Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (soundtrack)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Soundtrack album by Kronos Quartet, Michael Riesman
Released	1985
Genre	Classical
Label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Kurt Munkacsi

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is the soundtrack to the 1985 film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters . It features music written by Philip Glass and performed by, among others, Kronos Quartet. Sections from the soundtrack have been featured in other films and TV shows, including the piece 'Mishima / Opening', which was used to score the end credits of Peter Weir's 1998 film The Truman Show in addition to an appearance on an episode of Mr. Robot .

Paralleling the three different visual styles of the film, Glass uses different ensembles: The black-and-white biographical flashbacks are accompanied by a string quartet, whereas the realistic footage from Mishima's last day is accompanied by a string orchestra and percussion, and the stylized scenes from his novels with a large symphonic orchestra. ^[1]

It was produced by Kurt Munkacsi and distributed by WEA through the Elektra Records subsidiary label Nonesuch Records. ^[2]

Tracks

All music is composed by Philip Glass.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mishima / Opening"	2:46
2.	"November 25: Morning"	4:08
3.	"1934: Grandmother & Kimitake"	3:37
4.	"Temple of The Golden Pavilion (Like Some Enormous Music)"	3:06
5.	"Osamu's Theme: Kyoko's House"	2:58
6.	"1937: Saint Sebastian"	1:05
7.	"Kyoko's House (Stage Blood Is Not Enough)"	5:00
8.	"November 25: Ichigaya"	2:11
9.	"1957: Award Montage"	3:56
10.	"Runaway Horses (Poetry Written with a Splash Of Blood)"	9:09
11.	"1962: Body Building"	1:29
12.	"November 25: The Last Day"	1:30
13.	"F-104: Epilogue from Sun and Steel"	1:59
14.	"Mishima / Closing"	2:57

Credits

• Michael Riesman – conductor
• The Kronos Quartet – string quartets
• Neil Grover – percussion
• Don Christensen – assistant recording engineer
• Dan Dryden – recording engineer
• Kurt Munkacsi – producer

References

1. information about Glass's String Quartets Archived 2014-10-28 at the Wayback Machine on philipglass.com
2. "Philip Glass, Mishima". Discogs . Retrieved 2010-07-07.

External links

• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters entry at Allmusic