Michael Nyman

1944 (82) • Sound

Born: 3/23/1944 (82) in Stratford, London, England, UK

Known for: Sound

Michael Nyman

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

76%

Original Music Composer

1997

The Piano

74%

Original Music Composer

1993

Man on Wire

74%

Music

2008

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

73%

Original Music Composer

1989

Ravenous

68%

Original Music Composer

1999

9 Songs

55%

Thanks

2004

The Libertine

59%

Original Music Composer

2004

The Trip

67%

Original Music Composer

2011

Dance Dance Danseur

73%

Music

2022

The Hour

Music

2020

McQueen

74%

Music

2018

The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema

65%

Music

2016

Juana Inés

63%

Music

2016

The Man Who Saw Too Much

70%

2015

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

71%

Original Music Composer

2015

War Work: 8 Songs with Film

74%

Director

2014

Eighteam

70%

Music

2014

Everyday

55%

Original Music Composer

2012

White Elephant

65%

Original Music Composer

2012

Go Right

Music

2012

Slow Walkers

Director

2011

Slow Walkers

Original Music Composer

2011

The Trip

67%

Original Music Composer

2011

Michael Nyman in Progress

15%

Self

2010

NYman with a Movie Camera

55%

2010

NYman with a Movie Camera

55%

Director

2010

2 Graves

50%

Original Music Composer

2010

An Organization of Dreams

Original Music Composer

2009

Man on Wire

74%

Music

2008

Never Forever

66%

Original Music Composer

2007

Theresa: The Body of Christ

45%

Music

2007

Close to Greenaway

90%

Additional Music

2004

The Libertine

59%

Original Music Composer

2004

9 Songs

55%

Himself (uncredited)

2004

9 Songs

55%

Thanks

2004

Luminal

52%

Music

2004