Music Monday is a meme, created by Drew at The Tattooed Book Geek, where I focus on a song I absolutely love and feel needs to be shared.
Song: “Mad Rush”
Artist: Philip Glass
Album: Solo Piano (1989)
“Mad Rush”, by renowned pianist and composer Philip Glass, is a tour-de-force of dynamics and emotional playing. Repetition is something Glass is known for, but he adds in small variations to keep the patterns he plays from becoming mindless and numbing. In “Mad Rush”, the piano plays two distinct parts: one subdued and slow, while the other is forceful and urgent. There is movement between the two, and this creates a jarring effect when the urgent part comes in after the listener has been lulled by the quieter movements. This is one of my favorite Glass pieces and it is great to have playing in the background when reading or working.
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Checking him out on Spotify.
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I hope you find more you like!
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I could swear I’ve heard this before. Do you know if was ever part of a movie soundtrack?
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I don’t know off the top of my head, but I know his compositions have been used in many films and television shows.
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That’s what I thought. His music must have found its way into my subconscious at some point.
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I’ve been a fan of Phillip Glass since I first saw the hypnotic documentary “Koyaanisqatsi” in the ‘80s. He’s done a number of memorable film scores over the years, most notably with filmmaker Errol Morris. I think his minimalist style has been hugely influential over the decades.
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