Editing Michael Nyman (section)

== Works ==
Besides his compositions Nyman is also a filmmaker, having made over 80 films, his first shot in 1968.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.michaelnyman.com/films | title=Films|website=michaelnyman.com}}</ref>
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* 1963 – Introduction and Allegro Concertato for Wind Quartet (lost)
* 1963 – Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet
* 1965 – ''Canzona for Flute''
* 1974 – ''[[Decay Music|Bell Set No. 1]]'' (multiple metal percussion)
* 1976 – ''[[Decay Music|1–100]]'' (4–6 pianos)
* 1976 – (First) Waltz in D (variable)
* 1976 – (Second) ''[[Michael Nyman (1981 album)|Waltz in F]]'' (variable)
* 1977 – ''[[Michael Nyman (1981 album)|In Re Don Giovanni]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band) – arranged for string quartet (1991), string quintet (1997), and orchestra (2010)
* 1977 – ''A Walk Through H'' (film music)
* 1978 – ''The Otherwise Very Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz'' (multiple pianos)
* 1978 – ''[[Vertical Features Remake]]'' (film music)
* 1979 – ''[['The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1979 – ''Four Ostinatos'' (bass clarinet)
* 1979 – ''Masterwork Samples'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1980 – ''A Neat Slice of Time'' (choir)
* 1980 – ''A Neat Slice of Saraband'' (clarinet, trombone, piano and cello)
* 1985 – ''[[The Falls (1980 film)#Soundtrack|The Falls]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1980 – ''Act of God'' (film music)
* 1981 – ''Think Slow, Act Fast'' (for [[Hoketus]]) – reworked into soundtrack for ''[[A Sixth Part of the World]]'' in 2010
* 1981 – ''Five Orchestral Pieces for Opus Tree'' (band)<ref>Originally recorded by Nyman, [[Ned Sublette]], Susan Krongold, [[Barbara Benary]], [[Jon Gibson (minimalist musician)|Jon Gibson]], Richard Cohen, Virgil Blackwell, [[Peter Zummo]], and [[Peter Gordon (composer)|Peter Gordon]] at [[The Kitchen (art institution)|The Kitchen]], and intended for Peter Greenaway's short film, ''The Tree''.</ref> (based on [[Anton Webern]]'s Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10)
* 1981 – ''[[Michael Nyman (1981 album)|M-Work]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1981 – ''Two Violins'' (two amplified violins)
* 1982 – ''Four Saxes (Real Slow Drag)'' (saxophone quartet)
* 1982 – ''A Handsom, Smooth, Sweet, Smart, Clear Stroke: Or Else Play Not At All'' (orchestra)
* 1982 – ''[[The Draughtsman's Contract#music|The Draughtsman's Contract]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1983 – ''Ballet Mécanique'' (ensemble)
* 1983 – ''Time's Up'' (Gamelan ensemble)
* 1983 – ''I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump'' (electric violin and viola, both players also simultaneously singing)
* 1983 – ''Love is Certainly, at Least Alphabetically Speaking'' (soprano and ensemble)
* 1983 – ''[[Ballet Mécanique]]'' (film music for ensemble)
* 1983 – ''[[Nelly's Version]]'' (film music)
* 1983 – ''Frozen Music'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1984 – ''The Abbess of Andouillets'' (choir and percussion)
* 1984 – ''Bird Work'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1984 – ''[[The Cold Room#Soundtrack album|The Cold Room]]'' (film music for chamber orchestra)
* 1985 – ''[[The Kiss and Other Movements|Nose-List Song]]'' (soprano and orchestra) [this and the above three works are from an unfinished [[Tristram Shandy (opera)|opera]] setting of [[Laurence Sterne]]'s ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'', which Nyman has repeatedly cited as his all-time favourite book]
* 1985 – ''[[Lucinda Childs|Childs]] Play'' (2 violins and harpsichord or ensemble)
* 1985 – ''[[String Quartets 1–3#String Quartet No. 1|String Quartet No. 1]]''
* 1985 – ''[[A Zed & Two Noughts#Soundtrack|A Zed and Two Noughts]]'' (film music for ensemble)
* 1985 – ''[[Memorial (Nyman)|Memorial]]'' (orchestra)
* 1985 – ''[[And Do They Do/Zoo Caprices|Zoo Caprices]]'' (violin)
* 1986 – ''Basic Black'' (ballet for orchestra, reduced for piano duet as ''[[Taking a Line for a Second Walk]]'' in 1994)
* 1986 – ''[[The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera)|The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat]]'' (opera; libretto by Christopher Rawlence; [[The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat|adapted]] from the [[Oliver Sacks]] [[case study]] by Nyman, Rawlence, and Michael Morris)
* 1986 – ''[[And Do They Do/Zoo Caprices|And Do They Do]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1986 – ''The Disputation'' (film music)
* 1987 – ''Touch the Earth'' (two sopranos, violin, and viola)
* 1987 – ''Vital Statistics'' (opera; libretto by Victoria Hardie) – withdrawn and revised into ''[[Facing Goya]]'' in 2000
* 1988 – ''Orpheus' Daughter'' (opera; libretto by Gerrit Timmers) – withdrawn
* 1988 – ''[[String Quartets 1–3#String Quartet No. 2|String Quartet No. 2]]''
* 1988 – ''[[Drowning by Numbers#Music|Drowning by Numbers]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1989 – ''[[Out of the Ruins]]'' (choir)
* 1989 – ''[[La Traversée de Paris (album)|La Traversée de Paris]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band, soprano, and choir)
* 1989 – ''[[The Commissar Vanishes|The Fall of Icarus]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band) – reworked into ''[[The Commissar Vanishes]]'' in 1999
* 1989 – ''[[The Michael Nyman Songbook|L'Orgie Parisienne]]'' (soprano or mezzo-soprano and ensemble) – originally part of La Traversée de Paris
* 1989 – ''[[La Sept (album)|La Sept]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1989 – ''Death in the Seine'' (film music)
* 1989 – ''[[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (soundtrack)|The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1990 – ''Shaping the Curve'' (soprano saxophone, string quartet or piano)
* 1990 – ''[[The Michael Nyman Songbook|Six Celan Songs]]'' (contralto and orchestra)
* 1990 – Polish Love Song (soprano and piano or two clarinets, viola, cello and bass)
* 1990 – [[String Quartets 1–3#String Quartet No. 3|String Quartet No. 3]]
* 1990 – ''Men of Steel'' (TV episode music)
* 1991 – ''Where the Bee Dances'' (soprano saxophone and orchestra)
* 1991 – ''Fluegelhorn and Piano''
* 1991 – ''[[Prospero's Books#Soundtrack|Prospero's Books]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band), ''Concert Suite'' for chamber orchestra arranged in 1994
* 1991 – ''Letters, Riddles and Writs'' (3 voices and the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1991 – ''Masque Arias'' (brass quintet)
* 1991 – ''The Final Score'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1991 – ''[[The Michael Nyman Songbook|I am an Unusual Thing]]'' (contralto and the Michael Nyman Band or piano)
* 1992 – ''[[Time Will Pronounce#Time will pronounce|Time Will Pronounce]]'' (violin, cello, and piano)
* 1992 – ''[[Time Will Pronounce#For John Cage|For John Cage]]'' (brass ensemble)
* 1992 – ''[[Time Will Pronounce#Self-laudatory hymn of Inanna and her omnipotence|Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and Her Omnipotence]]'' (alto and string orchestra or countertenor and viol consort)
* 1992 – ''[[Time Will Pronounce#The convertibility of lute strings|The Convertibility of Lute Strings]]'' (solo harpsichord)
* 1992 – ''Anne de Lucy Songs'' (soprano and piano)
* 1992 – ''[[The Hairdresser's Husband|Le Mari de la Coiffeuse]]'' (film music)
* 1992 – ''The Upside-Down Violin'' (orchestra/ensemble)
* 1992 – ''Mozart on Mortality'' (soprano and 6 players)
* 1992 – ''[[The Piano (soundtrack)|The Piano]]'' (film music for orchestra), arranged for concert suites in 2003 and 2005
* 1992 – ''[[The Michael Nyman Songbook|Ariel Songs]]'' (soprano and piano, also for voice and string quartet, or saxophone and piano)
* 1993 – ''[[MGV (composition)|MGV: Musique à grande vitesse]]'' (band and orchestra)
* 1993 – ''[[The Piano Concerto/MGV#The Piano Concerto|The Piano Concerto]]'' (piano and orchestra)
* 1993 – ''[[Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs]]'' (1993; opera-ballet setting [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]'')
* 1993 – ''[[Michael Nyman for Yohji Yamamoto|Yamamoto Perpetuo]]'' (violin solo)
* 1993 – ''Songs for Tony'' (saxophone quartet)
* 1993 – ''On the Fiddle'' (violin or cello, and piano or strings)
* 1994 – ''To Morrow'' (soprano or soprano saxophone, organ)
* 1994 – ''[[The Suit and the Photograph#3 Quartets|3 Quartets]]'' (ensemble)
* 1994 – ''[[Concertos (album)|Concerto for Trombone]]'' (trombone, orchestra, and steel filing cabinets)<!--filing cabinets are part of "percussion" section-->
* 1994 – ''[[À la folie#Music|A La Folie]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1994 – ''[[Carrington (film)#music|Carrington]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1994 – ''[[The Suit and the Photograph#3 Quartets|Three Quartets]]'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1995 – ''[[The Suit and the Photograph#String Quartet No. 4|String Quartet No. 4]]''
* 1995 – ''Tango for Tim (In memoriam Tim Suster)'' (harpsichord)
* 1995 – ''The Waltz Song'' (unison voices)
* 1995 – ''Viola and Piano''
* 1995 – ''Grounded'' (mezzo-soprano, saxophones, violin, piano)
* 1995 – ''HRT [High Rise Terminal]'' (chamber ensemble)
* 1995 – ''[[Concertos (album)|Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings]]''
* 1995 – ''[[Concertos (album)|Double Concerto for Saxophone and Cello]]'' (saxophone, cello, and orchestra)
* 1995 – ''[[Anne no Nikki#Soundtrack|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band, also orchestral suite)
* 1996 – ''[[After Extra Time (album)|After Extra Time]]'' (ensemble)
* 1996 – ''[[Enemy Zero#Music|Enemy Zero]]'' (game music for soprano and orchestra)
* 1996 – ''[[The Ogre (1996 film)#Music|The Ogre]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1996 – ''Elisabeth Gets Her Way'' (harpsichord)
* 1996 – ''Knights at School'' (brass ensemble)
* 1997 – ''[[Enemy Zero#Music|Enemy Zero – Original Soundtrack]]''
* 1997 – ''[[Strong on Oaks, Strong on the Causes of Oaks]]'' (orchestra)
* 1997 – ''[[Gattaca]]'', orchestral suite in 2001/2003
* 1997 – ''[[Titch (TV series)|Titch]]'' (worked on the main opening/closing piano theme).
* 1998 – ''Cycle of Disquietude (Coisas, Vozes, Lettras)'' (soprano, mezzo-soprano, and band)
* 1998 – ''Orfeu'' (band)
* 1998 – ''De Granada A La Luna'' (band)
* 1999 – ''[[The End of the Affair (1999 film)#Music|The End of the Affair]]'' (film music, also orchestral suite)
* 1999 – ''[[Wonderland (soundtrack)|Wonderland]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 1999 – ''Balancing the Books'' (choir)
* 1999 – ''Strange Attractors'' (piano quintet) -->
* 2000 – ''[[Facing Goya]]'' (opera; libretto by Victoria Hardie)
* 2000 – ''[[Act Without Words I|Act Without Words]]'' (film music)
* 2000 – ''[[The Claim (2000 film)#Soundtrack|The Claim]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2001 – ''a dance he little thinks of'' (orchestra)
* 2001 – ''Fourths, Mostly'' (organ)
* 2001 – ''Free for All'' (brass ensemble)
* 2001 – ''Mosè'' (choir and string quartet)
* 2001 – ''[[Six Celan Songs; The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi|Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi]]'' (soprano and string quartet or string orchestra)
* 2002 – ''[[24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002 film)#Soundtrack|24 heures de la vie d'une femme]]'' (film music for orchestra)
* 2002 – ''Beckham Crosses, Nyman Scores'' (string quartet and tape), derive ''[[Acts of Beauty/Exit no Exit|Exit, No Exit]]'' for bass clarinet and string quartet in 2005
* 2002 – ''Dance of the Engines'' (orchestra)
* 2002 – ''Mapping'' (video art music for string quartet)
* 2002 – ''[[Sangam: Michael Nyman Meets Indian Masters|Sangam: The Meeting Point]]'' (mandolin and the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2002 – ''[[The Actors#Soundtrack|The Actors]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2002 – ''Yellow Beach'' (piano trio)
* 2002 – ''Zeit und Ziel 1814–2002'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2003 – Violin Concerto (violin and orchestra)
* 2003 – ''[[Man and Boy: Dada]]'' (opera; libretto by [[Michael Hastings (playwright)|Michael Hastings]])
* 2003 – ''A Child's View of Colour '' (choir and strings)
* 2003 – ''Manhatta'' (for the Michael Nyman Band or bass clarinet or soprano and bass clarinet)
* 2004 – ''24 Hour Sax Quartet''
* 2004 – ''Flicker'' (electronic guitar and electronics)
* 2004 – ''[[The Libertine (album)|The Libertine]]'' (film music for orchestra)
* 2004 – ''Photography of Chance'' (piano trio)
* 2005 – ''[[Love Counts]]'' (opera; libretto by Michael Hastings)
* 2005 – ''Melody Waves'' (Chinese orchestra)
* 2005 – ''Revisiting the Don'' (Chinese flute and the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2006 – ''gdm for Marimba and Orchestra'' (concerto)
* 2006 – ''[[Acts of Beauty/Exit no Exit|Acts of Beauty]]'' (song cycle for soprano and 6 players)
* 2006 – ''For Kiyan Prince'' (choir)
* 2006 – ''I was a Total Virgin'' (orchestra)
* 2006 – ''That's the Lover'' (voice and 5 players)
* 2007 – ''[[A Handshake in the Dark]]'' (choral piece with orchestra; text by [[Jamal Jumá]] [world premiere 8 March 2007, Barbican, London, performed by the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, John Storgards conducting])
* 2007 – ''Interlude in C'' (expansion of a theme from ''[[The Libertine (Nyman)|The Libertine]]'' for Accent07 touring ensemble)
* 2007 – ''Warwick Fanfare (Parts 1 & 2)'' (procession and recession fanfares used for graduation ceremonies at the [[University of Warwick]])
* 2007 – ''50,000 pairs of feet can't be wrong.'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2007 – ''A New Pavan For These Sad, Distracted Times'' (cello concerto)
* 2007 – ''[[8 Lust Songs: I Sonetti Lussuriosi|I Sonetti Lussuriosi]]'' (soprano and ensemble or orchestra)
* 2007 – Piano Concerto No. 2
* 2007 – Violin Concerto No. 2
* 2007 – ''Taking it as Read'' (violin and piano)
* 2008 – ''Yamamoto Perpetuo for Solo Flute'' (arranged by Andy Findon)
* 2008 – ''Something Connected with Energy'' (ensemble) – reworked into soundtrack for ''The Eleventh Year'' in 2010
* 2008 – ''For Ennio'' (cello and strings)
* 2009 – ''Sparkie: Cage and Beyond'' (opera with [[Carsten Nicolai]])
* 2009 – ''The Musicologist Scores'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2009 – ''Banjo & Matilda'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2009 – ''Kino'' (3 accordions and the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2009 – ''Ombra mai fu'' (countertenor and orchestra)
* 2009 – ''Secrets, Accusations and Charges'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2009 – ''Underneath the Hessian Bags'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2010 – ''[[2Graves]]''
* 2010 – ''Body Parts Songs'' (song cycle)
* 2010 – Concerto for Flute and Strings
* 2010 – ''Milton Songs'' (voice and the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2010 – ''Poczatek'' (piano trio)fPolish Love Son
* 2011 – ''Prologue to Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell'' (opera, libretto by Vera Pavlova)
* 2011 – ''[[Battleship Potemkin#Soundtracks|Battleship Potemkin]]'' (film music for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2011 – ''Doing the Rounds'' (orchestra and choir)
* 2011 – ''On Languard Point'' (soprano and the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2011 – ''Let's not make a song and dance out of it'' (String Quartet No. 5)
* 2012 – ''Through the Only Window'' (piano quintet)
* 2012 – ''Devoción'' (orchestra)
* 2013 – Trumpet & String Quartet
* 2013 – ''Goldberg Shuffle'' (piano)
* 2013 – Symphony No. 2
* 2013 – Symphony No. 5
* 2013 – Symphony No. 6
* 2013 – ''Water Dances'' (Symphony No. 8)
* 2014 – ''Symphony of sexual songs'' (Symphony No. 3)
* 2014 – ''War Work: Eight Songs with Film'' (song cycle commissioned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the [[First World War]])
* 2014 – ''Hillsborough Memorial'' (Symphony No. 11)
* 2014 – Symphony No. 12
* 2014 – ''Two Sonnets for Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz'' (choir or voice)
* 2015 – ''Chromattic'' (saxophone, accordion, marimba and double bass)
* 2015 – ''Empresa Cines Merida'' (piano quintet)
* 2015 – Symphony No. 4
* 2016 – ''As You Watch The Athletes Score'' (for the Michael Nyman Band)
* 2016 – ''No Time In Eternity'' (countertenor and viol consort)
* 2019 – Flute Concerto No. 2 (flute and strings)
* 2019 – ''Neat Slice of Tango'' (piano)
* 2019 – ''When Ingrid Met Capa'' (string quartet)
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