Editing Michael Nyman (section)

===1990s=== 
In 1990 he composed ''Ariel Songs'' for soprano and band; in 1993 [[MGV (composition)|MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse)]]  for band and orchestra; concertos for saxophone, piano (based on the score for ''The Piano''), violin, [[harpsichord]], trombone, and saxophone & cello recorded by [[John Harle]] and [[Julian Lloyd Webber]];

In 1991 Nyman composed ''The Michael Nyman Songbook'' based on poetry by [[Paul Celan]], [[Arthur Rimbaud]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[William Shakespeare]]. His ''Six Celan Songs'' off this collection were composed for [[Ute Lemper]], with whom he recorded the album. Ute Lemper also performed in the 1992 concert film of the same name, directed by [[Volker Schlöndorff]].

In 1993, Nyman's popularity increased after he wrote the score to [[Jane Campion]]'s award-winning 1993 film ''[[The Piano]]''. The album became a classical music best-seller, selling over three million copies. His soundtrack won an [[Ivor Novello Award]], a [[Golden Globe]], a [[BAFTA]] and an [[American Film Institute]] award, and nominated for a [[British Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe]]. 
He produced a soundtrack for the silent film ''[[Man with a Movie Camera]]'', which largely reworked material he wrote for the soundtrack of the 1996 video game ''[[Enemy Zero]]''. 

[[File:Flickr - nicogenin - 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra) (43).jpg|thumb|Nyman at the 2009 [[Venice Film Festival]]]]
His forays into Hollywood were ''[[Gattaca]]'' (1997), ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)|Ravenous]]'' (1999) (with musician [[Damon Albarn]]), and ''[[The End of the Affair (1999 film)|The End of the Affair]]'' (1999). ''Gattaca'' was nominated for a [[Saturn Award]] for Best Music.

In 1999, Nyman created a group called Foster's Social Orchestra, which specialised in the work of [[Stephen Foster]]. One of their pieces appeared in the film ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)|Ravenous]]'' and an additional work, not used in the film, appeared on the soundtrack album.