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Mishima (Philip Glass) [Soundtrack]

Philip Glass | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (9 April 1990)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • ASIN: B000005IXM
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 80,716 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Mishima/Opening
2. November 25: Morning
3. 1934: Grandmother & Kimitake
4. Temple Of The Golden Pavilion ('Like Some Enormous Music')
5. Osamu's Theme: Kyoko's House
6. 1937: Saint Sebastian
7. Kyoko's House ('Stage Blood Is Not Enough')
8. November 25: Ichigaya
9. 1957: Award Montage
10. Runaway Horses ('Poetry Written With A Splash Of Blood')
11. 1962: Body Building
12. November 25: The Last Day
13. F-104: Epilogue From Sun And Steel
14. Mishima/Closing

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Sound & the Fury 17 Dec 2002
By Mr. Warren M. Fisher VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Probably one of Glass' most accessible works and also most recognisable from its frequent use in film and television. A masterpiece from beginning to end, featuring some of Glass' most beautiful and haunting music. The November 25 pieces alone provide a muscular, propulsive power with their pounding martial percussion and throbbing strings. A potent score to accompany Paul Schrader's powerful movie, the music also stands alone as a complete work to accompany Glass' other portrait pieces.

Moving, exhilarating and unforgettable music from the greatest voice in contemporary classical music.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is a soundtrack that is best heard in the context of the story of the film that it is part of (Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters and the life and writings of Yukio Mishima). The film is best described as interesting, however for me it is in many ways carried by this music - I have never heard a musical theme that is so adept at portraying an underlying meaning. What is particularly striking is the thread of exhaltation and death. It runs through the film but especially the soundtrack and, when one subsumes oneself, is more complete an emotional response to the film than the film itself. I do not mean this as a justification of Mishima's actions or worldview, just as a disturbing but undeniably exhilarating response to the story.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Mishima 23 Jun 2001
By "shaolindragon88" - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
I have listened to other Phillip Glass works. I find Phillip Glass to be abstract, like a Rothko painting. It is mesmerizing and challenging, but rarely does it take you a level of passion that this work, Mishima, does.

Perhaps it is the subject matter. The complex and not easily explainable life of writer Yukio Mishima.

The movie studies the odd life of Mishima by examining his novels. The underlying themes of self-obsession, narcism, deep passion, and aweseome forces of beauty through death, are captured very well through musical expression.

Each piece captures some essence of its subject matter, without being pandering or obvious. Other than the wind chimes in the Intro, there are no obvious references to Japanese music, ala Madame Butterfly.

The melodic elements are most certainly western, yet its interpretation of the human feelings behind each of the stories is quite universal and rises above stereotype. You need not love Japan or Japanese music or literature to love this work.

It uses the traditional dramatic structure of a movie to move you from scene to scene. The final climax of Mishima's suicide is understood musically, as the the climax of a life's work. Whether or not we morally agree with Mishima's act, it serves as a symbol how each us move to some sort of great work of art which is our own lives.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Astounding 12 Jan 2000
By Michael Sweeney - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the most passionately spiritual pieces of music I have ever heard. Like all of Phillip Glass' scores, it stands well on its own as a seperate entity. Perhaps because of the subject matter and most definitely because of Glass' overt bent towards Eastern spirituality combined with his western rhythmic sensibilities, this disk is essential. I can't recommend it enough.
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Glass's breakthrough.... 26 Feb 2003
By stuartm - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
for me at least. This was the first CD of his where the full emotional potential of his music was realized. Some credit is due the Kronos Quartet who have never been better then they are here. And the remainder goes to PG for moving beyond the confines of strict minimalism to incorporate elements of traditional melody and harmony within the rhythmic structure of his compositions.

This is accessible, powerful, emotional music and has never worn out its welcome.

BTW, the final scene in the Truman Show uses the main theme of this soundtrack, so if you found the triumphant "rush" of that finale compelling, you will love to hear the rest in this soundtrack.

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