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Biography
Michael Nyman is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway) and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano.
Awards & recognition
- Lucie Award · 2010
- AACTA Award — Best Original Music Score · 1993
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- doctor honoris causa of the University of Warwick
- honorary degree of the University of Leeds
Filmography27 titles
Gattaca
1997Conductor, Original Music Composer
1997Conductor, Original Music Composer
McQueen
2018Music
2018Music
Man on Wire
2008Music
2008Music
Dance Dance Danseur
2022Music
2022Music
Monsieur Hire
1989Original Music Composer
1989Original Music Composer
The Falls
1980Conductor, Musician, Original Music Composer, Still Photographer
1980Conductor, Musician, Original Music Composer, Still Photographer
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
2015Original Music Composer
2015Original Music Composer
The Draughtsman's Contract
1982Original Music Composer
1982Original Music Composer
The Man Who Saw Too Much
2015
2015
Drowning by Numbers
1988Original Music Composer
1988Original Music Composer
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985Original Music Composer
1985Original Music Composer
Ravenous
1999Original Music Composer
1999Original Music Composer
The Hairdresser's Husband
1990Original Music Composer
1990Original Music Composer
The Trip
2010Original Music Composer
2010Original Music Composer
Never Forever
2007Original Music Composer
2007Original Music Composer
The End of the Affair
1999Original Music Composer
1999Original Music Composer
White Elephant
2012Original Music Composer
2012Original Music Composer
The Ogre
1996Original Music Composer
1996Original Music Composer
Carrington
1995Original Music Composer
1995Original Music Composer
The Claim
2000Original Music Composer
2000Original Music Composer
The Libertine
2004Original Music Composer
2004Original Music Composer
Nathalie...
2003Original Music Composer
2003Original Music Composer
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002as The Pianist
2002as The Pianist
9 Songs
2004as Himself (uncredited)
2004as Himself (uncredited)
The Actors
2003Original Music Composer
2003Original Music Composer
Everyday
2012Original Music Composer
2012Original Music Composer
The Cold Room
1984Original Music Composer
1984Original Music Composer