Person
Philip Glass
Sound · Born 1937-01-31 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.
Known for
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
The Truman Show
Keyboard Artist
The Culture Show
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Classic Albums
Self
Fantastic Four
Original Music Composer
Tales from the Loop
Original Music Composer
The Illusionist
Original Music Composer
The Hours
Original Music Composer
Candyman
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2026Istanbul: ChronopolisMusic
- 2025Nova '78Self (archive footage)
- 2025Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier LatryOriginal Music Composer
- 2025CHIMALMAMusic
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)
- 2025Yuja Wang x David Hockney London LightroomOriginal Music Composer
- 2025Carolyn Carlson : Midnight SoulsOriginal Music Composer
- 2025Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur MesureOriginal Music Composer
- 2024AnhedoniaSongs
- 2023The Pigeon TunnelOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Once Within a TimeOriginal Music Composer
- 2023You, Me, and MoviesMusic
- 2023Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de ParisOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023Original Music Composer
- 2022A Place Called MusicSelf
- 2022AliceOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the MysteriousSelf
- 2021LETTERS FROM A DISTANCEMusic
- 2021War and the Weather
- 2021100 Foot WaveOriginal Music Composer
- 2021In the Penal ColonySound
- 2020Philip Glass: AkhnatenOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: RetrospectiveMusic
- 2020Tales from the LoopOriginal Music Composer
- 2019The Metropolitan Opera: AkhnatenMusic
- 2019Universal MachineMusic
- 2019Samurai MarathonOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2Original Music Composer
- 2018TanielMusical
- 2017JaneOriginal Music Composer
- 2017The Juniper TreeMusic
- 2017The Last Dalai Lama?Self
- 2017Crônica da DemoliçãoOriginal Music Composer
- 2017TrophyHimself
- 2016Glass - Double Concerto for Two PianosMusic
- 2015Fantastic FourOriginal Music Composer
- 2015The Viking of Sixth AvenueSelf
- 2014LeviathanMusic
- 2014What Difference Does It Make?Self
- 2014Einstein on the BeachOriginal Music Composer
- 2013November 22, 1963Music
- 2013Glass: The Perfect AmericanOriginal Music Composer
- 2013VisitorsMusic
- 2013Glass: Spuren der VerirrtenMusic
- 2013Re: AwakeningsOriginal Music Composer
- 2012The ApostleOriginal Music Composer
- 2012Besa: The PromiseOriginal Music Composer
- 2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf
- 2011Lucinda Childs' DanceSelf
- 2011Philip Glass: SatyagrahaMusic
- 2011RebirthOriginal Music Composer
- 2011ElenaOriginal Music Composer
- 2011They Were ThereOriginal Music Composer
- 2011Glass: KeplerOriginal Music Composer
- 2010MusicSelf
- 2010Mr. NiceOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Astral City: A Spiritual JourneyOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Trans-ActionMusic
- 2009These Vagabond ShoesMusic
- 2008Richard Serra: Man of SteelSelf
- 2008Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur RussellSelf
- 2008Objects and MemoryMusic
- 2008Making Mishima
- 2008The SongSongs
- 2008Patti Smith: Dream of LifeSelf
- 2007365 Day ProjectSelf
- 2007Animals in LoveMusic
- 2007Cassandra's DreamOriginal Music Composer
- 2007Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve PartsSelf
- 2007Hard-HeartedMusic
- 2007No ReservationsMusic
- 2006Notes on a ScandalOriginal Music Composer
- 2006The Harry Smith Project LiveSelf
- 2006Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles
- 2006The IllusionistOriginal Music Composer
- 2006Roving MarsOriginal Music Composer
- 2006RefugeSelf
- 2006Un leader in ascoltoOriginal Music Composer
- 2005NeverwasMusic
- 2005The Giant BuddhasOriginal Music Composer
- 2005The MoustacheOriginal Music Composer
- 2005Kiki and Herb ReloadedSelf
- 2005The Best of Secter & the Rest of SecterSelf
- 2005Philip Glass: Looking GlassHimself
- 2004The Culture ShowSelf
- 2004UndertowOriginal Music Composer
- 2004The Origins of AIDSMusic
- 2004Taking LivesOriginal Music Composer
- 2004Secret WindowOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progressself
- 2003The Fog of WarOriginal Music Composer
- 2003WildfireMusic
- 2002The HoursOriginal Music Composer
- 2002Impact of ProgressSelf
- 2002Essence of LifeInterviewee
- 2002NaqoyqatsiMusic
- 2002The Baroness and the PigOriginal Music Composer
- 2002The Outsider: The Story of Harry PartchSelf - Interviewee
- 2001The Man in the BathMusic
- 2001In the Ocean
- 1999A Brief History of Errol MorrisSelf
- 1999The Eden MythMusic
- 1999Pointy Teeth for Pointy PeopleMusic
- 1999The SourceSelf
- 1998Glass: Corvo BrancoMusic
- 1998The Truman ShowKeyboard Artist
- 1997KundunOriginal Music Composer
- 1997BentOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Classic AlbumsSelf
- 1997Perfect MomentSelf
- 1997Classic Albums: Paul Simon - GracelandSelf
- 1997Mama GeneralOriginal Music Composer
- 1996The Secret AgentOriginal Music Composer
- 1995EvidenceOriginal Music Composer
- 1995The InterviewOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Candyman: Farewell to the FleshOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Untitled: New BlueMusic
- 1994La mort de MolièreMusic
- 1994The HimalayasMusic
- 1993Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai LamaMusic
- 1993SaraMusic
- 1992CandymanOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Mirror of the PlanetOriginal Music Composer
- 1992A Walk Through Prospero's LibraryMusic
- 1991MindwalkOriginal Music Composer
- 1991A Brief History of TimeOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Anima MundiOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Closet LandMusic Supervisor
- 1990John Cage: Man and MythSelf
- 1989The ChurchMusic
- 1989Continuum: 1. InitiationMusic Arranger
- 1989Continuum: Parts 1 & 2Music Arranger
- 1988The Thin Blue LineMusic
- 1988PowaqqatsiMusic
- 1987Marias barnMusic
- 1987MonolitheMusic
- 1987Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
- 1987Hamburger HillOriginal Music Composer
- 1987MallorcaMusic
- 1986A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an OperaHimself
- 1986Bye Bye KiplingSelf
- 1986The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
- 1986In the Upper RoomMusic
- 1986Tea with ToshSelf
- 1986A Perfect CoupleMusic
- 1985Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Operacomposer (himself)
- 1985Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Empire CityOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Four American Composers: Philip GlassHimself
- 1983ACT IIIMusic
- 1983KoyaanisqatsiOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Philip Glass: SatyagrahaWriter
- 1980Living is a solutionMusic
- 1980Geometry of CirclesMusic
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
- 1978North Star: Mark di SuveroMusic
- 1977Carolyn IMusic
- 1976Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for TelevisionSelf
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest
- 1975What Maisie Knew
- 1974Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert AshleySelf
- 1971Anxious AutomationMusic
- 1971End of the Art WorldMusic
- 1971New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971Self
- 1970Isy BoukirMusic
- 1968Inquiring NunsOriginal Music Composer
- 1968RailroadedMusic
- 1968Hands Scraping
- 1966ChappaquaMusic Supervisor
- —The Making of "Once Within a Time"Self
- —The Lost OnesSound
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