Film Fest Gentは、著名な作曲家フィリップ・グラスの映画音楽におけるキャリアのハイライトを網羅した『PHILIP GLASS - MUSIC FOR FILM』をリリース！ ディルク・ブロッセ指揮のブリュッセル・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団による演奏を収録した2枚組CDセットには、20ページのブックレットが付属しています。グラスの作品についてはこれまで数え切れないほどの演奏、録音、リリースがなされてきましたが、彼のオリジナル映画音楽の新スタジオ録音にアルバム全体を捧げたのは、今回が初めてとなります。
Film Fest Gent proudly presents Philip Glass: Music for Film, featuring comprehensive highlights from the renowned composer's career in cinema, performed by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brosse, on a 2CD set with a 20 page booklet. While there have been countless performances, recordings and releases of Glass's works, this is the first time that an entire album is devoted to new studio recordings of his original film scores.
Over the past decades Philip Glass has become a household name in contemporary music thanks to his prolific activity and output across many music genres, including operas, concertos, symphonies and music for theatre. He has also systematically sought out collaborations with musicians and artists from all over the world. Due to his highly idiosyncratic and distinctive style, the American composer has been considered one of the frontrunners of minimalism in music, even though he himself regards his work rather as music with repetitive structures, in a continual search to integrate harmony, melody and rhythm into a single musical expression. In 2025 he received the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the art of film music.
This album contains selections from Glass's most famous film scores, including his triptych of Oscar-nominated scores, namely Kundun, The Hours and Notes on a Scandal. His many scores for documentaries are also represented through his breakthrough score for Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi, its second sequel Naqoyqatsi and a piece from Errol Morris's The Fog of War, among other tracks. Further highlights include music from Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, Neil Burger's The Illusionist and Paul Schrader's Mishima.
In addition, more than half an hour of music on this album has never been released: all premiering are the selections from Secret Window, Taking Lives, the 9/11 documentary Rebirth, the complete score for Hamburger Hill and a suite from No Reservations. Since Philip Glass' tracks used in The Truman Show were demos, this album also debuts recordings of two orchestral pieces written for the film. Two final treats are the original complete ending of the piano duet from Stoker and a new arrangement of "Helen's Theme" from Candyman.
トラックリスト
CD 1 01 The Hours - The Poet Acts 02 The Hours - Morning Passages 03 The Hours - The Hours 04 The Illusionist - Theme 05 No Reservations - Suite 06 Hamburger Hill - Title Music 07 Hamburger Hill - Assault 08 Hamburger Hill - End Credits 09 The Fog of War - Invitation 10 Secret Window - Main Title 11 Stoker - Duet 12 The Secret Agent - Theme 13 Animals in Love - The Birth of the Fawn 14 Notes on a Scandal - I Knew Her 15 Cassandra’s Dream - End Credits
CD 2 01 Koyaanisqatsi - Koyaanisqatsi 02 Naqoyqatsi - Intensive Time 03 The Truman Show - Dreaming of Fiji 04 The Truman Show - Truman Sleeps 05 The Truman Show - Raising the Sail 06 Mishima - Opening 07 Mishima - November 25: Morning 08 Taking Lives - Main Titles 09 Taking Lives - Costa Moving Out 10 Taking Lives - Car Chase
Film Fest Gentは、著名な作曲家フィリップ・グラスの映画音楽におけるキャリアのハイライトを網羅した『PHILIP GLASS - MUSIC FOR FILM』をリリース！
トラックリストディルク・ブロッセ指揮のブリュッセル・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団による演奏を収録した2枚組CDセットには、20ページのブックレットが付属しています。グラスの作品についてはこれまで数え切れないほどの演奏、録音、リリースがなされてきましたが、彼のオリジナル映画音楽の新スタジオ録音にアルバム全体を捧げたのは、今回が初めてとなります。
過去数十年にわたり、フィリップ・グラスは、オペラ、協奏曲、交響曲、演劇音楽など、多くの音楽ジャンルにまたがる多作な活動と作品群により、現代音楽界において誰もが知る存在となりました。また、彼は世界中の音楽家やアーティストとのコラボレーションを体系的に模索してきました。その極めて個性的で独特な作風から、このアメリカ人作曲家は音楽におけるミニマリズムの先駆者の一人と見なされてきた。もっとも、彼自身は自身の作品を、むしろ反復的な構造を持つ音楽と捉えており、和声、旋律、リズムを単一の音楽的表現に統合することを絶えず模索している。2025年には、映画音楽芸術への貢献が認められ、「ワールド・サウンドトラック・ライフタイム・アチーブメント賞」を受賞した。
このアルバムには、グラスによる最も有名な映画音楽の中から選りすぐりの楽曲が収録されており、アカデミー賞にノミネートされた3部作、すなわち『クンドゥン』、『めぐりあう時間たち』、『あるスキャンダルの覚え書き』の音楽も含まれています。また、ドキュメンタリー映画のための数多くの楽曲も収録されており、ゴッドフリー・レジオ監督の『コヤニスカッティ』や、その続編である『ナコイカッツィ』、エロール・モリス監督の『フォッグ・オブ・ウォー マクナマラ元米国防長官の告白』からの楽曲などが、彼のブレイクスルーとなった作品として代表例として挙げられます。その他の見どころとしては、ウディ・アレン監督の『ウディ・アレンの 夢と犯罪』、ニール・バーガー監督の『幻影師アイゼンハイム』、ポール・シュレイダー監督の『MISHIMA』からの楽曲が挙げられます。
さらに、このアルバムに収録されている楽曲の30分以上は未発表のものとなっています。『シークレット ウインドウ』、『テイキング・ライブス』、9.11を題材にしたドキュメンタリー『Rebirth』からの選曲、『ハンバーガー・ヒル』の全楽曲、そして『幸せのレシピ』からの組曲が、すべて初公開となります。『トゥルーマン・ショー』で使用されたフィリップ・グラスの楽曲はデモ版だったため、本作では同作のために書かれた2つのオーケストラ曲の録音が初公開されている。最後の2つの目玉は、『イノセント・ガーデン』のピアノ・デュエットのオリジナルの完全版エンディングと、『キャンディマン』の「ヘレンのテーマ」の新アレンジです。
Film Fest Gent proudly presents Philip Glass: Music for Film, featuring comprehensive highlights from the renowned composer's career in cinema, performed by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brosse, on a 2CD set with a 20 page booklet. While there have been countless performances, recordings and releases of Glass's works, this is the first time that an entire album is devoted to new studio recordings of his original film scores.
Over the past decades Philip Glass has become a household name in contemporary music thanks to his prolific activity and output across many music genres, including operas, concertos, symphonies and music for theatre. He has also systematically sought out collaborations with musicians and artists from all over the world. Due to his highly idiosyncratic and distinctive style, the American composer has been considered one of the frontrunners of minimalism in music, even though he himself regards his work rather as music with repetitive structures, in a continual search to integrate harmony, melody and rhythm into a single musical expression. In 2025 he received the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the art of film music.
This album contains selections from Glass's most famous film scores, including his triptych of Oscar-nominated scores, namely Kundun, The Hours and Notes on a Scandal. His many scores for documentaries are also represented through his breakthrough score for Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi, its second sequel Naqoyqatsi and a piece from Errol Morris's The Fog of War, among other tracks. Further highlights include music from Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, Neil Burger's The Illusionist and Paul Schrader's Mishima.
In addition, more than half an hour of music on this album has never been released: all premiering are the selections from Secret Window, Taking Lives, the 9/11 documentary Rebirth, the complete score for Hamburger Hill and a suite from No Reservations. Since Philip Glass' tracks used in The Truman Show were demos, this album also debuts recordings of two orchestral pieces written for the film. Two final treats are the original complete ending of the piano duet from Stoker and a new arrangement of "Helen's Theme" from Candyman.
CD 1
01 The Hours - The Poet Acts
02 The Hours - Morning Passages
03 The Hours - The Hours
04 The Illusionist - Theme
05 No Reservations - Suite
06 Hamburger Hill - Title Music
07 Hamburger Hill - Assault
08 Hamburger Hill - End Credits
09 The Fog of War - Invitation
10 Secret Window - Main Title
11 Stoker - Duet
12 The Secret Agent - Theme
13 Animals in Love - The Birth of the Fawn
14 Notes on a Scandal - I Knew Her
15 Cassandra’s Dream - End Credits
CD 2
01 Koyaanisqatsi - Koyaanisqatsi
02 Naqoyqatsi - Intensive Time
03 The Truman Show - Dreaming of Fiji
04 The Truman Show - Truman Sleeps
05 The Truman Show - Raising the Sail
06 Mishima - Opening
07 Mishima - November 25: Morning
08 Taking Lives - Main Titles
09 Taking Lives - Costa Moving Out
10 Taking Lives - Car Chase
11 Candyman - Helen’s Theme
12 Kundun - Sand Mandala
13 Kundun - Chinese Invade
14 Rebirth - Ending Montage