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Michael Nyman
Person · male · United Kingdom · Stratford · born 1944 · recording since 1976
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
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Timeline
57 events▣ Album 53✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1940s
1970s
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Debut release: Decay Music
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1980s
1990s
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Album: Fitkin: Sextet / Nyman: 1-100 / Seddon: 16 / Rackham: Which Ever Way Your Nose Bends
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Album: Double Concerto for Saxophone & Cello / Harpsichord Concerto / Trombone Concerto
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2000s
2010s
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Album: Peter Greenaway Film Music (Michael Nyman Band & The Zoo Orchestra)
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Biography
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Biography
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
The PianoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracks1To the Edge of the Earth4:082Big My Secret2:553A Wild and Distant Shore5:544The Heart Asks Pleasure First1:395Here to There1:046The Promise4:197A Bed of Ferns0:508The Fling1:329The Scent of Love4:2110Deep into the Forest3:0311The Mood that Passes through You1:1612Lost and Found2:2913The Embrace2:3914Little Impulse2:1515The Sacrifice2:5216I Clipped your Wing4:3917The Wounded2:3218All Imperfect Things4:0619Dreams of a Journey5:3420The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise (edit)3:12. He has written a number of operas, including 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. He has written six concerti, five string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band. He is also a performing pianist. Nyman prefers to write opera over other forms of music.
Early life and education
Nyman was born in Stratford, London, to a family of secular Jewish furriers who immigrated from Poland.
Nyman was educated at the Sir George Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow. He studied from 1961 until 1967 at King's College London, and at the Royal Academy of Music until 1967 with Alan Bush and Thurston Dart, focusing on piano and seventeenth-century baroque music. He won the Howard Carr Memorial Prize for composition in July 1964. In 1965–66 Nyman secured a residency in Romania to study folk-song, supported by a British Council bursary.
Work as music critic, 1968–1976
Nyman says he discovered his aesthetic by playing the aria "Madamina, il catalogo è questo" from Mozart's Don Giovanni on his piano in the style of Jerry Lee Lewis, which "dictated the dynamic, articulation and texture of everything I've subsequently done." It subsequently became the base for his 1977 piece In Re Don Giovanni.
In 1969, Nyman provided the libretto of Harrison Birtwistle's opera Down by the Greenwood Side and directed the short film Love Love Love (based on the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love"). He then settled into music criticism, where he is generally acknowledged to have been the first to define the term "minimalism" as it applied to music, in a 1968 article in The Spectator magazine about the English composer Cornelius Cardew. He used the term 'minimal-music' which he defined as 'simple idea, straightforward structure, intellectual control, theatrical presence and intensity in presentation.'
He also wrote introductions for George Frideric Handel's Concerti grossi, Op. 6, and interviewed George Brecht in 1976. His 1976 album Decay Music
Decay MusicSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksA1–10027:26BBell Set No. 122:35 was produced by Brian Eno. In 1974 Nyman published an influential book called Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond, which explored the influence of John Cage on classical composers.
Founding of Campiello Band and collaboration with Peter Greenaway, 1976–1990
In the 1970s, Nyman was a member of the Portsmouth Sinfonia – the self-described World's Worst Orchestra. He was the featured pianist on the orchestra's recording of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on the 1979 Martin Lewis-produced 20 Classic Rock Classics album, on which the Sinfonia gave their unique interpretations of the pop and rock repertoire of the 1950s–1970s.
In 1976, he formed the Campiello Band, which became the Michael Nyman Band, for a production of Carlo Goldoni's Il Campiello. Originally made up of old instruments such as rebecs and shawms alongside more modern instruments like the saxophone to produce as loud a sound as possible without amplification, the band later switched to a fully amplified line-up of string quartet, three saxophones, trumpet, horn, bass trombone, bass guitar and piano. Many of Nyman's works are written for his ensemble, with the lineup variously altered and augmented.
One of his earliest film scores was the 1976 British sex comedy Keep It Up Downstairs, followed by numerous films, many of them European art films, including eleven directed by Peter Greenaway. Nyman drew frequently on early music sources in his scores for Greenaway's films: Henry Purcell in The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) (which included Memorial and Miserere Paraphrase), Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber in A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Drowning by Numbers (1988), and John Dowland in Prospero's Books (1991), largely at the request of the director. He wrote settings to various texts by Mozart for Letters, Riddles and Writs, part of Not Mozart.
In 1987 Nyman composed the opera Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs, for soprano, alto, tenor and instrumental ensemble (based on Nyman's score for the ballet La Princesse de Milan); the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986), based on a case-study by Oliver Sacks; and five string quartets. He also recorded pop music with the Flying Lizards; a version of his Bird List from the soundtrack to Peter Greenaway's The Falls (1980) appears on their album Fourth Wall as "Hands 2 Take".
1990s
In 1990 he composed Ariel Songs for soprano and band; in 1993 MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse) for band and orchestra; concertos for saxophone, piano (based on the score for The Piano), violin, harpsichord, trombone, and saxophone & cello recorded by John Harle and Julian Lloyd Webber;
In 1991 Nyman composed The Michael Nyman Songbook based on poetry by Paul Celan, Arthur Rimbaud, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and William Shakespeare. His Six Celan Songs off this collection were composed for Ute Lemper, with whom he recorded the album. Ute Lemper also performed in the 1992 concert film of the same name, directed by Volker Schlöndorff.
In 1993, Nyman's popularity increased after he wrote the score to Jane Campion's award-winning 1993 film The Piano. The album became a classical music best-seller, selling over three million copies. His soundtrack won an Ivor Novello Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and an American Film Institute award, and nominated for a British Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
He produced a soundtrack for the silent film Man with a Movie Camera
Man With a Movie CameraSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Credits And Introduction2Prologue3Waking4Where The Real Life Dwells5Orchestrating The City6This Is The Editing Room7An Accident8Visual Vocabulary9End Of The Working Day10Battles Of The Lifestyles11Vodka, Church And Capitalism12Sound13At The Viewing Hall, which largely reworked material he wrote for the soundtrack of the 1996 video game Enemy Zero
Enemy ZeroSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Laura's Theme4:012Confusion3:453Aspects of Love3:524Digital Tragedy2:435Enemy Zero4:206Lamentation3:357Love Theme3:428Digital Complex2:489Invisible Enemy2:1210Laura's Dream4:0411Agony3:1512Malfunction4:0213Battle3:4814The Last Movement3:43.
His forays into Hollywood were Gattaca (1997), Ravenous (1999) (with musician Damon Albarn), and The End of the Affair (1999). Gattaca was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Music.
In 1999, Nyman created a group called Foster's Social Orchestra, which specialised in the work of Stephen Foster. One of their pieces appeared in the film Ravenous and an additional work, not used in the film, appeared on the soundtrack album.
21st century
In 2000, he produced an opera on the subject of cloning on a libretto by Victoria Hardie titled Facing Goya, an expansion of their one-act opera Vital Statistics. The lead, a widowed art banker, is written for contralto and the role was created by Hilary Summers. His newest operas are Man and Boy: Dada (2003) and Love Counts (2005), both on libretti by Michael Hastings.
From 2002 to 2005 he was a composer-in-residence at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Germany.
He composed the music for the children's television series Titch which is based on the books written and illustrated by Pat Hutchins.
On 7 July 2007, Nyman performed at Live Earth in Japan. Nyman began a long-term artistic collaboration with the filmmaker Max Pugh which resulted in many short art films, three experimental feature documentaries and a number of video installations. In 2008 Nyman realised, in collaboration with the cultural association Volumina, Sublime, an artist's book that unified his music with his passion for photography.
In October 2009, Nyman released The Glare, a collaborative collection of songs with David McAlmont. The album – recorded with the Michael Nyman Band – finds McAlmont putting lyrics based on contemporary news stories to 11 pieces of Nyman music drawn from different phases of his career.
In 2012, he made a soundtrack for film, Everyday. Keith H. Yoo in 2012 commissioned Nyman to write a 26-minute piano quintet in four movements titled Through the Only Window. It premiered at the gala dinner for his father Yoo Byung-eun's photographic exhibition "Through My Window" in the Tuileries Garden of The Louvre in Paris on 25 June 2012. The work has been recorded by Nyman Quintet in the Abbey Road Studios, and has been released on Nyman's record label. In 2013 Nyman was again commissioned to compose a piece for Yoo Byung-eun's exhibition in the Orangerie Hall of the Palace of Versailles, and wrote the 32-minute-long symphony in four movements, Symphony No. 6 "AHAE", representing the four seasons in nature as depicted by Ahae, a pseudonym for Yoo Byung-eun. The London Symphony Orchestra premiered both pieces at L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles in Paris on 8 September 2013 under the baton of the composer. They were also recorded. In 2015 he performed in Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera at the Potemkin Stairs. The show was part of the 6th Odesa International Film Festival and gathered approximately 15,000 spectators.
Personal life
Nyman was married to Aet Nyman (née Toome), with whom he has two daughters, Molly and Martha, but they are now divorced. His first string quartet quotes "Unchained Melody" in homage to Aet, who appears in Greenaway's The Falls, for which he also composed music. Molly is also a composer and in collaboration with Harry Escott has written several film scores, including for The Road to Guantanamo by her father's frequent collaborator Michael Winterbottom. Martha is a development researcher for the BBC.
In 2005, Nyman reported that he had been a supporter of Queens Park Rangers F.C. for 33 years.
Nyman has been misidentified as having signed a pro-Israel open letter during the 2014 Gaza War. The cited article states the following: "CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story said that composer Michael Nyman was a signatory to the letter, when in fact it was PMK•BNC chairman and CEO Michael Nyman."
He lives in North London.
Honours
Nyman was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
Nyman was awarded an honorary doctorate (DLitt) from the University of Warwick on 30 January 2007. At the degree ceremony, the University of Warwick Brass Society and Chamber Choir, conducted by Paul McGrath, premiered a specially composed procession and recession fanfare by Nyman.
In 2015, he was awarded the Golden Duke for Lifetime Achievement, the special award of the 6th Odesa International Film Festival.
In 2025, he received a Lifetime Achievement from the World Soundtrack Academy.
Collaborations
In addition to his composing and filmmaking activities, Nyman has a full international touring schedule with the Michael Nyman Band as well as a series of unique one-off performances with a variety of collaborators. They include musicians from outside the western/classical/experimental traditions such as the Orquesta Andalusí de Tetuan, Rajan and Sajan Misra, U. Shrinivas, Estrella Morente, Seijin Noborakawa, Ute Lemper, Evan Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Paolo Fresu, Mike Giles, The Flying Lizards, Dagmar Krause, Sting, Damon Albarn, David McAlmont and Alva Noto.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 36 | 93.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 97 | 97.8th |
| Studio albums | 54 | 99.4th |
| Awards recorded | 5 | 97.4th |
| Timeline events | 57 | 99.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 49 | 90th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (97 release groups · 54 studio albums)
Albums · 54
1976 · studio album
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A1–10027:26BBell Set No. 122:35'The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife
1979 · studio album
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ASamples Of The Musical MaterialsBReadings From The 'Masterwork' Script1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 41:49
1Bird Anthem2:402In Re Don Giovanni2:533Initial Treat3:014Secondary Treat1:375Waltz6:036Bird List Song4:217M-Work21:141987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 44:09
1The Kiss9:072Nose List Song6:593Tango Between the Lines4:564Images Were Introduced7:395Water Dances (I) Stroking5:326Water Dances (II) Gliding3:057Water Dances (III) Synchronising6:51The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 57:03
1Prologue: Neurology’s Favourite Term2:462Traffic. Street Sounds2:293[That's Why] I’m Here4:394Can I Help?1:415And Yet … and Yet1:186You Can See Very Clearly2:037What Do You See Now?2:458Where Was His Hat?1:399… [Mistake His] Wife for a Hat?2:2110Bösendorfer!1:3711Ich grolle nicht2:2012But What of the Parietal Regions?2:2713What’s the Time?3:0714What Is This? … It’s a Square3:0815What Is This? … Six Inches in Length1:5716Now, What Is This?2:0217Pawn to King 42:5218From Our End, High Up Here2:1719Your Husband’s a Painter, I See5:1420Ach! Tea from China, Lovely Fragrance2:0921I Cannot Tell You What Is Wrong6:121989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:14:55
1L'entrée3:052La néf de Paris3:043Débarcadère2:294Le Labyrinthe3:585Le Palais Royal6:076Le Jardin3:517Le théatre d'ombres chinoises6:498L'émeute de la faim3:569Du faubourg a l'Assemblée2:4210Ah ça ira3:5111Passage de l'Égalite6:2612Les murs des fédérés Rimbaud7:2613De l'Hôtel de Ville à la Concorde6:1314Cinéma d'actualités3:2415Champs Elysées2:1416Les manifestations2:0317L'Arche de La Défense7:171989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 21:19
1Ouverture1:042L'Apres-Midi0:473Le Soir0:484La Nuit0:485La Sept, Suite Pt.11:246La Sept, Suite Pt.20:547La Sept, Suite Pt.31:218La Sept, Suite Pt.42:489La Sept, Suite Pt.51:2910La Sept, Suite Pt.61:2511La Sept, Suite Pt.61:3012La Sept, Suite Pt.72:1413La Sept, Suite Pt.81:3114La Sept, Suite Pt.90:2115La Sept, Suite Pt.102:551991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:03:15
1String Quartet no. 2: I3:162String Quartet no. 2: II4:443String Quartet no. 2: III3:414String Quartet no. 2: IV2:515String Quartet no. 2: V4:076String Quartet no. 2: VI3:027String Quartet no. 3: Beginning10:008String Quartet no. 3: Figure D5:529String Quartet no. 1: I. Beginning2:3510String Quartet no. 1: II. Figure B1:1011String Quartet no. 1: III. Figure C2:2012String Quartet no. 1: IV. Figure D2:0813String Quartet no. 1: V. Figure E1:4514String Quartet no. 1: VI. Figure F1:1215String Quartet no. 1: VII. Figure G2:1816String Quartet no. 1: VIII. Figure H2:2817String Quartet no. 1: IX. Figure I2:2718String Quartet no. 1: X. Figure J1:2619String Quartet no. 1: XI. Figure K2:0720String Quartet no. 1: XII. Figure L3:461991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:47
1Six Celan Songs: Chanson einer Dame im Schatten6:182Six Celan Songs: Es war Erde in ihnen4:173Six Celan Songs: Psalm3:424Six Celan Songs: Corona6:155Six Celan Songs: Nächtlich geschürzt6:286Six Celan Songs: Blume5:497Ariel Songs: Come and Go3:168Ariel Songs: While You Here Do Snoring Lie1:079Ariel Songs: Full Fathom Five4:2410I Am an Unusual Thing5:2511L’Orgie parisienne: Allez! On préviendra les reflux d’incendie3:2012L’Orgie parisienne: Quand tes pieds ont dansé3:26Fitkin: Sextet / Nyman: 1-100 / Seddon: 16 / Rackham: Which Ever Way Your Nose Bends
1992 · studio album
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1Sextet6:5821-10021:593164:414Which Ever Way Your Nose Bends31:04Michael Nyman for Yohji Yamamoto
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 42:16
1M-1 song A2:002M-2 song B2:363M-3 song C2:154M-4 song D5:175M-5 song E4:086M-6 song F3:317M-7 song G3:358M-8 song H3:039M-9 song I3:2410M-10 song J2:5511M-11 song K4:0712M-12 song M2:2713M-13 song L2:581993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:04:21
1Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and Her Omnipotence14:032Time Will Pronounce20:403The Convertibility of the Lute Strings15:154For John Cage14:231994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 59:03
1The Piano Concerto: The Beach11:482The Piano Concerto: The Woods6:253The Piano Concerto: The Hut9:064The Piano Concerto: The Release5:145MGV: 1st Region4:566MGV: 2nd Region4:067MGV: 3rd Region8:188MGV: 4th Region3:489MGV: 5th Region5:221994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 56:37
1Meurtre dans un jardin anglais. Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds5:082Meurtre dans un jardin anglais. The garden is becoming a robe room6:113Drowning by numbers. Fishbeach2:564Prospero's book. Prospero's curse2:405Prospero's book. Where the bee sucks4:506Prospero's book. Caliban's pit3:007Songbook. Chnson einer Dame im Schatten6:188Time will pronounce. For John Cage (extrait)6:299Quatuors à cordes. Quatuors à cordes nº 2, mouvement I3:2410Quatuors à cordes. Quatuors à cordes nº 3, fig. D5:4711MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse). Extrait4:3912Concerto pour piano. Extrait5:151995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:12:35
1Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: If by Your Art, My Dearest Father4:022Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Alas, Poor Milan!3:313Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Be't to Fly, to Swim3:404Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: This Damned Witch Sycorax4:375Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: The Fringed Curtains of Thine Eye4:356Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: There's Nothing Ill Can Dwell2:467Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: How Lush and Lusty the Grass3:128Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Riches, Poverty, and Use of Service2:219Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Sometime Like Apes2:4910Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Full Many a Lady I Have Eyed4:3511Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: 'Tis a Custom in the Afternoon5:3712Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: I Have Made You Mad4:1513Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: You Do Look, My Son, in a Moved Sort3:4014Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: At Last I Left Them1:3015Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: At This Hour Lie at My Mercy1:4816Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Ye Elves6:5617Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Behold, Sir King2:0518Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Sir, She Is Mortal1:4219Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: My Tricksy Spirit!3:0320Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs: Coragio, Bully-Monster5:51The Piano Concerto / On the Fiddle / Prospero's Books
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:08:04
1The Piano Concerto: I. The Beach11:522The Piano Concerto: II. The Woods6:523The Piano Concerto: III. The Hut8:594The Piano Concerto: IV. The Release4:585On the Fiddle: I. Full Fathom Five5:066On the Fiddle: II. Angelfish Decay3:057On the Fiddle: III. Miserere Paraphrase7:158Prospero's Books: Prospero's Magic6:109Prospero's Books: Prospero's Curse2:4510Prospero's Books: Cornfield6:5811Prospero's Books: Miranda4:041996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:04:05
1After Extra Time I3:482After Extra Time II1:343After Extra Time III1:164After Extra Time IV0:405After Extra Time V1:026After Extra Time VI1:037After Extra Time VII1:028After Extra Time VIII1:339After Extra Time IX0:5410After Extra Time X3:0411After Extra Time XI1:5412After Extra Time XII2:0013After Extra Time XIII3:1114After Extra Time XIV2:4615After Extra Time XV1:4916After Extra Time XVI1:4717The Final Score I2:4218The Final Score II3:2919The Final Score III3:1320The Final Score IV1:1921The Final Score V2:4322The Final Score VI1:4123The Final Score VII1:3124The Final Score VIII3:5125The Final Score IX2:5126Memorial (remix)11:221996 · studio album
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1愛のテーマ Love theme3:442ローラのテーマ Laura's theme4:043デジタルの悲しみ Digital tragedy2:41Double Concerto for Saxophone & Cello / Harpsichord Concerto / Trombone Concerto
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:10:38
1Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: I.4:372Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: II.5:153Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: III.3:334Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: IV.8:495Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra: V.4:546Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: I.4:237Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: II.2:358Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: III.4:489Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: IV.1:3510Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: V.2:0611Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings: VI.6:1112Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: I.2:2113Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: II.2:0414Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: III.3:0615Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: IV.2:1616Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: V.1:5217Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: VI.1:2718Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: VII.0:5619Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: VIII.1:3420Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: IX.6:161998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:23
1String Quartet no. 4: I3:362String Quartet no. 4: II3:173String Quartet no. 4: III2:294String Quartet no. 4: IV6:195String Quartet no. 4: V3:036String Quartet no. 4: VI4:057String Quartet no. 4: VII4:088String Quartet no. 4: VIII2:259String Quartet no. 4: IX3:3910String Quartet no. 4: X2:4811String Quartet no. 4: XI3:1012String Quartet no. 4: XII3:00133 Quartets14:24The Piano Concerto / Where the Bee Dances
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 47:09
1Where the Bee Dances16:462The Piano Concerto: I. The Beach11:243The Piano Concerto: II. The Woods6:214The Piano Concerto: III. The Hut8:015The Piano Concerto: IV. The Release4:372001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:01:25
1The Piano Concerto: 4. The Release5:092Songs for Tony: 3rd Song4:043Prospero’s Books: Come Unto These Yellow Sands3:424Prospero’s Books: Where the Bee Sucks4:465Noises Sounds & Sweet Airs: 4. This Damned Witch, Sycorax4:376Where the Bee Dances (excerpt)6:117String Quartet No.2: V4:068The Draughtsman’s Contract: Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds5:049Drowning by Numbers: Fish Beach2:5110A Zed and Two Noughts: Time Lapse3:5211Carrington: Floating the Honeymoon2:4412Carrington: The Infinite Complexities of Christmas4:1713The Convertability of Lute Strings (excerpt)4:4714MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse) 1993: 5th Region5:15String Quartets 2, 3 & 4 / If & Why
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:13:22
1String Quartet no. 2: 13:172String Quartet no. 2: 24:413String Quartet no. 2: 34:144String Quartet no. 2: 42:525String Quartet no. 2: 54:016String Quartet no. 2: 6. Bright and breezy3:027String Quartet no. 315:318Miserere Paraphrase6:209In re Don Giovanni2:5910String Quartet no. 4: 13:4611String Quartet no. 4: 32:2412String Quartet no. 4: 64:1713String Quartet no. 4: 113:0314String Quartet no. 4: 123:1015If4:2316Why5:222002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks
1Credits And Introduction2Prologue3Waking4Where The Real Life Dwells5Orchestrating The City6This Is The Editing Room7An Accident8Visual Vocabulary9End Of The Working Day10Battles Of The Lifestyles11Vodka, Church And Capitalism12Sound13At The Viewing HallSangam: Michael Nyman meets Indian Masters
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 59:26
1Three Ways of Describing Rain: I Sawan: First Rain9:192Three Ways of Describing Rain: II Rang: Colour of Nature11:413Three Ways of Describing Rain: III Dhyan: Meditation7:194Compiling the Colours: Samhitha31:072002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 35:13
1How Do I Know You Know3:432Leonardo Says3:223The Theory of Proportions3:584Goya's Snub Nose5:275The Sequence of the Gene2:586Mutation3:037Give me Goya's Skull3:538That Day Decided8:492004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 56:41
1Taking a Line for a Second Walk: 1st movement11:532Taking a Line for a Second Walk: 2nd movement5:463Taking a Line for a Second Walk: 3rd movement5:334Lady in the Red Hat5:295Water Dances: No. 14:046Water Dances: No. 25:177Water Dances: No. 35:508Water Dances: No. 45:159Water Dances: No. 57:342005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:44:48
Disc 11Scene 1: You Need a Ticket to Breathe the Air6:592Scene 2: A Few Things I Collect Beside Bus Tickets6:413Scene 3: Any More Fares Please?4:174Scene 4: It's a Kind of Interesting Rubbish6:135Scene 5: Scarper!3:296Scene 6: Forty Sheep and Twenty Reindeer?3:267Scene 7: Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases4:458Scene 8: Except Take a Piss4:089Scene 9: Doodlebug2:28Disc 21Scene 10: A Famous Cup of British Tea6:292Scene 11: This Was a Good One - Ponders End to Waterloo4:223Scene 12: I'm Highly Adept at the Tango6:524Scene 13: Show Me a Bike3:405Scene 14: Chuk Persh Szing7:346Scene 15: Happy Birthday, Dear Michael5:297Scene 16: I Am Having Trouble With Hanky Panky6:468Scene 17: Latin À La Hammersmith Broadway2:349Scene 18: A Hundred Stops but They Have No Names8:0410Scene 19: I Was Trying to Explain Something About Dada10:322005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:01:31
1An Eye for Optical Theory4:292Queen of the Night6:553Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds5:014Car Crash3:405Time Lapse4:156Vermeer's Wife3:007Trysting Fields/Sheep & Tides7:168Wheelbarrow Walk2:379Fish Beach2:5310Memorial11:2111Come Unto These Yellow Sands3:1212Prospero's Curse2:4013Miranda4:122005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 49:29
1Diary of Love2:432If4:023Franklyn2:294The Morrow3:385Jack2:276The Heart Asks Pleasure First3:457Big My Secret2:538Debbie3:489The Departure2:3110Why3:0111Odessa Beach3:3112Lost and Found2:3613The Exchange3:0714Candlefire3:0515All Imperfect Things4:1916Diary of Love (reprise)1:342006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 51:04
1Due figliuole di un contadino8:432Halt, We Are Specialists6:043We Are at a Film Studio6:244Life's Chaos3:215Marulla's Hobby1:426Exit No Exit (Part 1)1:027Exit No Exit (Part 2)1:118Exit No Exit (Part 3)1:409Exit No Exit (Part 4)1:3410Exit No Exit (Part 5)1:2411Exit No Exit (Part 6)2:0712Exit No Exit (Part 7)1:1713Exit No Exit (Part 8)1:2814Exit No Exit (Part 9)1:3015Exit No Exit (Part 10)10:3516Exit No Exit (Part 11)1:02Six Celan Songs / The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 53:56
1Six Celan Songs: Chanson einer Dame im Schatten7:132Six Celan Songs: Es war Erde in ihnen4:593Six Celan Songs: Psalm3:454Six Celan Songs: Corona7:115Six Celan Songs: Nächtlich geschürzt6:496Six Celan Songs: Blume6:137The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi17:46Love Counts: An Opera In Two Acts
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 2:02:32
Disc 11Scene 1 - "Excuse Me. Excuse Me"14:422Scene 2 - "This Lah-Di-Dah Dame"10:103Scene 3 - "Wore These My First Pro Win"10:094Scene 4 - "How Much Does This Bill Say?"3:465Scene 5 - "This Is a Set"5:016Scene 6 - "Patsy, My Love"4:207Scene 7 - "Let's Suppose for Today"12:06Disc 21Scene 8 - "They Say Nothing Is Secret"6:232Scene 9 - "Forty Seven", "Sixty Three"4:293Scene 10 - "It's for You. Why Is It for You?"5:074Scene 11 - "Now, in Hebrew Mathematical Art"5:395Scene 12 - "You Didn't Tell Me You Did This Every Morning"5:056Scene 13 - Instrumental 11:137Scene 14 - "You Look as Though You Have Lost Something"5:178Scene 15 - "Give Me My Card Back!"1:039Scene 16 - "Hello, Guv'Nor, Yes, It's Me"1:1810Scene 17 - Instrumental 22:0311Scene 18 - "I've Tried to Tell You What I Think"9:5812Scene 19 - Instrumental 31:2813Scene 20 - "I've Spoken to the Guv'nor at the Gym"7:4414Scene 21 - "There You Are... And That Tree"5:312008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 50:22
1In Re Don Giovanni2:372Revisiting the Don4:243Trysting Fields7:164Not Knowing the Ropes [otherwise known as 2M6]1:455Wedding Tango4:466Wheelbarrow Walk2:357Fish Beach2:518Knowing the Ropes6:339O my Dear Papa5:2710I am an Unusual Thing6:2111Profit and Loss5:478 Lust Songs: I Sonetti Lussuriosi
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:26
1Questo cazzo voglio io3:452Fottiami anima mia5:493Io 'l voglio in cul tu mi perdonerai5:474Tu pur a gambe in collo in cul me l'hai3:375Dammi la lingua6:366Et saria pur una coglioneria5:167Mettimi un dito in cul caro vecchione7:308Apri le coscie, accio ch'io veggia bene7:062009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:43
1In Re Don Giovanni2:312Knowing the Ropes6:043Trysting Fields4:414Wedding Tango4:425Come Unto These Yellow Sands2:586If4:257Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds4:448The Heart Asks Pleasure First3:429Miranda3:4410Silence8:122009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:59
1Take the Money and Run3:132Secrets, Accusations and Charges3:333City of Turin3:004Friendly Fire2:295In Rai Don Giovanni2:396In Laos6:297Going to America3:058Fever Stick and Bones3:009A Great in Kathmandu2:4110Underneath the Hessian Bags2:4311The Glare2:4212Songs for Tony17:252010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:16:29
1A Sixth Part of the World 15:542The Eleventh Year 110:223A Sixth Part of the World 210:134The Eleventh Year 211:335A Sixth Part of the World 37:146The Eleventh Year 39:227A Sixth Part of the World 49:548The Eleventh Year 43:549A Sixth Part of the World 54:5410The Eleventh Year 53:09Peter Greenaway Film Music (Michael Nyman Band & The Zoo Orchestra)
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:12:23
1The Draughtsman's Contract: Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds2:362The Draughtsman's Contract: The Disposition of the Linen4:493The Draughtsman's Contract: The Garden is Becoming a Robe Room6:054The Draughtsman's Contract: An Eye for Optical Theory5:135A Zed and Two Naughts: Angelfish Decay2:516A Zed and Two Naughts: Time Lapse4:007A Zed and Two Naughts: Prawn Watching2:588A Zed and Two Naughts: Up for Crabs2:519A Zed and Two Naughts: Venus de Milo2:2610A Zed and Two Naughts: Lady in the Red Hat4:1811Drowning by Numbers: Trysting Fields3:2812Drowning by Numbers: Drowning by Number 33:3013Drowning by Numbers: Wheelbarrow Walk2:1314Drowning by Numbers: Wedding Tango4:0015Drowning by Numbers: Knowing the Ropes3:2116The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover: Memorial12:0117The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover: Paraphrase5:432011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 39:30
1The Launch2:192Ever Increasing Industry2:033Creative Calculations2:134Taking Shape3:485Human Involvement2:056Human Involvement Piano1:577Decisive Spirit2:318Decisive Spirit Piano1:269Tender Embrace2:4310Tender Embrace Piano2:3611Changeable Mind3:3012Subterranean Dream2:3913Subterranean Dream Slow3:1414Affair of the Heart6:26Fidelio Trio, Piano Trios 1992-2010 (Chamber Music Vol. 1)
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:03:14
1Poczatek (2010): I3:182Poczatek (2010): II2:093Poczatek (2010): III5:434Poczatek (2010): IV1:405Poczatek (2010): V3:146The Photography of Chance (2004)20:297Yellow Beach (2002)6:238Time Will Pronounce (1992)20:182013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 51:21
1The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First2:232The Piano: Silver-Fingered Fling3:433The Piano: Lost and Found2:384The Piano: Deep Sleep Playing2:225The Piano: The Mood That Passes Through You1:386The Piano: The Embrace2:167The Piano: Here to There1:278The Piano: All Imperfect Things3:249The Piano: The Attraction of the Pedalling Ankle5:1010The Draughtsman’s Contract: Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds3:2311Diary of Anne Frank: If3:4812Diary of Anne Frank: The Schoolroom2:3713Diary of Anne Frank: Goodbye Moortie2:3214Diary of Anne Frank: Why?3:0515Enemy Zero: Digital Tragedy2:4316Enemy Zero: Love3:2917A Zed and Two Noughts: Time Lapse4:432013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 49:40
1Becoming Jerome (From "Gattaca")5:492House On Fire (From "The Actors")4:463Digital Tragedy (From "Man With a Movie Camera")2:434Zinc Bar (From "The Actors")2:225The Mood That Passes Through You (From "The Piano")2:226Goodbye Moortie (From "The Diary of Anne Frank")3:387Silver-Fingered Fling (From "The Piano")3:348Through the Only Window1:509Sadie's Song3:3410An Eye for Optical Theory (From "The Draughtsman's Contract")5:1211Dolores (From "The Actors")2:1412The 7th Visit (From "Everyday")2:5213The Mistress (From "The Libertine")4:2714House On Fire (From "The Actors, Reprise")1:4315Franklyn (From "Wonderland")2:34Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 40:17
1The Singing of the Names8:512Family Reflections8:363The 9610:144Memorial12:362014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:17:53
1The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First4:212The Piano: Big My Secret2:583The Diary of Anne Frank: Candlefire2:294The Diary of Anne Frank: If3:345Drowning by Numbers: Sheep 'N' Tides2:326The Diary of Anne Frank: Goodbye Moortle1:537Carrington: Fly Drive0:518The End of the Affair: Diary of Love2:449A Zed and Two Noughts: Time Lapse4:5410Man With a Movie Camera: Odessa Beach3:3211The Diary of Anne Frank: The School Room2:1212The Diary of Anne Frank: Why?3:5913The Draughtman's Contract: Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds3:1714The Piano: Deep Sleep Playing2:1915The Claim: The Exchange2:5116The Piano: Here to There1:2117Wonderland: Jack2:2018Wonderland: Bill2:3919Gattaca: The Departure2:4920The Piano: Lost and Found3:0821The Piano: All Imperfect Things3:0622The Piano: The Attraction of the Pedalling Ankle7:4223The Piano: The Mood That Passes Through You2:3624The Piano: The Embrace2:3125The Piano: Silver-Fingered Fling5:152015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:07:40
1The Making of Faces2:202Dreaming of Home2:203The Engine Turns3:054The Effects of Gas3:215Song 1: “Urtod”4:236Song 2: “What’s Left of the Soldier‐Man?”2:527Song 3: “Kinder vor einem Londoner armenspeise Haus”3:408Song 4: “Haidekampf”3:319Puppenkorper4:0710Picabia’s Pigeons3:3911The Dead Are Sad Enough in Their Eternal Silence2:3112Playing at Soldiering3:0913The Mechanical Horse5:4414A la Pensee des Absents2:3615Song 5: “L’Adieu du cavalier / The Cavalier’s Farewell”3:2616Song 6: “For Just One Night”4:2317Song 7: “Louse Hunting”2:4118Song 8: “Abschied”5:2919“Urtod” (re‐recording)4:23Symphony No 8: Water Dances / 8 Remixes
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:00:14
1Movement I10:352Movement II4:463Movement III6:204Cromdioxid II4:045Dolby Dynamics3:166Ferrocrom III Moinmoin4:247Special Mechanism5:338Ferro Maxima 605:599Low Noise LH Super 905:5810Iron Oxide LH SM4:5611Hi Bias Futura II4:232016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 33 tracks · 1:50:44
Disc 11The Heart Asks Pleasure First I4:172Lost and Found3:163All Imperfect Things3:424The Promise3:075Big My Secret4:026The Mood That Passes Through You3:197Deep Sleep Playing2:108The Embrace2:229Silver-Fingered Fling4:2310Here to There1:3811The Attraction of the Pedalling Ankle6:0512The Heart Asks Pleasure First II3:0613Jack2:3214Franklyn2:2815Nadia3:2416Debbie4:1617Bill2:56Disc 21Odessa Beach3:522Diary of Love3:273Digital Tragedy2:524Fly Drive0:595The Morrow4:266The Departure3:487The Exchange3:308Why?3:109The Schoolroom2:0410If4:2711Goodbye Moortie2:5612Chatterbox Waltz2:2813Candlefire3:3014Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds4:1115Sheep 'n' Tides2:3116Time Lapse5:30The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 58:08
1The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 1: Prologue: Neurology's Favorite Term Is Deficit2:352The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 2: The First Examination: Traffic7:403The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 2: The Shoe: Can I Help3:204The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 2: The Slides: You Can See Very Clearly2:065The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 2: The River: What Do You See Now4:456The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 2: The Dressing Ritual: …Wife for a Hat2:207The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 3: The House Call: Bösendorfer!1:328The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 3: Ich grolle nicht2:379The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 3: The Solids: But What of the Parietal Regions6:1210The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 3: The Photographs: What Is This3:1111The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 3: The Rose: …Lost1:5712The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 3: The Glove: Now, What Is This2:1213The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 3: The Chess Game: Pawn to King 42:3714The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 4: Testing Visual Memory: The Street: From Our End2:2615The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 5: Paintings as Pathlogy an Argument: The Paintings: Your Husband's a Painter5:4116The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 6: The Prescription: The Wife: Tell Me, How Does He Manage1:5717The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 7: Epilogue: The Prognosis: I Cannot Tell You What Is Wrong5:00Michael Nyman and “The Tempest”
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 34 tracks · 2:07:31
Disc 11Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: If by your art, my dearest father4:022Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Alas, poor milan3:313Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Be’t to fly, to swim3:404Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: This damned witch scyorax4:375Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: The fringed curtains of thine eye4:356Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: There’s nothing ill can dwell2:467Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: How lush and lusty the grass3:128Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Riches, poverty, and use of service2:219Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Sometime like apes2:4910Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Full many a lady i have eyed4:3511Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: ’Tis a custom in the afternoon5:3712Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: I have made you mad4:1513Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: You do look, my son, in a moved sort3:4014Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: At last i left them1:3015Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: At this hour lie at my mercy1:4816Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Ye elves6:5617Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Behold, sir king2:0518Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Sir, she is mortal1:4219Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: My tricksy spirit3:0320Noises, sounds & Sweet airs: Coragio, bully-monster5:51Disc 21Prospero’s Books: Full fathom five1:582Prospero’s Books: Prospero’s curse2:383Prospero’s Books: While you here do snoring lie1:064Prospero’s Books: Prospero’s magic5:115Prospero’s Books: Miranda3:546Prospero’s Books: Twelve years since2:457Prospero’s Books: Come unto these yellow sands3:448Prospero’s Books: History of Sycorax3:269Prospero’s Books: Come and go1:1610Prospero’s Books: Cornfield6:2811Prospero’s Books: Where the bee sucks4:4812Prospero’s Books: Caliban’s pit2:5813Prospero’s Books: Reconciliation2:3214Prospero’s Books: The Masque12:122017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:00:09
1Full Fathom Live3:152Prepare to Die2:053While You Here Do Snoring Lie1:124Where the Tee Sucks1:535Eliza, Her Name Gives Honour2:416Sit Fast6:417Come and Go1:158Ye Sacred Muses, Race of Jove3:319No Time in Eternity10:5110In Paradise3:1511In Nomine3:1412Send Forth Thy Sighs2:1313O Jove, From Stately Throne1:3014Come Unto These Yellow Sands1:2315In Nomine (Crye)1:5116Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna13:19Symphonies - Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 2
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 49:35
1Symphony No. 5: I. Eighth Note = 120 Quarter Note = 1206:552Symphony No. 5: II. Quarter Note = 1503:243Symphony No. 5: III. Quarter Note = 63,546:204Symphony No. 5: IV. Quarter Note = 1484:285Symphony No. 2: I. Quarter Note = 766:106Symphony No. 2: II. Quarter Note = 848:187Symphony No. 2: III. Quarter Note = 116, 176, 130, 1127:238Symphony No. 2: IV. Quarter Note = 1906:37Six Celan Songs - Michael Nyman
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 33:25
1Six Celan Songs: No. 1, Chanson Einer Dame im Schatten7:232Six Celan Songs: No. 2, Es war Erde in ihnen3:403Six Celan Songs: No. 3, Psalm3:024Six Celan Songs: No. 4, Corona6:175Six Celan Songs: No. 5, Nächtlich geschürzt6:256Six Celan Songs: No. 6, Blume6:38— · Demo
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:15:00
1Chasing Sheeps Is Best Left to Shepards5:012Silver‐Fingered Fling3:123Against Constancy3:054String Quartet 2:33:425Exit No Exit No. 81:426Odessa Beach3:307Whelbarrow Walk2:378Jack2:279Impromptu on an English Court2:1010Marulla’s Hobby1:4211Why3:0012An Eye for Optical Theory4:3013The Promise3:0314In Re Don Giovanni2:2015If4:0316Miranda4:1417Psalm3:4618The Exchange3:0619Here to There2:5920Exit No Exit No. 91:3721A Satire Against Reason3:1122Franklyn2:2923Life’s Chaos3:2324Upon Nothing1:1125First Movement From String Quartet No. 33:00
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Draughtsman's ContractSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 40:39A1Queen of the Night6:10 A2The Disposition of the Linen4:49 A3A Watery Death3:34 A4The Garden Is Becoming a Robe Room6:07 B1Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds2:35 B2An Eye for Optical Theory5:12 B3Bravura in the Face of Grief12:12 | Soundtrack | 1982 | |
| 1985 | A Zed and Two NoughtsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 41:25A1Angelfish Decay2:51 A2Car Crash3:46 A3Time Lapse4:00 A4Prawn Watching2:57 A5Bisocosis Populi2:25 A6Swan Rot2:48 B1Delft Waltz4:09 B2Up for Crabs2:51 B3Vermeer's Wife3:14 B4Venus de Milo2:27 B5Lady in the Red Hat4:16 B6L'Escargot5:41 | Soundtrack | 1985 | |
| 1988 | Drowning by NumbersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 44:481Trysting Fields3:29 2Sheep and Tides1:45 3Great Death Game2:21 4Drowning by Number 33:30 5Wheelbarrow Walk2:13 6Dead Man's Catch2:32 7Drowning by Number 26:13 8Bees in Trees2:14 9Fish Beach2:29 10Wedding Tango4:00 11Crematorium Conspiracy2:38 12Knowing the Ropes3:19 13Endgame8:05 | Soundtrack | 1988 | |
| 1989 | Out of the RuinsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 20:411Out of the Ruins20:41 | Soundtrack | 1989 | |
| 1989 | The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her LoverSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 40:241Memorial12:07 2Miserere Paraphrase5:44 3Book Depository5:42 4Coupling5:17 5Miserere11:34 | Soundtrack | 1989 | |
| 1989 | And Do They Do / Zoo CapricesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 48:231And Do They Do: Song I5:05 2And Do They Do: Song II6:18 3And Do They Do: Song III4:08 4And Do They Do: Song IV5:41 5The Lady in the Red Hat3:19 6Swan Rot2:11 7Up For Crabs2:27 8Car Crash2:53 9Bisocosis Populi3:36 10Venus de Milo2:38 11Angelfish Decay2:04 12Vermeer's Wife Watches Prawns4:16 13Timelapse3:47 | Soundtrack | 1989 | |
| 1989 | The Nyman/Greenaway SoundtracksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 37 tracks · 2:47:16Disc 1 1Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds2:35 2The Disposition of the Linen4:49 3A Watery Death3:34 4The Garden Is Becoming a Robe Room6:07 5Queen of the Night6:10 6An Eye for Optical Theory5:12 7Bravura in the Face of Grief12:12 Disc 21Angelfish Decay2:51 2Car Crash3:46 3Time Lapse4:00 4Prawn Watching2:57 5Bisocosis Populi2:25 6Swan Rot2:48 7Delft Waltz4:09 8Up for Crabs2:51 9Vermeer's Wife3:14 10Venus de Milo2:27 11Lady in the Red Hat4:16 12L'Escargot5:41 Disc 31Trysting Fields3:29 2Sheep and Tides1:45 3Great Death Game2:21 4Drowning by Number 33:30 5Wheelbarrow Walk2:13 6Dead Man's Catch2:32 7Drowning by Number 26:13 8Bees in Trees2:14 9Fish Beach2:29 10Wedding Tango4:00 11Crematorium Conspiracy2:38 12Knowing the Ropes3:19 13Endgame8:05 Disc 41Memorial12:07 2Miserere Paraphrase5:44 3Book Depository5:42 4Coupling5:17 5Miserere11:34 | Compilation,Soundtrack | 1989 | |
| 1991 | Prospero’s BooksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 54:561Full fathom five1:58 2Prospero's curse2:38 3While you here do snoring lie1:06 4Prospero's magic5:11 5Miranda3:54 6Twelve years since2:45 7Come unto these yellow sands3:44 8History of Sycorax3:26 9Come and go1:16 10Cornfield6:28 11Where the bee sucks4:48 12Caliban's pit2:58 13Reconciliation2:32 14THE MASQUE12:12 | Soundtrack | 28 October 1991 | |
| 1992 | Le mari de la coiffeuseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 28:041Saffak Alik2:27 2Michael Nyman 12:24 3Wadana Wadana2:02 4Michael Nyman 21:57 5Ya-Ourra2:31 6Michael Nyman 33:39 7Sa Alouni Annais2:24 8Michael Nyman 42:56 9Ya Rit Fiya Kabbiha2:01 10Michael Nyman 53:20 11Michael Nyman 62:23 | Compilation,Soundtrack | 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Essential Michael Nyman BandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:07:181The Draughtsman's Contract: Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds5:07 2The Draughtsman's Contract: An Eye for Optical Theory4:19 3The Draughtsman's Contract: The Garden Is Becoming a Robe Room6:10 4A Zed & Two Noughts: Prawn: Watching2:30 5A Zed & Two Noughts: Time Lapse3:57 6Drowning by Numbers: Fish Beach2:56 7Drowning by Numbers: Wheelbarrow Walk2:36 8Drowning by Numbers: Knowing the Ropes5:46 9The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: Miserere Paraphrase7:10 10The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: Memorial11:22 11Water Dances: Stroking / Synchronising11:09 12Prospero's Books: Miranda4:16 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1992 | Musiche dei filmSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:04:211Prospero's Books (L'ultima tempesta): Prospero's Curse2:38 2Prospero's Books (L'ultima tempesta): Prospero's Magic5:11 3Prospero's Books (L'ultima tempesta): Miranda3:54 4Prospero's Books (L'ultima tempesta): Come Unto These Yellow Sands3:44 5Prospero's Books (L'ultima tempesta): Come And Go1:16 6Prospero's Books (L'ultima tempesta): Cornfield6:26 7Drowning by Numbers (Giochi nell'acqua): Fish Beach2:53 8Drowning by Numbers (Giochi nell'acqua): Wheelbarrow Walk2:32 9The Draughtsman's Contract (I misteri del giardino di Compton House): Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds5:04 10The Draughtsman's Contract (I misteri del giardino di Compton House): An Eye For Optical Theory4:16 11The Draughtsman's Contract (I misteri del giardino di Compton House): The Garden Is Becoming A Robe Room6:08 12The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Il cuoco, il ladro, sua moglie e l'amante): Miserere Paraphrase7:06 13A Zed & Two Noughts (Zoo di Venere): Prawn-Watching2:29 14Water Dances: Stroking5:11 15Water Dances: Synchronising5:33 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1993 | The PianoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:01:191To the Edge of the Earth4:08 2Big My Secret2:55 3A Wild and Distant Shore5:54 4The Heart Asks Pleasure First1:39 5Here to There1:04 6The Promise4:19 7A Bed of Ferns0:50 8The Fling1:32 9The Scent of Love4:21 10Deep into the Forest3:03 11The Mood that Passes through You1:16 12Lost and Found2:29 13The Embrace2:39 14Little Impulse2:15 15The Sacrifice2:52 16I Clipped your Wing4:39 17The Wounded2:32 18All Imperfect Things4:06 19Dreams of a Journey5:34 20The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise (edit)3:12 | Soundtrack | 8 December 1993 | |
| 1994 | Michael Nyman LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:13:581In Re Don Giovanni3:02 2Bird List4:26 3Draughtsman's Contract: Queen of the Night7:26 4Water Dance No. 1: Dipping4:56 5Water Dance No. 2: Stroking7:14 6The Upside-Down Violin: I. Slow6:59 7The Upside-Down Violin: II. Faster3:53 8The Upside-Down Violin: III. Faster Still6:31 9The Piano, Concert Suite: I. To the Edge of the Earth4:24 10The Piano, Concert Suite: II. The Promise / The Heart Asks Pleasure First2:54 11The Piano, Concert Suite: III. Here to There3:29 12The Piano, Concert Suite: IV. Lost & Found3:03 13The Piano, Concert Suite: V. The Embrace3:06 14The Piano, Concert Suite: VI. All Imperfect Things4:22 15The Piano, Concert Suite: VII. Dreams of a Journey4:03 16The Piano, Concert Suite: VIII. Encore: Here Be There4:10 | Live | 1994 | |
| 1994 | À la folieSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 49:131Solitude1:41 2Broken Glass5:01 3Sisters1:46 4The Intruder2:43 5Waltzing the Bird3:19 6A New Beginning1:27 7Stolen Memories1:14 8A La Folie...5:53 9The Streets of Paris2:44 10Love Forever1:22 11Love Theme2:40 12Point of No Return2:59 13Escape3:41 14Broken Dreams4:23 15Dark Fantasy2:29 16Six Days, Six Nights5:51 | Soundtrack | 1994 | |
| 1995 | The Diary of Anne FrankSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 52:341Amsterdam Dawn3:55 2Anne's Birthday2:24 3The Schoolroom3:25 4Letter From Germany1:54 5Goodbye Moortie2:56 6Candlefire2:55 7Renewal1:11 8Light Of Love3:14 9Chatterbox Waltz2:27 10Hanukah1:28 11Spring Freedom2:12 12Concentration Camp2:52 13If4:27 14First Kiss2:23 15D-Day1:45 16The Diary Of Hope3:37 17Silent Separation2:05 18Lament For Lost Youth2:01 19Why?5:23 | Soundtrack | 1995 | |
| 1995 | The Cold RoomSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 35:081Main Theme1:47 2The Nightmare Begins4:53 3The Closet1:11 4The Sorcerer, the Warlock, His Wife & Her Troll3:57 5Sounds of the Night1:35 6Her Man Awaits0:48 7Decomposing by the Numbers3:23 8The Damned1:25 9Thoughtful1:23 10The Dead and the Two Plots2:07 11The Piano from Hell3:25 12Contract on the Draughtsman1:10 13Red Drum3:25 14Chase1:29 15The Nightmare Ends1:25 16Main Theme - Reprise1:45 | Soundtrack | 1995 | |
| 1995 | CarringtonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:07:131Outside Looking In9:18 2Opening Titles1:25 3Fly Drive1:44 4Cliffs of Fall2:04 5Every Curl of Your Beard2:28 6Virgin on the Roof1:44 7Gertler3:19 8Leaving Gertler1:30 9Painting the Garden of Eden2:02 10Partridge1:58 11Floating the Honeymoon2:48 12Brenan6:54 13Beacus3:01 14Leaving Brenan2:01 15Ham Spray House1:40 16The Infinite Complexities of Christmas4:22 17Something Rather Impulsive1:51 18If This Is Dying1:53 19Schubert String Quintet in C (Adagio)15:11 | Soundtrack | 25 November 1995 | |
| 1996 | The OgreSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 59:011Knights at School6:59 2Child Bearer5:26 3Abel's Fate1:45 4Meeting the Moose4:58 5Magic Forest1:31 6Into the Woods1:40 7Goering's Hunting Party3:43 8Goering's Gotterdammerung2:39 9Masuria2:03 10Abel's List2:08 11Beware of the Ogre4:01 12Death Marches3:23 13Night Moves1:23 14Adel's Revolt5:34 15Abel Carries Ephraim5:56 16End Titles5:52 | Soundtrack | 1996 | |
| 1997 | The Very Best of Michael NymanSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:12:241Prospero's Books: Prospero's Magic5:10 2Prospero's Books: Miranda3:54 3Prospero's Books: Twelve years since2:44 4The Piano Concerto: 1° movimento11:47 5Drowning by Numbers: Wheelbarrow walk2:32 6Water Dances: Stroking / Synchronising11:03 7The Draughtsman's Contract: Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds5:06 8The Draughtsman's Contract: An eye for optical theory4:17 9The Draughtsman's Contract: The garden is becoming a robe room6:09 10Carrington: Every curl of your beard2:25 11Carrington: Fly drive1:40 12Carrington: The infinite complexities of Christmas4:18 13The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & her Lover: Memorial11:19 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | Enemy ZeroSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 49:501Laura's Theme4:01 2Confusion3:45 3Aspects of Love3:52 4Digital Tragedy2:43 5Enemy Zero4:20 6Lamentation3:35 7Love Theme3:42 8Digital Complex2:48 9Invisible Enemy2:12 10Laura's Dream4:04 11Agony3:15 12Malfunction4:02 13Battle3:48 14The Last Movement3:43 | Soundtrack | 18 April 1997 | |
| 1997 | Gattaca: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 55:531The Morrow3:15 2God’s Hands1:44 3The One Moment1:42 4Traces1:03 5The Arrival3:55 6Becoming Jerome1:09 7Call Me Eugene1:26 8A Borrowed Ladder1:49 9Further and Further2:46 10Not the Only One2:16 11Second Morrow2:28 12Impromptu for 12 Fingers (From Schubert’s “Impromptu in G‐flat major, Op. 90 No. 3”)3:00 13The Crossing1:26 14It Must Be the Light1:26 15Only a Matter of Time1:10 16I Thought You Wanted to Dance1:14 17Irene’s Theme1:12 18Yourself for the Day2:22 19Up Stairs2:04 20Now That You’re Here2:45 21The Truth2:16 22The Other Side3:46 23The Departure3:54 24Irene / The Morrow5:45 | Soundtrack | 21 October 1997 | |
| 1999 | The Commissar Vanishes / The Fall of IcarusSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:45:32Disc 1 1Earth in Turmoil5:45 2Jealousy and Revenge8:58 3Look for an Enemy!5:29 4Ordinary Citizens14:12 5A Swift Exit12:10 Disc 21Disaster5:47 2Wings16:11 3Walls11:30 4Water15:57 5Utopia9:33 | Soundtrack | 1999 | |
| 1999 | The End of the AffairSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 46:401Diary of Hate2:38 2Henry1:47 3The First Time2:16 4Vigo Passage1:05 5Jealous of the Rain5:28 6The Party in Question3:48 7Intimacy3:03 8Smyth with a "Y"1:55 9Dispossessed3:23 10Love Doesn't End4:32 11Diary of Love5:14 12Breaking the Spell1:21 13I Know Your Voice, Sarah4:10 14Sarah Dies3:03 15The End of the Affair2:57 | Soundtrack | 1999 | |
| 1999 | WonderlandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 41:421Molly2:53 2Eddie3:58 3Nadia2:56 4Dan2:19 5Debbie8:16 6Bill2:15 7Eileen3:42 8Jack6:02 9Darren2:32 10Unnamed3:41 11Franklyn3:08 | Soundtrack | 1999 | |
| 2001 | The ClaimSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 50:131The Exchange2:49 2The First Encounter3:46 3The Hut1:16 4The Explosion1:36 5The Recollection1:36 6The Fiery House4:19 7The Betrothal1:55 8The Firework Display3:24 9The Train2:34 10The Shoot Out5:07 11The Death of Elena1:34 12The Explanation2:02 13The Burning9:19 14The Snowy Death4:52 15The Closing4:04 | Soundtrack | 2001 | |
| 2001 | The Very Best of Michael Nyman: Film Music 1980–2001Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 39 tracks · 2:29:55Disc 1 1Bird List4:17 2Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds5:26 3An Eye for Optical Theory5:12 4Homage to Maurice2:17 5Angelfish Decay2:51 6Time Lapse4:00 7Trysting Fields3:30 8Wheelbarrow Walk2:15 9Knowing The Ropes3:19 10Memorial12:01 11Skating1:27 12Peeking2:46 13Abandoning3:32 14Skirting2:06 15Miranda Previsited6:49 16Here to There1:03 17The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise3:12 18All Imperfect Things4:04 19Dreams of a Journey5:29 Disc 21Escape3:38 2Fly Drive1:32 3The Infinite Complexities of Christmas4:12 4If4:25 5Abel Carries Ephraim5:55 6Becoming Jerome / God's Hands2:58 7The Morrow3:11 8The Other Side3:41 9The Departure3:49 10Convening the Coven4:05 11Stranger at the Window1:38 12Cannibal Fantasy2:12 13Molly2:51 14Eddie3:56 15Dan2:15 16Eileen3:40 17Sarah Dies2:59 18The End of the Affair2:56 19The Shoot-Out5:06 20The Burning9:20 | Compilation | 5 November 2001 | |
| 2002 | Facing GoyaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks · 2:12:46Disc 1 1Prelude / Dogs Drowning in Sand6:32 2How Do I Know You Know3:41 3Lavater5:57 4Leonardo Says3:21 5The Size of the Brain9:31 6Weigh the Brain4:43 7The Theory of Proportions3:57 8Stand Up and Be Counted2:45 9Measure My Body5:09 10Galton3:22 11Goya's Snub Nose5:26 12Lombroso8:02 13And Goya Cried8:29 Disc 21Where Is Goya?4:14 2The Sequence of the Gene2:57 3A Man Impaled3:30 4The Risky Gene3:41 5Mutation3:02 6Brilliant Body1:50 7Take Its DNA3:59 8Give Me Goya's Skull3:52 9Tortured Prisoner3:01 10That Day Decided8:49 11We've Cracked the Genome6:00 12I Wanted Rid of It1:59 13And Cloning Is Here to Stay3:41 14How Can You Be So Stupid6:54 15Forgive Me4:22 | Soundtrack | 4 November 2002 | |
| 2003 | 24 heures de la vie d'une femmeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:04:531Le Récit de Marie1:55 2Prélude2:00 324 heures de la vie d'une femme2:20 4Les Souvenirs de Louis3:25 5Promenade nocturne (orchestre)2:07 6Le Cheval blanc5:26 7Jeux nocturnes3:22 8En quittant le manoir2:37 9En découvrant la Côte d'Azur2:28 10Le Casino2:48 11Anton le flambeur3:25 12Tentation et désespoir2:56 13Nuit d'orage3:57 14Amants passionnés2:36 15Au lever du jour2:45 16Le Serment3:03 17Course vers la gare1:31 18Marie rejetée5:35 19Olivia sous la douche2:33 20Un vrai secret3:48 21Promenade nocturne (piano et orchestre)2:08 22Épilogue2:08 | Soundtrack | 8 January 2003 | |
| 2003 | The ActorsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 46:511Act One0:45 2Star of the Sea2:14 3Zinc Bar Walk2:13 4A Certain Party1:31 5House on Fire0:56 6Act Two2:16 7Could This Be Love2:22 8Mary Directs Tom2:10 9Una’s Waltz1:54 10Rope Trick1:48 11Dolores on the Beach2:03 12Return to the Scene of the Crime2:03 13Seems So Long4:08 14Wheelchair Chase5:08 15Tubbetstown Elegy2:12 16Lovely Morning4:38 17Mrs O’Growney Appears5:51 18Zinc Piano1:27 19Final Act1:12 | Soundtrack | 19 May 2003 | |
| 2005 | The LibertineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 47:311History of the Insipid3:57 2Upon Drinking in a Bowl0:48 3Impromptu on an English Court2:10 4Upon Nothing1:10 5The Maimed Debauchee0:45 6The Wish3:51 7The Submission2:31 8A Ramble in St. James's Park1:30 9The Mistress4:46 10Signior Dildo1:31 11Against Constancy3:04 12My Lord All-Pride0:59 13The Imperfect Enjoyment4:24 14A Satire Against Reason3:11 15Rochester's Farewell4:23 16A Satire Against Mankind3:06 17Upon Leaving His Mistress5:25 | Soundtrack | 2005 | |
| 2005 | The PianoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 52:021The Heart Asks Pleasure First3:45 2To the Edge of the Earth3:55 3A Wild and Distant Shore5:37 4The Promise3:01 5Here to There2:58 6Big My Secret2:53 7Silver-Fingered Fling3:12 8Lost and Found2:58 9The Embrace2:47 10The Mood That Passes Through You2:26 11All Imperfect Things5:10 12The Wounded4:30 13Dreams of a Journey3:58 14The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise4:52 | Soundtrack | October 2005 | |
| 2006 | Drowning By NumbersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 44:361Trysting Fields3:28 2Sheep And Tides1:44 3Great Death Game2:20 4Drowning By Number 33:30 5Wheelbarrow Walk2:12 6Dead Man's Catch2:31 7Drowning By Number 26:12 8Bees In Trees2:13 9Fish Beach2:28 10Wedding Tango3:59 11Crematorium Conspiracy2:38 12Knowing The Ropes3:17 13Endgame8:04 | Soundtrack | 2006 | |
| 2008 | Practical MagicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Soundtrack | 2008 | |
| 2008 | Man on WireSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:18:101Fish Beach2:55 2History of the Insipid3:57 3Dreams of a Journey3:53 4Time Lapse4:15 5The Disposition of the Linen5:31 6Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds5:01 7An Eye for Optical Theory4:29 8A Ramble in St. James's Park1:31 9Passage De L'Égalité6:26 10Drowning by Number 26:14 11Trysting Fields / Sheep 'n' Tides7:17 12Memorial11:21 13Leaving Home (Opening Titles)4:17 14Leaving Home Sunday Exploration (End Credits)4:05 15Gnossienne No. 13:48 16Gymnopédie No. 13:10 | Soundtrack | 8 September 2008 | |
| 2010 | Collections (Portrait of a Label)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:09:501Debbie (Wonderland)3:45 2“Scarper!” (Man and Boy: Dada)3:29 3The Mistress (The Libertine)4:46 4Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtman's Contract)5:01 5Miranda (Prospero's Books)4:14 6To the Edge of the Earth (The Piano)3:58 7Psalm (Six Celan Songs)3:46 8Life's Chaos (Acts of Beauty)3:23 9Magic Forest and Göering's Hunting Party (The Ogre)3:22 10“There You Are...And That Tree” (Love Counts)5:25 11Knowing the Ropes (Prospero's Books)6:33 12Apri Le Coscie (I Sonetti Lussuriosi)7:04 135th Region (MGV)5:18 14City of Turin (The Glare)3:02 15Come Unto These Yellow Sands (Prospero's Books)2:58 16The Coldest Place on Earth3:46 | Compilation | 2 December 2010 | |
| 2018 | McQueenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 30 tracks · 2:17:22Disc 1 1McQueen: Time Lapse3:54 2Tape No. 1: A Sixth Part of the World 15:54 3Kinky Gerlinky: Secrets, Accusations and Charges2:31 4Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims: Mgv 1st Region4:59 5Tape No. 2: Knights at School7:37 6Sky's the Limit: Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds5:06 7Lee Scissorhands: Bird List4:22 8Joyce: Passage de l'égalite6:28 9Nocturne (Stitching to Nyman): Big My Secret2:53 10The Highland Rape: Abel Carries Ephraim5:25 11Armour for the Heart: I Am Also a Painter2:52 12Bleached Jeans and Attitude: Here to There2:58 13Paris Chic: Revisiting the Don4:26 14Search for the Golden Fleece: A Satire Against Manhood3:05 15It's a Jungle out There: Queen of the Night7:00 Disc 21Tape No. 4: Es war erde in ihnen4:59 2Haute Couture: Outside Looking In9:13 3Devil Crossing the Door: Lyra da Braccio3:13 4Incubus: Flying Machines1:34 5No Way Back: The Exchange3:06 6Fairlight: Franklyn2:29 7Tape No. 5: Fish Beach2:53 8La Dame Bleue: The Promise3:03 9Metamorphosis: All Imperfect Things4:17 10Solitude: Trysting Fields / Sheep 'n' Tides7:17 11The Final Collection: Lost and Found2:59 12Plato's Atlantis: The Piano Concerto, The Beach11:50 13Angels and Daemons: Upon Leaving His Mistress5:23 14Silhouette: Diary of Love2:42 15Lee's Sarabande: Dealing for the Sarabande2:54 | Soundtrack | 8 June 2018 | |
| — | The Piano Concerto y otros temasSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 54:291The Beach (The Piano Concerto)11:55 2Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract)5:07 3An Eye for Optical Theory (The Draughtsman's Contract)4:19 4The Garden Is Becoming a Robe Room (The Draughtsman's Contract)6:14 5Fish Beach (Drowning by Numbers)2:57 6Wheelbarrow Walk (Drowning by Numbers)2:36 7Knowing the Ropes (Drowning by Numbers)5:45 8Memorial (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover)11:20 9Miranda (Prospero's Book)4:16 | Compilation | — |
Single · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | In Re Don GiovanniSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:02AIn Re Don Giovanni2:48 BLast but One (Of the Last but One)2:14 | 1982 | ||
| 1994 | Anohito No WaltzSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:141Anohito No Waltz3:18 2Song L2:56 | 1994 | ||
| 2009 | The Coldest Place on EarthSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:381The Coldest Place On Earth3:41 2City Of Turin2:57 | 2009 | ||
| 2012 | Secrets, Accusations and Charges (Max Cooper Reconstructions)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 12:491Secrets, Accusations and Charges (Max Cooper Reconstruction)4:30 2Secrets, Accusations and Charges (Max Cooper Deconstruction)8:19 | 9 July 2012 | ||
| 2015 | Ingrid Bergman in Her Own WordsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 46:261How Should I Live3:48 2Ingrid the Star2:16 3Ingrid in New York2:38 4First Marriage2:24 5I Don't Demand Too Much4:11 6Roma1:53 7Pia5:18 8Rossellini2:35 9Bergman vs Bergman3:22 10Children of Ingrid Bergman4:15 11I Was the Third Child2:42 12Frankyln2:29 13Debbie3:48 141-1004:47 | Soundtrack | 31 August 2015 |
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michael Nyman: String Quartet No.5Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 22:491String Quartet No.5: I3:18 2String Quartet No.5: II3:42 3String Quartet No.5: III3:00 4String Quartet No.5: IV3:40 5String Quartet No.5: V4:25 6String Quartet No.5: VI4:44 | 25 July 2025 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Michael Nyman head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 36 | 93.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 97 | 97.8th |
| Studio albums | 54 | 99.4th |
| Awards recorded | 5 | 97.4th |
| Timeline events | 57 | 99.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 49 | 90th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score | won | |
| 2010 | Lucie Award | won | |
| — | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | won | |
| — | doctor honoris causa of the University of Warwick | won | |
| — | honorary degree of the University of Leeds | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c3161cf7-cab1-4409-9b1f-876561dd7716core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nymanbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Why this artist is in the database
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Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 36 language versions)
Image: Josep Renalias · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q313639 · MusicBrainz: c3161cf7-cab1-4409-9b1f-876561dd7716
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