Music for Mishima
(1984)

Music by Philip Glass

SYNOPSIS:

A stylized, fictionalized account in four segments of the life of Japan's celebrated twentieth-century author Yukio Mishima. Three of the segments parallel events in Mishima's life with his novels (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji), Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses), while the fourth depicts 25 November 1970, "The Last Day."

PUBLISHER:

Dunvagen Music Publishers

AVAILABLE SCORES:

• String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) Parts at MusicRoom.com

RELATED RECORDINGS:

• Philip Glass Film Scores on Orange Mountain Music
• GlassJukebox on Nonesuch
• Minimal Tendencies on Clarinet Classics
• Mishima on Nonesuch
• The Truman Show on Milan Records

RELATED FILMS:

• Mishima by Paul Schrader
• The Truman Show by Peter Weir

RELATED BOOKS:

• Film Music Screencraft by Mark Russell

CATEGORIES:

Film, Chamber, Orchestra