Person · Active since 1947
John Adams is a musician in the Credits.fm index identified by 1 IPI number and 1 ISNI identifier. A musician is the person or group behind the codes — IPI numbers identify them as a songwriter or publisher, ISNI identifiers as a creative contributor, and their recordings each carry an ISRC.
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A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki
A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, TASHI
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 4: Kumudha and the Beggar Minstrels
John Adams
Antisocial
Cittizins, Rage and Ruin, John Adams
Century Rolls: II. Manny's Gym
John Adams
Chamber Symphony, 1. Mongrel Airs
John Adams
Chamber Symphony, 2. Aria With Walking Bass
John Adams
Chamber Symphony, 3. Roadrunner
John Adams
Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs
London Sinfonietta, John Adams
Departure
NERO
Gnarly Buttons for Clarinet and Small Orchestra: 1. The Perilous Shore
John Adams
Gnarly Buttons for Clarinet and Small Orchestra: 2. Hoedown (Mad Cow)
John Adams
Gnarly Buttons for Clarinet and Small Orchestra: 3. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
John Adams
Gnarly Buttons: I. The Perilous Shore
Michael Collins, London Sinfonietta, John Adams
Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-Down (Mad Cow)
Michael Collins, London Sinfonietta, John Adams
Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
Michael Collins, London Sinfonietta, John Adams
Grand Pianola Music: 1. Part 1
Synergy Vocals, Marc-André Hamelin, Orli Shaham, San Francisco Symphony, John Adams
Grand Pianola Music: 2. Part 1 - Slow
Synergy Vocals, Marc-André Hamelin, Orli Shaham, San Francisco Symphony, John Adams
Grand Pianola Music: 3. Part 2, On the Dominant Divide
Synergy Vocals, Marc-André Hamelin, Orli Shaham, San Francisco Symphony, John Adams
Hallelujah Junction, 1st movement
John Adams
Harmonielehre: Part I.
Berliner Philharmoniker, John Adams
Harmonielehre: Part II. The Anfortas Wound
Berliner Philharmoniker, John Adams
Harmonielehre: Part III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
Berliner Philharmoniker, John Adams
Harmonium: III. Wild Nights
Vance George, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, John Adams
Hoodoo Zephyr
John Adams
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: CONSUELO'S DREAM (CONSUELO)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: DONDE ESTAS? (CONSUELO)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: LEILA'S SOLO: ALONE (AGAIN OR AT LAST) (LELILA)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: LEILA'S SONG OF THE WISE YOUNG WOMEN (LEILA, CONSUELO)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: MIKE'S SONG ABOUT ARRESTING A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL (MIKE)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: RICK'S CROSS-EXAMINATION OF TIFFANY AND MIKE (RICK, MIKE, TIFFANY)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: SOLO IN SUNLIGHT (DEWAIN)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: SONG ABOUT LAW SCHOOL AS THE NATURAL FOLLOW-UP TO JAIL (DEWAIN, DAVID)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: SONG ABOUT THE BAD BOYS AND THE NEWS (CONSUELO, TIFFANY, LEILA)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: SONG ABOUT THE ON SITE ALTERCATION (DEWAIN, TIFFANY, MIKE, LEILA)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: SONG ABOUT THE SWEET MAJORITY POPULATION OF THE WORLD (DAVID, RICK, DEWAIN, MIKE)
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I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT I: TIFFANY'S SOLO (TIFFANY)
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I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT II: CRUSHED BY THE ROCK I BEEN STANDING ON (DAVID, TIFFANY, RICK, CONSUELO)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT II: DEWAIN'S SONG OF LIBERATION AND SURPRISE (DEWAIN)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT II: DUET - 3 WEEKS AND STILL I’M OUTTA MY MIND (DAVID, LEILA)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT II: DUET IN THE MIDDLE OF TERRIBLE DURESS (MIKE, TIFFANY, RICK)
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT II: EARTHQUAKE MUSIC
Unknown Artist
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY: ACT II: EARTHQUAKE SOUNDS
Unknown Artist
Pat's Aria
John Adams
Scheherazade.2: 1. Tale of the Wise Young Woman – Pursuit by the True Believers
Leila Josefowicz, Berliner Philharmoniker, John Adams
Scheherazade.2: 2. A Long Desire (Love Scene)
Leila Josefowicz, Berliner Philharmoniker, John Adams
Scheherazade.2: 3. Scheherazade and the Men with Beards
Leila Josefowicz, Berliner Philharmoniker, John Adams
Scheherazade.2: 4. Escape, Flight, Sanctuary
Leila Josefowicz, Berliner Philharmoniker, John Adams
Scratchband
Schönberg Ensemble, John Adams
Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams
THE BATTERY TO MY HEART
Unknown Artist
The Dharma at Big Sur, Part I: A New Day
Tracy Silverman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams
The Tattooed Bride
Schönberg Ensemble, The Houdini’s, John Adams
Three Weeks and I’m Still Outta My Mind
John Adams
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Glenn Fischthal, Laurie McGaw, San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
A Flowering Tree
2008 · Nonesuch
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
2015 · SFS Media
Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Vermont Counterpoint / Eight Lines
1998 · EMI Classics
Adams: Harmonium / Rachmaninoff: The Bells
1996 · Telarc Digital
Adams: Shaker Loops / The Chairman Dances / Glass: Façades / Reich: Eight Lines
1998 · HMV Classics
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"
2006 · Naxos
American Clarinet
1999 · Virgin Classics
American Counterpoint
2009 · EMI Classics
American Grace
American Road Trip
2024
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été / Ravel: Shéhérazade / Debussy/Adams: Le livre de Baudelaire
2018 · Seattle Symphony Media
Century Rolls / Lollapalooza / Slonimsky’s Earbox
2000 · Nonesuch
Chamber Symphony / Common Tones in Simple Time / Son of Chamber Symphony
2021 · BMOP/sound
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music
1994 · Elektra Nonesuch
China Gates / Phrygian Gates
1999 · Pianovox
City Noir
2014 · Nonesuch
City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
2024 · Naxos
Collected Works
2022 · Nonesuch
Collected Works
Complete Piano Music
2007 · Naxos
Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams
2017
Die Musik für ein neues Zeitalter
1991
Doctor Atomic
2018 · Nonesuch
Doctor Atomic Symphony
2009 · Nonesuch
East of Eden / Rebel Without a Cause
1997 · Nonesuch
El Dorado
2001 · Nonesuch
El Niño
2001 · Nonesuch
Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal and Activity
1999 · Actes Sud
Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser
1989 · Elektra Nonesuch
Feel Good
Fellow Traveller: the complete quartet works of John Adams
2013 · Azica
Girls of the Golden West
Girls of the Golden West
2024 · Nonesuch
Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances
1998 · Nonesuch
Grand Pianola Music / Shaker Loops / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2008 · EMI Classics
Hallelujah Junction: A Nonesuch Retrospective
2008 · Nonesuch
Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland
2025 · Alpha Classics
Harmonielehre
1998 · Nonesuch
Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2012 · SFS Media
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
1994 · EMI Classics
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2007 · EMI Classics
Harmonium
2000 · ECM New Series
Harmonium
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses
2000 · Nonesuch
Hoodoo Zephyr
1993 · Nonesuch
I Am Love
2010 · Nonesuch
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
2005 · Naxos
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
1998 · Nonesuch
If You Love for Beauty
2012 · Yarlung Records
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015
2017
John Adams is a songwriter and performer, active since 1947.
Our database contains 55 recordings, 4 musical works, and 50 releases credited to John Adams. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.
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