Koyaanisqatsi (soundtrack album)
by Philip Glass
Philip Glass bestography
Koyaanisqatsi is ranked 2nd best out of 39 albums by Philip Glass on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Philip Glass is Glassworks which is ranked number 1656 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,024.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Koyaanisqatsi track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/05/2025 16:19 | Araldo | 1,469 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2025 22:16 | Elauqsapid | 2,715 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 04:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,075 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2025 13:59 |  HoldenM | 1,718 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2025 16:19 | JamesMowbray | 5,261 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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JoaoMoreira 02/09/2024 01:20 | #301851
Great piece of creative music.
Clearly a new wave of approaching structure and narrative as well as intensity.
nocturnaldelight 09/08/2018 10:55 | #220734
Koyaanisqatsi is a phantastic film and it would be a lot different without the soundtrack from Philip Glass. I listen to score music a lot but except for "Koyaanisqatsi" and "Prophecies" most songs from this soundtrack only work if you see the pictures as well (album rating: 58,33 %)
PsychologistHD 12/28/2014 17:46 | #130294
One of my all time favorite films, and a fantastic soundtrack. Don't buy the iTunes version though, it's just the film audio lifted and sold. Buy a used CD or Vinyl.
Robert Anton Wilson 11/07/2011 17:02 | #29977
What is the point of changing the album on the turntable or the CD in the player if the next album is to be more of the same. Koyaanisqatsi, the soundtrack of the movie by Giorogio Moroder. Electronica, not the dance type, more the dreadfully intellectual type my dears. Musical pieces built around repetitive structures that just grows on whiffs of wind until they overwhelm you like a thunderstorm.
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