Philip Glass is one of the few soundtrack composers that is famous for his movie and classical work as well.

His style is hypnotic, often a bit weird and unusual compared to music from great soundtrack composers like John Williams or classical ones like Beethoven. But he certainly is unique – and therefore not for everybody.

I personally love his hypnotic violin waves and delicate themes. It’s an almost surreal music – I guess that is why it was chosen for Koyaanisqatsi (1983) and later for Mishima (1985).

The Mishima soundtrack is a permanent item on my play lists for now over twenty year – and I am still loving it.

Click to play “November 25: The Last Day” (which is very similar to the Main Title):

Click to play “1937: Saint Sebastian”:

Click to play “Kyoko’s House (“Stage Blood Is Not Enough”)”:

Once again this music is not “easy listening”, but it’s well worth exploring. If you only want to buy one Philip Glass CD ever – than I recommend “Mishima”.

More? Philip Glass @ Wikipedia and Philip Glass @ Amazon.com