Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi (organ)

Koyaanisqatsi(English: /koʊjɑːnɪsˈkɑːtsiː/), also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, is a 1982 American experimental film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.

[jamesmcmullan]

A superb rendition that captures all the fragile beauty of the original. Thank you for sharing.

[manuelamaie]

best instrument to transport the message!

[ИгорьДымченко-кл]

Pretty simple piece, but ABSOLUTELY GREAT. PHILIP GLASS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST COMPOSER IN HISTORY OF MUSIC.

[Scalpel]

Just found this. Sublimely performed. Most grateful.

[rudolfkrebs]

Ich habe damals den Film gesehen! War total Kult! Und es ist total toll, diese Musik auf einer Kirchenorgel zu hören!
👍😎🇦🇹

[at]

I went straight to horseshoe canyon after seeing this movie. It plays in my head every time I go to the desert.

[FrauWNiemand]

Great. Beautifully played. I love the movie and the music. We also performed Glass's Toltec symphony with the university coir once, which was great - the once in a lifetime chance.

[garambandar]

Thank you for this. I'm learning this piece and your video has really helped, especially the pedals.

[vanatlas]

Perhaps the most haunting yet beautiful piece of music ever written.
Bravo you did a fantastic job magical tones

[mountainman]

This could be the soundtrack to the current state of the world more than ever.

[grandflash]

Looks like a Brian Clarke panel work in front of the organ. Great playing sir.

[pellepels]

A perfect song on our funeral. very good

[doctordave]

Clearly starting at 2:44, he needs to play the single note "Ko-yaa-ni-sqat-si" part with his nose. ;)

[valery]

masterpiece! great performance, thank you!!

[bp]

This is terrific. You should do an arrangement of the entire soundtrack and record it.

[Kausie]

Sound a lot of where Zimmer got his inspiration from from

[stressaccount]

Makes me think of the scene in La Dolce Vita where a man plays Bach's Toccata and Fugue. Haunting and beautiful.

[exoplanet]

Excellent performance!
Come on everybody...its a sing-a-long. You know the word.

Great performance!
Personally, I'm not a fan of representing the choir on the organ: it sounds alright, but I don't think it is worth the sacrifice of not playing the second keyboard voice all the time.
When I learn this piece myself, I'll just sing it. ;)

[incaseinever]

I wouldn't mind hearing this piece played within a Starwars movie part where Darthvader is making his entrance from the darkness..then finally he says: "koyaanisqatsi" just at the right time! epic!