One of this composer's friends mistook the term "parts" to mean number of movements when he actually meant number of musical lines, leading to his three-hour work Music in Twelve Parts, composed several years after his Music in Similar Motion. This man's fourth symphony derives some material from a song which states "I wish you could swim/ like the dolphins."  In addition to his David Bowie-influenced "Heroes" and "Low" symphonies, this man wrote a string quartet based on his music for a film about Yukio Mishima. This man also composed the score for a film by Godfrey Reggio which consists of time-lapse and slow-motion
One of this composer's friends mistook the term "parts" to mean number of movements when he actually meant number of musical lines, leading to his three-hour work Music in Twelve Parts, composed several years after his Music in Similar Motion. This man's fourth symphony derives some material from a song which states "I wish you could swim/ like the dolphins."  In addition to his David Bowie-influenced "Heroes" and "Low" symphonies, this man wrote a string quartet based on his music for a film about Yukio Mishima. This man also composed the score for a film by Godfrey Reggio which consists of time-lapse and slow-motion footage of traffic patterns and clouds among others. For 10 points, identify this contemporary composer who wrote the music for the film Koyaanisqatsi and the opera Einstein on the Beach.
One of this composer's friends mistook the term "parts" to mean number of movements when he actually meant number of musical lines, leading to his three-hour work Music in Twelve Parts, composed several years after his Music in Similar Motion.
Philip Glass