You have probably heard his music in TV commercials and documentaries or even movie soundtracks like The Hours (for which he won a BAFTA), the re- released Bela Lugosi version of Dracula, Kundun (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award), Mishima, and contributions to The Truman Show (in which he makes a cameo appearance and won a Golden Globe Award)

But there is another side to the music of Philip Glass, find out more by visiting the Philip Glass Offical website, Glass Notes or Glass Pages (no longer updated).

Some other links of interest:

A review of Kundun soundtrack

Orange Mountain Music

Philip Glass on Flickr

something about his glasses!

Probably the most famous sound- track composed by Philip Glass is for the movie KOYAANISQATSI (from the Hopi language), n. 1. Crazy life. 2. Life in turmoil. 3. Life disintegrating. 4. Life out of balance. 5. A state of life that calls for another way of living), one of a trilogy of films (the others being POWAQQATSI and the recently completed NAQOYQATSI

Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi have recently been released on DVD in the USA and Europe in widescreen format. Naqoyqatsi is currently only available on DVD in the USA.