Michael Nyman Professions : Composer Born : March 23, 1944 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Michael Nyman I'm not saying that there weren't other inherent problems with the score that couldn't have been overcome with a bit of remixing, but why did they ask me to do it, and why did Griffin ask me to do it this way, for a film that had nothing to do with American vernacular? Michael Nyman problem overcoming way I feel absolutely no threat or fear in Mexico City. Michael Nyman threat mexico cities I'm not a great inventor from scratch. What I do is to use, steal, acquire, reproduce or re-cycle music from other musicians. Michael Nyman scratches musician use I'm like a decathlete who does all of the events he's used to, but is being forced by certain circumstances to focus on three events, and being forced to focus on events that he wasn't that interested in, and also weren't his strongest events. Michael Nyman events focus doe There's always a question of duration, there's a question of who the orchestra is. No one is free to write what you want - you collaborate on a film score, and one of the good things is that someone else's work is motivating you. Michael Nyman orchestra want writing I was rather disappointed, because the one thing I wanted to gain from that opportunity was to add something to his music, and have him add something to mine. Michael Nyman gain something music opportunity Similar Authors Igor Stravinsky composer Irving Berlin composer Brian Ferneyhough composer Bryce Dessner composer Bradley Joseph composer Boudleaux Bryant composer All Authors
