compositions
Short Films
Passage, The Man in a Bath, Notes, Diaspora, Evidence, Anima Mundi
2001

Info

Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.

The Man in the Bath (2001)
An Audiovisual Work by Philip Glass and Peter Greenaway.
Music Composed by Philip Glass
11′ 09″

Diaspora (2001)
An Audiovisual Work by Philip Glass and Atom Egoyan.
Visual Direction by Atom Egoyan.
Music Composed by Philip Glass
7′ 47″

Notes (2001)
An Audiovisual Work by Philip Glass and Michal Rovner.
Visual Direction by Michal Rovner.
Music Composed by Philip Glass.
10′ 36″

Passage (2001)
An Audiovisual Work by Philip Glass and Shirin Neshat.
Visual Direction by Shirin Neshat.
Music Composed by Philip Glass.
Film Produced by Barbara Gladstone.
11′ 35″

Evidence (2001, 1995)
An Audiovisual Work by Philip Glass and Godfrey Reggio.
Music Composed by Philip Glass
7″ (the music from Evidence is “Facades”).

Notes

Short FILMS comprise Passage, The Man in a Bath, Notes, Diaspora, Evidence and Anima Mundi as a live evening, one of the presentations of the Philip on Film Tour. In addition to the screenings of Evidence and Anima Mundi by Godfrey Reggio, Philip Glass invited Atom Egoyan, Peter Greenaway, Shirin Neshat and Michal Rovner to create silent short films for which he has written new musical scores to be performed live by the Philip Glass Ensemble. These four international collaborators, widely recognized as pioneers in the worlds of independent film, video, and visual art, were selected by Philip Glass in a unique reversal of the typically director-driven process of choosing music for a film. These first-time collaborators represent Philip Glass’ vision of truly pioneering filmmakers at work today.

“For film, music, next to primary visual aspects like cinematography and color, is probably the most important element. Yet to those of us who are in the business of making movies, we act as if music is almost an afterthought. That, of course, is terrible. It’s more than a mistake because it means that those who treat music as an afterthought have lost a powerful artistic ally.”
— Philip Glass

Scores

Related

COMPOSITIONS:
Façades
Glassworks

RECORDINGS:
Philip on Film on Nonesuch

FILMS:
Looking Glass by Éric Darmon