The Very Best of Michael Nyman: Film Music 1980–2001

The Very Best of Michael Nyman Film Music 1980-2001
Compilation album by Michael Nyman
Released	November 6, 2001
Genre	Film scores Contemporary classical minimalism
Label	Virgin

The Very Best of Michael Nyman: Film Music 1980–2001 is a compilation album of film music by Michael Nyman, including three previously unreleased tracks (from Nelly's Version and Monsieur Hire) and one from the limited release, La Traversée de Paris. Some tracks are from the original soundtracks, while others are from pre-existing rerecordings such as The Essential Michael Nyman Band and Live.

Track listing

Disc 1

Bird List (04:16) from The Falls/Live
Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds (05:26) from The Draughtsman's Contract/The Essential Michael Nyman Band
An Eye for Optical Theory (05:09) from The Draughtsman's Contract/soundtrack
Homage to Maurice (02:16) from Nelly's Version (previously unreleased)
Angelfish Decay (02:49) from A Zed and Two Noughts/soundtrack
Time Lapse (03:58) from A Zed and Two Noughts/The Essential Michael Nyman Band
Trysting Fields (03:27) from Drowning by Numbers/soundtrack
Wheelbarrow Walk (02:12) from Drowning by Numbers/The Essential Michael Nyman Band
Knowing the Ropes (03:17) from Drowning by Numbers/The Essential Michael Nyman Band
Memorial (12:00) from The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover/The Essential Michael Nyman Band
Skating (01:26) from Monsieur Hire (previously unreleased)
Peeking (02:43) from Monsieur Hire (previously unreleased)
Abandoning (03:30) from Le Mari de la Coiffeuse
Skirting (02:05) from Le Mari de la Coiffeuse
Miranda Previsited (06:48) from Prospero's Books/La Traversée de Paris
Here to There (01:00) from The Piano
The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (03:10) from The Piano
All Imperfect Things (04:02) from The Piano
Dreams of a Journey (05:03) from The Piano

Disc 2

Escape (03:38) from À la folie
Fly Drive (01:32) from Carrington
The Infinite Complexities Of Christmas (04:12) from Carrington
If (04:25) from The Diary of Anne Frank
Abel Carries Ephraim (05:55) from The Ogre
Becoming Jerome/God's Hands (02:58) from Gattaca
The Morrow (03:11) from Gattaca
The Other Side (03:41) from Gattaca
The Departure (03:49) from Gattaca
Convening the Coven (04:05) from Practical Magic
Stranger at the Window (01:38) from Ravenous
Cannibal Fantasy (02:12) from Ravenous
Molly (02:51) from Wonderland
Eddie (03:56) from Wonderland
Dan (02:15) from Wonderland
Eileen (03:41) from Wonderland
Sarah Dies (02:58) from The End Of The Affair
The End of the Affair (02:56) from The End Of The Affair
The Shootout (05:06) from The Claim
The Burning (09:18) from The Claim

Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman Band - current members	Gabrielle Lester Catherine Thompson Kate Musker Tony Hinnigan David Roach Simon Haram Andrew Findon Nigel Barr Dave Lee Steve Sidwell Martin Elliott Sarah Leonard

Former members and others	Alexander Bălănescu John Harle Chris Laurence Ann Morfee Jonathan Carney Madeleine Mitchell Jamie Talbot Georgina Born Marjorie Dunn Beverley Davison Barry Guy John Greaves Andrew Shulman Michael Thompson Richard Watkins John Metcalfe Christian Forshaw Ute Lemper Marie Angel Hilary Summers Omar Ebrahim David Cunningham Molly Nyman

Nyman-produced albums	Decay Music 'The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife Michael Nyman The Draughtsman's Contract The Cold Room The Kiss and Other Movements A Zed & Two Noughts And Do They Do/Zoo Caprices The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Drowning by Numbers La Traversée de Paris The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover Out of the Ruins La Sept String Quartets 1–3 Prospero's Books The Michael Nyman Songbook The Hairdresser's Husband The Essential Michael Nyman Band Time Will Pronounce The Piano Michael Nyman for Yohji Yamamoto The Piano Concerto/MGV À la folie Live Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs Carrington The Diary of Anne Frank After Extra Time The Ogre Enemy Zero Concertos Gattaca The Suit and the Photograph Strong on Oaks, Strong on the Causes of Oaks Practical Magic Ravenous Wonderland The Commissar Vanishes Nabbie's Love The End of the Affair The Claim String Quartets 2, 3 & 4/If & Why Facing Goya 24 Heures de la vie d'une femme Sangam: Michael Nyman Meets Indian Masters The Actors Man and Boy: Dada The Piano Sings The Libertine The Composer's Cut Series Vol. I: The Draughtsman's Contract The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisited The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III: The Piano Six Celan Songs • The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi Acts of Beauty • Exit no Exit Nyman Brass Love Counts Mozart 252 8 Lust Songs: I Sonetti Lussuriosi The Glare Acoustic Accordions Collections The Composer's Cut Series Vol. IV: Vertov Sounds

Albums to which Nyman contributed (as composer and/or performer)	Recent English Experimental Music The Pavilion of Dreams From The Kitchen Archives - New Music New York 1979 The Sensual World Saxophone Works John Harle's Saxophone Songbook Piano Circus The Contemporary Trumpet Taking a Line for a Second Walk Plus que Tango Visions First & Foremost An Eye for a Difference Pick It Up Meeting Point: The Saxophone Concertos of Nyman, Heath and Torke Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noel Coward Generation Sex The Golden Section Faces Ahn-Plugged Groovebox Moving On

Singles/EPs	Mozart/Webern The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise Anohito no Waltz In Re Don Giovanni Enemy Zero Piano Sketches

Compilations	Michael Nyman Pure Moods The Very Best of Michael Nyman: Film Music 1980–2001 Man on Wire

Additional operas	Tristram Shandy Letters, Riddles and Writs Vital Statistics La Princesse de Milan Prologue to Dido and Aeneas

Unreleased film scores	Vertical Features Remake The Falls Brimstone and Treacle Ballet Mécanique Monsieur Hire Mesmer Katie and Orbie Titch Act Without Words I Man with a Movie Camera Nathalie... À propos de Nice A Cock and Bull Story

Major individual compositions	Memorial MGV

Les Disques du Crépuscule Minimalist music Systems music

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