Philip Glass: Powaqqatsi (1988)
For the film by Godfrey Reggio

Michael Riesman, conductor

Kora, Balafon, Dousongoni, Nyanyer, Kari Nyan: Foday Musa Suso. 
Vocal solo: Shaikh Fathy Mady. 
Bass voice: Al DeRuiter.
Percussion ensemble: Joe Passaro, Sue Evans, Roger Squitero, Valerie Naranjo.

Hispanic Young People's Chorus/Coro Juvenil Hispano. 
Executive Director: Hector Carrasquillo. 
Musical Director: Angélica Rosa Sepúlveda. 
Lyrics for children's choir: Bernardo Palumbo.

Violin: Sergiu Schwartz, Sanford Allen, Elliott Rosoff, Karen Karlsrud, Richard Sortomme, Linda Quan, Carol Pool. 
Viola: Jill Jaffe, Karl Bargen, Lois Martin, Jack Rosenberg. 
Cello: Seymour Barab. 
Double Bass: Barbara Wilson. 
Flute/Piccolo: Michael Parloff, Jack Kripl, Diva Goodfriend-Koven. 
Quena ensemble: Jorge Joven, Miguel Grande, Jefe Ronda. Clarinet: John Moses, Steve Hartman, Laura Flax. 
Saxophones: Jack Kripl, Jon Gibson, Steve Elson. 
Bassoon: Lauren Goldstein, Ethan Bauch, Mike Finn. 
Didjerido: Jon Gibson. 
Trumpet: Wilmer Wise, Lorraine Cohen, Bill Rhodin, Neil Balm. 
French Horn: Sharon Moe, Joe Anderer, Ann Yarbrough, Tony Miranda, Alan Spanger. 
Trombone: James Pugh, Keith Oquinn, Alan Raph. 
Tuba: Alan Raph. 
Keyboards: Michael Riesman, Jeffrey Rona, Martin Goldray, Paul Rice, Lee Curreri. 
Tanpura: Frank Menusan.

Soundtrack Produced by Kurt Munkacsi for Euphorbia Productions, Ltd.
Music recorded and mixed at The Living Room, New York City.

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Po.waq.qa.tsi (from the Hopi language, powaq sorcerer + qatsi life) n., an entity; a way of life, that consumes the life forces of other beings in order to further its own life.

Philip Glass is simply amazing. He has created a musical language that is at once complex, possessed of pure simplicity. In being willing to journey into the vivid unknown, his composition reveals a sensitivity that is capable of touching those that can hear. His acoustic universe allows the listener the opportunity to deeply feel the vibration of sound performed; in cinema, remarkably, the audience can see the music. His music can speak directly with the soul in an utterance of repetition that is always changing. His ever-ascending circular sphere of sound is transporting, portending a direct, mainline transmission of extraordinary emotive power. Needless-to-say, I am a Glass junkie, addicted to this metamorphic high."

— Godfrey Reggi