kaen Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 ok so this guy has quite an extensive discography and i really cant be arsed to go through it all, where should i start, what stands out as his best work? dunno how popular he is here so feel free to recommend any other minimalist pianists/composers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeshi Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I'm not super familiar with his discography but I love his soundtrack to Gattaca. The Ravenous soundtrack he did with Damon Albarn is good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Timelapse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 love me some nyman.. check out PROSPERO'S BOOKS and DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT, some extremely cathartic jams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 forgot he did gattaca, fucking love that, cheers guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Piano Concerto is a must have, and obviously his most popular work by a thousand. You have probably heard it from the movie The Piano, but he took it and created a complete concerto out of it. It's really great. It has everything "Nyman", the sax, the piano, the rhythm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 a zed and two noughts makes me feel seasick a game of two halves is another nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrcopyandpaste Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 some of the tracks from Man On Wire are amazing. Fish Beach is a particular standout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overand Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 His soundtrack to The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is pretty great. Especially his Memorial track with the terror raunch saxophone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 The Piano is an obvious one but my favorite is the soundtrack to Wonderland (which is also an awesome film, if you can find it anywhere) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 The Piano is an obvious one but my favorite is the soundtrack to Wonderland (which is also an awesome film, if you can find it anywhere) I saw Wonderland when it first came out, and I can't remember whether I hated it or loved it. I'm pretty sure I liked the score though. Will try and track both down. Edit: Also a bjorkesque Gina Mckee as is one of the most 90's images I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 by 'a game of two halves' above, i obviously meant 'after extra time' 'a game of two halves' was the name of an awesome various tape of triphop on one side and filthy acid techno from the megadog djs on the other side that i once had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretstik Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Edit: Also a bjorkesque Gina Mckee as is one of the most 90's images I've ever seen. Is that legit? I've been fapping over her since 'Our Friends In The North'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Edit: Also a bjorkesque Gina Mckee as is one of the most 90's images I've ever seen. Is that legit? I've been fapping over her since 'Our Friends In The North'. The image is, fapping over her certainly not, as she's a mackem rather than pure bred Geordie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretstik Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Edit: Also a bjorkesque Gina Mckee as is one of the most 90's images I've ever seen. Is that legit? I've been fapping over her since 'Our Friends In The North'. The image is, fapping over her certainly not, as she's a mackem rather than pure bred Geordie. Now I just feel sullied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I saw Wonderland when it first came out, and I can't remember whether I hated it or loved it. I'm pretty sure I liked the score though. Will try and track both down. Edit: Also a bjorkesque Gina Mckee as is one of the most 90's images I've ever seen. Its a great film, perhaps one of my all time favorites, very naturalistically filmed (using handheld cameras mostly). There are lots of extended scenes with no dialog where the score really comes to the fore. And it captures the spirit of millenium London very well. It wasn't available on DVD until quite recently (except in Canada for some reason), but amazon have it now: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonderland-DVD-Shirley-Henderson/dp/B000CCE20U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I saw Wonderland when it first came out, and I can't remember whether I hated it or loved it. I'm pretty sure I liked the score though. Will try and track both down. Edit: Also a bjorkesque Gina Mckee as is one of the most 90's images I've ever seen. Its a great film, perhaps one of my all time favorites, very naturalistically filmed (using handheld cameras mostly). There are lots of extended scenes with no dialog where the score really comes to the fore. And it captures the spirit of millenium London very well. It wasn't available on DVD until quite recently (except in Canada for some reason), but amazon have it now: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonderland-DVD-Shirley-Henderson/dp/B000CCE20U Cheers, I'm going to see if I can pick it up in town tomorrow. Now that I'm actually living in London, I might get more from it. I read some of the reviews on metacritic and was surprised how well received it was in the States, although I doubt it ever showed outside Greenwich village. Also quite a few comparisons to Wong Kar-Wei, which I sort of get, but it goes to show that what can seem 'exotic' or new is often intentionally banal or parochial to a native. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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