Stephen Michael Reich is an American composer who is known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures,slow harmonic rhythm,and canons. Reich describes this concept in his essay,"Music as a Gradual Process",by stating,"I am interested in perceptible processes. I want to be able to hear the process happening throughout the sounding music." For example,his early works experiment with phase shifting,in which one or more repeated phrases plays slower or faster than the others,causing it to go "out of phase." This creates new musical patterns in a perceptible flow.
Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music,his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition,tape music techniques,and delay systems. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air,both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental music,rock,and contemporary electronic music. Subsequent works such as Shri Camel (1980) explored just intonation.
Clinton Darryl Mansell is an English musician,singer,and composer. He served as the lead vocalist of alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself. After the band's dissolution,Mansell moved to the United States and embarked on a career as a film score composer.
The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres,including contemporary classical music. More than 1,000 works have been written for it.
Osvaldo NoéGolijov is an Argentine composer of classical music and music professor,known for his vocal and orchestral work.
Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group,distributed by Warner Records,and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label,Nonesuch has developed into a label that records critically acclaimed music from a wide range of genres. Robert Hurwitz was president of the company from 1984 to 2017.
The Fountain is a 2006 American epic romantic drama film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. Blending elements of fantasy,history,spirituality and science fiction,the film consists of three storylines involving immortality and the resulting loves lost,and one man's pursuit of avoiding this fate in this life or beyond it. Jackman and Weisz play sets of characters bonded by love across time and space:a conquistador and his ill-fated queen,a modern-day scientist and his cancer-stricken wife,and a traveler immersed in a universal journey alongside aspects of his lost love. The storylines—interwoven with use of match cuts and recurring visual motifs—reflect the themes and interplay of love and mortality.
Requiem for a Dream is the soundtrack album from the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. It was composed by Clint Mansell and performed by the Kronos Quartet. The music for the film is noted for its minimalist qualities in which it uses constant harmonies,a steady pulse,and often variation of musical phrases to drive a point. The album is best known for the track "Lux Aeterna."
Lux Æterna is an orchestral composition by Clint Mansell. Performed by the Kronos Quartet,it forms a leitmotif in the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream,and is the penultimate piece in the movie's soundtrack.
Nico Asher Muhly is an American contemporary classical music composer and arranger who has worked and recorded with both classical and pop musicians. A prolific composer,he has composed for many notable symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles and has had two operas commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. Since 2006,he has released nine studio albums,many of which are collaborative,including 2017's Planetarium with Sufjan Stevens,Bryce Dessner &James McAlister. He is a member of the Icelandic music collective and record label Bedroom Community.
Fernando Otero is a Grammy-award-winning Argentine pianist,vocalist,and composer.
The discography of the Kronos Quartet includes 43 studio albums,two compilations,five soundtracks,and 29 contributions to other artists' records. The Kronos Quartet plays classical,pop,rock,jazz,folk,world and contemporary classical music and was founded in 1973 by violinist David Harrington. Since 1978,they are based in San Francisco,California. Since 1985,the quartet's music has been released on Nonesuch Records.
Piano and String Quartet is a composition by American avant-garde composer Morton Feldman. It was commissioned by the Kronos Quartet and pianist Aki Takahashi,who premiered the piece at the 7th annual New Music America Festival in Los Angeles and released a studio recording in 1993.
Dracula is a soundtrack performed by the Kronos Quartet,with music composed by Philip Glass,for the 1931 film Dracula.
Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Ellen Burstyn,Jared Leto,Jennifer Connelly,Christopher McDonald,and Marlon Wayans. It is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Hubert Selby Jr.,with whom Aronofsky wrote the screenplay. The film depicts four characters affected by drug addiction and how it alters their physical and emotional states. Their addictions cause them to become imprisoned in a world of delusion and desperation. As the film progresses,each character deteriorates,and their delusions are shattered by the harsh reality of their situations,resulting in catastrophe.
Sonus Quartet is a Los Angeles-based string quartet whose members include Caroline Campbell,Kathleen Sloan,Neel Hammond (viola),and Vanessa Freebairn-Smith (cello). Freebairn-Smith and Hammond formed Sonus Quartet in 2003.
Carly Paradis is a Canadian-born British composer,songwriter and pianist. She composes soundtracks for movies,TV series and solo albums.
Black Swan:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2010 film Black Swan.
The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the score album to the 2014 film of the same name. The film is scored by Alexandre Desplat who replaced the original composer Clint Mansell before the film's production commenced. The London Symphony Orchestra performed the original score that featured various instruments such as keyboards,clarinets,strings,arpeggio and bombe. The album was released on November 7,2014 by Sony Music Entertainment. The album received critical acclaim and was nominated for several awards,including the Academy Award for Best Original Score but lost to The Grand Budapest Hotel,also composed by Desplat.
Noah (Music from the Motion Picture) is the score album to the 2014 film of the same name directed by Darren Aronofsky. Featuring music produced by Aronofsky's regular collaborator Clint Mansell,the album features 22 tracks from the score and an original song written by Aronofsky and performed by Clint Mansell. The album was released by Nonesuch Records on March 25,2014.
