop skills so they could find work. His sister, Sheppie, would later do similar work as an active member of the International Rescue Committee.
Glass developed his appreciation of music from his father, discovering later his father's side of the family had many musicians. His cousin Cevia was a classical pianist, while others had been in vaudeville.
Glass has composed many film scores, starting with the orchestral score for Koyaanisqatsi (1982), and continuing with two biopics, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985, resulting in the String Quartet No. 3) and Kundun (1997) about the Dalai Lama, for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. In 1968 he composed and conducted the score for director Harrison Engle's minimalist comedy short, Railroaded, played by the Philip Glass Ensemble. This was one of his earliest film efforts.
The year after scoring Hamburger Hill (1987), Glass began a long collaboration with the filmmaker Errol Morris with his music for Morris's celebrated documentaries, including The Thin Blue Line (1988) and A Brief History of Time (1991). He continued composing for the Qatsi trilogy with the scores for Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). In 1995 he composed the theme for Reggio's short independent film Evidence. He made a cameo appearance—briefly visible performing at the piano—in Peter Weir's The Truman Show (1998), which uses music from Powaqqatsi, Anima Mundi and Mishima, as well as three original tracks by Glass. In the 1990s, he also composed scores for Bent (1997) and the thriller Candyman (1992) and its sequel, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), plus a film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent (1996).
In 1999, he finished a new soundtrack for the 1931 film Dracula. The Hours (2002) earned him a second Academy Award nomination, and was followed by another Morris documentary, The Fog of War (2003). In the mid-2000s Glass provided the scores to films such as Secret Window (2004), Neverwas (2005), The Illusionist and Notes on a Scandal, garnering his third Academy Award nomination for the latter. Glass's most recent film scores include No Reservations (Glass makes a brief cameo in the film sitting at an outdoor café), Cassandra's Dream (2007), Les Regrets (2009), Mr Nice (2010), the Brazilian film Nosso Lar (2010) and Fantastic Four (2015, in collaboration with Marco Beltrami). In 2009, Glass composed original theme music for Transcendent Man, about the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil by filmmaker Barry Ptolemy.
In the 2000s Glass's work from the 1980s again became known to wider public through various media. In 2005 his Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1987) was featured in the surreal French thriller, La Moustache, providing a tone intentionally incongruous to the banality of the movie's plot. Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis One from Solo Piano (1989) was featured in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica in the episode "Valley of Darkness" and also in the final episode ("return 0") of Person of Interest. In 2008, Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV featuring Glass's "Pruit Igoe" (from Koyaanisqatsi). "Pruit Igoe" and "Prophecies" (also from Koyaanisqatsi) were used both in a trailer for Watchmen and in the film itself. Watchmen also included two other Glass pieces in the score: "Something She Has To Do" from The Hours and "Protest" from Satyagraha, act 2, scene 3. In 2013 Glass contributed a piano piece "Duet" to the Park Chan-wook film Stoker. In 2017 Glass scored the National Geographic Films documentary Jane (a documentary on the life of renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall).
Glass's music was featured in two award-winning films by Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, Elena (2011) and Leviathan (2014).
For television, Glass composed the theme for Night Stalker (2005).
The Castle
Philip Glass Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'The Castle' by these artists:
'Igginbottom O′er by the wall, restless kitchen plate Feather track overh…
Alga Long ago I Built up castle walls They protect me In my head …
Anne-Kathrin Dern Callus on the mount of Venus Between the hardness and…
Clinic We've been creepy crawling marked Looking for monk, for the …
Cocoanut Groove On this bleary night twilight fades the flowers & the pines …
Deardorff And Joseph Intro: faded in my beach chair lemon drops in your hair…
Dr. Cine My self-worth has been crumbling, betrayed from day one Put …
Hugh Castle Hill You've got The beauty To bring these Beaten bodi…
Hurk.Lee 아무도 모르게 꿈꿔왔네 거대한 성을 나조차 스스로도 모르게 남몰래 견고하게 쌓아 올렸네 꿈의 성을 차근차근…
Kenneth W. Arnold You built your walls to keep yourself safe But when do…
Krusader THE CASTLE Autor: Krusader Main 1 Before the dawn will be …
Love If oxygen can bring us back to life Then why does…
Mc Hotdog & 陈冠希 The final final final countdown 拜託拜託上帝請禰幫幫忙 賜給我勇氣 上這戰場 超級兄弟 …
Mizantropia Болью - скованы руки Кровью - испачканы ноги Ночью - не ждат…
Roby Rossini Rit. The King is in the castle The Queen is…
Stacey K. Black Smile And make me fall apart Before you forget Everything we…
Teressa Mahoney It's tall, wasn't built in a day It's strong, stone upon…
The Flaming Lips Her eyes were butterflies Her smile was a rainbow Her hair w…
The Savage Rose I look at a castle With the light in a window Lay…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Philip Glass:
Anthem, Part 2 Music by Philip Glass For the film by Godfrey Reggio Michael…
Changing Opinion Gradually we became aware of a hum in the room an electrical…
Creation of Sentient Beings Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto stood on the…
Forgetting A man wakes up to the sound of rain From a…
Freezing If you had no name If you had no history If you…
Knee 1 Would it get some wind for the sailboat. And it…
Koyaanisqatsi Koyaanisqatsi Koyaanisqatsi Koyaanisqatsi Koyaanisqatsi Koy…
Let the Letter Read You Why stay so long where your words are scattered And doing…
Lightning LIGHTNING Lyrics by Suzanne Vega Lightning struck a while a…
My Worst Habit My worst habit I get so tired of winter. I became…
NYC: 73-78 High high High high Low low High high Low low High low High …
The Photographer All that white hair A Gentleman's honor And a long white b…
The Poet Acts The poet acts like if there is no present, the mind…
The Secret Agent There's a man who leads a life of danger To everyone…
Train 1 This love could be some one Into love It could be some…
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Joshua Pray
One of the best scenes in a wonderful film, and Glass's score really enhances it. Who even knew that was possible?
Redd Head
I think the Glass stuff ruins it
The Opera Ghost
I don't care if you hate the music update but you have to admit the score here is pretty badass, one of my favorite scores from the film
Jinx .Titan
Im sorry, I love the oroginal, but the Philip Glass score just completes this film.
Ron Richo
The second "come here" is probably my favorite line in any film.
Katlyn Lykstad
I think of every time I tell my children to ‘Come here” for the second time haha
Torchic Trainer
Chills. Oh man! Who could not love this movie with or without the score! ❤️❤️❤️
Katlyn Lykstad
I have a roku tv and this Dracula with this music on it. I can’t watch anything else but this version. It’s the most amazing comparison
Daniel Caster
I like it better with this score.
Tom Fitzpatrick
@Redd Head yeah probably