Please recommend an album by Philip Glass...

This is just personal opinion of course, but the only Glass CD I found to be interesting was the one that my college buddies and I used for a drink coaster.

Originally Posted by flint-wwrr

This is just personal opinion of course, but the only Glass CD I found to be interesting was the one that my college buddies and I used for a drink coaster.

Well, I WAS going to say that the only glass I really like is the one holding my 25 yr-old single malt scotch...

I love Glass's cello and violin concerti... And his 2nd symphony... and a lot of his later stuff...

Originally Posted by Nirvana69

What?! No mention of Howard Shore? Shame on you.

Howard Shore is actually pretty good too , but like Newman and Williams he's not the most diverse. I think Horner wins for expirimentation. But there's a lot to love out there.

Originally Posted by Rkmajora

Howard Shore is actually pretty good too , but like Newman and Williams he's not the most diverse. I think Horner wins for expirimentation. But there's a lot to love out there.

I've only heard his soundtrack for Apollo 13, while an effective score, is still worse than the tritest of trite band music.

Thanks for the recommendations people... will check them out

Even though I think Glass has become one of the most overrated composers ever, his early hardcore minimalist stuff is sort of interesting. Check out Einstein on the Beach or Music in 12 parts; these pieces were very radical and audacious at the time. After that (from 1980 onwards) his style began to change and Glass, blinded by the success of his doodly-diddly arpeggios, began to repeat himself. Since then, he has produced nothing but mindnumbing doodly-diddly earcandy of no musical substance. Sad to see what public success has done to a once-talented composer.

Originally Posted by gianluca

Glass ...
...began to repeat himself.

HAHAHA
sorry, that was unintentionally funny...

Kooyanisqatsi and Naqoyqatsi.

Metamorphosis.

Einstein on the beach.

Originally Posted by gianluca

Glass, blinded by the success of his doodly-diddly arpeggios, began to repeat himself. Since then, he has produced nothing but mindnumbing doodly-diddly earcandy of no musical substance. Sad to see what public success has done to a once-talented composer.

"I'd like to have the group perform my next composition, a piece I call 'vamp #23 with echoes of vamp #15'."