Planetary Records
Add balance

The Hours by Philip Glass

The Hours by Philip Glass runs at 103 BPM in the key of G minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.

Measured

Tempo
103 BPM
Key
G minor
Length
7:48
Genre
cinematic orchestral
Mood
triumphant
Vocals
Instrumental

Suno prompt

A triumphant cinematic orchestral track with driving energy and a half-time feel at 103 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under minimal electronic percussion with a clap-layered snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, swelling and cinematic. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A grand piano leads, building through repetition. Granular shimmer adds texture, with a short room reverb on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on lush ninth and eleventh chords, leaving a nostalgic and hazy atmosphere.

Paste this into Suno's style field. It describes the sound only — adjust anything that does not match what you are after.

What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
103
Chords
lush ninth and eleventh
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
driving
Atmosphere
nostalgic and hazy
Genre
cinematic orchestral
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
swelling and cinematic
Lead instrument
a grand piano
Lead style
building through repetition
Mixing style
clean and spacious
Mood
triumphant
Percussion
minimal electronic percussion
Rhythmic style
half-time
Snare
clap-layered
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a short room reverb
Structure
a slow linear build
Textural detail
granular shimmer

About this page

This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with Philip Glass. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

More Philip Glass analyses · Search the prompt library