''After Extra Time'' is a

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

album by

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his lengthy ...

with the Michael Nyman Band containing three tributes to Nyman's fandom of

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: ''After Extra Time'', the soundtrack to '' The Final Score'', and ''

Memorial A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as home ...

''. The latter is described as a

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, but is simply the 1992 recording from '' The Essential Michael Nyman Band''. It was included in order to put it together with his two other football-inspired works (he has since written another: see '' Acts of Beauty • Exit no Exit''). The album lists only three tracks, which has caused it to be erroneously reported that ''Memorial'' is track 3 and the others are all hidden tracks, but ''Memorial'' is track 26. Therefore, a track listing, as the individual portions of the pieces are not named, is not useful. The three pieces were recorded at separate times and thus have separate personnel lists.

After Extra Time

Tracks 1-16 29:29
The title of the album is inspired by the way Nyman's wife's rare first name, Aet, often appears in football scores, signifying "

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". The piece was written in two layers, one in 1995, and one in 1996, which could be said to represent two teams. The piece is also the basis for another work, "HRT High Rise Terminal">High_rising_terminal.html" ;"title="/nowiki>High rising terminal">High Rise Terminal/nowiki>", which was included by Relâche (musical group)">Relâche on their album, ''Pick It Up'' in 1997.

Team A

* Andrew Findon, flute (doubling piccolo and baritone sax) * John Harle, soprano saxophone, soprano (doubling alto saxophone, alto) sax * David Roach, alto (doubling

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

) sax * Catherine Musker,

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

*Tony Hinnigan,

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

Team B

* Steve Sidwell,

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

* David Lee,

horn Horn may refer to: Common uses * Horn (acoustic), a tapered sound guide ** Horn antenna ** Horn loudspeaker ** Vehicle horn ** Train horn *Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various animals * Horn (instrument), a family ...

* Nigel Barr,

bass trombone The bass trombone (, ) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. Modern instruments are pitched in the same B♭ as the tenor trombone but with a larger bore, bell and mouthpiece to facilitate low register playing, and u ...

* William Hawkes,

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

* Ann Morfee, violin Michael Nyman at the

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

and Martin Elliott on

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

play for both teams, while the violins sometimes carry contradictory harmonies. Published by Northlight Ltd. c/o Associated Music Publishers / ( BMI) *producer: Michael Nyman, with Martin Elliott and David Roach *engineer: Michael J. Dutton *recorded, mixed and edited at Jet Recording Studio,

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The Final Score

Tracks 17-25 23:19
'' The Final Score'' is a

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

by Matthew Whiteman from 1991. This is the original soundtrack, part of which previously appeared on the collection '' Ai Confini/Interzone''. The documentary is about Nyman's favorite team,

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

in the 1970s, when they were led by Stan Bowles. Tracks 17 and 25 are the main and end titles, and all of the music is built on variations of a four-note

bass line Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, dub and electronic, traditional, and classical music, for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and ...

Personnel

*Michael Nyman, piano/director *Alexander Balanescu, violin *Clare Connors, violin *Ann Morfee, violin *Catherine Musker, viola *Tony Hinnigan, cello * Justin Pearson, cello *Martin Elliott, bass guitar *John Harle, soprano & alto saxophone *David Roach, soprano & alto saxophone *Andrew Findon, baritone saxophone, flute & piccolo *Steve Sidwell, trumpet * Marjorie Dunn, horn *Nigel Barr, bass trombone *Published by Northlight Ltd. c/o Associated Music Publishers (BMI) *producer: Michael Nyman *engineer: Michael J. Dutton *recorded, mixed and edited at Windmill Lane Recording Studio,

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

Memorial (Remix)

Track 26 11:21
Nyman was in the process of composing ''Memorial'' when the

Heysel Stadium disaster The Heysel Stadium disaster ( ; ; ) was a crowd disaster on 29 May 1985, when Juventus fans were escaping from an attack by Liverpool fans while they were pressed against a wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, before the start of ...

occurred in 1985, and the

dirge A dirge () is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as may be appropriate for performance at a funeral. Often taking the form of a brief hymn, dirges are typically shorter and less meditative than elegy, elegies. Dirges are of ...

-like work became to him immediately specifically about the 39 people killed in the accident. The album booklet contains a review of the original performance written by Waldemar Janusczak, which Nyman says "suggests the way in which the piece attempted in a small way to heal a wound

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

saw as a consequence of the harshness of rampant

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."Michael Nyman. ''After Extra Time''. Liner notes. p. 11

Personnel

, piano/director * Sarah Leonard,

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

* Alexander Balanescu,

* Clare Connors, violin * Catherine Musker,

*Tony Hinnigan,

* Martin Elliott,

* John Harle,

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

* David Roach, alto saxophone * Andrew Findon,

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

* Steve Sidwell,

* Marjorie Dunn,

* Nigel Barr,

euphonium The euphonium ( ; ; ) is a tenor- and baritone-voiced valved brass instrument. The euphonium is a member of the large family of valved bugles, along with the tuba and flugelhorn, characterised by a wide conical bore. Most instruments have thr ...

*Published by Northlight Ltd c/o Associated Music Publishers (BMI) *Courtesy of Decca Records Limited *Michael Nyman, producer *Michael J. Dutton, engineer *Recorded at JVC Victor Studios,

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*Mixed and edited at Kitsch Studio,

Album Personnel

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and

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Dave McKean David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an England, English artist. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture. McKean has illustrated works by authors such as S. F. Said, S.F. Said, ...

Photograph A photograph (also known as a photo, or more generically referred to as an ''image'' or ''picture'') is an image created by light falling on a photosensitivity, photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor. Th ...

s of Michael Nyman by The Douglas Brothers

References

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