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Michael Nyman

Highest Rated: 100% Monsieur Hire (1989)

Lowest Rated: 23% 9 Songs (2004)

Birthday: Mar 23, 1944

Birthplace: London, England, UK

A prolific composer, Michael Nyman has created unique soundtracks for such features as "The Draughtsman's Contract" (1982), "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1991) and Jane Campion's "The Piano" (1993). The London-born Nyman studied at the Royal Academy of Music and King's College in the early 1960s. He worked variously as a music critic, lecturer, writer and performer, gradually receiving small composing commissions. In 1977, he formed his own permanent performing ensemble, The Michael Nyman Band. He has composed for a wide range of international media and artists.

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Highest rated movies

100% 86% Monsieur Hire
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98% 67% Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Watchlist
98% 88% The Man With a Movie Camera
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97% 85% The Draughtsman's Contract Watchlist
95% 56% White Elephant
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92% 86% The Hairdresser's Husband
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90% 86% The Piano
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89% 73% The Ogre
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88% 88% Drowning by Numbers
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86% 88% The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
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Filmography

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98% 67% Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Music $137.9K 2015
95% 56% White Elephant Original Music $8.9K 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Multiple Visions (The Crazy Machine) Original Music - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet On Landguard Point Original Music - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Michael Nyman in Progress Original Music - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet NYman With a Movie Camera Director,
Original Music,
Cinematographer
- 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet 9 Months 9 Days Original Music - 2009
34% 58% The Libertine Original Music $4.8M 2005
23% 32% 9 Songs Original Music $49.8K 2004
60% 62% The Actors Original Music - 2003
70% 54% Nathalie... Music $20.8K 2003
62% 49% The Claim Original Music $622.0K 2000
52% 78% Ravenous Original Music $2.1M 1999
63% 84% Wonderland Original Music $413.6K 1999
67% 74% The End of the Affair Original Music $10.7M 1999
82% 87% Gattaca Original Music $12.3M 1997
89% 73% The Ogre Original Music $49.2K 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Diary of Anne Frank Music Score - 1995
No Score Yet 57% Mesmer Original Music - 1994
90% 86% The Piano Original Music $39.3M 1993
62% 83% Prospero's Books Original Music $1.1M 1991
92% 86% The Hairdresser's Husband Original Music $11.1K 1990
86% 88% The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover Original Music $7.0M 1989
100% 86% Monsieur Hire Original Music $19.0K 1989
No Score Yet 90% Death in the Seine Original Music - 1989
88% 88% Drowning by Numbers Original Music $22.1K 1988
78% 85% A Zed & Two Noughts Original Music - 1985
97% 85% The Draughtsman's Contract Original Music - 1982
80% 83% The Falls Music - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Walk Through H Music - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vertical Features Remake Original Music - 1978
98% 88% The Man With a Movie Camera Original Music - 1929