Sound • AGE 89
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.


Istanbul: Chronopolis
Music
2026

Nova '78
Self (archive footage)
2025

Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry
Original Music Composer
2025

CHIMALMA
Music
2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025

Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom
Original Music Composer
2025

Carolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls
Original Music Composer
2025

Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure
Original Music Composer
2025

Anhedonia
Songs
2024

The Pigeon Tunnel
Original Music Composer
2023

Once Within a Time
Original Music Composer
2023

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris
Original Music Composer
2023

Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023
Original Music Composer
2023

A Place Called Music
Self
2022

Alice
Original Music Composer
2022

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Self
2022

LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE
Music
2021

War and the Weather
2021

100 Foot Wave
Original Music Composer
2021

Philip Glass: Akhnaten
Original Music Composer
2020

Tales from the Loop
Original Music Composer
2020

The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
Music
2019

Universal Machine
Music
2019

Samurai Marathon
Original Music Composer
2019

Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2
Original Music Composer
2018

Taniel
Musical
2018

Jane
Original Music Composer
2017

The Juniper Tree
Music
2017

The Last Dalai Lama?
Self
2017

Crônica da Demolição
Original Music Composer
2017

Trophy
Himself
2017

Fantastic Four
Original Music Composer
2015

The Viking of Sixth Avenue
Self
2015

Leviathan
Music
2014

What Difference Does It Make?
Self
2014

Einstein on the Beach
Original Music Composer
2014

Glass: The Perfect American
Original Music Composer
2013

Visitors
Music
2013

Re: Awakenings
Original Music Composer
2013

The Apostle
Original Music Composer
2012

Besa: The Promise
Original Music Composer
2012

Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Self
2012

Lucinda Childs' Dance
Self
2011

Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Music
2011

Rebirth
Original Music Composer
2011

Elena
Original Music Composer
2011

They Were There
Original Music Composer
2011

Glass: Kepler
Original Music Composer
2011

Music
Self
2010

Mr. Nice
Original Music Composer
2010

Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
Original Music Composer
2010

Trans-Action
Music
2010

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Self
2008

Making Mishima
2008

The Song
Songs
2008

Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Self
2008

365 Day Project
Self
2007

Animals in Love
Music
2007

Cassandra's Dream
Original Music Composer
2007

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Self
2007

Hard-Hearted
Music
2007

No Reservations
Music
2007

Notes on a Scandal
Original Music Composer
2006

The Harry Smith Project Live
Self
2006

The Illusionist
Original Music Composer
2006

Roving Mars
Original Music Composer
2006

Neverwas
Music
2005

The Giant Buddhas
Original Music Composer
2005

The Moustache
Original Music Composer
2005

Kiki and Herb Reloaded
Self
2005

The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
Self
2005

Philip Glass: Looking Glass
Himself
2005

The Culture Show
Self
2004

Undertow
Original Music Composer
2004

The Origins of AIDS
Music
2004

Taking Lives
Original Music Composer
2004

Secret Window
Original Music Composer
2004

The Fog of War
Original Music Composer
2003

Wildfire
Music
2003

The Hours
Original Music Composer
2002

Impact of Progress
Self
2002

Essence of Life
Interviewee
2002

Naqoyqatsi
Music
2002

The Baroness and the Pig
Original Music Composer
2002

The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
Self - Interviewee
2002

The Man in the Bath
Music
2001

In the Ocean
2001

The Eden Myth
Music
1999

Pointy Teeth for Pointy People
Music
1999

The Source
Self
1999

The Truman Show
Keyboard Artist
1998

Kundun
Original Music Composer
1997

Bent
Original Music Composer
1997

Classic Albums
Self
1997

Perfect Moment
Self
1997

Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
Self
1997

The Secret Agent
Original Music Composer
1996

Evidence
Original Music Composer
1995

The Interview
Original Music Composer
1995

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Original Music Composer
1995

Untitled: New Blue
Music
1995

La mort de Molière
Music
1994

The Himalayas
Music
1994

Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama
Music
1993

Sara
Music
1993

Candyman
Original Music Composer
1992

Mirror of the Planet
Original Music Composer
1992

Mindwalk
Original Music Composer
1991

A Brief History of Time
Original Music Composer
1991

Anima Mundi
Original Music Composer
1991

Closet Land
Music Supervisor
1991

John Cage: Man and Myth
Self
1990

The Church
Music
1989

Continuum: Parts 1 & 2
Music Arranger
1989

The Thin Blue Line
Music
1988

Powaqqatsi
Music
1988

Monolithe
Music
1987

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987

Hamburger Hill
Original Music Composer
1987

Mallorca
Music
1987

A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
Himself
1986

Bye Bye Kipling
Self
1986

In the Upper Room
Music
1986

Tea with Tosh
Self
1986

A Perfect Couple
Music
1986

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
composer (himself)
1985

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Original Music Composer
1985

Empire City
Original Music Composer
1985

Four American Composers: Philip Glass
Himself
1983

ACT III
Music
1983

Koyaanisqatsi
Original Music Composer
1983

Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Writer
1983

Vivre est une solution
Music
1980

Geometry of Circles
Music
1980

The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978

North Star: Mark di Suvero
Music
1978

Carolyn I
Music
1977

Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975

What Maisie Knew
1975

Anxious Automation
Music
1971

End of the Art World
Music
1971

New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
Self
1971

Isy Boukir
Music
1970

Inquiring Nuns
Original Music Composer
1968

Hands Scraping
1968

Chappaqua
Music Supervisor
1966

The Lost Ones
Sound