recordings
Once Within a Time
2025

Catalog

OMM0173

Tracks

1 Clarion Call (Glass/Deyhim)
2 Prologue (Glass)
3 Act I (Glass)
4 Electric Blizzard (Cameron Glass)
5 Act II (Facades) (Glass)
6 Rocket Jets (Victor’s Lament) (Glass)
7 Act III Dies Irae (Arr. Glass)
8 Act III Dies Irae Part 2 (Michael Riesman)
9 Double Helix (Mark Atkins)
10 Aria (Deyhim)
11 Children’s Voices (Deyhim)
12 Snake Dance (Drake)

Notes

Orange Mountain Music is proud to announce the release of the original motion picture soundtrack to the film Once Within A Time, directed by Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Visitors) and co-directed by Jon Kane, with new music by Philip Glass and Sussan Deyhim. Conscripting his collaborator of over four decades, Philip Glass, Godfrey Reggio is back with his latest film of poetic non-narrative reflections on the world we live in and technology’s imprint on all of us. Made over a number of years, Once Within A Time, evolved and soon came to include a large amount of music by composer/vocalist Sussan Deyhim – as well as additional music by Cameron Glass, Mau Quiros, and Tanner Poff. Having scored all of Reggio’s past major efforts including the Qatsi Trilogy, Visitors, Anima Mundi, and Evidence, Glass composed new music for this new universe as only Reggio could describe it, using music and images – which range from calliope music to traditional dies irae (The Day of Wrath). Performers include The Philip Glass Ensemble directed by Michael Riesman, The Brooklyn Youth Chorus directed by Dianne Berkun Menaker, Nathann Koci, Mark Atkins of Sirit Gallery, The Harlem School of the Arts, Tara Starling Khozein.

Credits

Clarion Call
Music by Philip Glass & Sussan Deyhim
Performed by Sussan Deyhim

Prologue
Music by Philip Glass
Performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble
with Tara Starling Khozein, voice

Act I
Music by Philip Glass
Performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble
with Nathan Koci, accordion

Electric Blizzard
Music by Cameron Glass

Act II (Façades)
Music by Philip Glass
Arranged by Michael Riesman
Performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble

Rocket Jets (Victor’s Lament)
Music by Philip Glass
Arranged by Michael Riesman
Sound Design by Tanner Poff

Act III: Dies Irae, pt. 1
Arranged by Philip Glass
Performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble and Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Dianne Berkun Menaker, director)
with Nathan Koci, accordion

Act III: Dies Irae, pt. 2
Arranged and performed by Michael Riesman

Double Helix
Music by Mark Atkins of Spirit Gallery
Vocals by Sussan Deyhim

Aria
Music by Sussan Deyhim

Children’s Voices
Music by Sussan Deyhim
Performed by the Harlem School for the Arts

Snake Dance
Music by Michael Drake
Vocals by Sussan Deyhim

Clarion Call II
Music by Sussan Deyhim and Mau Quiros

Personnel:

The Philip Glass Ensemble:
Michael Riesman – Music Director, Keyboards
Lisa Bielawa – Voice, Keyboard
Dan Bora – Sound
Peter Hess – Woodwinds
Ryan Kelly – Sound
Mick Rossi – Keyboards
Sam Sadigursky – Woodwinds
Andrew Sterman – Woodwinds
with guest Nathan Koci – accordion

Brooklyn Youth Chorus:
Dianne Berkun Menaker, Founder and Artistic Director

Harlem School of the Arts (HSA), The Herb Alpert Center
Eric Pryor, president
Yolanda Wyns, chair of music
William C. Rhem Jr., camp director
Sarah Panayiotou, assistant camp director
Grant Anderson, voice instructor
Amanda McDowall, acting instructor
Rachel Harris, production manager
Geneva Narvaez, staff
Isio-Maya Nuwere, staff
Zoe Hoarty, facilities manager
Milton Ogaldes, security
Dan Bora, engineer
Alex Ring Gray, assistant engineer
Rachel Harris, assistant engineer (HSA)
Ryan Chapman, assistant engineer (HSA)
Michael Aboah, assistant engineer (HSA)

Special thanks to the families, students, and staff of Harlem School of the Arts

Additional Music by:
Cameron Glass
Mau Quiros
Tanner Poff

Additional Vocals:
Tara Starling Khozein

IRE Music Coordinator:
Oluwasegun Oyetunde

Music recorded on-site at various locations
Philip Glass Ensemble and Brooklyn Youth Chorus vocals recorded at Mission Sound, Brooklyn, NY. Oliver Straus, engineer.

Soundtrack produced by Michael Riesman
Music mixed by Michael Riesman at Studio D, New York, NY.
Mastering, and Assistant Mix Engineer: Alex Ring Gray
Music Preparation: Cory Davis and Alex Ring Gray

Philip Glass is published by Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
Director, Adrienne White
Classical Repertoire and Promotion, Richard Guérin
Music Editing and Copying, Cory Davis
Music Assistant, Alex Ring Gray
Royalties and Licensing, Lisa Dean
Senior Davisor, James Keller

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Once Within a Time

FILMS:
Once Within a Time