Known For
Sound
Born
Oct 03, 1936
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
32 titles
Steve Reich
Biography
Steve Reich was born on October 3, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA as Stephen Michael Reich. Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, pioneered minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's style of composition influenced many composers and groups. His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (for example, his early compositions It's Gonna Rain and Come Out), and the use of simple, audible processes to explore musical concepts (for instance, Pendulum Music and Four Organs). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm and canons, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially in the US. Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably Different Trains. Writing in The Guardian, music critic Andrew Clements suggested that Reich is one of "a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history".[6] The American composer and critic Kyle Gann has said that Reich "may ... be considered, by general acclamation, America's greatest living composer". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Filmography
Tribute to Steve Reich @ Présences Festival 2024
Original Music Composer
Les Apaches | Simon Nogueira | Johan Tonnoir | Andrea Catozzi @ Paris Sur Mesure
Music
Puparia
Music
Riding Light
Music
Steve Reich in Concert - Salle Pleyel 2014
Music
Light Motif
Music
Rain
Music
C.O.G.
Music
BAM150
Self
Drums
Music
Steve Reich: Phase to Face
Self
Michael Nyman in Progress
Self
Space Tourists
Music
Reich at the Roxy
Himself
The Dying Gaul
Original Music Composer
Reich: Three Tales
Musician
Fase
Original Music Composer
Mostly Martha
Music
In the Ocean
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
Original Music Composer
Steve Reich - City Life
Shadow on the Snow
Original Music Composer
PAPERS
Music
Steve Reich: A New Musical Language
Self
A Few Things I Know About Miami
Music
Regard de ma fenêtre
Music
Portraits
Music
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
Self
My Name Is Oona
Sound Designer
Oh Dem Watermelons
Music
Plastic Haircut
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Steve Reich