#Glass Koyaanisqatsi

[mikrokosmos]

Alexandre Desplat - Main Theme to Asteroid City (2023)

Last night I went out to the movies with friends and we saw the new Wes Anderson picture, Asteroid City. This is the first time in a long time that I've seen a film in a theater and I do have a lot to say about the movie and the unique way that it shows the kind of crisis and anxiety that artists have in the creative process. But from the first moment I fell in love with the score by the acclaimed film composer Alexandre Desplat. Just as Anderson uses picturesque scenes and stock characters of Atomic-Age Americana to evoke a nostalgia for this idealized past we can only experience as artificial recreations, So Desplat turn to post-war American music to capture not only an atmosphere of the era but also of the American Sublime. There are only a few moments that his score comes through mixed with retro country western tracks. The opening of this “suite” holds us with a high-pitched note held over a melody in the lower register of the piano. This distinct “Americana” sound feels that way because it is reminiscent of Copland’s orchestral writing. But then the oscillating xylophone and bells brings in a pulse that makes me think of American minimalism with the likes of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Little wind arpeggios come in to heavily emphasize Philip Glass' style of “minimalism”, which can be heard throughout his scores. And this nod to Glass ends with a long held organ pedal point in the bass, reminding us of his iconic score for Koyaanisqatsi (1982). Then, unexpectedly, the held note which opened the score is revealed to be the opening to the serene and otherworldly prelude to Wagner’s Lohengrin (or at least a short pastiche). Why reference Wagner here? I'm going to guess that this is related to the Wagnerian sound of heroism, triumph, and the sublime all being paired with the reminiscent love for the cowboys of the Old West. And these long held notes, and evoking the repetitive and potentially endless sounds of looping American minimalism come together to create a musical depiction of the American Sublime of endless Horizons and expansive nature and the quiet beauty that places like the Southwest has. I might be reading a lot into it and I don't want to argue that this is what Alexander Desplat had in mind when he decided to write in an American musical style for matching aesthetics, but I think this adds a nice little cherry of a detail on top of an already complicated and multi-layered film.

#Desplat #Alexandre Desplat #film music #film score #soundtrack #Asteroid City #Wes Anderson #orchestra music #Minimalism #American minimalism #Steve Reich #Philip Glass #Richard Wagner #Glass #Reich #Glass Koyaanisqatsi #Wes Anderson Asteroid City #Alexandre Desplat Asteroid City #classical music #Youtube #Wagner Lohengrin #Lohengrin

[nedison]

enjoying KOYAANISQATSI today on my new setup-- so stunning to finally see this film the way the filmmakers intended!!

#koyaanisqatsi #godfrey reggio #1983 #philip glass #film #cinema #pump 4

[animusrox]

Koyaanisqatsi (1982) dir. Godfrey Reggio Music by Philip Glass

#Koyaanisqatsi #Philip Glass #filmedit #filmgifs #doyouevenfilm #fyeahmovies #moviegifs #cinemapix #dailyflicks #chewieblog #useroptional #usergal #usergilli #userk8 #userkd #userrobin #userangela #useraurore #userlily #kane52630 #gifs #movie

[steampunkforever]

One of the notable triumphs of Soviet Cinema was Sergei Esienstein's development of the Montage. In the interest of time I'll simplify years of film history and analysis to a much shorter explanation: showing two or more images in series gives new meaning to them by forming a relationship through context. A man with a neutral expression is just a man, but by cutting to a slice of cheese we register his expression as hungry, or loving if we cut to a child, or scared if we cut to a snake. There, now you can skip film class and show this post to your professor as proof of attendance.

Cut together more abstract visuals and run them in series and you develop themes and narratives. Set them to a landmark musical score and you have Koyaanisqatsi.

Koyaanisqatsi is a movie about the imminent destruction of the planet. It's a movie celebrating the human race. It's a documentation of the anthroposcene. It's a condemnation of modernity in its very title, translated from Hopi to mean "life out of balance." It's a movie about how cool highways and nuclear reactors and military jets and brutalist architecture are. It's a great film to put on at parties.

Going through a particularly stressful point of my life right now, and at the peak of my distress I decided to spend the night in, turning out the lights and sitting on the floor, letting Philip Glass' enchanting score wash over me as I sat mesmerized by the film's celebration and condemnation of life out of balance.

This is cocomelon for film majors. I mean it, Koyaanisqatsi is the perfect film to put on in the background of a houseparty. It's like an Apple TV screensaver for the sophisticated. With Philip Glass to provide the atmosphere and rich visuals of 16mm timelapses, this is the perfect non-narrative for setting the artistic mood of a space. This is the most pretentious thing I've ever said and I wholly stand by it.

Go watch Koyaanisqatsi. It's an unmatched experience.

#koyaanisqatsi #film #cinema #filmposting #philip glass #you should watch the film on its own before putting it on at a houseparty btw #but you should play it during your next rager to give an artistic and thoughtful vibe to the frat boy kegstands

[medusa-full-of-wrath]

ᴋᴏʏᴀᴀɴɪsǫᴀᴛsɪ (1982)

The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance.“

#we can’t be friends if this doesn’t make you feel #philip glass #koyaanisqatsi #life out of balance #SoundCloud

[human-bag77]

Watching this movie in the background while drawing is such a trip hearing the most angelic soundtrack thinking a biblical anomaly is happening only to turn and see it’s just the horrors of modern technology

#koyaanisqatsi #the matrix #can’t believe I watched a documentary Sober #philip glass

[fashionlandscapeblog]

Philip Glass – Vessels

#philip glass #koyaanisqatsi #minimalism #minimal classical #minimal music #avant garde music

[americanprimitives]

Philip Glass | Koyaanisqatsi | Organic | 1983

#philip glass #koyaanisqatsi

[popsixsquishcicerolipschitz]

Once Within A Time from Oscilloscope Laboratories

Genres: Sci Fi + Fantasy

Duration: 51 minutes

Availability: Limited + Show

Celebrated director Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi) returns after ten years with a new experimental film unlike any other from his already daring career: a bardic fairy tale about the end of the world and the beginning of a new one, tinged with apocalyptic comedy, rapturous cinematography, unforgettable vistas, and the innocence and hopes of a new generation. Featuring an electrifying score composed by Reggio’s longtime collaborator Philip Glass with additional vocals from Sussan Deyhim and co-directed by veteran editor and filmmaker Jon Kane, ONCE WITHIN A TIME is the indie revelation of the year.

#Godfrey Reggio #Koyaanisqatsi #Bardic Fairy Tale #The End of The World #New Beginnings #Philip Glass #Sussan Deyhim #Jon Kane #ONCE WITHIN A TIME #Vimeo

[dovejuice]

“Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance” 1982 Godfrey Reggio & Ron Fricke. Music composed by Phillip Glass

#koyaanisqatsi #life out of balance #watched #philip glass #Spotify

[nathancone]

The Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack can turn even picking up your kid from a school function into the Via Dolorosa of Existential Dread.

#koyaanisqatsi #philip glass #scary #eerie

[ztilbortz]

#koyaanisqatsi #godfrey reggio #philip glass

[nicealbumcovers]

Koyaanisqatsi by Phillip Glass

#Koyaanisqatsi #Phillip Glass #1983

[megacrashcourse]

Subject: The Qatsi Trilogy Duration: 3 Days Reference Materials: Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi Life Quote: "...a state of life that calls for another way of living."

#godfrey reggio #koyaanisqatsi #powaqqatsi #qatsi #philip glass #naqoyqatsi

[noosphe-re]

#Godfrey Reggio #film #movie #Koyaanisqatsi #documentary #Hopi #Philip Glass #Francis Ford Coppola #world #cinematography #Ron Fricke

[musingsbykb]

Dammit, why doesn't this exist? What would the rules be?

#koyaanisqatsi #drinking games #philip glass #random musing #random thoughts