{"title":"Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-draughtsman-s-contract","title":"The Draughtsman's Contract","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Nyman and Peter Greenaway had already collaborated on six experimental films prior to 1982's The Draughtsman's Contract, but it was this film, made with a full cinematic release in mind that brought both director and composer to the attention of the more mainstream film audience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Nyman","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50456511512907,"sku":"1101845","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9ecc5733-8064-4397-8946-7451bb115c22_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727199089"},{"product_id":"greenaway-revisited","title":"Greenaway Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003eNyman\/Greenaway revisited is a collection of the most popular music from the five soundtracks provided by the composer for Peter Greenaway's feature films from 1982 – 1991. Music from The Draughtsman's Contract, A Zed and Two Noughts, Drowning By Numbers, The Cook The Thief His Wife And Her Lover, \u0026amp; Prospero's Books is included. Greenaway and Nyman had a very different relationship from that of most directors\/composers, with Greenaway giving Nyman immense scope for the music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Nyman","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50456518951243,"sku":"1101846","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e38789eb-4cc4-461c-9a2b-704efecd795e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727199113"},{"product_id":"the-piano","title":"The Piano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Nyman’s score for Jane Campion’s 1993 film The Piano is one of the most successful film soundtracks of all time. The film itself won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 1993 and went on to win several Oscars at the 1994 Academy Awards. Holly Hunter’s role as Ada the film’s central role was that of an elective mute who chose to communicate via her playing. If having the music feature so prominently in a film was unusual, for the music to additionally convey the dialogue of the main character is unique. The soundtrack of the film went on to become a multi million seller. Perhaps surprisingly for music with such strong ties to its original source many of the pieces from The Piano were subsequently used in a variety of other settings in film, television and advertising making it some of the most performed\/frequently heard orchestral music of the last twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe concert suite for The Piano as performed by The Michael Nyman Band also became a staple of the band’s concert repertoire and has been performed all over the world with the composer taking the roles of pianist and conductor. It is this expanded form of the soundtrack that Nyman chose to record as his own definitive edition in Abbey Road studios in April 2005. The piano pieces again form a dialogue, though here the dialogue is purely musical between pianist and orchestra rather having the piano pieces act as speech substitute as they did in the film. The resulting album is a wonderful example of film music transformed to a distinctive stand alone concert work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Nyman","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50456521965899,"sku":"1101847","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/85ca1ef0-e3e4-4757-80ed-c7c2623328fa_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727199139"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/michael-nyman-band-michael-nyman.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}