Koyaanisqatsi takes the top spot of the Most Popular Film Scores chart. Entirely versatile in his composing approach and delivery, Philip Glass has composed multiple operas including the acclaimed Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, and Akhnaten, chamber operas and musical theatre works, symphonies, concertos, string quartets, chamber music, and several film scores.
Showcasing the truly diverse nature of Philip Glass’ musical output since the 1960s, the Most Popular Works chart features a concerto (Violin Concerto No 1), a symphony (Symphony No 3) and two string quartets (No 2 and No 3). Commercially successful and intended to introduce his music to a broader audience, Glassworks gained Philip Glass widespread recognition and remains just as popular forty years on. Three tracks from Glass’ seminal 1982 Glassworks album also appear in the Most Popular Works chart: Facades, Opening, and Closing. Released as part of the Solo Piano album over three decades ago in 1989, the work refers to and was inspired by the 1915 novella The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Topping the Most Popular Works chart is the iconic Metamorphosis. Through his vast repertoire of award-winning compositions and wide-ranging collaborations with music creators ranging from Leonard Cohen to David Bowie and Brian Eno, Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of our times.īased on data provided by PRS for Music, the organisation which represents the rights of over 160,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers worldwide, the charts list Philip Glass’ most streamed, downloaded, broadcast and performed works and film scores in the UK and overseas. Philip Glass is one of the world’s most influential, accomplished and revered composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
To celebrate the 85th birthday of Philip Glass today (31 January 2022), PRS for Music has released two charts, revealing some of the prolific composer’s most popular works and film scores.
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