Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: UnbelievableComment: Fascinating, it would be unthinkable to live without it! If you like this, try the sublime Ontayso/Tim Koch release 'Where have you been'?. Both great!Customer Rating: Summary: Very good but it is abridged. There is a new version out.Comment: There is a new version of this which is unabridged.The original recording of Koyaanisqatsi was issued at what was a distinctly uneasy time - for the record companies at least. The LP era was coming to an end and the compact disc was only beginning to enter its primacy. Because the LP, which was then the more popular medium by far, could rarely hold more than 25 minutes per side, it was decreed that the score for the Glass/Reggio film should be radically abridged for its initial release.
Fifteen years later, it is a pleasure to have virtually all of the music from Koyaanisqatsi on disc, including about a halt hour of material that has hitherto been available only with the film.
Customer Rating: Summary: nice bit of glass.Comment: i first caught the vid the other night [5star] but seem to have mislaid it. this audio almost makes up for it, reminding me of the overall feel. but it does seem to lack some of the vids initial thrust?the best bit of glass [over reich] i've appreciated; before, i thought of glass as an irrelvance to better composers.
shimmering, in whatsoever format.
Customer Rating: Summary: Gut wrenching inspiration.Comment: Once you follow any one of the musical threads in any of the tracks of this album, then let your mind lose focus and notice the twists, turns and new musical "plays". It is effortless genius and I love the incredible power that surges from the musicians/chorus during the many build-up finales.As with all favourite albums there are associated memories too. When I saw the film/heard the soundtrack I just gave up on my 2nd year degree exam revision. I had to take a huge step back and take a long hard look at life/universe etc. 1984 was a very important crossroad for me which this album with its complexity and power fully embodies.
