Michael Nyman is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, 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.
Known For
Gattaca
(1997)
Original Music Composer
The Piano
(1993)
Original Music Composer
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Ravenous
(1999)
Music
The Libertine
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Man on Wire
(2008)
Music
The Hairdresser's Husband
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Nathalie...
(2003)
Original Music Composer
The Draughtsman's Contract
(1982)
Original Music Composer
A Zed & Two Noughts
(1985)
Original Music Composer
Drowning by Numbers
(1988)
Original Music Composer
The End of the Affair
(1999)
Original Music Composer
The Ogre
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Monsieur Hire
(1989)
Original Music Composer
McQueen
(2018)
Music
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Goole by Numbers
(1976)
Music
1-100
(1976)
Music
Keep It Up Downstairs
(1976)
Music
Vertical Features Remake
(1978)
Original Music Composer
A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist
(1979)
Original Music Composer
Act of God
(1980)
Music
The Falls
(1980)
Music
Zandra Rhodes
(1981)
Music
The Pledge
(1982)
Music
The Draughtsman's Contract
(1982)
Original Music Composer
The Sea in Their Blood
(1983)
Music
Nelly's Version
(1983)
Original Music Composer
Making a Splash
(1984)
Music
The Cold Room
(1984)
Original Music Composer
A Zed & Two Noughts
(1985)
Original Music Composer
The Disputation
(1986)
Music
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
(1987)
Music
Drowning by Numbers
(1988)
Original Music Composer
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Monsieur Hire
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Hubert Bals Handshake
(1989)
Music
The Hairdresser's Husband
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Prospero's Books
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
(1991)
Original Music Composer
The Michael Nyman Songbook
(1992)
Original Music Composer
The Piano
(1993)
Original Music Composer
6 Days, 6 Nights
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Mesmer
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Carrington
(1995)
Music
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1995)
Original Music Composer
The Ogre
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Gattaca
(1997)
Original Music Composer
Ravenous
(1999)
Music
The End of the Affair
(1999)
Original Music Composer
Nabbie's Love
(1999)
Music
Wonderland
(1999)
Original Music Composer
The Claim
(2000)
Music
Act Without Words I
(2001)
Music
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
(2002)
Original Music Composer
The Actors
(2003)
Music
Nathalie...
(2003)
Original Music Composer
The Libertine
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Kiállítás
(2004)
Music
Theresa: The Body of Christ
(2007)
Music
Never Forever
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Man on Wire
(2008)
Music
An Organization of Dreams
(2009)
Original Music Composer
2 Graves
(2010)
Original Music Composer
The Trip
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Go Right
(2012)
Music
White Elephant
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Eighteam
(2014)
Music
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
(2015)
Original Music Composer
The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema
(2016)
Music
Washing Machine: The Feature Film
(2017)
Music
McQueen
(2018)
Music
The Hour
(2020)
Music
Acting
I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story
(2000)
Himself - Presenter
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
(2002)
The Pianist
9 Songs
(2004)
Himself (uncredited)
NYman with a Movie Camera
(2010)
Michael Nyman in Progress
(2010)
Self
The Man Who Saw Too Much
(2015)
Washing Machine: The Feature Film
(2017)
self
Writing
Directing
I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story
(2000)
Director
NYman with a Movie Camera
(2010)
Director
War Work: 8 Songs with Film
(2014)
Director
Crew