The Truman Show

Philip Glass (Jan. 31): The avant-garde composer is widely credited for bringing high-art music to the masses, though he eschews the label "minimalist." His works span symphonies, operas, piano works and multimedia efforts, including "Songs From Liquid Days" (co-authored with Paul Simon... more, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson and Suzanne Vega), collaborations with world-music artists including Ravi Shankar, and many striking film scores, including "The Hours," "Kundun" and "The Truman Show." Glass has been referenced in TV shows from "The Simpsons" and "Scrubs" to "Battlestar Gallactica." Music to our ears. (Fernando Aceves/Retna Ltd.)