02-24-2009, 03:33 AM
I like Philip Glass.
In my Humanities class, like 2 years ago, Philip Glass was one of the people on this page our teacher gave us of famous Buddhists. I didn't know who the fuck he was, didn't recognize the picture, but I was drawn to him somehow. Maybe it was just because his name is awesome, our maybe it was... destiny.
My music teacher would always look at my "compositions", which were nothing but bars and bars of arpeggios, and write stuff like "Philip Glass gheyness" or just "Philip Glass" because that's apparently Mr. Glass's style. (lol, Mr. Glass.) But, I had no idea who this guy was during the time, so the reference went over my head.
And I've been looking him up, he's apparently made an opera that was 5 fucking hours long (the album with the songs is a wopping 3 hours), and he's composed the score to some of my favorite movies, THE ONES THAT I REMEMBER BECAUSE I LOVED THE MUSIC SO MUCH.
See: Secret Window
Also see: The Illusionist
One of his songs was featured in a trailer for Watchmen, which I felt was twice as awesome because of the music. Pruit-Igoe is the name of it, and it was also featured in the GTA-IV soundtrack.
It's like I just found a huge piece of some puzzle that I was never out to solve.
Music is awesome.
In my Humanities class, like 2 years ago, Philip Glass was one of the people on this page our teacher gave us of famous Buddhists. I didn't know who the fuck he was, didn't recognize the picture, but I was drawn to him somehow. Maybe it was just because his name is awesome, our maybe it was... destiny.
My music teacher would always look at my "compositions", which were nothing but bars and bars of arpeggios, and write stuff like "Philip Glass gheyness" or just "Philip Glass" because that's apparently Mr. Glass's style. (lol, Mr. Glass.) But, I had no idea who this guy was during the time, so the reference went over my head.
And I've been looking him up, he's apparently made an opera that was 5 fucking hours long (the album with the songs is a wopping 3 hours), and he's composed the score to some of my favorite movies, THE ONES THAT I REMEMBER BECAUSE I LOVED THE MUSIC SO MUCH.
See: Secret Window
Also see: The Illusionist
One of his songs was featured in a trailer for Watchmen, which I felt was twice as awesome because of the music. Pruit-Igoe is the name of it, and it was also featured in the GTA-IV soundtrack.
It's like I just found a huge piece of some puzzle that I was never out to solve.
Music is awesome.
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