Pablo Gamba writes:

>The most recent news I've heard about them is their reccordings of Steve
>Reich "Different Trains", that was released early this year, and Philip
>Glass horrible soundtrack to Bela Lugosi's Dracula, that was released last
>year.

You perhaps meant to write "soundtrack to Bela Lugosi's horrible Dracula"?

I've heard reliable reports that Glass's music is a very effective
soundtrack, when played live in the cinema - which is perhaps all that
matters.  If it sounds sickly and horribly bland, which I agree it does,
that's probably why it counterpoints so well with the film.

As sundry postings have demonstrated, it's unhelpful to judge theatre or
film scores (especially Glass - although even Verdi has been a sufferer!)
without reference to the medium for which they've been written.

I still find myself bemused by penny-in-the-slot criticisms of Glass.
What is it about him that irritates otherwise rational people so much?
Perhaps his shady past as a New York cab driver ...

Christopher Webber,  Blackheath, London,  UK.
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