Michael Nyman studied piano, harpsichord and music history with Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music, and musicology with Thurston Dart at King's College, London. Between 1968 and 1978 he worked as a music critic and in 1977 he founded the Campiello Band, later renamed the Michael Nyman Band. Many of his filmscores were composed for the films of Peter Greenaway...See full bio »
2008Man on Wire
(documentary)
(writer: "Fish Beach", "History Of The Insipid", "Dreams Of A Journey", "Time Lapse", "The Disposition Of Linen", "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds", "An Eye For Optical Theory", "A Ramble In St. James Park", "Passage De L'Egalité", "Drowning By Number 2", "Memorial", "Trysting Field/Sheep 'n' Tides")
1993The Piano
("The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise", "All Imperfect Things", "Delft Waltz", "Coupling")
1989Monsieur Hire
(performer: "Quatuor en Sol Mineur Op. 25 de Brahms")
1982The Draughtsman's Contract
(writer: "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds" - uncredited, "Disposition Of The Linen" - uncredited, "Watery Death" - uncredited, "Garden Is Becoming A Robe Room" - uncredited, "Queen Of The Night" - uncredited, "Eye For Optical Theory" - uncredited, "Bravura In The Face Of Grief" - uncredited)
1976Keep It Up Downstairs
(music: "Always A Pleasure" / arranger: "Rough Riders" - uncredited, "The Windsor Castle" - uncredited)
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