compositions
Mishima
1984

Info

Music by Philip Glass.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.

Synopsis

A stylized, fictionalized account in four segments of the life of Japan’s celebrated twentieth-century author Yukio Mishima. Three of the segments parallel events in Mishima’s life with his novels (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji), Kyoko’s House, and Runaway Horses), while the fourth depicts 25 November 1970, “The Last Day.”

Scores

Mishima at Wise Music Classical
String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) Parts at MusicRoom.com

Related

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass Film Scores on Orange Mountain Music
GlassJukebox on Nonesuch
Minimal Tendencies on Clarinet Classics
Mishima on Nonesuch
The Truman Show on Milan Records
Philip Glass Soundtracks – Michael Riesman

FILMS:
Mishima by Paul Schrader
The Truman Show by Peter Weir

BOOKS:
Film Music Screencraft by Mark Russell