Michael Nyman

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Born
23 March 1944 (age 81)
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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2 Play track The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Edit The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Edit
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3 Play track Gattaca The Departure
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4 Play track The Piano The Promise
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5 Play track The Piano Big My Secret
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6 Play track Classic Cinema The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First
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7 Play track Drowning By Numbers Fish Beach
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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 The Piano To The Edge Of The Earth
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  1. 271,496 listeners

    8 Dec 1993 · 19 tracks

    The Piano
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  2. 237,988 listeners

    1993 · 20 tracks

    The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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  3. 69,078 listeners

    21 Oct 1997 · 24 tracks

    Gattaca
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  4. 39,818 listeners

    1 Jan 2014 · 25 tracks

    Chasing Pianos - The Piano Music Of Michael Nyman
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