The Hours

Philip Glass’s orchestral score for The Hours channels his signature minimalist structures through a more expansive, lyrical lens—arpeggiated strings and cycling motifs build emotional weight rather than hypnotic repetition. Nonesuch’s release captures the film’s intimate exploration of three women’s lives across time, with Glass layering his repeating figures into something closer to late-period romantic orchestration than his early systems-based work. Modern Classical and Score styles merge here into a meditation on memory and connection.