Philip Glass
- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- January 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Active Years
- 1966–2026 (61 Years)
- Total Credits
- 186 credits in database
Sound Born Jan 31, 1937 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 186 credits
Biography
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer born on January 31, 1937, in Baltimore, Maryland. Recognized as one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century, his work is frequently described as minimal music, a classification that has been subject to controversy. Within the film and television industry, Glass is credited for his contributions to sound. According to his professional records, he has accumulated 170 known credits throughout his career. He is a male artist whose professional profile maintains a content score of 100 on The Movie Database. As of the current records, he is 89 years old and continues to be identified by his full name, Philip Morris Glass.
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Career overview
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer born on January 31, 1937, in Baltimore, Maryland. Recognized as one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century, his work is frequently and controversially described as minimal music. Throughout his career, he has established a significant presence in the film and television industry, contributing his compositions to numerous projects.
According to his professional records, Glass has accumulated 170 known credits in the field of sound. His extensive body of work is documented through his profile on The Movie Database, which maintains a content score of 100 for his entries. As a male composer, he continues to be categorized as a prominent figure in the archives of modern music production.
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Nova '78Istanbul: Chronopolis · Music
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicVanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure · Original Music ComposerYuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom · Original Music ComposerCHIMALMA · MusicCarolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls · Original Music Composer
Anhedonia · Songs
The Pigeon Tunnel · Original Music ComposerOnce Within a Time · Original Music ComposerKlaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris · Original Music ComposerYou, Me, and Movies · MusicDobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023 · Original Music Composer
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the MysteriousAlice · Original Music ComposerA Place Called Music
100 Foot Wave · Original Music ComposerWar and the WeatherWar and the Weather · MusicIn the Penal Colony · SoundLETTERS FROM A DISTANCE · Music
Tales from the Loop · Original Music ComposerPhilip Glass: Akhnaten · Original Music ComposerPhilip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective · Music
Samurai Marathon · Original Music ComposerUniversal Machine · MusicThe Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten · MusicThe Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten · Writer
Taniel · MusicalParis Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 · Original Music Composer
Jane · Original Music ComposerThe Last Dalai Lama?The Last Dalai Lama? · Original Music ComposerTrophyCrônica da Demolição · Original Music Composer
Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos · Music
Fantastic Four · Original Music Composer
Leviathan · MusicEinstein on the Beach · Original Music ComposerEinstein on the Beach · WriterWhat Difference Does It Make?
Visitors · MusicGlass: The Perfect American · Original Music ComposerGlass: Spuren der Verirrten · MusicNovember 22, 1963 · MusicRe: Awakenings · Original Music Composer
Paul Simon: Under African SkiesThe Apostle · Original Music ComposerBesa: The Promise · Original Music Composer
Elena · Original Music ComposerRebirth · Original Music ComposerGlass: Kepler · Original Music ComposerThey Were There · Original Music ComposerPhilip Glass: Satyagraha · Music
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey · Original Music ComposerMr. Nice · Original Music ComposerMusicTrans-Action · Music
These Vagabond Shoes · Music
Patti Smith: Dream of LifeWild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur RussellThe Song · SongsMaking MishimaRichard Serra: Man of Steel
No Reservations · MusicNo Reservations · Original Music ComposerCassandra's Dream · Original Music Composer365 Day ProjectGlass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
The Illusionist · Original Music ComposerNotes on a Scandal · Original Music ComposerRoving Mars · Original Music ComposerThe Harry Smith Project LiveRefuge
Neverwas · MusicNeverwas · Original Music ComposerThe Moustache · Original Music ComposerKiki and Herb ReloadedThe Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
The Culture ShowSecret Window · Original Music ComposerTaking Lives · Original Music ComposerUndertow · Original Music ComposerThe Origins of AIDS · Music
The Fog of War · Original Music ComposerWildfire · MusicPowaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
The Hours · Original Music ComposerNaqoyqatsi · MusicThe Baroness and the Pig · Original Music ComposerThe Outsider: The Story of Harry PartchImpact of Progress
In the OceanThe Man in the Bath · Music
The SourceThe Source · SoundThe Eden Myth · MusicA Brief History of Errol MorrisPointy Teeth for Pointy People · Music
The Truman ShowThe Truman Show · Additional MusicGlass: Corvo Branco · Music
Classic AlbumsKundun · Original Music ComposerBent · Original Music ComposerMama General · Original Music ComposerClassic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
The Secret Agent · Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
186 titles- Nova '78 (2026) as Self (archive footage)
- Istanbul: Chronopolis (2026) Music
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure (2025) Original Music Composer
- Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom (2025) Original Music Composer
- CHIMALMA (2025) Music
- Carolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls (2025) Original Music Composer
- Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry (2025) Original Music Composer
- Anhedonia (2024) Songs
- The Pigeon Tunnel (2023) Original Music Composer
- Once Within a Time (2023) Original Music Composer
- Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris (2023) Original Music Composer
- You, Me, and Movies (2023) Music
- Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023 (2023) Original Music Composer
- Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious (2022) as Self
- Alice (2022) Original Music Composer
- A Place Called Music (2022) as Self
- 100 Foot Wave (2021) Original Music Composer
- War and the Weather (2021)
- War and the Weather (2021) Music
- In the Penal Colony (2021) Sound
- LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE (2021) Music
- Tales from the Loop (2020) Original Music Composer
- Philip Glass: Akhnaten (2020) Original Music Composer
- Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective (2020) Music
- Samurai Marathon (2019) Original Music Composer
- Universal Machine (2019) Music
- The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten (2019) Music
- The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten (2019) Writer
- Taniel (2018) Musical
- Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 (2018) Original Music Composer
- Jane (2017) Original Music Composer
- The Last Dalai Lama? (2017) as Self
- The Last Dalai Lama? (2017) Original Music Composer
- Trophy (2017) as Himself
- Crônica da Demolição (2017) Original Music Composer
- The Juniper Tree (2017) Music
- Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos (2016) Music
- Fantastic Four (2015) Original Music Composer
- Leviathan (2014) Music
- Einstein on the Beach (2014) Original Music Composer
- Einstein on the Beach (2014) Writer
- What Difference Does It Make? (2014) as Self
- Visitors (2013) Music
- Glass: The Perfect American (2013) Original Music Composer
- Glass: Spuren der Verirrten (2013) Music
- November 22, 1963 (2013) Music
- Re: Awakenings (2013) Original Music Composer
- Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012) as Self
- The Apostle (2012) Original Music Composer
- Besa: The Promise (2012) Original Music Composer
- Elena (2011) Original Music Composer
- Rebirth (2011) Original Music Composer
- Glass: Kepler (2011) Original Music Composer
- They Were There (2011) Original Music Composer
- Philip Glass: Satyagraha (2011) Music
- Philip Glass: Satyagraha (2011) Writer
- Lucinda Childs' Dance (2011) as Self
- Lucinda Childs' Dance (2011) Music
- Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (2010) Original Music Composer
- Mr. Nice (2010) Original Music Composer
- Music (2010) as Self
- Trans-Action (2010) Music
- These Vagabond Shoes (2009) Music
- Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) as Self
- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008) as Self
- The Song (2008) Songs
- Making Mishima (2008)
- Richard Serra: Man of Steel (2008) as Self
- Objects and Memory (2008) Music
- No Reservations (2007) Music
- No Reservations (2007) Original Music Composer
- Cassandra's Dream (2007) Original Music Composer
- 365 Day Project (2007) as Self
- Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007) as Self
- Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007) Original Music Composer
- Animals in Love (2007) Music
- Hard-Hearted (2007) Music
- The Illusionist (2006) Original Music Composer
- Notes on a Scandal (2006) Original Music Composer
- Roving Mars (2006) Original Music Composer
- The Harry Smith Project Live (2006) as Self
- Refuge (2006) as Self
- Un leader in ascolto (2006) Original Music Composer
- Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles (2006)
- Neverwas (2005) Music
- Neverwas (2005) Original Music Composer
- The Moustache (2005) Original Music Composer
- Kiki and Herb Reloaded (2005) as Self
- The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter (2005) as Self
- Philip Glass: Looking Glass (2005) as Himself
- The Giant Buddhas (2005) Original Music Composer
- The Culture Show (2004) as Self
- Secret Window (2004) Original Music Composer
- Taking Lives (2004) Original Music Composer
- Undertow (2004) Original Music Composer
- The Origins of AIDS (2004) Music
- The Fog of War (2003) Original Music Composer
- Wildfire (2003) Music
- Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress (2003) as self
- The Hours (2002) Original Music Composer
- Naqoyqatsi (2002) Music
- The Baroness and the Pig (2002) Original Music Composer
- The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch (2002) as Self - Interviewee
- Impact of Progress (2002) as Self
- Essence of Life (2002) as Interviewee
- Essence of Life (2002) Thanks
- In the Ocean (2001)
- The Man in the Bath (2001) Music
- The Source (1999) as Self
- The Source (1999) Sound
- The Eden Myth (1999) Music
- A Brief History of Errol Morris (1999) as Self
- Pointy Teeth for Pointy People (1999) Music
- The Truman Show (1998) as Keyboard Artist
- The Truman Show (1998) Additional Music
- Glass: Corvo Branco (1998) Music
- Classic Albums (1997) as Self
- Kundun (1997) Original Music Composer
- Bent (1997) Original Music Composer
- Mama General (1997) Original Music Composer
- Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland (1997) as Self
- Perfect Moment (1997) as Self
- Perfect Moment (1997) Original Music Composer
- The Secret Agent (1996) Original Music Composer
- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) Original Music Composer
- The Interview (1995) Original Music Composer
- Evidence (1995) Original Music Composer
- Untitled: New Blue (1995) Music
- The Himalayas (1994) Music
- La mort de Molière (1994) Music
- Sara (1993) Original Music Composer
- Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama (1993) Music
- Candyman (1992) Original Music Composer
- A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1992) Music
- Mirror of the Planet (1992) Original Music Composer
- A Brief History of Time (1991) Original Music Composer
- Closet Land (1991) Music Supervisor
- Mindwalk (1991) Original Music Composer
- Anima Mundi (1991) Original Music Composer
- John Cage: Man and Myth (1990) as Self
- The Church (1989) Music
- Continuum: Parts 1 & 2 (1989) Music Arranger
- Continuum: 1. Initiation (1989) Music Arranger
- The Thin Blue Line (1988) Music
- Powaqqatsi (1988) Music
- Hamburger Hill (1987) Original Music Composer
- Marias barn (1987) Music
- Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987)
- Mallorca (1987) Music
- Monolithe (1987) Music
- The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July (1986)
- The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July (1986) Music
- In the Upper Room (1986) Music
- A Perfect Couple (1986) Music
- Tea with Tosh (1986) as Self
- Bye Bye Kipling (1986) as Self
- A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera (1986) as Himself
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Original Music Composer
- Empire City (1985) Original Music Composer
- Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1985) as composer (himself)
- Koyaanisqatsi (1983) Original Music Composer
- Koyaanisqatsi (1983) Music
- Four American Composers: Philip Glass (1983) as Himself
- ACT III (1983) Music
- Philip Glass: Satyagraha (1983) Writer
- Philip Glass: Satyagraha (1983) Music
- Living is a solution (1980) Music
- Geometry of Circles (1980) Music
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
- North Star: Mark di Suvero (1978) Music
- Carolyn I (1977) Music
- Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television (1976) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest
- What Maisie Knew (1975)
- Anxious Automation (1971) Music
- End of the Art World (1971) Music
- New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971 (1971) as Self
- Isy Boukir (1970) Music
- Inquiring Nuns (1968) Original Music Composer
- Railroaded (1968) Music
- Hands Scraping (1968)
- Chappaqua (1966) Music Supervisor
- The Viking of Sixth Avenue as Self
- The Making of "Once Within a Time" as Self
- The Lost Ones Sound
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Philip Glass best known for?
Philip Glass is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Nova '78 (2026), Istanbul: Chronopolis (2026), The Pigeon Tunnel (2023), Busty Cops Go Hawaiian (2010).
When and where was Philip Glass born?
Philip Glass was born on January 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
How many credits does Philip Glass have?
Philip Glass has accumulated over 186 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1966 to 2026.
What is Philip Glass's background in cinema and television?
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer born on January 31, 1937, in Baltimore, Maryland. Recognized as one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century, his work is frequently described as minimal music, a classification that has been subject to controversy. Within the film and television industry...
Philip Glass by the numbers
186credits
176films
10TV series
1966–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Truman Show (1998) as Keyboard Artist — aged about 61
- Classic Albums (1997) as Self — aged about 60
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self — aged about 41
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest — aged about 38
- The Culture Show (2004) as Self — aged about 67
- Nova '78 (2026) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 89
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