Michael Nyman (1944- )
Michael
Nyman is one of those rare composers whose scholarly and musical
accomplishments have both brought him considerable fame. A film
composer of the finest caliber, Nyman has contributed scores to several
Peter Greenway films, including The Cook, The Thief, Her Wife and His
Lover, and Prospero's Books, his modular style providing the perfect
complement to director's beautifully composed images. His non-film
music falls on the lighter side of the Avant-Garde, abandoning the
bold, abstract statements of Stockhausen in favor the more accessible
ethnic sound of "The Michael Nyman Band." But just as important as his
musical work is his scholarly work. His 1974 book Experimental Music:
Cage and Beyond has become an essential text for both casual
connoisseurs of the genre to well-versed academics. And, lest we
forget, Nyman coined the universally accepted musical term which many
use to classify some of his own work: minimalism.- Doug Russell, Real.com
COMPOSITIONS Nyman Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Film Scores and Extractions ~ ~ ~ Nyman on Nyman
Introduction and Allegro Concertato, wind quartet (1963, lost)
Divertimento, flute, oboe and clarinet (1963)
Canzona, flute (1965)
5 Postcards from Capital Cities, film score (1967)
Bell Set No. 1, multiple metal percussion (1974)
1-100, 4 to 6 pianos (1976)
First Waltz in D, variable instrumentation (1976)
Waltz in F, variable instrumentation (1976)
Goole by Numbers, film score (1976)
Keep It Up Downstairs, film score (1976)
In Re Don Giovanni, ensemble or string quartet (1977)
Tom Phillips, film score (1977)
The Otherwise Very Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, multiple pianos (1978)
A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist, film score (1978)
Vertical Features Remake, film score (1978)
1-100, film score (1978)
Bird List Song, soprano and ensemble (1979)
'The Masterwork' Award-Winning Fish-Knife, ensemble (1979)
A Neat Slice of Time, chorus (1980)
The Falls, film score (1980)
Act of God, film score (1980)
Bird Anthem, chorus and "band"/ensemble (1981)
Think Slow, Act Fast, ensemble (1981)
Five Orchestral Pieces for Opus Tree, "band"/ensemble (1981) [based on Webern's 5 Orchestral Pieces, op. 10]
M-Work, "band"/ensemble (1981)
2 Violins (1981)
Terence Conran, film score (1981)
Four Saxes (Real Slow Drag), saxophone quartet (1982)
The Draughtsman's Contract, film score (1982)
- Bravura in the Face of Grief (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- The Disposition of the Linen (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- An Eye for Optical Theory (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- Queen of the Night (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- A Watery Death (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
Brimstone & Treacle, film score (1982) (collaboration with Sting)
Love is Certainly, at Least Alphabetically Speaking, soprano and "band"/ensemble (1983)
A Handsome, Smooth, Sweet, Smart, Clear Stroke: Or Else Play Not At All, orchestra (1983)
Time's Up, gamelan ensemble (1983)
I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump, electric violin and viola (both players also simultaneously singing) (1983)
Nelly's Version, film score (1983)
The Coastline, film score (1983)
Frozen Music, film score (1983)
Bird Work, "band"/ensemble (1984)
The Abbess of Andouillets, chorus (1984)
A Broken Set of Rules, dance piece (1984)
Basic Black, dance piece (1984)
Making a Splash, film score (1984)
The Cold Room, film score (1984)
Fairly Secret Army, film score (1984)
Nose-List Song, soprano and orchestra (1985)
Portraits In Reflection (Childs Play), dance piece, 2 violins and harpsichord (1985)
String Quartet No. 1 (1985)
A Zed & Two Noughts, film score (1985)
- Angelfish Decay (from A Zed and Two Noughts), ensemble or hpd/pf and 2 vln (1985)
- Bisocosis Populi (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Car Crash (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Delft Waltz (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- L'Escargot (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) Soloist(s) Soprano, ensemble
- Lady in the Red Hat (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Prawn Watching (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Swan Rot (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Time Lapse (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Up for Grabs (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Venus de Milo (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Vermeer's Wife (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
The Kiss, film score (1985)
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire, 1985, film score (1985)
L'ange frénétique, film score (1985)
Taking a Line for a Second Walk, orchestra or piano duet (1986)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, opera (1986)
And Do They Do, dance piece (1986)
Ballet mécanique, film score (1986 score; 1921 film)
I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump, film score (1986)
The Disputation, film score (1986)
Vital Statistics, opera (1987)
Photographic Exhibits, film score (1987)
Fairly Secret Army, TV film score (1987)
Le Miraculé, film score (1987)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, film score (1987)
String Quartet No. 2 (1988)
Fear of Drowning, film score (1988)
Death in the Seine, film score (1988)
Drowning by Numbers, film score (1988)
- Bees in Trees (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Crematorium Conspiracy (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Dead Man's Catch (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Drowning by Number 2 (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Drowning by Number 3 (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Endgame (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Fish Beach (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Great Death Game (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Knowing the Ropes (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Sheep and Tides (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Trysting Fields (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Wedding Tango (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Wheelbarrow Walk (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
Miniatures/Configurations (String Quartet No. 2), dance piece (1988/89)
Out of the Ruins, chorus and organ (1989)
La Traversée de Paris, soprano and "band"/ensemble (1989)
The Fall of Icarus, "band"/ensemble (1989)
L'Orgie Parisienne Arthur Rimbaud setting, soprano or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1989)
Out of the Ruins, TV film score (1989)
Hubert Bals Handshake, film score (1989)
Monsieur Hire, film score (1989)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, film score (1989)
- Book Depository (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1989)
- Coupling (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1989)
- Memorial (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover), soprano and ensemble (1989)
- Miserere (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover), sop., chorus, ensemble (1989)
- Miserere Paraphrase (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & her Lover), piano, str qt (1991)
The Princess of Milan, opera-ballet (1990)
Shaping the Curve, soprano saxophone and piano or string quartet (1990)
Six Celan Songs, contralto and piano/orchestra (1990)
Polish Love Song, soprano and piano or six instruments (variable) (1990)
String Quartet No. 3 (1990)
Men of Steel, TV film score (1990)
The Hairdresser's Husband, film score (1990)
Masque Arias, brass quintet (1991)
Letters, Riddles and Writs, opera (1991)
Where the Bee Dances, soprano saxophone and orchestra (1991)
Fluegelhorn and Piano (1991)
Les Enfants volants, film score (1991)
Ich war ein glücklicher Mensch, film score (1991)
Prospero's Books, film score (1991)
- Ariel Songs (from Prospero's Books) Ver. 1 and Ver. 2, voice and pf/string quartet (1992)
- Caliban's Pit (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Cornfield (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Full Fathom Five (from Ariel Songs), soprano, female chorus, brass (1991, arr. 1993)
- The Masque (from Prospero's Books), 2 sopranos, 1 alto, ensemble (1990)
- Miranda (from Prospero's Books), 2-3 female voices and ensemble (1990)
- Prospero's Curse (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Prospero's Magic (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Reconciliation (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Twelve Years Since (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs, TV film score (1991)
- I am an Unusual Thing (from Letters, Riddles & Writs), voice and piano (1991)
Mozart on Mortality, soprano and six instruments (variable) (1992)
The Final Score, "band"/ensemble (1992)
Time Will Pronounce, violin, cello and piano (1992)
For John Cage, brass ensemble (1992)
Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna & Her Omnipotence, alto and string orch; or countertenor and viol consort (1992)
The Convertibility of Lute Strings, harpsichord (1992)
Anne de Lucy Songs, soprano and piano (1992)
The Upside-Down Violin, ensemble and orchestra (1992)
Songbook, film score (1992)
The Fall of Icarus, film score (1992)
The Final Score, film score (1992)
Songs for Tony, sax quartet (1993)
MGV: Musique à grande vitesse, "band"/ensemble and orchestra (1993)
The Piano Concerto, piano or 2 pianos and orchestra (1993)
On the Fiddle, violin and piano or string orchestra (1993)
Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs, opera-ballet (1994) [modified version of "The Princess of Milan, opera-ballet, 1990]
Yamamoto Perpetuo, violin solo (1993)
Songs for Tony, saxophone quartet (1993)
The Piano, film score (1993)
- All Imperfect Things (from The Piano) (1993)
- The Attraction of the Pedalling Ankle (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- Big My Secret (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- Deep Sleep Playing (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- Dreams of a Journey (from The Piano) (1993)
- The Embrace (from The Piano) (1993)
- Here to There (from The Piano) (1993)
- Lost and Found (from The Piano) (1993)
- The Mood that Passes Through You (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- The Piano Sings (from The Piano), soprano and str qt (1994)
- Silver-Fingered Fling (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- The Promise / The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano) (1992)
- To the Edge of the Earth (from The Piano) (1993)
- To the Edge of the World (from The Piano) (1993)
- A Wild and Distant Shore (from The Piano) (1993)
- The Wounded (from The Piano) (1993)
To Morrow, soprano or soprano saxophone and organ (1994)
Three Quartets, ensemble (1994)
Concerto for Trombone, trombone, orchestra and steel filing cabinets (1994) [1995?]
Mesmer, film score (1994)
À la folie (Six Days, Six Nights), film score (1994)
String Quartet No. 4 (1995)
Tango for Tim, "In memoriam Tom Suster", harpsichord (1995)
Elisabeth Gets Her Way, harpsichord (1995/96)
The Waltz Song, unison voices and piano (1995)
Viola and Piano (1995)
The Piano for Strings (1995)
Grounded, mezzo-soprano, saxophones, violin and piano (1995)
HRT [High Rise Terminal], chamber ensemble (1995)
Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings (1995)
Anne No Nikki (Japanese anime adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank), film score (1995)
- If (from the Diary of Anne Frank), sop. sax, alto sax, piano, strings (1995)
- The Schoolroom (from The Diary of Anne Frank), piano (1995)
- Why (from the Diary of Anne Frank), sop. sax, alto sax, piano, strings (1995)
Carrington, film score (1995)
- Fly Drive (from Carrington), piano (1987?)
Double Concerto for Saxophone and Cello, saxophone, cello and orchestra (1996/97)
After Extra Time, ensemble (1996)
The Ogre, film score (1996)
Enemy Zero, video game score (1996)
- Digital Tragedy (from Enemy Zero), piano (1997)
- Love (from Enemy Zero), piano (1997)
Strong on Oaks, Strong on the Causes of Oaks, orchestra (1997)
The Promise, piano (1997)
Anza, film score (1997)
Gattaca, film score (1997)
Drowning By Number, chamber orchestra (1998)
Cycle of Disquietude (Coisas, Vozes, Lettras), soprano, mezzo-soprano and "band"/ensemble (1998)
Orfeu"band"/ensemble (1998)
De Granada A La Luna"band"/ensemble (1998)
Titch, film score (1998)
- Titch, voice and piano (1997)
Practical Magic, film score (1998) (unused score; 2 cuts made it onto early soundtrack pressings)
Strange Attractors, dance piece (1999)
The Comissar Vanishes"band"/ensemble (1999)
Ravenous, film score (1999) (collaboration with Damon Albarn)
Wonderland, film score (1999)
Nabbie's Love, film score (1999)
The End of the Affair, film score (1999)
Facing Goya, opera (2000, rev. 2002)
Ballet Mechanique, dance piece (1983/2000)
Artsworld, commissioned for the launch of the new satellite arts channel 'Artsworld' (2000)
Act Without Words I, film score (2000)
The Claim, film score (2000)
- The Claim for Orchestra (2003)
a dance he little thinks of, orchestra (2001)
Man with a Movie Camera, film score (1929 film; 2001 score)
Subterrain, film score (2001)
Haute fidélité, film score (2001)
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, film score (2001)
Beckham Crosses, Nyman Scores, BBC documentary film score (2002)
Violin Concerto, violin and orchestra (2003)
Man and Boy: Dada, opera (2003)
The Actors, film score (2003)
Nathalie... , film score (2003)
Luminal, film score (2004)
The Libertine, film score (2004)
Love Counts, opera (2005)
Detroit: Ruin of a City, film score (2005)
Jestem, film score (2005)
Close to Greenaway, documentary short film score (2005)
gdm, concerto for marimba and ochestra (2006)
Acts of Beauty, song cycle, voice and orchestra (2006)
EXIT no EXIT, bass clarinet and string quartet (2006) [from Beckham Crosses, Nyman Scores, BBC doc. score, 2002]
A Cock and Bull Story, film music (2006) [orig. arr. of Handel's "Sarabande"; re-used recordings from The Draughtsman's
Contract]
Capturing "The Libertine", documentary short film score (2006)
A Handshake in the Dark, chorus and orchestra (2007)
Interlude in C, "band"/ensemble (2007) [expansion of a theme from "The Libertine", 2004]
Eight Lust Songs, "I Sonetti Lussuriosi", song cycle, voice and "band"/ensemble (2007)
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (Theresa: The Body of Christ), film score (2007)
Never Forever, film score (2007)
- Tango, orchestra (2007)
Yamamoto Perpetuo, flute (2008) [arr. by Andy Findon]
Man on Wire (2008) [much of the film's soundtrack is derived from the album "The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II:
Nyman/Greenaway Revisited", 2006] - for more details see Wikipedia
Leonardo's Little Black Book, short film score (2008)
Charon, film score (2008)
Sparkie: Cage and Beyond, opera (2009) [with Carsten Nicolai]
The Musicologist Scores, "band"/ensemble (2009)
An Organization of Dreams, film score (2009)
9 Months 9 Days, film score (2009)
Erasing David, film score (2009)
WORKS BY GENRE Nyman Links ~ ~ ~ Film Scores and Extractions ~ ~ ~ Nyman on Nyman ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
A Broken Set of Rules, dance piece (1984)
Basic Black, dance piece (1984)
Portraits In Reflection (Childs Play), dance piece, 2 violins and harpsichord (1985)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, opera (1986)
And Do They Do, dance piece (1986)
Vital Statistics, opera (1987)
Miniatures/Configurations (String Quartet No. 2), dance piece (1988/89)
The Princess of Milan, opera-ballet (1990)
Letters, Riddles and Writs, opera (1991)
Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs, opera-ballet (1994) [modified version of "The Princess of Milan, opera-ballet, 1990]
Strange Attractors, dance piece (1999)
Facing Goya, opera (2000, rev. 2002)
Ballet Mechanique, dance piece (1983/2000)
Man and Boy: Dada, opera (2003)
Love Counts, opera (2005)
Sparkie: Cage and Beyond, opera (2009) [with Carsten Nicolai]
Orchestra
A Handsome, Smooth, Sweet, Smart, Clear Stroke: Or Else Play Not At All, orchestra (1983)
Taking a Line for a Second Walk, orchestra or piano duet (1986)
The Upside-Down Violin, ensemble and orchestra (1992)
The Piano for Strings (1995)
Strong on Oaks, Strong on the Causes of Oaks, orchestra (1997)
Drowning By Number, chamber orchestra (1998)
a dance he little thinks of, orchestra (2001)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Where the Bee Dances, soprano saxophone and orchestra (1991)
MGV: Musique à grande vitesse, "band"/ensemble and orchestra (1993)
The Piano Concerto, piano or 2 pianos and orchestra (1993)
On the Fiddle, violin and piano or string orchestra (1993)
Concerto for Trombone, trombone, orchestra and steel filing cabinets (1994) [1995?]
Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings (1995)
Double Concerto for Saxophone and Cello, saxophone, cello and orchestra (1996/97)
Violin Concerto, violin and orchestra (2003)
gdm, concerto for marimba and ochestra (2006)
"Band"/Ensemble
In Re Don Giovanni, ensemble or string quartet (1977)
'The Masterwork' Award-Winning Fish-Knife, ensemble (1979)
Think Slow, Act Fast, ensemble (1981)
Five Orchestral Pieces for Opus Tree, "band"/ensemble (1981) [based on Webern's 5 Orchestral Pieces, op. 10]
M-Work, "band"/ensemble (1981)
Bird Work, "band"/ensemble (1984)
The Fall of Icarus, "band"/ensemble (1989)
The Final Score, "band"/ensemble (1992)
Three Quartets, ensemble (1994)
HRT [High Rise Terminal], chamber ensemble (1995)
After Extra Time, ensemble (1996)
Orfeu"band"/ensemble (1998)
De Granada A La Luna"band"/ensemble (1998)
The Comissar Vanishes"band"/ensemble (1999)
Interlude in C, "band"/ensemble (2007) [expansion of a theme from "The Libertine", 2004]
The Musicologist Scores, "band"/ensemble (2009)
Chorus w/Orchestra
A Handshake in the Dark, chorus and orchestra (2007)
Choral
A Neat Slice of Time, chorus (1980)
Bird Anthem, chorus and "band"/ensemble (1981)
The Abbess of Andouillets, chorus (1984)
Out of the Ruins, chorus and organ (1989)
The Waltz Song, unison voices and piano (1995)
Chamber
Introduction and Allegro Concertato, wind quartet (1963, lost)
Divertimento, flute, oboe and clarinet (1963)
Bell Set No. 1, multiple metal percussion (1974)
First Waltz in D, variable instrumentation (1976)
Waltz in F, variable instrumentation (1976)
In Re Don Giovanni, ensemble or string quartet (1977)
2 Violins (1981)
Four Saxes (Real Slow Drag), saxophone quartet (1982)
Time's Up, gamelan ensemble (1983)
I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump, electric violin and viola (both players also simultaneously singing) (1983)
Portraits In Reflection (Childs Play), dance piece, 2 violins and harpsichord (1985)
String Quartet No. 1 (1985)
String Quartet No. 2 (1988) [used for "Miniatures/Configurations", dance piece, 1988/89]
Shaping the Curve, soprano saxophone and piano or string quartet (1990)
String Quartet No. 3 (1990)
Masque Arias, brass quintet (1991)
Fluegelhorn and Piano (1991)
Time Will Pronounce, violin, cello and piano (1992)
For John Cage, brass ensemble (1992)
Songs for Tony, saxophone quartet (1993)
String Quartet No. 4 (1995)
Viola and Piano (1995)
EXIT no EXIT, bass clarinet and string quartet (2006) [from Beckham Crosses, Nyman Scores, BBC doc. score, 2002]
Solo Instrument
Canzona, flute (1965)
Shaping the Curve, soprano saxophone and piano or string quartet (1990)
Fluegelhorn and Piano (1991)
On the Fiddle, violin and piano or string orchestra (1993)
Yamamoto Perpetuo, violin solo (1993)
To Morrow, soprano or soprano saxophone and organ (1994)
Viola and Piano (1995)
Yamamoto Perpetuo, flute (2008) [arr. by Andy Findon]
Piano/Harpsichord
1-100, 4 to 6 pianos (1976)
The Otherwise Very Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, multiple pianos (1978)
Taking a Line for a Second Walk, orchestra or piano duet (1986)
The Convertibility of Lute Strings, harpsichord (1992)
Anne de Lucy Songs, soprano and piano (1992)
Tango for Tim, "In memoriam Tom Suster", harpsichord (1995)
Elisabeth Gets Her Way, harpsichord (1995/96)
The Promise, piano (1997)
Vocal
Bird List Song, soprano and ensemble (1979)
Love is Certainly, at Least Alphabetically Speaking, soprano and "band"/ensemble (1983)
Nose-List Song, soprano and orchestra (1985)
La Traversée de Paris, soprano and "band"/ensemble (1989)
L'Orgie Parisienne Arthur Rimbaud setting, soprano or mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1989)
Six Celan Songs, contralto and piano/orchestra (1990)
Polish Love Song, soprano and piano or six instruments (variable) (1990)
Mozart on Mortality, soprano and six instruments (variable) (1992)
Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna & Her Omnipotence, alto and string orch; or countertenor and viol consort (1992)
To Morrow, soprano or soprano saxophone and organ (1994)
Grounded, mezzo-soprano, saxophones, violin and piano (1995)
Cycle of Disquietude (Coisas, Vozes, Lettras), soprano, mezzo-soprano and "band"/ensemble (1998)
Acts of Beauty, song cycle, voice and orchestra (2006)
Eight Lust Songs, "I Sonetti Lussuriosi", song cycle, voice and "band"/ensemble (2007)
Film Scores and Extractions Nyman Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
5 Postcards from Capital Cities, film score (1967)
Goole by Numbers, film score (1976)
Keep It Up Downstairs, film score (1976)
Tom Phillips, film score (1977)
A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist, film score (1978)
Vertical Features Remake, film score (1978)
1-100, film score (1978)
The Falls, film score (1980)
Act of God, film score (1980)
Terence Conran, film score (1981)
The Draughtsman's Contract, film score (1982)
- Bravura in the Face of Grief (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- The Disposition of the Linen (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- An Eye for Optical Theory (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- Queen of the Night (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
- A Watery Death (from The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982)
Brimstone & Treacle, film score (1982) (collaboration with Sting)
Nelly's Version, film score (1983)
The Coastline, film score (1983)
Frozen Music, film score (1983)
Making a Splash, film score (1984)
The Cold Room, film score (1984)
Fairly Secret Army, film score (1984)
A Zed & Two Noughts, film score (1985)
- Angelfish Decay (from A Zed and Two Noughts), ensemble or hpd/pf and 2 vln (1985)
- Bisocosis Populi (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Car Crash (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Delft Waltz (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- L'Escargot (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) Soloist(s) Soprano, ensemble
- Lady in the Red Hat (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Prawn Watching (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Swan Rot (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Time Lapse (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Up for Grabs (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Venus de Milo (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
- Vermeer's Wife (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985)
The Kiss, film score (1985)
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire, 1985, film score (1985)
L'ange frénétique, film score (1985)
Ballet mécanique, film score (1986 score; 1921 film)
I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump, film score (1986)
The Disputation, film score (1986)
Photographic Exhibits, film score (1987)
Fairly Secret Army, TV film score (1987)
Le Miraculé, film score (1987)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, film score (1987)
Fear of Drowning, film score (1988)
Death in the Seine, film score (1988)
Drowning by Numbers, film score (1988)
- Bees in Trees (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Crematorium Conspiracy (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Dead Man's Catch (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Drowning by Number 2 (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Drowning by Number 3 (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Endgame (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Fish Beach (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Great Death Game (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Knowing the Ropes (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Sheep and Tides (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Trysting Fields (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Wedding Tango (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
- Wheelbarrow Walk (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988)
Out of the Ruins, TV film score (1989)
Hubert Bals Handshake, film score (1989)
Monsieur Hire, film score (1989)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, film score (1989)
- Book Depository (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1989)
- Coupling (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1989)
- Memorial (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover), soprano and ensemble (1989)
- Miserere (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover), sop., chorus, ensemble (1989)
- Miserere Paraphrase (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & her Lover), piano, str qt (1991)
Men of Steel, TV film score (1990)
The Hairdresser's Husband, film score (1990)
Les Enfants volants, film score (1991)
Ich war ein glücklicher Mensch, film score (1991)
Prospero's Books, film score (1991)
- Ariel Songs (from Prospero's Books) Ver. 1 and Ver. 2, voice and pf/string quartet (1992)
- Caliban's Pit (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Cornfield (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Full Fathom Five (from Ariel Songs), soprano, female chorus, brass (1991, arr. 1993)
- The Masque (from Prospero's Books), 2 sopranos, 1 alto, ensemble (1990)
- Miranda (from Prospero's Books), 2-3 female voices and ensemble (1990)
- Prospero's Curse (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Prospero's Magic (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Reconciliation (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
- Twelve Years Since (from Prospero's Books) (1990)
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs, TV film score (1991)
- I am an Unusual Thing (from Letters, Riddles & Writs), voice and piano (1991)
Songbook, film score (1992)
The Fall of Icarus, film score (1992)
The Final Score, film score (1992)
The Piano, film score (1993)
- All Imperfect Things (from The Piano) (1993)
- The Attraction of the Pedalling Ankle (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- Big My Secret (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- Deep Sleep Playing (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- Dreams of a Journey (from The Piano) (1993)
- The Embrace (from The Piano) (1993)
- Here to There (from The Piano) (1993)
- Lost and Found (from The Piano) (1993)
- The Mood that Passes Through You (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- The Piano Sings (from The Piano), soprano and str qt (1994)
- Silver-Fingered Fling (from The Piano), piano (1993)
- The Promise / The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano) (1992)
- To the Edge of the Earth (from The Piano) (1993)
- To the Edge of the World (from The Piano) (1993)
- A Wild and Distant Shore (from The Piano) (1993)
- The Wounded (from The Piano) (1993)
Mesmer, film score (1994)
À la folie (Six Days, Six Nights), film score (1994)
Anne No Nikki (Japanese anime adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank), film score (1995)
- If (from the Diary of Anne Frank), sop. sax, alto sax, piano, strings (1995)
- The Schoolroom (from The Diary of Anne Frank), piano (1995)
- Why (from the Diary of Anne Frank), sop. sax, alto sax, piano, strings (1995)
Carrington, film score (1995)
- Fly Drive (from Carrington), piano (1987?)
The Ogre, film score (1996)
Enemy Zero, video game score (1996)
- Digital Tragedy (from Enemy Zero), piano (1997)
- Love (from Enemy Zero), piano (1997)
Anza, film score (1997)
Gattaca, film score (1997)
Titch, film score (1998)
- Titch, voice and piano (1997)
Practical Magic, film score (1998) (unused score; 2 cuts made it onto early soundtrack pressings)
Ravenous, film score (1999) (collaboration with Damon Albarn)
Wonderland, film score (1999)
Nabbie's Love, film score (1999)
The End of the Affair, film score (1999)
Artsworld, commissioned for the launch of the new satellite arts channel 'Artsworld' (2000)
Act Without Words I, film score (2000)
The Claim, film score (2000)
Man with a Movie Camera, film score (1929 film; 2001 score)
Subterrain, film score (2001)
Haute fidélité, film score (2001)
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, film score (2001)
Beckham Crosses, Nyman Scores, BBC documentary film score (2002)
The Actors, film score (2003)
Nathalie... , film score (2003)
Luminal, film score (2004)
The Libertine, film score (2004)
Detroit: Ruin of a City, film score (2005)
Jestem, film score (2005)
Close to Greenaway, documentary short film score (2005)
A Cock and Bull Story, film score (2006) [orig. arr. of Handel's "Sarabande"; re-used recordings from The Draughtsman's
Contract]
Capturing "The Libertine", documentary short film score (2006)
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (Theresa: The Body of Christ), film score (2007)
Never Forever, film score (2007)
Man on Wire (2008) [much of the film's soundtrack is derived from the album "The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II:
Nyman/Greenaway Revisited", 2006] - for more details see Wikipedia
Leonardo's Little Black Book, short film score (2008)
Charon, film score (2008)
An Organization of Dreams, film score (2009)
9 Months 9 Days, film score (2009)
Erasing David, film score (2009)
NYMAN LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Film Scores and Extractions ~ ~ ~ Nyman on Nyman ~ top of page ~
Composer Michael Nyman on Being an Accidental Filmmaker (Chris Broughton, Culture24)
A Conversation with Michael Nyman (Jed Distler, Classical Net)
Interview - Michael Nyman (SoundtrackNet)
Michael Nyman "Decay Music" (Continuo's weblog)
Michael Nyman Interview (Dan Goldwasser, SoundtrackNet)
Michael Nyman Takes a New Route (Sue Steward, Telegraph)
Michael Nyman Talks to John Leeman About His Opera "Man and Boy: Dada" (MusicWeb International)
Michael Nyman: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Joan Avant-Rossi, B.M.)
Michael Nyman's Eclectic Career (BBC News)
MN Records spotlight the works of Michael Nyman (Anthony Venutolo, New Jersey Entertainment)
PROM 54: Michael Nyman: Anu Komsi (soprano), Michael Nyman Band, Royal Albert Hall (Bob Briggs, Music Web Intl')
A User's Guide to Michael Nyman (David Stubbs, eMusic Spotlight)
Ute Lemper - The Michael Nyman Songbook (1991) (Zero G Sound)
Books
Experimental Music - Cage and Beyond (Michael Nyman, Cambridge Univ Pr, books.google.com)
Composer's website
Nyman @ Wikipedia
Nyman @ Answers.com
Nyman @ Art and Popular Culture
Nyman @ Ask.com
Nyman @ BBC Music
Nyman @ Chester Novello
Nyman @ Classical.com
Nyman @ Classical Archives
Nyman @ Classical Composers Database
Nyman @ Classical Net
Nyman @ ClassicsToday
Nyman @ composition:today
Nyman @ Dilettante Music
Nyman @ Ensemble Sospeso
Nyman @ Facebook
Nyman @ Fandango
Nyman @ Film Reference
Nyman @ Filmbug
Nyman @ Filmtracks
Nyman @ GigLocator
Nyman @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Nyman @ IRCAM (in french)
Nyman @ Magnus Hjelstuen/University of Oslo
Nyman @ mfiles
Nyman @ MN Records
Nyman @ Movie Music UK
Nyman @ MSN Music
Nyman @ MusicWeb International
Nyman @ musicianguide.com
Nyman @ MySpaceMusic
Nyman @ Naxos
Nyman @ The New York Times
Nyman @ NNDB
Nyman @ NPR Music
Nyman @ Other Minds
Nyman @ Past Archives
Nyman @ Real.com
Nyman @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Nyman @ screenonline
Nyman @ Soundtrack Express also here (via google)
Nyman @ SoundtrackNet
Nyman @ SoundtrackCollector
Nyman @ SoundUnwound
Nyman @ Spin CDs
Nyman @ Stephen Petronio Company
Nyman @ Starpulse.com
Publisher
Nyman @ Chester Novello
Streaming Audio
Nyman @ Baggini's Philosophy Monthly
Nyman @ Classical Archives
Nyman @ Internet Archive
Nyman @ last.fm
Nyman @ MySpaceMusic
Nyman @ NPR Music
Nyman @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Nyman @ ArkivMusic
Nyman @ ClassicsOnline
Nyman @ Discogs
Nyman @ MN Records
Video
Nyman @ YouTube
Nyman @ Google Video
Nyman @ Vimeo
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Nyman on Nyman: Interview (VIDEO)
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Nyman on Nyman: Sublime (VIDEO)
Michael Nyman - Sublime from Francesca Gentile on Vimeo.
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