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Posts Tagged Michael Nyman

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May 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Where Have All The Kiwi Soundtracks Gone?

My fascination with film scores – listening to them, collecting them – began with a New Zealand movie. But you wouldn’t have such luck now. When I was a kid the Footrot Flats movie, A Dog’s Tail Tale, was a local blockbuster. It was at the cinemas, at a time when not every Kiwi film […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Albums, Blog, Dave Dobbyn, Film, Jane Campion, Jonathan Crayford, Kiwi, Kiwi Soundtracks, Michael Nyman, NZ, NZTECHNO Magazine, NZTECHO, Reissue, Rhian Sheehan, Score, Soundtrack, The Piano, Vinyl, Where Have All The Kiwi Soundtracks Gone? ·

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December 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #2: The Piano by Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman’s score for the film The Piano was my introduction to the music of Michael Nyman – amazing composer. I had in fact, as is so often the way, actually heard some of his music previously (having seen some of the earlier films he’d scored – but I didn’t know that at the time). […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], 1993, Film, Jane Campion, LP, Michael Nyman, Movie, Nyman, Record, Score, Soundtrack, The Heart Asks Pleasure First, The Piano, The Piano by Michael Nyman, Vinyl, What A Good Score!, What A Good Score! – #2, What A Good Score! – #2: The Piano by Michael Nyman ·

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August 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Nicholas Britell: Succession [OST]

Nicholas Britell Succession Original Series Soundtrack Milan Records You might point to anything else first – the direction, the script, the casting, the acting, particular shots – but I think one of the crucial elements of Succession (one of the greatest TV shows of all time, despite debuting just a year ago) is the score […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], If Beale Street Could Talk, Michael Nyman, Milan Records, Moonlight, Nicholas Britell, Nicholas Britell: Succession [OST], Piano, Score, Soundtrack, Soundtrack Composer, Succession, Succession Original Series Soundtrack, The Big Short, TV, Vice, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk: The Watchers

James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk The Watchers Important Records I came to this a fan of James Blackshaw and left a fan of Lubomyr Melnyk – so that’s a nice way for this duo album to play out. I’ve loved Blackshaw’s playing for the best part of a decade now, finding any/all of his albums […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Guitar, James Blackshaw, Lubomyr Melnyk, Michael Nyman, Piano, The Watchers ·

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November 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1230

Michael Nyman, The Piano [OST] (1993) I love the soundtrack to The Piano. Only ever saw the film the one time, at the cinema, when it was released. I kinda liked it – never felt too much of anything either way for it really, but the music meant everything to me all of a sudden. […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1993, Film, LP, Michael Nyman, Piano, Piano Music, Score, Soundtrack, The Piano, Vinyl ·

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March 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1403

Michael Nyman, The Kiss and Other Movements (1985) My (knowing) introduction to Michael Nyman was the score from The Piano but in finding out the name attached to the music I realised I’d heard his music before; having seen a few Peter Greenaway films – head-fuck that they were to a young teen. And I […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], Film Score, Images Were Introduced, Michael Nyman, Michael Nyman Band, Peter Greenaway, The Piano ·

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June 1, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1981

The Good The Bad & The Queen, The Good The Bad & The Queen (2007)   I liked this album as soon as I heard it. I had become a Damon Albarn fan by then. You see, I wasn’t completely sold on Blur. I didn’t mind them – but I guess I saw them as a […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Blur, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Michael Nyman, The Good The Bad And The Queen, Vinyl ·

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