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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Michael Nyman Biography (1944-)
Full name, Michael Lawrence Nyman; born March 23, 1944, in London, England; son of Mark and Jeannette Nyman; married Aet Toome, May 16, 1970; children: two daughters. Addresses: Contact: Screen Composers of America, 2451 Nichols Canyon Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90046-1734.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Composer, music director, musician, writer
- Birth Details
- March 23, 1944
- London, England
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Music Producer
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A la folie (also known as Alice et Elsa and Six Days, Six Nights), New Light Films, 1994
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Der Unhold (also known as The Ogre and Le Roi des aulnes), Kino International, 1996
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Wonderland, USA Films, 1999
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Music Director
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Drowning by Numbers, Vendex, 1988
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (also known as Le Cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant and Spica), Erato, 1989
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Prospero's Books (also known as L'Ultima tempesta),Miramax, 1991
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Other Film Work
- Director, Love Love Love, 1968
- Music arranger, Keep It Up Downstairs, 1976
- Music supervisor, The Draughtsman's Contract, United Artists,1982
- Music arranger (Stephen Foster and Philip Phile pieces) and orchestrator,Ravenous (also known as Voraz), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
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Film Appearances
- Himself, I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump, 1986
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The Michael Nyman Songbook (documentary), London Records, 1992
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Colonna sonora (documentary), 1992
- Contact, Hell's Paradox, 1995
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Television Work
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Miniseries
- Orchestrator, Nuremberg, TNT, 2000
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Man in crowd, The Final Score, 1992
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Episodic
- Court pianist, "Letters, Riddles and Writs," Not Mozart, BBC-TV, 1991
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
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The Michael Nyman Songbook, London Records, 1992
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The Convertibility of Lute Strings, Argo, 1993
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For John Cage, Argo, 1993
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Goodbye Frankie, Goodbye Benny, Argo, 1993
- Other recordings include The Draughtsman's Contract,
A Zedand Two Noughts,
Drowning by Numbers,
The Cook, the Thief, HisWife, and Her Lover,
Bell Set Number One, and The Fourth Wall, all Virgin; Decay Music, Obscure; Michael Nyman, Sheet; Ariel Songs: Come and Go; While You Here Do Snoring Lie; Full Fathom Five,
I Am an Unusual Thing, and Lorgie Parisienne, all Decca; The Kiss and Other Movements, Caroline; And Do They Do and Zoo Caprices, both That's Entertainment Records; The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, CBS Masterworks; Out of the Ruins, Silva Screen;Prospero's Books,
String Quartets 1-3, and The Essential Michael Nyman Band, all London.
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WRITINGS
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Film Scores
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5 Postcards from Capital Cities, 1967
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Keep It Up Downstairs, 1976
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Goole by Numbers, 1976
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A Walk through H (also known as The Re-Incarnation of an Ornithologist), 1976
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Tom Phillips, 1977
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1-100, 1978
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Vertical Features Remake, 1978
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The Falls, 1980
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Terence Conran (also known as Insight: Terence Conran), 1981
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The Draughtsman's Contract, United Artists, 1982
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Frozen Music, 1983
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Nelly's Version, 1983
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The Coastline (also known as The Sea in Their Blood), 1983
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The Cold Room (also known as The Prisoner and Cold Room-Kalter Hauch der Vergangenheit), 1984
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Making a Splash, 1984
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L'Ange frenetique, 1985
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A Zed and Two Noughts (also known as A Zoo: A Zed and Two Noughts), Skouras, 1985
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The Kiss, 1985
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Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire, 1985 (also known as 26 Bathrooms), 1985
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Ballet Mechanique, 1986
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The Disputation, 1986
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Le Miracule, 1986
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I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump, 1986
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Photographic Exhibits, 1987
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Drowning by Numbers, Vendex, 1988
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Death in the Seine (also known as Les Morts de la Seine), 1989
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Monsieur Hire (also known as M. Hire), Orion, 1989
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (also known as LeCuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant and Spica), Erato, 1989
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Le Mari de la coiffeuse (also known as The Hairdresser's Husband), 1990
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Prospero's Books (also known as L'Ultima tempesta),Miramax, 1991
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Les Enfants volants (also known as The Flying Children), 1991
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The Fall of Icarus, 1992
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The Piano (also known as La Lecon de piano), Miramax, 1993
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A la folie (also known as Alice et Elsa and Six Days, Six Nights), New Light Films, 1994
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Mesmer, Mayfair Entertainment/Nomadic Pictures, 1994
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Carrington, 1995
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Anne no nikki (also known as The Diary of Anne Frank), AF Production, 1995
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Der Unhold (also known as The Ogre and Le Roi des aulnes), Kino International, 1996
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Gattaca, Columbia, 1997
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Ravenous (also known as Voraz), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
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How to Make Dhyrak: A Dramatic Work for Three Players and Camera, Truncated with Only Two Players (music adapted from Ravenous), 1999
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Wonderland, USA Films, 1999
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The End of the Affair, Columbia, 1999
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Nabbie no koi (also known as Nabbie's Love), 1999
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The Claim, United Artists, 2000
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Other Film Music
- Additional music, Brimstone and Treacle, 1982
- Song "Water Dances," La Stanza del figlio (also known as The Son's Room), Bac Films, 2001
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Television Music
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Movies
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Act of God, 1980
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The Final Score, 1992
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Series
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Fairly Secret Army, 1984
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Fairly Secret Army Series 2, 1987
- Theme song, Titch, CiTV, 1998
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Miniseries
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Nuremberg, TNT, 2000
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Specials
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, ICA-TV, 1987
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Dancing in Numbers, Channel 4 (England), 1988
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Act without Words 1, 2000
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Episodic
- Touch the Earth," Danceworks, BBC2-TV, 1988
- "Out of the Ruins," 40 Minutes, BBC-TV, 1989
- "Men of Steel," Inside Story, BBC-TV, 1990
- "Letters, Riddles and Writs" (opera), Not Mozart, BBC-TV, 1991
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Operas
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Institute of ContemporaryArts, London, 1986
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La Princesse de Milan (dance opera; written for a ballet by KarineSaporta; based on text from William Shakespeare's The Tempest), Avignon Festival, 1991
- (With Jeremy Newson) Letters, Riddles and Writs, Shaw Theatre, London, 1992
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Dance Music
- (With Paul Richards and Bruce McLean) The Masterwork/Award-Winning Fishknife (performance art/theatre work), Riverside Studios, London, 1979
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A Broken Set of Rules (ballet), Royal Opera House, London, 1984
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Portraits in Reflection (ballet), Lucinda Child's Dance Company, first concert performance, Almeida Theatre, London, 1985; first dance performance, Joyce Theatre, 1986
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And Do They Do (ballet), London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 1986
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Touch the Earth (ballet), Rosemary Butcher Dance Company, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1987
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Miniatures (solo dance work), The Place Theatre, London, 1988
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Configurations (for three or four dancers), Queen Elizabeth Hall,London, 1989
- (With Frederic Flamand and Fabrizio Plessi) The Fall of Icarus, Theatre de le Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium, 1989
- (With Francois Raffinot) Garden Party, first produced in Montpellier, France, 1990
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Video Game Music
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Enemy Zero, 1996
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Other
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Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond, Schirmer Books, 1974
- Also contributor to magazines and journals, including The Listener,
Studio International,
Spectator, and New Statesman.
Further Reference
Adaptations
- Compositions by Nyman recorded by others include 1-100, November 14, 1986, p. 26. Piano Circus, London; Polish Love Song; Mary Wiegold/The Composers Ensemble, NMC; and Where the Bee Dances, John Harle/Bournemouth Sinfonietta, London; music from A Zed and Two Noughts used inthe television series Ryori no tetsujin (also known as Iron Chef.
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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New Statesman,
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New York Times, March 15, 1992, p. H36.
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Time, October 26, 1987, p. 126.
Electronic
- Official website, http://www.michaelnyman.org.
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