Unlike most other kronos releases on nonesuch, this album does not come as an mp3 download. Listen free to philip glass dracula dracula, journey to the inn and more. Philip glass and kronos quartet play glass score to 1931s dracula in downtown l. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. In the late1990s universal pictures approached composer philip glass to compose a new score for one of its classic monster movies. Dracula 1931, performed by the kronos quartet, with music composed by philip glass. Two trailblazing new music artists kronos quartet and composer philip glass come together once again for a recording of the first original score for the universal pictures 1931 horror film classic dracula, starring bela lugosi. Dracula dracula, dracula journey to the inn and more. Dracula meets philip glass and kronos quartet, and. Philip glass 1999 soundtrack for the 1931 film dracula is a wellexecuted piece of work, notably for many of its stylistic choices. The movie directed by tod browning and starring bela lugosi could be shown to audiences both as a silent movie and as a talkie, though conversation was limited to basic narrative elements. I purchased the download without having heard any of the score and was not. Composer philip glass talks about his creation of the soundtrack for tod brownings classic dracula.
Dracula is a soundtrack performed by the kronos quartet, with music composed by philip glass, for the 1931 film dracula. Philip glass and the kronos quartet perform the dracula soundtrack, live with the movie. For his new score, philip glass tapped the allstar kronos quartet and wrote specifically for them. Its no surprise that some of philip glass s most inspiring projects have been multimedia. Importante per gli amanti di philip glass, ma anche solo per gli appassionati del conte.
Dracula, an album by philip glass, kronos quartet on spotify. Glass chose to compose a score for tod brownings 1931 dracula because it never had an original score. This latest offering from orange mountain music sees virtuoso solo pianist michael reisman take on philip glasss fabulous score for bela lugosis 1931. There is nothing particularly scary or frightening about the music the horror and thrill of the project is left to the imagery and drama of the film itself. The composers minimalist tendencies lend themselves to the accompaniment of vast landscapes, silent films, andnowtod brownings 1931 horror classic, dracula.
Glass s score marks the firstever for a film which the. Presenting tod browings dracula, a great classic in fantastic cinema, as a cineconcert for the first time in europewith original music by philip glass. Dracula is a soundtrack performed by the kronos quartet, with music composed by philip glass. Music by philip glass composed for the film dracula kronos quartet. Song dracula from dracula philip glass 1999 from dracula philip glass 1999 universal pictures film music. Orange mountain is pleased to announce for the reissued cd album of philip glasss 1998 score to the 1931 film dracula starring bela lugosi. With longstanding collaborators the kronos quartet performing the score, glass has created a soundtrack that moves with rapidfire.