Philip Glass: Pruitt Igoe

[biggiesmalls]

I came across this excerpt from the film Koyaanisqatsi and felt that it was worth sharing.

According to credits listed on musicbrainz.org, the trombonists are Jim Pugh, Keith O'Quinn, Bob Smith, and George Flynn.

Screenshot of complete list of musicians attached.

Wiki page about the Pruitt Igoe housing projects: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruitt%E2%80%93Igoe

[Wilco]

And rock star tubists! Allways loved this, great music!!

[BGuttman]

There are some heavy hitters in all the sections. Impressive personnel!

[robcat2075]

I remember being in a "20th Century Music" class at U of North Texas in 1983 and a kid brought in the Koyaanisqatsi sound track album. The TA put it on the "turntable" and dropped the needle.

We were stunned by it. It was new music... new orchestral music... all the sounds were familiar and yet the result was not familiar.

It wasn't like other "new music" you would encounter in such a class. It wasn't pretentious complexity or novelty, it wasn't Yoko screaming, it wasn't another terribly clever manipulation of a 12-tone row, it wasn't something that was "music" because it wasn't music, there was no guy in black tights.

Philip Glass had found a way to take completely ordinary elements and make something obviously new, yet still compelling, out of them. Probably the last time that has happened in music.

Of course, it's not new anymore. Philip Glass is often described as "influential", meaning widely-copied. It is too easy to make something that sounds like Philip Glass.

[chromebone]

Koyaanisqatsi one of the most moving and stunning pieces of filmmaking I have ever experienced. If you haven’t seen it, it’s well worth the time. The music is absolutely integral to the experience. A masterpiece if there ever was one.