Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi (Complete Soundtrack) | Midi Visualisation

[@angelcitygirl]

One of those rare movies and soundtrack that not only has weathered well but is almost prophetic. Magnificent.

[@olivermj69]

one of the tracks' name is "Prophecies"

[@BassForever44]

Oh yes

[@davidcheater4239]

Ummm, it's interpretations of Hopi prophecies

[@tomasmendiola5939]

Music for the first mass in the space

[@jonthecop1802]

Who ever recorded this MIDI did it perfect!! I've seen Koyaanisqatsi so many times it never gets old.

[@highstimulation2497]

omg, the chorus speaks SO later compared to the keyboards, I can't even stomach 5 seconds of it! ew. Them sounding that behind hurts my brain. no way. if live or recorded musicians sounded that bad they'd get fired. ouch.

[@n0isyturtle]

Still one of the greatest soundtracks ever recorded.

[@goatlps]

Although this isn't it.

[@jjbchem]

thats facts dude

[@user-ri3ud9pc2c]

Agree

[@delozenboer]

visiting a supermarket today during the corona crisis, couldn't stop hearing this soundtrack in my head...

[@lazarus9165]

maybe turn off the video...

[@delozenboer]

@@lazarus9165 hihi

[@georgeofhamilton]

Coronasqatsi

[@calaf1816]

I can't stop listening this music, actually I can't stop watching this music. I was so amazed when I saw movie in early 1980's in new york city.

[@jackieoftden5285]

Just call up Phil and thank him: 212-254-5707

[@mlliarm]

Perfect soundtrack for reading "the Plague" of Camus in the middle of a pandemic quarantine.

[@MichaelSBaram]

Lol i just did a month ago.

[@0-0-d5o]

Nice doing exactly this right now

[@Paraselene_Tao]

I've never had a semi-religious experience with the help of a MIDI program. I'm having flashes of the movie pop up in my mind. Phillip Glass' soundtrack, Ron Fricke's cinematography, and Godrey Reggio's thematic vision build a film that is more like a holy experience for me than a simple film.

[@jeffwatkins352]

What a titanic labor, rendering this entire score for midi! After four decades of listening to Glass evolve, this remains my #1 favorite of his works. It combines the hypnotic drive of the early works with the harmonic inventiveness of the later. And of course it has a profoundly deep subtext. Always wished someone would do a ballet to this music.

[@mrsticker2]

Wife is out of town. I’m blasting the midi version of Koyaanisqatsi. I love it. The colorization on the keyboards and notes is beautiful. The Grid is amazing. I also say without sarcasm, it makes me appreciate hearing it performed with humans. See it live if you can.

[@soniadownie8749]

I did in Melbourne 2017 A M A Z I N G ❤

[@avatareyes1]

...a true master of his craft. -- an atmospheric narrative that syncs perfectly with the subject matter

[@karlakgomez]

Great music, is a masterpiece….Bravo Philip Glass.

[@Doraphobic]

I always come back to this. Masterpiece.

[@rhandhom1]

This is the only movie soundtrack that I've heard that has made me shed tears.

[@ericamaudry1116]

Exactly the same effect on me. I have watched this movie years ago, i had loved already the music of Philipp Glass but this soundtrack was a schock and still is. Have been so lucky to have the opportunity to attend a concert of the Philipp Glass Ensemble yesterday in Paris for the soundtrack of Powaqatsi.

[@ScottDuPreMills]

Koyaanisqatsi is a masterpiece film and score , great see notes rain down , awesome addition to the film

[@claudinhalulkin]

Amazing! Being in this covid 19 moment, we face the indigenous prophecies! Crazy moment! At the same time, we have a period to listen pieces like this! Tnx to Phillip Glass and everyone involved. From Brazil.

[@Kattywampus]

Just knowing that there is a MIDI of the entire Koyaanisqatsi made my brain explode. That is literally why I clicked on this video. I'm saving it to check out tomorrow. :)

[@AJ-qv9yo]

Thank you!!!! One of the greatest movies and soundtracks ever.

[@Wawawalulu]

The shots of transitioning from a birds eye view to the shots of motherboards and transistors, seamlessly, absolutely BLEW me away.

[@nancycollins4109]

Perfect soundtrack for driving around town looking for toilet paper.

[@delozenboer]

it is right? I had it on my mind all the time at the supermarket today...

[@gaelshepherd3453]

Lmao. Oh the visuals!

[@georgeofhamilton]

Coronasqatsi

[@julioriveragomez6995]

@@georgeofhamilton 😂😂😂

[@hhgygy]

This music is pure mathematics. Check out the graphs e.g. from 40:49 onwards. Great rendition of the masterpiece.

[@brian497]

I saw this in the theater when it came out, then saw it again. It left me with a deep sense of calm and acceptance about the inevitable price we humans would pay. I listen to it now, decades later, and see we are about to find out. Still, this music with it's deep and somber chorus is welcome and fitting.

[@RONWOLPA]

once heard it sticks to the mind

[@conniefawcett2615]

This is amazing! The visualization helps me see what's going on with the music. Koyaanisqatsi is my favorite Philip Glass work. I had the privilege of seeing the PGE perform this live back in the 90s. Never gets old.

[@frederickletterblair]

Midi actually sounds even more cryptic and engaging.

[@rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy892]

It's great that you have taken the time to showcase this music, so well. I have always loved this work. Thank you.

[@marcoantino2920]

Tracklist: 0:00 Koyaanisqatsi 3:28 Organic 11:03 Clouds 15:35 Resource 22:06 Vessels 30:06 Pruitt Igoe 37:55 Pruitt Igoe Coda 39:29 SloMo People 42:17 The Grid Introduction 45:83 The Grid 1:03:34 Microchip 1:05:02 Prophecies For Cellphones

[@MechanicalMooCow]

Wait... I thought this was just the single song, not the whole fucking movie. OMG I'm in actual love.

[@davidchase6570]

special film.

[@gustavopiqueras5404]

the best ... still shocked remembering the movie in full screen cinema when I was 14 !!! ... I still dont understand what kind of call was that as i took my parents and little brother to the see the movie to a big cinema in Madrid.

[@jaschanakladal]

Be lucky that you got the experience to watch this movie in a cinema! Did you also see the other two movies?

[@ninosawbrzostowiecki1892]

Wow, this is great! Thanks for posting! I'm utterly in love with this movie and everything related to it right now.

[@martinouellette4266]

This is incredible. Thank you.

[@jordanviray]

Incredible! My impressions of the soundtrack, and of Glass initially, were the same. Now if only all MIDIs sounded this good.

[@davidm5867]

One of my all-time favourites

[@GregorAdler]

"I feel fear for the last time"

[@AronMikaelMusic]

Why would someone dislike this? This is great!

[@BassForever44]

Man, this piece gets me in such a sentimental mood.... i love it

[@ryanvb3452]

The MIDI visualizer allows the listener to appreciate the more subtle elements. :) Nice!

[@Akira-5]

Brilliant! Thank you! Such an incredible piece of music and absolutely timeless.

[@zacharywiseman7276]

I love how in Resource the music gets super sinister when human are first shown

[@dorkmax7073]

Listening at night with headphones, 1:30 scared the shit out of me.

[@God-yr9rs]

KOYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANISQATSIIIIIIII (Thats the sound of god)

[@johnwright2911]

The message should also.

[@gutegute679]

My parents once put that on for Halloween.

[@karlakgomez]

Fantastic soundtrack….Bravo…

[@francoisherisson2910]

Very interesting video, both musically and visually. Thank you from Paris, France.

[@paulkent1963]

Always loved this. Now maybe I feel encouraged to set up my keyboards and get stuck in.

[@ladyofshalott4780]

Mesmerising. I wish every musical score was represented visually like this, alongside the audio version.

[@jaschanakladal]

In which one you would be interested in?

[@ladyofshalott4780]

I've been watching jorge coli's video of Philip Glass 's Monsters of Grace: not sure whether that would work? Perhaps another instrumental composition? There is also some good baroque and early music that begins with a ground and then weaves a complex melody above and through it. Hope this helps!

[@lherr0214]

This soundtrack always makes work alot better :)

[@uweclaunitzer7170]

What a masterpiece. Very good arrangement. My favourite part starts at 17:31.

[@jaschanakladal]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@robertszakonyi3156]

mindful hauntings in the finale eternally repeating....

[@kliggr]

The Soundtrack of Interstellar reminds me of this piece of art!

[@RiseFromTheAshZ]

epic1982 Definitely influenced Hans Zimmer

[@kraeckelium]

Check out Moondog if you like the trace influences

[@johnminnich4107]

Infuenced by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Von Biber? Reminds me of Biber's Pasagalia.

[@liatmanjeevguy9180]

WOW! I`ve was looking for this for a long time. Thank you, bring me more nice surprises

[@rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy892]

Listening for a long time and just can't believe how brilliant this video is!

[@EduNauta95]

Prophecies, my favorite.

[@danielramirez501]

great movie visually.....mind blowing music saw this about thirty years ago late night on pbs....been hooked ever since....!!!!!!

[@DeanClean42069]

The coloratura style is what I'm talking about, where multiple notes come from one syllabic sound. its hard to emulate that on Vessels because it wants to play it staccato instead of slurring the notes together. That's my only complaint on this rendition and its not anyone's fault - this version is still totally badass. It helps me learn the notes for this masterpiece.

[@seanmchugh840]

Don't you love the harmonic control in _Clouds_ , fabulous stuff, Wagner would be impressed... Total nostalgia and bliss of past and better decades.

[@thomasmaxfield8953]

Woah! This is some great work

[@martinezsanchezjorgeisaac9307]

Thank you, I love so much the Glass'melody, it's great

[@gustarrezende]

Watch Baraka, from the same director of photography of Koyaanisqatsi.

[@mose3601]

Gustavo Rocha i think(and know) Baraka is the most powerful Movie from Ron Fricke.

[@lucasljorge]

Thanks for the suggestion.

[@dedaloleo8671]

Thank you very much, it's a Great music

[@vmcervan]

Listening to this while reading The Fountainhead: Part 4, Chapter 14. If you know, you know.

[@oneinsixcom]

heard this someplace and immediately knew where it originated from even though i saw it ages back. it just fits the bill.

[@ThomasTdeFramberg]

Congratulations - and thank you so much - for this wonderfull transcription !

[@Pistacho123Lol]

This is amazing, thank you!

[@exoplanet11]

Thank you very much for the tremendous work that must have gone into making this video. Many tracks heard here are not on the original KOY soundtrack. I have always been particularly interested in the early scenes in KOY of nature, mostly shot in Monument Valley. The soundtrack begins with a single note repeated...then moves to two then three and becomes increasingly complex. This perfectly leads the viewer/listener into the transition to the complex world of humans that is coming up. Those scene evoke a creation myth such as Genisis or the other ones you can find in Glass' Symphony #5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya"

[@darrennickoley1653]

What ? It beauty is not?

[@darrennickoley1653]

Sorry I replied to your comment instead of Paolos.

[@MrMikopi]

Gives me goosebumps, wonderful. Good work.

[@perjus]

This is mesmerizing.

[@DJ-TimeShift]

This is absolutely amazing.

[@Sicamor1]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I follow Philip glass since 1982, since I was in my teenage days, but I did not realized that other works wre inspired for this work in particular, such as you mentioned, Tron, I guess that is why I liked. Certainly the works of Philip Glass are disruptive. Despite some of their minimalistic works in early stages, he is becoming more ecclectic. Thanks so much as well for giving the info about the meaning of the tittle, I guess we are near of those Hopi profecies :(. Thanks!.

[@Fredshon]

AMAZING! You are a genius! Congratulations!

[@treewalker1070]

Someone I know described the main theme as "the stark bleached bones of Bach." Which I totally get. A lot of Bach devices distilled to the bare minimum. The main theme sounds a little like a variation of the Fugue in G Minor, extremely simplified. Bach is definitely NOT minimalist, and I don't think that Glass was copying Bach, but I think there is subconscious influence from this Fugue and other Bach works. Koyaanisqatsi is even in the key of G Minor and uses an organ, and has four voices making a very simple sort-of fugue. Hm, I looked for a video of the G Minor fugue and found one with graphics kind of like this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpXFqXmfaJKIhZY Check out the Passacaglia in C Minor too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5LXgnmCjsetq80

[@xdmkii]

Interesting observation.

[@skopfproductions]

It's in d minor

[@whitedevilvaz]

Simply amazing.

[@system32ita39]

1:05:02

[@SilvermaniaShow]

WAKE UP

[@wonderfulwino4265]

Life out of balance?,I heard something like that recently.

[@moviemaster8510]

This score should be mentioned alongside Rhapsody in Blue and The Rite of Spring as one of the greatest pieces of music ever composed in the 20th century.

[@yogadr6]

It just was....

[@cachorrodragao6679]

Just no

[@shiningarmor2838]

Koy-John-isqatsi

[@shiningarmor2838]

Every empire must fall. It’s simply a matter of when.

[@ruthenium6648]

Shining Armor including the crystal one

[@yuriledesma]

fantastic! thanks 4 sharing. greetings from Brazil

[@wanmomusic]

I love you so much for this!

[@dilzappa]

kOYAANISQUATSI IS THE ONLY FILM I'VE EVER SEEN AT THE CINEMA,WHERE I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE CINEMA WATCHING IT - ANOTHER COUNTRY (8 PERSONS_ COMES CLOSE!

[@gustarrezende]

It happened with me too, but with the Hostel movie. I didn't know it was so horror film...

[@purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

Truly amazing.

[@petethegardener1968]

This works better for me as the video distracted me from the music Love it

[@calviva7940]

thanks for this

[@bugothecatplays7864]

Mind blown when you realize the intro music of this, also inspired Rob Hubbard on the C64 game Delta intro music.

[@hansstaalman3951]

Didn't know that, so I looked it up. Don't know what part the Delta intro resembles Koyaanisqatsi though..

[@ShumaiAxeman]

I think I love you

[@arturpereira1276]

Fantástico !!!

[@jaschanakladal]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@cherrychross]

Thank you so much!

[@Paolo8772]

I loved this, but during the the 2 note ostinato towards the beginning of "The Grid" (at 44:24) the upper note goes from a C to a C# (or a D flat) for the two progressions when the three muted trumpets join before the chord progression changes to the definitive "The Grid" three chord "unanswered progression". You notated them all as C naturals and you are INCORRECT for having done so; I'll repeat: they change to C#s (or D flats) Having said that: Nice job. I found it mesmerizing.

[@cristinabuitrago7250]

Thank you, this is awesome :)

[@patrujo]

like cool visuals man

[@luizleal3335]

Love from Bahia!

[@rhandhom1]

Fantastic.

[@mr.sweetheart7507]

I liked this song before it became cool. I just heard this from Stranger Things season 4 episode 7 and I was like Prophecies by Phillip Glass!!!!

[@alexispembertonsmith2972]

im here for Pruit igoe THANK YOU

[@FiremanSam60]

It's the best film ever made that wasn't directed by Werner Herzog.

[@Maravone]

This, but instead of Herzog, its Andrei Tarkovsky

[@kraeckelium]

You guys have great taste in film, but then again I give Ingmar Bergman a place here.

[@exoplanet11]

@@Maravone Agree completely. I regard Koyaanisqatsi and Sacrifice as the best films ever made. Both Reggio's and Tarkovsky's films transcend the medium of film.

[@bdasil]

@@Maravone this but instead of Tarkovsky it's Tommy Wiseau

[@gregrice1354]

@@bdasil You Wise-acher! Too funny, "Oh. . . .hi, Tommy!"

[@mittim804]

absolutely bonkers

[@exosha]

I'm thinking constantly about Interstellar when listening to Koyaanisqatsi

[@САМИСРУКАМИ-к1у]

Amazing

[@gflong2010]

Street Signs after Prophecies from Koyaanisqatsi Soundtrack Who respects the humble street sign which exists only to mark, for the sake of some passing traveler, the name of the street being crossed or traveled? Its cyclopian expression of self stands lugubriously like the blind waiting to cross busy corners. Void stare, single declarative certainty; thin interruption of empty; descendant of holy cairn where someone once knelt in joy at having been found. Who comes late in the night to straighten it, to hammer its dings and erase its graffiti? Who brushes the foliage and branches from its coma? I dreamed once that all the street signs had been sorted into a hopeless jumble. Purple micro dot blossomed in the orchards. Still no one noticed. In the silence that breathed beneath the coffins; in the graveyard, Phillip Glass played and the cold bones vibrated their one tune harmoniously at the end of all roads where rust eats the metal and its name droops or flakes or becomes defaced and once again, one thing means another. Gerald Long 10/06/09.

[@YuTuboTuTubas]

Good cover

[@jaschanakladal]

Thanks for watching!

[@willywhitten4918]

So here we can see the method to the madness...!!! Great score. I have been into Musique Concrète since the score to Forbidden Planet. It seems to be the basis for many styles of experimental music. I have been a synthesist for years, using tape loops and recorded sounds early on. Finally got an Arp Odyssey in the early 80's, then a Moog Rogue, now a Kurzweil K2000. For percussion I use chimps on bongos. I have several parrots that sing background. I was a vocalist in rock bands for years. Now I mainly write commentary and social critique on the Internet. \\][//

[@jaimesandoval9841]

Perfect soundtrack for reading Watchmen

[@harlequin4154]

1:09:54 › inspiration for the sky time lapse scene in Barney’s short film [ The Simpsons, ep. 18, season 6 ]