305. The soundtrack to 'The Hours'

I hated 'The Hours' the first time I saw it. It was too gloomy and miserable and I couldn't see the point. Then I watched it again and fell slightly in love. It's still gloomy and miserable but I can see the point now and largely the point is many brilliant actresses doing their thing rather brilliantly. Anyway, behind all the noses and despair is Philip Glass's soundtrack. I always thought he did cranky discordant nonsense, but I am entirely wrong, at least in this instance. And over the last few years the soundtrack to The Hours has become music that I can not only work to, but which seems to make the work better. When I had to take a copy test as part of interviewing for my last job, this was the music I went to when I had to shut the world out for an hour and do my best work under pressure. And even if you're not typing furiously, lost in another world, it's still beautiful music. And nobody dies.