Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. His operas include The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Letters, Riddles and Writs, Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs, Facing Goya, Man and Boy: Dada, Love Counts, and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond, and he has written six concerti, four string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band, with and without whom he tours as a performing pianist. Nyman stated that he prefers to write opera rather than other sorts of music.
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"
Never Forever
2007
music: "Es War Erde In Inhen", "Life's Chaos"
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
2005
arranger: "Sarabande" / writer: "Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds", "An Eye for Optical Theory"
performer: "Quatuor en Sol Mineur Op. 25 de Brahms"
The Draughtsman's Contract
1982
writer: "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds", "Disposition Of The Linen", "Watery Death", "Garden Is Becoming A Robe Room", "Queen Of The Night", "Eye For Optical Theory", "Bravura In The Face Of Grief" - uncredited
Keep It Up Downstairs
1976
arranger: "Rough Riders", "The Windsor Castle" - uncredited / music: "Always A Pleasure"
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
War Work, 8 Songs with Film
2014
Documentary
Cine Ópera
2010
Short
NYman with a Movie Camera
2010
Documentary
I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story
2000
TV Movie documentary
Love Love Love
1968
Short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
La maleta mexicana
2011
Documentary co-producer
The Mexican Suitcase
2011
Documentary co-producer
Charon
2008
Short producer
Subterrain
2001
executive producer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali
2002
TV Movie
The Pianist
The Final Score
1992
TV Short
Man in Crowd
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
1991
TV Movie
Court Pianist (uncredited)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
1991
TV Movie story
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
1987
TV Movie adaptation
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
NYman with a Movie Camera
2010
Documentary
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Falls
1980
still photographer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Road to Freedom Peak
2013
Documentary special thanks
9 Songs
2004
very special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
¡Atención obras!
2013
TV Series
Himself
Miradas 2
2006-2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
XV Premios de la Música
2011
TV Movie
Himself - Performer
Michael Nyman in Progress
2010
Documentary
Breakfast
2010
TV Series
Himself - Composer
BBC Proms
2009
TV Series
Himself
Ànima
2009
TV Series
Himself
Niendorf (The Damaged Piano)
2008
Short
Himself
Live Earth
2007
TV Special documentary
Himself
Classic Britannia
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
The South Bank Show
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
B 360º
2006
TV Series
Himself
Sunday AM
2005
TV Series
Himself
Família Comtal
2005
TV Series
Himself
9 Songs
2004
Himself (uncredited)
+ de cinéma
2001
TV Series documentary short
Himself
Magacine
1997
TV Series
Himself
The Works
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
Der Klang der Bilder
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Vincent
1994
TV Series
Himself
Encantada de la vida
1994
TV Series
Himself
La tarda és nostra
1994
TV Series
Himself
Noches de gala
1994
TV Series
Himself
Le cercle de minuit
1993
TV Series
Himself
Colonna sonora
1992
Documentary
Himself
The Michael Nyman Songbook
1992
Documentary
Piano and musical director
Cinema 3
1988
TV Series
Himself
I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump
1986
Documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2009
Capri Music Award
Capri, Hollywood
2005
Best Score
Polish Film Festival
Jestem (2005)
2000
Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence
Viareggio EuropaCinema
1997
Best Original Soundtrack
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
Gattaca (1997)
1994
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Original Score
The Piano (1993)
1994
FCCA Award
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Best Musical Score
The Piano (1993)
1993
AFI Award
Australian Film Institute
Best Original Music Score
The Piano (1993)
1989
Best Original Soundtrack
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
Eagle
Polish Film Awards
Best Film Score (Najlepsza Muzyka)
Jestem (2005)
2000
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
The End of the Affair (1999)
2000
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
BAFTA Awards
The End of the Affair (1999)
2000
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Music
Ravenous (1999)
2000
Golden Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Original Score
Ravenous (1999)
1998
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Gattaca (1997)
1998
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA