The Qatsi Trilogy
(Koyaanisqatsi, Poaqqatsi, Naqoyqatsi)
Codec: FLAC

NOTES: Been working on this labor of love for a week now, and have finally finished: the complete scores to Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi Trilogy, composed by living legend Philip Glass. All three scores are sourced directly from the remastered, lossless Criterion Blu-ray DTS-HD Master Audio tracks, and have been downmixed to stereo for normal listening (if you want the full 5.1 experience, buy the Blu-rays). These are the scores as heard in the film, with occasional sound effects weaving in and out (although these go hand in hand with the score, and are not distracting). I have not included alternate takes or mixes included on the commercial CD releases because those are still valid listening experiences on their own and you should buy them. Cover art has been included using modified versions of the excellent Criterion artwork. Now then...


Koyaanisqatsi
Year: 1982

Tracklisting:
1. Koyaanisqatsi (3:28)
2. Organic (8:04)
3. Clouds (4:35)
4. Resource (6:38)
5. Vessels (8:43)
6. Pruitt Igoe (7:48)
7. Slow Mo People - Part 1 (1:49)
8. Slow Mo People - Part 2 (3:01)
9. The Grid (21:38)
10. Microchip (1:54)
11. Prophecies (12:34)
12. Translations & Credits (5:27)

Total Runtime: 1:25:33

NOTES: The first (and greatest) of the scores, this is still probably Glass's best work (IMO, of course). A peerless masterpiece. There have been many releases of this (my preferred is still the 1998 rerecording), including a so-called "Complete" CD release a few years ago, but that too was actually trimmed down by a few minutes to fit on a 79 minute CD. This version is complete.

LINK:
https://mega.co.nz/#!KMlRBJyD!BXlwkVTuw6KMnBivGGq1syDLvnlbGUbmzipyHS6 JPms

Also, there is a very minor typo with the tagged artwork in this release (the world "Original" is missing), if you'd like to retag using the fullsize corrected version it is available here:




Powaqqatsi
Year: 1988

Tracklisting:
1. Serra Pelada/The Title (7:21)
2. Anthem - Part 1 (8:40)
3. That Place (7:09)
4. Anthem - Part 2 (7:34)
5. Mosque and Temple (6:09)
6. Anthem - Part 3 (8:12)
7. Train to Sao Paulo (3:04)
8. Video Dream (2:24)
9. New Cities in Ancient Lands, China (4:00)
10. New Cities in Ancient Lands, Africa (4:11)
11. New Cities in Ancient Lands, India (4:41)
12. The Unutterable (10:21)
13. Caught! (8:33)
14. From Egypt - Part 1 (3:53)
15. Mr. Suso #1 (1:01)
16. From Egypt - Part 2 (3:23)
17. Mr. Suso #2 with Reflection (1:32)
18. Powaqqatsi (6:36)

Total Runtime: 1:39:00

NOTES: The second score is easily the weakest of the three, mainly because of the grating overuse of the "Anthem" theme (a full half hour's worth on this expanded edition) and the tiresome a capella wailing of "From Egypt". The bulk of this score is still brilliant, though, and this is the most substantially expanded score compared to its 74 minute commercial release.

LINK:
https://mega.co.nz/#!yd80yBaD!KUaarXfyeNn4SXImfyJVyWie59hqtboB9blsKBD 5_X8



Naqoyqatsi
Year: 2002

Tracklisting:
1. Naqoyqatsi (8:02)
2. Primacy of Number (8:20)
3. Massman (14:23)
4. New World (3:06)
5. Religion (9:03)
6. Media Weather (10:09)
7. Old World [Film Edit] (2:23)
8. Intensive Time (8:08)
9. Point Blank (12:21)
10. The Vivid Unknown [Film Edit] (5:53)
11. Definition (7:11)

Total Runtime: 1:28:51

NOTES: This is Glass back on top form with another masterpiece. Interestingly, two of the movements have been truncated for the film and appear longer and uncut on the commercial soundtrack album. Most of the other tracks receive significant expansions, though, especially the grim march "Massman".

LINK:
https://mega.co.nz/#!Od8kQaIY!Y8HYOWKepTrZbUasTi2X7j_bYAtnqGg51k9UkhN XC2U

UPDATE - Complete Trilogy in 245 kbps VBR MP3 Format:
https://mega.co.nz/#!DBsjUT4C!C_Ea-TMepgLo7oR__6y370pCWSBDtB21xfQmMo8ltvQ

Enjoy everyone! I'm no audio engineer, so these may not be the most perfect presentations possible for someone a bit more skilled than I am, but they still make for very nice listening and are good companion versions for fans who already own the commercial albums (and if you don't, do get them to support the artist -- and also get the Criterion Blu-ray boxset! These films are excellent and deserve your support! Also don't forget to see Reggio and Glass's new film Visitors coming out this year) :)
VISITORS / THE HOLY SEE by Godfrey Reggio (Film Trailer #1) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_xsraT6ums‎)

Thank you!

Thanks, Cvalda!

Fabulous!!!! Thank you so very much for this :)

Is this your rip?

brilliant, thank you!

Thank you!

i find powaqqatsi to be the best of the three - musically. :)

i'm very interested to see what reggio will deliver after the disappointing naqoyqatsi.

Oh, yeah ... Great upload! :)

Great works, thank for share. HNY.

Is this your rip?
Yes.

Thanks for your work on these and for sharing.

UPDATE - Complete Trilogy in 245 kbps VBR MP3 Format:
https://mega.co.nz/#!DBsjUT4C!C_Ea-TMepgLo7oR__6y370pCWSBDtB21xfQmMo8ltvQ

Man, this rocks! Thanks!

Great upload, thank you very much for this! :-)

thanks

Thank you!

Superb, thank you so much for your labour of love. Philip Glass is my favourite living composer so this is much appreciated.

Thanks! :)

Amazing, thank you!

Cool, Cvalda!
Thanks for sharing!

Thanks!!

Many Thanks!

Thank You

WOW! What an amazing work of art and equal upload :)

Thanks :)

Thanks!

Thanks very much!
Koyaanisqatsi is still the best of the three in my opinion. Score is beautiful, especially the first parts. Powaqqatsi is too intensive for too long, almost suffocating.
Criterion did a great job on remastering these three movies. Too bad Criterion doesn't release in Europe.

Thanks a lot

thanks a mill
love these films and scores...

cheers

Thanks very much!
Koyaanisqatsi is still the best of the three in my opinion. Score is beautiful, especially the first parts. Powaqqatsi is too intensive for too long, almost suffocating.
Criterion did a great job on remastering these three movies. Too bad Criterion doesn't release in Europe.

Actually, the UK version is slightly better in terms of picture quality. :)

I went for it, it also has a new transfer of Anima Mundi. :) And a little book that I till have to read. ^^�


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Thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks, cvalda! It is great to supplement my OST discs and have the full material.

I will differ from others posting here, though. Given the meanings of the Hopi terms and the structure of the trilogy, I thought that Naqoyqatsi did a great job completing the trilogy. Of course, Koyaanisqatsi remains a first love, but I think Reggio showed too much "balance" in "Life out of Balance" and showed great and varied symbolism of "war" in "Life as War." I felt that the collaborative work between the two makes it very hard for me to evaluate the Philip Glass material just as music. However, in that category, I do enjoy Koyaanisqatsi the best.

Thanks for the MP3 download! I've always been a huge fan of Koyaanisqatsi but I couldn't be compelled to do edits of the other two. Now that I'm getting around to hearing them again in isolated form, they are growing on me more. Wish I had done this before but thank you for your edits. Sounds amazing!

By the way, are there larger copies of the cover art? Thanks in advance.

Great release. I didn't know there was a complete box edition.
Thank you!

Thank you

Many thanks for this great collection! ;-)

Appreciate your hard work on this and for sharing it with us.

Thank you very much for this amazing work!

Thank you very much!!!!

A big thanks from me for that trilogy upload

Thanks very much for the uploads :)

Thanks i have the dvd. I like very much this serie. and Baraka , Samsara from Ron Fricke.

Thanks! ;)

To anyone who is interested, I made a new video using "Channels and Winds" from the Philip Glass album "Passages." Here is the link: http://youtu.be/jjK1Nqnl8M0. I have been trying to put together a Koyaanisqatsi-ish video myself for many years and this so far is the best experiment.

Remember to play in 1080p otherwise it may look like crap. It was shot using a combination of 1080p and 4K resolutions.

Thanks

Thank you for this Trilogy in FLAC!

Thousand thanks for sharing the flac links, Cvalda!!!... :)

This is wonderful, thanks

Any chance of a reup for these? Thanks in advance!

Does anyone still have copies of these rips? I would dearly lovely to get a copy of them...

Cheers,
Dan