Philip Glass

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Philip Glass

Sound 89 January 31, 1937

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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…

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The Truman Show

The Truman Show

8.2 1998 Movie
Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

4.4 2015 Movie
The Illusionist

The Illusionist

7.3 2006 Movie
Secret Window

Secret Window

6.6 2004 Movie
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
The Hours

The Hours

7.3 2002 Movie
Candyman

Candyman

6.7 1992 Movie
Taking Lives

Taking Lives

6.4 2004 Movie
No Reservations

No Reservations

6.7 2007 Movie
Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal

7.1 2006 Movie
Leviathan

Leviathan

7.4 2014 Movie
Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

6.3 2007 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Nova '78

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2026
    Istanbul: Chronopolis

    Movie Music

  3. 2025
    Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2025
    CHIMALMA

    Movie Music

  5. 2025
    Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2025
    Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2025
    Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2025
    Carolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2024
    Anhedonia

    Movie Songs

  10. 2023
    The Pigeon Tunnel

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2023
    Once Within a Time

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2023
    You, Me, and Movies

    Movie Music

  13. 2023
    Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2023
    Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2022
    A Place Called Music

    Movie Self

  16. 2022
    Alice

    Movie Original Music Composer

More credits
  1. 2022
    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Movie Self

  2. 2021
    LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE

    Movie Music

  3. 2021
    War and the Weather

    Movie

  4. 2021
    100 Foot Wave

    TV show Original Music Composer

  5. 2021
    In the Penal Colony

    Movie Sound

  6. 2020
    Philip Glass: Akhnaten

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2020
    Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective

    Movie Music

  8. 2020
    Tales from the Loop

    TV show Original Music Composer

  9. 2019
    The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

    Movie Music

  10. 2019
    Universal Machine

    Movie Music

  11. 2019
    Samurai Marathon

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2018
    Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2018
    Taniel

    Movie Musical

  14. 2017
    Jane

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2017
    The Juniper Tree

    Movie Music

  16. 2017
    The Last Dalai Lama?

    Movie Self

  17. 2017
    Crônica da Demolição

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 2017
    Trophy

    Movie Himself

  19. 2016
    Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos

    Movie Music

  20. 2015
    Fantastic Four

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 2015
    The Viking of Sixth Avenue

    Movie Self

  22. 2014
    Leviathan

    Movie Music

  23. 2014
    What Difference Does It Make?

    Movie Self

  24. 2014
    Einstein on the Beach

    Movie Original Music Composer