'Island' - Part 3 of 'Glassworks' - Philip Glass

[tmagical1]

Why should "Island" and "Islands" make that big a difference? EVERYONE is an island in SOME fasion, right?

[annihil8ted]

@tmagical1 the difference if plural and singular. For me at least there is difference because depending on the tittle, the images that are produced in my head are quite different. One is single solitary island. The other is a cluster of islands.

[swkidtk421]

@annihil8ted it's still the same music. just appreciate it

[ShelbyRenee818]

Okay this definitely sounds like it was in Secret Window. Glass composed music for that movie. What do you guys think?

[IAMZenza]

@ShelbyRenee818 the first thing I thought was that it sounded like the music in The Secret Window :)

[ShelbyRenee818]

This reminds me of the movie Hide & Seek!

[illfaptothis]

Working in the studio at 4 am to this music is sublime.

[smooshie3]

Thank you so much for uploading this! have you heard the version of this for the hours soundtrack? it's basically the same except with strings doing the horn part. it's renamed 'Tearing Herself Away'

[MazerAntza]

yeah, it's islands, not island...

[stevenc123]

6:43 I heard something fall over in the background.

[JonasGrumbyBand]

I first heard Glassworks after driving my girlfriend back to her school - it was playing on the college radio station at the time. Looking back, who knew that the music would be more depressing than getting her out of my car...

[Imogenmitchell]

Well, I have the music in front of me, and it most definitely says "Islands"

[TheHeavyMole]

@Imogenmitchell must be a different but similar piece also by Philip Glass

[jcotteri]

@Imogenmitchell it's both island and Islands. The CD version released by Sony CLassical/Legacy and the CD version on CBS both say Island but the LP version says Islands.

[DevoutPatriot]

I like when the french horns come back in towards the end. Almost like they're reminiscent of the previous 'part.'

[DevoutPatriot]

I like when the french horns come back in towards the end. Almost like they're reminiscent of the previous 'part.'

[thisnameisthekewlest]

#LOL needs more cowbell less horn

[itarethetroll]

I started this on my Zune media player and then started it on here....it sounds amazing with it playing over itself. It sounds as if it were made to be like this.

[HHGilean]

@itarethetroll I'd like to hear that, but no way for me to play two simultaneously. Someone should upload a version and message it to me -=coughitarethetrollcough=-

[itarethetroll]

@HHGilean Well, I was listening to Glassworks on my Zune Media Player, when I decided I'd show my friend this track, so I went to this YouTube video to link it to him. That's how it happened. Just use your track file + YouTube.

[kearyjones]

This was reused in the Hours soundtrack, and actually sounds good on the Hours Solo Piano recording too.

[robotech57]

this piece reminds me of an ambulance siren ...

[WimGrundy]

I keep waiting to hear the lead singer of Chicago break out, "...as time goes on-nn, i realize... just what you meannn... too-oo me-ee..."

[vividandanatoly]

Isn't this on The Hour's sound track?

[potpourri360]

@vividandanatoly No

[condw93]

Is this in a movie?

[Galerians001]

@condw93 yes, in the french movie, "Les Regrets"

[twizzlerbaby2]

@condw93

it's in premonition (with sandra bullouck)!!!

[VampireofEmotion]

I had an extract of this in my music exam today. Epic music. Sounds similar to music in the FFVII soundtrack.

[pablovsky85]

very thanks for the music,

[iliketrippyshit]

for some reason i always end up listening to philip glass during my exams... its really annoying how much i would i would enjoy this shit if wasn't studying

[blazetube80]

The original box of the CD calls it "island" xD

Incredible *_*

[ShoultsCorp]

my ipod says "island", not "islands". w.e

[toregan2004]

Was J.J. Abhrams heavily influenced by Philip Glass at the time he wrote the theme for Fringe, I wonder? :)

[amusicianinparis]

No words to express the feeling of this theme... mistery... perfection... static world

[ProgWill91]

@amusicianinparis

There truly are no real words to describe the feeling this piece. just made up ones, like "Mistery..."

[TheHeavyMole]

I believe this is 'Island', not 'Islands'. Don't mean to be a prick, but I think that small difference in the title makes a big difference in how the listener senses the choreography of the music...

[DrummerInExile]

I've mainly seen it called 'Islands', only a few sources say it's 'Island'...wikipedia says 'Islands'!

[TheHeavyMole]

The 'Glass Engine' says 'Island'...

[jcotteri]

@DrummerInExile the cd insert says Island. You can see the same insert that I see ere at discogs. discogs.com/viewimages?release­=1072204

[chillerbro9000]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Praisem247]

@TheHeavyMole

In 1982 it originally was called "Island," when performed in NY in 2011 the track name became "Islands" so both are technically correct.

[bloodawn5]

@TheHeavyMole Yeah, because ¨Plural words¨ ARE SOOO OVERRATED NOW ON DAYS... XD

[timthetortoise]

This always reminds me of Final Fantasy VII for some reason, and then I find myself playing through it for the nth time. Still one of the best tracks on Glassworks.

[RyceHero]

Yea i know what you mean! It sounds alot like that song that plays in the city of the Ancients, "Listen to the Cries of the Planet".

[japanesesweet]

it's a bit like the lonely 2nd Movement of Mahler's Das Lied Von Der Erde...there's not much going on and yet it has a kind of magnetisim and is immediately identifiable as Glass.

[valeo626]

the islands are so separated! you can hear the surrounding sea and the lighthouse beaming out over it, then the ships come

[SovreignHost]

It simply seems to stretch its heart out in longing. It sounds so astonishingly sad.

[PeugeotvsLexus]

great song!

[x0legenddddx0]

not song, PIECE.

[TonalPartizan]

movement ;)

[x0legenddddx0]

oh, right. : )

[wh1sk3rs]

@x0legenddddx0

Nice tune.

[resueman18]

thanks!!!