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Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is 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.
Born. March 23, 1944 · London, England, UK. Birth name. Michael Laurence Nyman. Mini Bio. Michael Nyman studied piano, harpsichord and music history with Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music, and musicology with Thurston Dart at King's College, London.
- March 23, 1944
Apr 30, 2014 · Nyman, 70 this year, is a composer whose popular success and accessibility has never come at the expense of his constant experimentalism. Tom Service celebrates the huge range of his output, and...
Biography. Awards. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Michael Nyman (I) Composer. Music Department. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Michael Nyman studied piano, harpsichord and music history with Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music, and musicology with Thurston Dart at King's College, London.
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The Piano is the original soundtrack, on the Virgin Records label, of the 1993 Academy Award -winning film The Piano. The original score was composed by Michael Nyman and is his twentieth album release.
- Soundtrack
- 56:47 (USA), 60:40 (UK, USA remastered edition)
- 19 October 1993
- Michael Nyman
Jan 15, 2016 · Born in Stratford, London in 1944, Michael Nyman has carved out a lengthy career as one of Britain’s most innovative and celebrated composers. After pursuing a formal classical education at the Royal Academy of Music, he spent time as a critic and musicologist coining the term “minimalism.”
