The Hours (soundtrack)

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The Hours
Studio album by Philip Glass
Released 2002
Genre Soundtrack
Label Elektra/Nonesuch
Professional reviews
Philip Glass chronology
The Baroness and the Pig
(2002)		 The Hours
(2002)		 The Fog of War (2003)

The Hours is the original soundtrack album, on the Elektra/Nonesuch label, of the 2002 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film The Hours, starring Nicole Kidman (who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as "Virginia Woolf" in this film), Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. The original score were composed by Philip Glass.

The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers).

Due to the success of the music score, the following year it was arranged for the piano solo by Michael Riesman and Nico Muhly. The sheet music was published as a 64 paged book containing most of the tracks (excluding "For Your Own Benefit", "Vanessa and the Changelings" and "The Kiss").

[edit] Track listing

No. Song title Time
1. The Poet Acts 03:40
2. Morning Passages 05:30
3. Something She Has to Do 03:09
4. "For Your Own Benefit" 02:00
5. Vanessa and the Changelings 01:45
6. "I'm Going to Make a Cake" 04:01
7. An Unwelcome Friend 04:08
8. Dead Things 04:21
9. The Kiss 03:54
10. "Why Does Someone Have to Die?" 03:53
11. Tearing Herself Away 05:00
12. Escape! 03:48
13. Choosing Life 03:50
14. The Hours 07:44
Total time 56:43
Awards
Preceded by
Moulin Rouge!		 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
2002		 Succeeded by
Cold Mountain
Big Three Film Music Awards (2002)
Academy Award
Frida		 Golden Globe
Frida		 BAFTA Award
The Hours
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