The Hours is Stephen Daldry's movie realization of Michael Cunningham's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The soundtrack, composed in 2002, is one of Philip Glass' most passionate, obsessive and eerie scores.
The soundtrack received plaudits from critics and audiences alike. It won BAFTA's Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music and was nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a GRAMMY. Publisher Paramount Music assigned Michael Riesman (Glass' long-time musical director) and Nico Muhly to issue a book of arrangements for solo piano.