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 Philip GlassMishima Release Date 1985 Label Nonesuch Rating:  Philip Glass' soundtrack to Paul Schrader's retelling of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima is one of his strongest early scores, one that retains his essential "Glass-ness," but begins to bring in elements of narrative, creating distinct sounds for each of the sections of Schrader's non-linear storytelling structure. So for Mishima's final day -- when he tried to stage a military coup and ended up committing suicide -- Glass creates tense, suspenseful music with dashes of military drumming. For the sections retelling Mishima's short story Kyoko's House, he recasts his main theme into a composition for '50s-style surf-rock ensemble -- bizarre stuff, indeed. This is stirring, potent music that never once condescends to throw in some sort of Japanese instrument. As a side note, the ever-adept Kronos Quartet handle much of the string sections of this album. Ted Mills, Rovi |
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Mishima/Opening | Glass | 2:46 |
| 2 | November 25: Morning | Glass | 4:08 |
| 3 | 1934: Grandmother & Kimitake | Glass | 3:37 |
| 4 | Temple of the Golden Pavilion [Like Some Enormous Music] | Glass | 3:06 |
| 5 | Osamu's Theme: Kyoko's House | Glass | 2:58 |
| 6 | 1937: Saint Sebastian | Glass | 1:05 |
| 7 | Kyoko's House (Stage Blood Is Not Enough) | Glass | 5:00 |
| 8 | November 25: Ichigaya | Glass | 2:11 |
| 9 | 1957: Award Montage | Glass | 3:56 |
| 10 | Runaway Horses (Poetry Written With a Splash of Blo | Glass | 9:09 |
| 11 | 1962: Body Building | Glass | 1:29 |
| 12 | November 25: The Last Day | Glass | 1:30 |
| 13 | F-104: Epilogue from "Sun and Steel" | Glass | 1:59 |
| 14 | Mishima/Closing | Glass | 2:57 |
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