Klarinet Archive - Posting 000499.txt from 1997/12

From: GELENNE Fabien STNA approche BC104 p5154 <GELENNE_Fabien@-----.fr>
Subj: Re: Performance nausea
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:41:33 -0500

Neil Leupold wrote:
> Might the composer be Philip Glass? Is Powaqatsi a movie? Glass
> wrote the music for another film of similar title called Koyaanisquatsi,
> a Hopi indian word meaning "life out of balance". The entire film is
> in fast forward, and the entire score is minimalist. I actually enjoy
> this music a great deal.

Philip Glass also composed the music of the movie called "Mishima"
(about the
japanese writer). If you like Powaqatsi you could have an ear on it:
amongst Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqatsi, Aknathen, Einstein on the Beach... it
is
probably the one I prefer, personally.