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The Hours

Philip Glass (Composer) | Format: Audio CD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
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How better to score a movie that takes place in three tangentially related time periods than with music that strives for timelessness? The hallmarks of Philip Glass's minimalism serve The Hours well. The film, based on Michael Cunningham's novel, tells the stories of three women--Virginia Woolf in the early 1920s, a housewife just after World War II, and a book editor in the present--whose days relate in different ways to Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway. Yet rather than construct a sonic montage of these three time periods (perhaps some Ravel for Woolf, some Max Steiner for the housewife, some Enya for the editor), Hours producer Scott Rudin turned to Glass, a contemporary-classical composer who has had a substantial side career in film, most notably with Koyaanisqatsi. The familiar Glass sounds--the endlessly layered violins, the static melodies, the glacial rhythms--all lend a consistent aural foundation to a story that moves fluidly back and forth in time. The music is scored for orchestra, string quartet, and piano. Those plentiful strings lend a thick cushion, a triumph of tonal suspension, for the piano part, which Michael Riesman plays coolly, emphasizing what are often single notes separated by thoughtful silences, as well as short sets of scales cascading in slow motion. Not only will these compositional themes be familiar to fans of Glass's work, so too will several of the melodies. Some sections of the score are derived from his albums Glassworks and Solo Piano and from his opera Satyagraha--which, incidentally, involved the stories of three legendary men active in different eras. --Marc Weidenbaum

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Doublement nominée par les Golden Globes et l'Académie des Oscars, The Hours n'a, hélas, obtenu ni l'un ni l'autre. Mais que l'on ne s'y trompe pas : cette nouvelle musique de film glasséenne est une pure merveille, sans doute sa plus belle partition pour le cinéma depuis Mishima. Chargé d'illuminer un piano irréel autour duquel s'articule toute la structure harmonique et le ciselage mélodique, le chef d'orchestre Michael Riesman laisse pour l'occasion sa fidèle baguette à Nick Ingman. Mais loin de compromettre la symbiose des interprètes avec cette musique d'une simplicité ardue, d'une limpidité intimidante, ce changement contractuel se transforme ni plus ni moins en coup de génie. Partenaire de Philip Glass depuis toujours, dirigeant avec un égal bonheur la totalité de ses travaux pour l'écran, le chef devenu pianiste entretient une telle complicité avec le compositeur qu'il ne fait plus qu'un avec sa musique, survolant ces divines 57 minutes de son toucher profondément gracile, ou l'art de pénétrer les sens en douceur, de susciter des sensations purement viscérales par un discours éminemment spirituel, une possible philosophie musicale. Loin de se perdre dans un langage opaque qui n'éclairerait que les méandres de son cerveau, Philip Glass décale sa vision intellectuelle vers la plus fluide des expressions, le plus naturel des écoulements. Jamais la fascination muette engendrée par ces notes d'une beauté sans nom, d'une saisissante clairvoyance, ne retombe une seule seconde depuis l'élévation du chant intérieur qui introduit "The Poets Acts", un titre fait sur mesure, jusqu'au réminiscences intemporelles du morceau titre, un final de rêve qui s'éteint dans les bras de l'infini. Les ondulations ensorcelantes des cordes subtilement pénétrantes, ciment lumineux d'une orchestration transparente, alliées au rayonnement pianistique tout en clair obscur, la thématique obsédante et la substance harmonique toujours aussi planante, génèrent un ravissement de tous les instants qui serait bien futile sans l'aura spirituelle qui s'en dégage. La splendeur angélique du piano dans "Morning Passages", les résonances d'une marche funèbre onirique ("I'm going to make a cake") ou encore l'ostinato envoûtant s'échappant de "Tearing herself away" sont quelques exemples de cette éruption aussi cérébrale que sensitive qui ruisselle en nous avec la pureté et la clarté d'une source montagneuse. Une expérience musicale absolue, dépassant largement le cadre d'une simple portée, comme il en existe peu dans une vie. Qu'est ce que The Hours sinon la quintessence de la musique de film selon Philip Glass, un sommet de se siècle naissant ? --Jean-Christophe Arlon
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5.0 out of 5 stars Strong, Fragile, Revolutionary, July 11 2004
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Andrea Choe (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hours (Audio CD)
His music inspired the movie-literally. Michael Cunningham, the author of The Hours, was inspired by Glass in the writing of this novel and adeptly describes his influence in the leaflet of this soundtrack.

To begin with- he breaks all the rules. I bought the piano sheet music to "Dead Things" and where I naturally felt I should crescendo, he purposely demands pianississimo- very, very quiet. He purposely silences the most moving elements, as if to say "wait. just feel it first- dont take it."

I hate when people think his music is plain - if one understands music, they know that his work is composed of silk-thin layers of delicated melodies- triplets with one hand, doublets with the other. For those of you out there that dont read music, try to divide a second into 3 equal time frames and tap that beat with your left hand. Then take the same second and divide it into 2 equal time frames and tap that beat at the same time with your right hand. Intuitively, its difficult to do. This is his trademark- he forces musicians to play against their intuition.

As another example, try to tap your pinky and middle finger at the same time. Then tap your ring finger and thumb at the same time. Now alternate quickly. Try to do it for 5 minutes and when you have got that down- do it with your other hand. But use different fingers. And do that 3-2 ratio beat thing.

Confusing? I would certainly think so.

It seems as if such a product could only be made by an eccentric and unyielding mathematician- but when you listen, it has a depth of emotional delicacy that could only be compared to trying to hold onto something you truly love over the edge of the world, with a gradually thinning silver string.

I guess what Im saying is- pay the 10, 15 bucks. Its worth it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!, July 8 2004
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This review is from: The Hours (Audio CD)
I am still not sure how I feel about the movie (nicole kidman was odd as virginia wolf, what was with the nose makeup?) yet, but from the moment the dvd started I was hooked on the music. I kept expecting that perfection to suddenly end - such intense and profound music couldn't possibly last a whole movie could it? It must just be a catchy aural hook like in so many other movies - a brilliant theme to lure you in, but no! This genius music continued through the entire movie!

I am not a fan of Phillip Glass - simply because I had never really heard of him. Now that I have heard this I will HAVE to check out his other works.

I am not a writer (and I am not sure really how one can accurately translate the transcendant majesty of music into words anyway) so I am not sure that I can review this music in a just way. But it definately speaks directly to your spirit! There is nothing cliche in this work, nothing old and stale. It is fresh, profound, transcendant, breathtaking! Morning Passages makes my DNA swoon!

If you haven't seen the movie, I am not sure I can reccommend it or not, but this music stands alone! Pure genius! Buy it! NOW!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible... amazingly beautiful..., July 4 2004
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This review is from: The Hours (Audio CD)
One of the most beautiful and unique soundtracks i've ever heard, Phillip Glass' score for the film is definitely, if not better than the film itself.. Straight after i bought it, i put it in my discman, while i was walking the dog, and when i got to the middle of the 2nd track "morning passages", i literally stopped dead in the middle of the path and was just blown away, by it's incredible portayal of there being no sense of time.. there are many times during the soundtrack, where the music would just send shivers up your spine and even bring tears to your eyes.. it's just.. i have no more to say but buy it!
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