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Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British minimalist composer, pianist, librettist and musicologist, 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 Baroque 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, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Drowning by Numbers, and John Dowland in Prospero’s Books.
Nyman’s popularity increased significantly after he wrote the score to Jane Campion’s award-winning 1993 film The Piano. The album (“The Piano”) became a classical music best-seller. Although Nyman’s score was central to the movie he did not receive an Academy Award nomination despite being nominated for both a British Academy Award and a Golden Globe. He has scored numerous other films, the vast majority of them art films from Europe. His few forays into Hollywood composing have been Gattaca (“Gattaca”), Ravenous (with musician Damon Albarn), and The End of the Affair (“The End of The Affair”).
Among Nyman’s better known non-film works are Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs (1987), for soprano, alto, tenor and instrumental ensemble (based on Nyman’s score for La Princesse de Milan); Ariel Songs (1990) for soprano and band; MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse) (1993) for band; concertos for piano (based on The Piano score), harpsichord, trombone and saxophone; the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986), based on a case-study by Oliver Sacks; and several string quartets.
Nyman, who had studied with the noted Baroque 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, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Drowning by Numbers, and John Dowland in Prospero’s Books.
Nyman’s popularity increased significantly after he wrote the score to Jane Campion’s award-winning 1993 film The Piano. The album (“The Piano”) became a classical music best-seller. Although Nyman’s score was central to the movie he did not receive an Academy Award nomination despite being nominated for both a British Academy Award and a Golden Globe. He has scored numerous other films, the vast majority of them art films from Europe. His few forays into Hollywood composing have been Gattaca (“Gattaca”), Ravenous (with musician Damon Albarn), and The End of the Affair (“The End of The Affair”).
Among Nyman’s better known non-film works are Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs (1987), for soprano, alto, tenor and instrumental ensemble (based on Nyman’s score for La Princesse de Milan); Ariel Songs (1990) for soprano and band; MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse) (1993) for band; concertos for piano (based on The Piano score), harpsichord, trombone and saxophone; the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986), based on a case-study by Oliver Sacks; and several string quartets.
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XlatuacantanteX wrote:
i love this music <3 my second yann tiersen =)
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helziran wrote:
The Piano has some really beautiful music.
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demedusa wrote:
best music
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Daytrippera wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/British+Music+Addicts/
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AndreaUrbanFox wrote:
Awesome music.....and bloody hard to play too!
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Ishmerai wrote:
hus picture is really bad, it's ridiculous
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DJ-RAM wrote:
Great piano music: so wonderful: Thank you for the music!
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vituzm wrote:
The Scent of Love....absolutely amazing...
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natc wrote:
Sir, when will you play in Paris for real? Long awaited.
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prezfolk wrote:
wow
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Benji1990 wrote:
the gattaca score is amazing <3
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prosto_andy wrote:
pure genius
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AIDSistRAD wrote:
i drink piss
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Milhaud wrote:
http://cadadiauncantar.blogspot.com/2008/08/michael-nyman-heart-asks-pleasure-first.html
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ffion_nia wrote:
Absolutely beautiful
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OutrageousSwe wrote:
I only have one wish for when I die, and that is for "the heart asks pleasure first" to be played at my funeral. No song has ever come as close, and there is no movie in the world that I love as much as The Piano. In some way, it defines me. Forever in my heart.
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emersonbusta wrote:
I agree this song is so beautiful.
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DreamingToFly wrote:
La BSO de "the piano" es sencillamente hermoso *:*
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GrapeKettle wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/event/760485
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