Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British minimalist composer, piani… Read Full Bio ↴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, 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.
On children's television shows, Michael has created the music for Katie and Orbie and Titch.
Many of Nyman's works are written for his own ensemble, the Michael Nyman Band, a group formed for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldonip's Il Campiello. Originally made up of old instruments such as rebecs and shawms alongside more modern instruments like the saxophone in order to produce as loud a sound as possible without amplification, it later switched to a fully amplified lineup of string quartet, three saxophones, bass trombone, bass guitar and piano. This line up has been variously altered and augmented for some works.
Nyman also wrote an influential book in 1974 on experimental music called Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond, which explored the influence of John Cage on classical composers. He is generally acknowledged to have been the first to apply the term "minimalism" to music, in a 1968 article in The Spectator magazine about the English composer Cornelius Cardew.
In the 1970s, Nyman was a member of the infamous Portsmouth Sinfonia, the self-described World's Worst Orchestra - playing on their recordings and in their concerts.
He has also recorded pop music, with the Flying Lizards
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, 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.
On children's television shows, Michael has created the music for Katie and Orbie and Titch.
Many of Nyman's works are written for his own ensemble, the Michael Nyman Band, a group formed for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldonip's Il Campiello. Originally made up of old instruments such as rebecs and shawms alongside more modern instruments like the saxophone in order to produce as loud a sound as possible without amplification, it later switched to a fully amplified lineup of string quartet, three saxophones, bass trombone, bass guitar and piano. This line up has been variously altered and augmented for some works.
Nyman also wrote an influential book in 1974 on experimental music called Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond, which explored the influence of John Cage on classical composers. He is generally acknowledged to have been the first to apply the term "minimalism" to music, in a 1968 article in The Spectator magazine about the English composer Cornelius Cardew.
In the 1970s, Nyman was a member of the infamous Portsmouth Sinfonia, the self-described World's Worst Orchestra - playing on their recordings and in their concerts.
He has also recorded pop music, with the Flying Lizards
Endgame
Michael Nyman Lyrics
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Circus Maximus ENDGAME The heart is still beating though it came to a…
Decadence I look at the wall. And what do you see there? I…
Distant Say my name Say my name on your knees Pray for…
Downpresser From the corners of your suffering The shadows of your screa…
Eye Of Judgement We stand alone staring at our past Passing judgement at wha…
Haze - C & Mr. Bizz Is this how I die? The rage is alight I've run out…
Howen Guess I always have to learn the hard way just…
Ingested ""The second coming of a creature redesigned to kill Not…
Invalid Dk Welcome to the endgame Hoping you can stay sane Watching eve…
J-One I’m going insane You niggahs to blame I’m taking your chain …
Jackal Queenston The day I die The day I die The day I die The…
Killing Joke Western-sponsored civil wars, famine and disorder Consolida…
KITCHEN - R.E.M. (Unsung Heroes) They askin' why you never change, why you st…
Klergy When the dark is closing in When the ground is shattering Wh…
Kyshera This is the end, I’d rather leave quietly But lets not…
LyCos J'recherche le mal dans tes yeux J'vois que ton âme, j'y…
LYNXCATS Look things are getting strange between us two (You know tha…
Manora The fire is dwindling the last ember fades The path we…
Martin Orford Into the endgame, bound for surrender We make no sound Tak…
Megadeth Attention! Attention! All citizens are ordered to report to …
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Mike Meet me only if you down to ride on our…
Napoleon Da Legend & Just Music Beats Don't shoot the messenger, got weapons that'll shoot back No…
Odd Pace Corruption and greed A never-ending fight The poor suffer in…
Pig Destroyer Such the delicate locust without your wings have you ceased…
Pilate Lying here tonight, lying here tonight it's all you think…
Pilot Speed Lying here tonight Lying here tonight it′s all you think of …
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Rise Against And on that day, they'll tell you That life hummed on…
Rise Against琀 And on that day they'll tell you That life hung on…
Rogue Wave I don't mind if you treat me badly I don't mind…
Saving Vice We’re in the endgame Lost and found ourselves and our place …
Shadowforge At the end, the fading skyline will be engulfed in…
SOBER on tuxedos Ladies and gentlemen Welcome to the endgame Ladies and gent…
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Talos I'm drawn across an empty space This dreamland's now a tired…
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We Are Victory Arise, oh sleeper Are your eyes too blind to see That pride…
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Dammi la lingua Dammi la lingua, appunta i piedi al muro; Stringi le coscie,…
Diary of Love Lời bài hát How can I explain this feeling growing with…
Questo cazzo voglio io Questo cazzo voglio io, non un tesoro Questo è colui che…
THE MASQUE Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, bar…
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