Michael Nyman
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Nyman, who had studied with the noted baroque music scholar Thurston Dart at King’s College London, drew frequently on early music sources in his scores for Greenaway’s films: Henry Purcell in The Draughtsman’s Contract and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber in A Zed and Two Noughts, Mozart in Drowning by Numbers, and John Dowland in Prospero’s Books.
Nyman’s popularity increased significantly after he wrote the score to Jane Campion’s award-winning 1993 film The Piano. The album (“The Piano”) became a classical music best-seller. Although Nyman’s score was central to the movie he did not receive an Academy Award nomination despite being nominated for both a British Academy Award and a Golden Globe. He has scored numerous other films, the vast majority of them art films from Europe. His few forays into Hollywood composing have been Gattaca (“Gattaca”), Ravenous (with musician Damon Albarn), and The End of the Affair (“The End of The Affair”).
Among Nyman’s better known non-film works are Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs (1987), for soprano, alto, tenor and instrumental ensemble (based on Nyman’s score for La Princesse de Milan); Ariel Songs (1990) for soprano and band; MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse) (1993) for band; concertos for piano (based on The Piano score), harpsichord, trombone and saxophone; the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986), based on a case-study by Oliver Sacks; and several string quartets.
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The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Piano
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Gattaca
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Michael Nyman - Peter Greenaway Film Music
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PLasmoEsmata
Saw the Nyman band in London in March and it was just incredible! I find I keep returning to his baroque music more and more.
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crisathayde
<3
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xxxKillianxxx
gattaca, SUPERB!!!!!!!
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Quadrewple
Michael Nyman - Lamentations FANTASTIC song
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TheArtistBox
arranger1044 must be his PR man...
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KovbojMajkel
Gattaca is masterpiece.. very very impressive and emotional.
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Irenreinmerdok
Great!
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lilithdelicious
A fantastic soundtrack for a fantastic film!!! Just love them both
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Epitymbidia
I want an official release of Nyman's music for "Battleship Potemkin" and of his String Quartet No. 5, "Let's not make a song and dance out of it". Oh, and maybe of "Devoción", "Through the Only Window", "Doing the Rounds", "On Languard Point" and his prologue to Purcell's "Dido & Aeneas" as well.
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SLIGHTLYevil
So I was at the Erased Tapes 5 Year Anniversary show at the Hackney Empire, and A Winged Victory For the Sullen were the first act...sufficed to say, their rendition of String Quartet 2: III was a wonderful suprise to the gig, and stopped my heartbeats when the first strings tentatively came into play. I don't think I'll ever forget that night, I never thought I'd hear 2: III live.
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PullUpTheBumper
The Departure ♥
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Hiigor_
The Heart Asks Pleasure First = Masterpiece
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batcori
I can't stop listening... I love you Michael Nyman ♥
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MjuSIC
...poetry...
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gleenders
Heard 'Memorial' and 'Time Lapse' at a memorial service. It gave me goose pimples. This is awesome music!!
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MeneerDD
Absolutely love Chasing sheep.
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themiurge
http://starling.bandcamp.com/ SPAMBIENTH
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Thingol_E
since I've seen Gattaca... like 12 years ago.
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Thingol_E
Oh god, can't stop listening...
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LLLepba
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