There was a movie back in the 1970s or 1980 that had a title that, as I remember, sounded like "Ko san i yat si" What I remember about the content was a closeup shot of a Saturn rocket launch and speeded up scenes of people moving about in a city/train station(?) and it had background music that sort-of chanted "Ko san i yat si"

You're thinking of Koyaanisqatsi (1982) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/), which means "life out of balance".

Who can forget when the soundtrack was memorably used in an episode of Scrubs?

YouTube - Scrubs Both Evil Eye Scenes So Far (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOqtnU2faTc)