Michael Nyman
Sound
Born March 23, 1944 · Stratford, London, England, UK
Also known as Michael Laurence Nyman
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
McQueen
Man on Wire
Dance Dance Danseur
Monsieur Hire
The Falls
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
The Draughtsman's Contract
The Man Who Saw Too Much
Drowning by Numbers
A Zed & Two Noughts
Ravenous
The Hairdresser's Husband
The Trip
Never Forever
The End of the Affair
White Elephant
The Ogre
Carrington
The Claim
The Libertine
Nathalie...
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
9 Songs
The Actors
Everyday
The Cold Room