Philip Glass - The Hours (2002) | arranged for piano solo by Michael Riesman and Nico Muhly (edited and recorded by me during Summer 2020 Sessions in a small wooden church in a remote Dutch village using a 70-something years old C. Bechstein Model C grand piano, which most definitely contributed to achieving a unique sound and atmosphere.
The Hours is the original soundtrack album, on the Elektra/Nonesuch label, of the 2002 Stephen Daldry’s film The Hours, starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and Julianne Moore. The original score was composed by Philip Glass.
Not all of the music in the film was composed specifically for it: earlier music by Glass, including a theme from his opera Satyagraha, was also featured and credited separately at the end of the film.
The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers).
Michael Riesman and Nico Muhly arranged the soundtrack for the piano solo. This score was published in 2003 as a 64-paged book containing most of the tracks (excluding "For Your Own Benefit", "Vanessa and the Changelings" and "The Kiss").
0:00 The Poet Acts
4:35 Morning Passages
9:20 Something She Has to Do
12:40 I'm Going to Make a Cake
15:40 An Unwelcome Friend
20:21 Dead Things
25:18 Why Does Someone Have to Die?
29:04 Tearing Herself Away
33:24 Escape!
37:03 Choosing Life
41:09 The Hours
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