Michael Nyman

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Born
23 March 1944 (age 82)
Born In
Stratford, Newham, London, England, United Kingdom
Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British composer, , librettist and , perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Nyman, who had studied with the noted 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 Dro… read more
Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British composer, , librettist and , perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Nyman, who had studied with the noted music scholar … read more
Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British composer, , librettist and , perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Nyman, who had studied with the noted music scholar Thurston Dart at King's College London, drew frequently on early mu… read more

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1 Play track The Piano The Heart Asks Pleasure First
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 413 listeners
2 Play track Gattaca The Departure
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 226 listeners
3 Play track The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Edit The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Edit
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4 Play track The Piano Big My Secret
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5 Play track The Piano The Promise
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6 McQueen Tape No. 5: Fish Beach
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7 Play track Classic Cinema The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First
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8 Play track Gattaca The Other Side
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9 Play track The Piano The Sacrifice
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10 Play track Gattaca The Morrow
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Albums

  1. 271,773 listeners

    8 Dec 1993 · 19 tracks

    The Piano
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  2. 250,403 listeners

    1993 · 20 tracks

    The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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  3. 69,121 listeners

    21 Oct 1997 · 24 tracks

    Gattaca
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  4. 46,850 listeners

    1 Jan 2001 · 36 tracks

    Film Music 1980 - 2001
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