Michael Nyman

Composer

Born: March 23, 1944 (82 years old)

Place of birth: Stratford, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (47)

• The Man Who Saw Too Much (2015, ★ 7)
• The Piano (1993, ★ 7.4)
• Gattaca (1997, ★ 7.6)
• The End of the Affair (1999, ★ 6.6)
• Prospero's Books (1991, ★ 6.8)
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, ★ 7.3)
• The Hairdresser's Husband (1990, ★ 6.8)
• Monsieur Hire (1989, ★ 7.2)
• A Zed & Two Noughts (1985, ★ 7)
• The Sea in Their Blood (1983, ★ 6.7)
• The Draughtsman's Contract (1982, ★ 7.1)
• Drowning by Numbers (1988, ★ 7)
• Man on Wire (2008, ★ 7.4)
• Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015, ★ 7.1)
• War Work: 8 Songs with Film (2014, ★ 7.4)
• Act of God (1980, ★ 6.7)
• Nabbie's Love (1999, ★ 7.5)
• A Walk Through H (1978, ★ 7.4)
• McQueen (2018, ★ 7.5)
• Wonderland (1999, ★ 6.4)
• White Elephant (2012, ★ 6.5)
• Vertical Features Remake (1978, ★ 7.2)
• Anne Frank's Diary (1995, ★ 6.6)
• The Trip (2011, ★ 6.7)
• Ravenous (1999, ★ 6.9)
• Never Forever (2007, ★ 6.6)
• The Falls (1982, ★ 7.2)
• Dance Dance Danseur (2022, ★ 7.3)
• 9 Songs (2004, ★ 5.5)
• Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002, ★ 5)