Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBEis an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for numerous film scores, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. He has additionally 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, four string quartets, and many other...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth23 March 1944
It was a very curious situation when there were two soundtracks for the film being composed simultaneously - my score, and the songs.
I'm like a decathlete who does all of the events he's used to, but is being forced by certain circumstances to focus on three events, and being forced to focus on events that he wasn't that interested in, and also weren't his strongest events.
I feel absolutely no threat or fear in Mexico City.