A Brief History of Time Selections
Philip Glass, Michael Riesman
Philip Glass Soundtracks
6:03 November 11, 2008
BPM
59
Key
A Minor
Camelot
8A

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A Brief History of Time Selections by Philip Glass, Michael Riesman Song Details

"A Brief History of Time Selections" by Philip Glass, Michael Riesman had its release date on November 11, 2008. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:03, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Philip Glass Soundtracks". In this album, this song's track order is #6. A Brief History of Time Selections is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With A Brief History of Time Selections by Philip Glass, Michael Riesman having a BPM of 59 with a half-time of 30 BPM and a double-time of 118 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Lento (slowly) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 8A. So, the perfect camelot match for 8A would be either 8A or 7B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 8B or 9A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5A and a high energy boost can either be 10A or 3A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 7A would be a great choice. Where 11A would give you a moderate drop, and 6A or 1A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-24.805 dB
Acousticness
99%
Danceability
19%
Energy
6%
Instrumentalness
88%
Liveness
13%
Loudness
59%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
4%

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L-M Records/RCA Records