Hours, The (2002)

Composer(s):
Philip Glass (also from opera "Satyagraha" and "Metamorphosis 2"), Richard Strauss (non-original music: from "Vier letzte Lieder: Beim Schlafengehen")

Released in:
2002

Reviews

Artful, controversial score
by Jeffery (May 2, 2003)
Like the difficult film in which its derived from, Glass received both acclaim and criticism for his intriguing score. Centered on drifting, repetitive piano and string themes, the score has that familiar Glass "sound." Yet, the amazing thing about Glass' daring music is that it actually works. The film dives into three eras--a day in the life of three women; Glass manages to meld these women together through his haunting cadences. "Morning Passages" is a film score dream--seamlessly uniting three women with haunting piano scales. As Michael Cunningham did in his evocative novel, in "I'm Going to Make A Cake," Glass makes baking a cake sound more like an invigorating art project than a housewife's mundane domestic task.

Reviews on other sites:

Movie Music UK

Film Score on the Web (in Dutch)

MundoBSO (in Spanish)

BSO Spirit (in Spanish)

Cinemusic.de (in German)

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Film Music on the Web

Cinemusic.Online

Filmmuziek.be (in german)

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