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Philip Glass
Composer, Music Department, Writer
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The Journey of Two Dinars (2024)
(Short) - Soundtrack ("Satyagraha, Act II: Confrontation and Rescue") |
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$73K
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$167K
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$275K
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$45K
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$50K
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$50K
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High Noon on the Waterfront (2022)
(Short) - Writer: "Act II, Scene I: Temple.", "Act I, Scene 3: Window Of Appearances.", "Act I, Scene 1: Funeral Of Amenhotep.", "Act III, Scene 3: The Ruins.", "Act 1, Scene2: Coronation Of Akhnaten." |
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$151K
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$25MM
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$22MM
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$61MM
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$77MM
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A Radiant Girl (2021)
Music: "String Quartet No 2 (Company) - Movement II", Writer: "String Quartet No.3 - MVMT I - 1957 Award Montage" |
€3MM
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$1.2MM
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$81K
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$200K
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$8K
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$260K
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$6MM
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$24K
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$355K
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$1.5MM
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$3.5MM
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The System (2019)
(Short) - Performer: "Pruitt Igoe", "Pruitt Igoe Coda", Writer: "Pruitt Igoe", "Pruitt Igoe Coda" |
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$489K
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€2K
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$120K
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$1.7MM
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$258K
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$7.4MM
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$9.3MM
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Trance (2018)
(Short) - Performer: "Koyaanisqatsi", "Prophecies", Writer: "Koyaanisqatsi", "Prophecies" |
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$15K
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$200K
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$240K
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CAD 20
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Jane (2017)
Original Score, Writer: "In The Shadow Of Man", "Time Of Discovery", "Mother", "The Proposal", "Serengeti", "The Aggression", "Hugo Arrives", "Teeming Life", "Grub Is Born", "A New Generation", "Parent And Child", "Flint Dies", "Time In Gombe", "Community Divides", "Perfect Life" |
$58K
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$1.7MM
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$1.9MM
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NOK 48MM
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$11K
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$147K
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$1.5MM
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€7MM
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$242K
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$654K
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$1.3MM
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$2.5MM
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$13K
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$165K
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$1MM
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The Last Dalai Lama? (2016)
Music Score, Musician: Piano And Organ, Performer: "Mad Rush", Writer: "Mad Rush" |
$900K
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$10K
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$146K
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$146K
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€7MM
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$4MM
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CAD 700
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$120MM
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$26MM
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$56MM
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$168MM
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€7MM
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$34K
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$303K
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$7.7MM
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€70K
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$34K
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$429K
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$15K
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$1.1MM
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$4.4MM
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)
Performer: "The Hours", "Why Does Someone Have To Die", "Escape!", "I'm Going To Make A Cake", Writer: "The Hours", "Why Does Someone Have To Die", "Escape!", "I'm Going To Make A Cake" |
$19K
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$1.5MM
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$1.9MM
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The Hitch (2014)
Writer: "Blind Moles", "Damned If I Don't", "Snowing", "67 Cities", "Prophecies", "Norman Morrison", "No Second Chance" |
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$2K
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$9K
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$85K
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$85K
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A Place on Earth (2013)
Writer: "The Poet Acts", "Escape!", "I'm Going To Make A Cake", "Morning Passages", "The Hours" |
$530K
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$13K
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$153K
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$10MM
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$12MM
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$161K
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$1.7MM
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$12MM
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$400K
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$7K
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$35K
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$25MM
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$40K
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$744K
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$9.6MM
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€5.2MM
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$60K
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Orson Welles's the Other Side of the Wind: A Film by Orson Welles (2011)
(Short) - Writer: "Concerto For Harpsichord And Orchestra, Movement II" |
$300
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$64K
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$500
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
Writer: "I'm Going To Go Make A Cake", "Morning Passages", "Gertrude Leave The Summer House", "Etude No. 5", "A Choice", "String Quartet No. 4 (Buzcak)", "Etude No. 2" |
$42K
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£200
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$9K
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$233K
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$26MM
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$30K
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$257K
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$3.2MM
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Into Eternity: A Film for the Future (2010)
Performer: "Metamorphosis, No. 2", Writer: "Metamorphosis, No. 2" |
€669K
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$4K
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$55K
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$55K
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$27K
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$39K
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$545K
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$545K
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Regrets (2009)
Composer, Writer: "Facades", "Love Divided By", "Un The Upper Room", "12 Pieces For A Ballet" |
$1.8MM
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$13MM
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$18K
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$619K
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$5.7MM
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Watchmen (2009)
Writer: "Protest (Act II, Scene 3)", "Something She Has To Do", "Pruit Igoe", "Prophecies" |
$130MM
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$55MM
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$108MM
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$185MM
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CAD 100K
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What Are You Looking For? (2008)
(Short) - Composer, Performer: "Metamorphosis 1", Writer: "Metamorphosis 1" |
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$646K
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$300
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$28MM
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$93MM
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£13MM
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$362K
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$15MM
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$414K
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$50MM
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$450K
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$16MM
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$88MM
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£20
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The Giant Buddhas (2005)
Composer, Writer: "Distraught", "Reting's Eyes", "Lord Chamberlain", "Escape To India" |
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$11K
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$106
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$77K
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$4.1MM
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$10MM
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$11MM
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$279K
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$614K
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$614K
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$144K
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$157K
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$28K
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$397K
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$662K
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$45MM
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$11MM
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$18MM
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$48MM
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$93MM
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$461K
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$8.5MM
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$35MM
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The Fog of War (2003)
Composer, Soundtrack ("100,000 People", "Target Destruction", "Revolution in the Pentagon", "Low Evil", "Blind Moles", "Behind the Moon", "November 1, 1967", "IBM Punch Cards", "The War to End All Wars", "Statistical Control", "A New Weapon", "Damned if I Don't", "The Family", "Chengtu", "Dominoes", "67 Cities", "Rolling Thunder", "Invitation", "Success", "Data", "Across the World", "5 Weeks", "Norman Morrison", "Snowing", "Gulf of Tonkin") (uncredited) |
$41K
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$4.2MM
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$5MM
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$25MM
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$339K
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$42MM
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$109MM
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$17K
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$133K
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$156K
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$3K
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$5K
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$5K
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$126K
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One Day in September (1999)
Performer: "Facades", "Compassion In Exile (3b X 1)", "Closing", "Reting's Eyes", Writer: "Facades", "Compassion In Exile (3b X 1)", "Closing", "Symphony No. 2", "Reting's Eyes" |
$15K
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$157K
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$157K
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$13MM
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$638K
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$23MM
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$23MM
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$18K
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$363K
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$30K
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The Truman Show (1998)
Composer: Additional Music, Keyboard Artist - Christof's World, Performer: "The Beginning", "Living Waters", "Anthem - Part 1", "Opening", "Truman Sleeps", "Anthem - Part 2", Writer: "The Beginning", "Living Waters", "Anthem - Part 1", "Opening", "Truman Sleeps", "Anthem - Part 2" |
$60MM
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$32MM
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$126MM
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$264MM
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$28MM
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$72K
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$5.7MM
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$5.7MM
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$109K
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$496K
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$496K
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$7MM
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$26K
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$107K
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$107K
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$6MM
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$6MM
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$14MM
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$14MM
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$6MM
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$5.4MM
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$26MM
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$26MM
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$84K
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$2.3MM
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$2.3MM
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A Grande Arte (1991)
Arranger: "The Photographer (A Gentleman's Honor)", Writer: "The Photographer (A Gentleman's Honor)" |
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Merci La Vie (1991)
Performer: "Three Truths", "Labyrinth", "What Time Is Grey", "City Walk", "Screens Of Memory", "Façades", "Closing", "Metamorphosis Two", Writer: "Three Truths", "Labyrinth", "What Time Is Grey", "City Walk", "Screens Of Memory", "Façades", "Closing", "Metamorphosis Two" |
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$8K
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$774K
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$774K
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$4MM
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$122K
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$259K
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$259K
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$20K
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$3.5MM
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Architecture of Transcendence (1988)
(Short) - Composer, Performer: "Façades" (from "Glassworks"), Writer: "Façades" (from "Glassworks") |
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$200
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$18K
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$1.2MM
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$1.2MM
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$2.5MM
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$28K
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$589K
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$593K
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$3.4MM
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$14MM
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$14MM
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$5MM
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$438K
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$570K
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$7.5MM
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$4.4MM
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$20MM
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$20MM
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Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Composer, Writer: "Koyaanisqatsi", "Organic", "Clouds", "Resource", "Vessels", "Cloudscape", "Pruitt Igoe", "SloMo People", "The Grid", "Microchip", "Prophecies" |
$1.7MM
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$1.7MM
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$4MM
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$48K
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$10K
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$4K
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$299K
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$299K
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| Past Television (62 titles) | Episodes |
|---|---|
14
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8
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1
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1
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Bob's Burgers (2022)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Mishima / Closing" (from Tt0089603) (uncredited) (1 episode, 2022)
The Plight Before Christmas (Dec
11,
2022)
Season 13,
Episode 10
-
Writer: "Mishima / Closing" (from Tt0089603) (uncredited)
|
1
|
1
|
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Stranger Things (2017–2022)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Prophecies", "Akhnaten, Act 1 Scene 3: The Window Of Appearances" (uncredited), "Akhnaten: Act II, Scene 2: Akhnaten And Nefertiti" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2022), Writer: "Prophecies" (1 episode, 2022), Performer: "Satyagraha, Act II - Rabindranath Tagore, Scene 1: Confrontation And Rescue (1896)" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2019), Writer: "Satyagraha, Act II - Rabindranath Tagore, Scene 1: Confrontation And Rescue (1896)" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2019), Writer: "Open The Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part II)" (2 episodes, 2017)
Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (May
27,
2022)
Season 4,
Episode 7
-
Performer: "Prophecies", "Akhnaten, Act 1 Scene 3: The Window Of Appearances" (uncredited), "Akhnaten: Act II, Scene 2: Akhnaten And Nefertiti" (uncredited),
Writer: "Prophecies"
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4
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The Staircase (2022)
(TV Mini-series) - Writer: "String Quartet No. 3: Mishima / Closing" (1 episode, 2022) |
1
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1
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8
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The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2011–2019)
(TV Series) - Music By (1 episode, 2019), Music: Composer (1 episode, 2011), Libretto By (1 episode, 2019), Book By (1 episode, 2011) |
2
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Mr. Robot (2016–2019)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Vessels" From Tt0085809 (uncredited) (1 episode, 2019), Writer: "Vessels" From Tt0085809 (uncredited) (1 episode, 2019), Writer: "Knee Play One", "Act IV: Scene 2: Bed" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2017), Writer: "Opening (Mishima)" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2016)
402 Payment Required (Oct
13,
2019)
Season 4,
Episode 2
-
Performer: "Vessels" From Tt0085809 (uncredited),
Writer: "Vessels" From Tt0085809 (uncredited)
|
3
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Euphoria (2019)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Music In Twelve Parts: Part IX" (1 episode, 2019)
The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Pee While Depressed (Jul
28,
2019)
Season 1,
Episode 7
-
Writer: "Music In Twelve Parts: Part IX"
|
1
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1
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Channel Zero (2018)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Koyaanisqatsi" (1 episode, 2018), Writer: "Koyaanisqatsi" (1 episode, 2018), Performer: "Prophecies" (1 episode, 2018), Writer: "Prophecies" (1 episode, 2018)
Sacrifice Zone (Mar
14,
2018)
Season 3,
Episode 6
-
Performer: "Koyaanisqatsi",
Writer: "Koyaanisqatsi"
|
2
|
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Heart Of Glass (Crabtree Remix)" (1 episode, 2017), Writer: "Heart Of Glass (Crabtree Remix)" (1 episode, 2017)
Late (Apr
26,
2017)
Season 1,
Episode 3
-
Performer: "Heart Of Glass (Crabtree Remix)",
Writer: "Heart Of Glass (Crabtree Remix)"
|
1
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Lasagna Cat (2017)
(TV Series) - Music: "Kundun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" (1 episode, 2017)
07/27/1978 (Feb
23,
2017)
Season 2,
Episode 1
-
Music: "Kundun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)"
|
1
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Glastonbury 2016 (2016)
(TV Mini-series) - Writer: "Heroes", "Abdulmajid" (1 episode, 2016)
New Order & Philip Glass's Heroes Symphony (Jun
25,
2016)
Season 1,
Episode 12
-
Writer: "Heroes", "Abdulmajid"
|
1
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Person of Interest (2016)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Metamorphosis One" (1 episode, 2016), Writer: "Metamorphosis One" (1 episode, 2016)
Return 0 (Jun
21,
2016)
Season 5,
Episode 13
-
Performer: "Metamorphosis One",
Writer: "Metamorphosis One"
|
1
|
Independent Lens (2005–2013)
(TV Series) - Writer: "I'm Going To Go Make A Cake", "Gertrude Leaves The Summer House", "Etude No. 5", "The Hours", "Invitation", "Morning Passages", "A Choice", "Etude No. 2" (1 episode, 2013), Performer: "Knee Play 1" (1 episode, 2005), Writer: "Knee Play 1" (1 episode, 2005)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (Dec
23,
2013)
Season 15,
Episode 6
-
Writer: "I'm Going To Go Make A Cake", "Gertrude Leaves The Summer House", "Etude No. 5", "The Hours", "Invitation", "Morning Passages", "A Choice", "Etude No. 2"
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Oct
13,
2005)
Season 8,
Episode 22
-
Performer: "Knee Play 1",
Writer: "Knee Play 1"
|
2
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1
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1
|
|
Waterloo Road (2013)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Glassworks: Opening (Cornelius Remix)" (1 episode, 2013)
Whole Lotto Trouble (Jan
10,
2013)
Season 8,
Episode 12
-
Performer: "Glassworks: Opening (Cornelius Remix)"
|
1
|
American Horror Story (2011–2013)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Helen's Theme" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2013), Writer: "Dracula - The Beginning" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2011) |
2
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1
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1
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1
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|
Live from Lincoln Center (2007)
(TV Series) - Composer / Performer (1 episode, 2007)
Lincoln Center Special: Lincoln Center Festival: "A Gala Night At Alice Tully Hall" (May
3,
2007)
Season 32,
Episode 1
-
Composer / Performer
|
1
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UFO Files (2006)
(TV Series) - Composer (1 episode, 2006), Composer: Additional Music (1 episode, 2006) |
1
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1
|
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9
|
|
Scrubs (2006)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Koyaanisqatsi" (1 episode, 2006), Writer: "Koyaanisqatsi" (1 episode, 2006) |
1
|
1
|
|
Battlestar Galactica (2005)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Metamorphosis One" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2005), Writer: "Metamorphosis One" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2005)
Valley of Darkness (Jul
22,
2005)
Season 2,
Episode 2
-
Performer: "Metamorphosis One" (uncredited),
Writer: "Metamorphosis One" (uncredited)
|
1
|
Six Feet Under (2003)
(TV Series) - Soundtrack ("1937: Saint Sebastian (from Mishima)", "1939: Grandmother and Kimitake (from Mishima)") (1 episode, 2003)
Timing & Space (Apr
13,
2003)
Season 3,
Episode 7
-
Soundtrack ("1937: Saint Sebastian (from Mishima)", "1939: Grandmother and Kimitake (from Mishima)")
|
1
|
Aleph, lectures contades (2001)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Negro River", "Madeira River" (1 episode, 2001) |
1
|
1
|
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1
|
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1
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Saturday Night Live (1986)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Lightning", "Rubric" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1986), Writer: "Lightning", "Rubric" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1986)
George Wendt and Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass (Mar
22,
1986)
Season 11,
Episode 13
-
Performer: "Lightning", "Rubric" (uncredited),
Writer: "Lightning", "Rubric" (uncredited)
|
1
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1
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1
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| Self (82 titles) |
|---|
Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism (2018)
(TV Mini-series) - Self (2 episodes, 2018) |
Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2007)
(TV Special) - Self - Performer |
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997 (1997)
(TV Movie) - Self |
Saturday Night Live (1986)
(TV Series) - Self - Musical Guest (1 episode, 1986)
George Wendt and Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass (Mar
22,
1986)
Season 11,
Episode 13
-
Self - Musical Guest
|
| Archive Footage (8 titles) |
|---|
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
(TV Special) - Self - Musical Guest March 22,1986 (archive footage) (as Phillip Glass) |
The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022)
(TV Mini-series) - Self - Musician (archive footage) (as Phillip Glass) (1 episode, 2022)
A Double Life: Andy & Jon (Mar
9,
2022)
Season 1,
Episode 3
-
Self - Musician (archive footage) (as Phillip Glass)
|
| Other (7 titles) |
|---|
eXtrañas heterodoXias (2022–2023)
(Podcast Series) - Music (1 episode, 2023), Composer: Truman Sleeps (1 episode, 2022), Performer: "Truman Sleeps" (1 episode, 2022), Writer: "Truman Sleeps" (1 episode, 2022)
El dormir-El sueño-El soñar (Jan
29,
2022)
Season 1,
Episode 21
-
Composer: Truman Sleeps,
Performer: "Truman Sleeps",
Writer: "Truman Sleeps"
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