Author: Michael Nyman

Brand: Virgin

Format: Soundtrack

Release Date: 19-10-1993

Details: Product description Score by Michael Nyman to the revered 1993 Jane Campion film. Amazon.ca Michael Nyman came of age as a classical composer in the radical London of the late '60s. His work embraces multiple vernaculars (jazz, avant garde, conceptual art) and helped cement the foundation of what came to be known as minimalism. Decades into his career, Nyman's score to Jane Campion's film The Piano made him a star. The movie's themes of colonialism and silence (its protagonist, portrayed by Holly Hunter, cannot speak) were perfectly aligned with his longtime interests in world and ambient music. Horn players assist members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in fleshing out Nyman's stately, hymn-like motifs. On the more heavily orchestrated cues, sentimentality wins out over minimalist restraint; the best tracks feature Nyman on solo piano, playing the rudimentary, faux period repertoire of Hunter's character. --Marc Weidenbaum

UPC: 077778827429

EAN: 0077778827429

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood