US composer Philip Glass will obtain a lifetime achievement award on the upcoming 25th World Soundtrack Awards (WSA), Movie Fest Gent’s annual movie music award ceremony.
Glass is understood for his Academy Award-nominated scores for Kundun, The Hours, and Notes On A Scandal, in addition to his work on The Truman Present, Koyaanisqati, and Mishima: A Life in 4 Chapters.
He might be offered together with his award on October 16 on the WSA ceremony and live performance in Ghent, by which a collection of Glass’s work might be carried out by the Brussels Philharmonic performed by Dirk Brossé.
Glass, aged 88, was raised in Baltimore, the place he grew up with an early appreciation for music by way of his father, who owned a report retailer. He studied on the Julliard College of Music and went on to review in Paris, the place famend music instructor Nadia Boulanger mentored him. His scores are recognized for his or her affiliation with the minimalist motion.
He additionally influenced composers equivalent to Hans Zimmer, whose rating for Interstellar pays a detailed homage to Glass’s rating for Koyaanisqati.