Philip Glass
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.
Filmography
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