The Piano

by Michael Nyman

The Piano cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 October 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:00:38
  • Community rating: 4.25/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Michael Nyman's score for Jane Campion's film 'The Piano' is performed by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the composer, with Nyman himself at the piano and Michael Nyman Band members John Harle, David Roach and Andrew Findon supplying the prominent saxophone parts. Its central theme 'The Heart Asks Pleasure First' is based on the Scottish song 'Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa', and the album sold more than three million copies while earning Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for its score.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, orchestral, minimal, repetitive, soundtrack

Tracklist

  1. To The Edge Of The Earth (4:05)
  2. Big My Secret (2:52)
  3. A Wild And Distant Shore (5:52)
  4. The Heart Asks Pleasure First (1:36)
  5. Here To There (1:02)
  6. The Promise (4:16)
  7. A Bed Of Ferns (0:48)
  8. The Fling (1:29)
  9. The Scent Of Love (4:18)
  10. Deep Into The Forest (3:01)
  11. The Mood That Passes Through You (1:13)
  12. Lost And Found (2:27)
  13. The Embrace (2:37)
  14. Little Impulse (2:12)
  15. The Sacrifice (2:50)
  16. I Clipped Your Wing (4:36)
  17. The Wounded (2:30)
  18. All Imperfect Things (4:03)
  19. Dreams Of A Journey (5:31)
  20. The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Edit (3:11)

Credits

  • Dan Hersch - edited by [edit by]
  • Pigs On Corn - edited by [edit by]
  • Andy Findon - alto flute baritone saxophone flute tenor saxophone
  • John Harle - alto saxophone soprano saxophone
  • David Roach - alto saxophone soprano saxophone
  • Dave McKean - design, illustration
  • Grant Matthews - photography by
  • Polly Walker - photography by
  • David Cunningham - producer
  • Michael J. Dutton - engineer
  • Jamie Luker - additional engineer
  • Mal Luker - executive engineer

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