''Wonderland'' is the 38th album release by British composer

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 ...

and the soundtrack to the 1999 film '' Wonderland''. It is the first of many collaborations of Nyman with director

Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''Welcome to Sarajevo'', ''Wonderland (1999 film), Wonderland'' and ''24 ...

. For Winterbottom, Nyman would later perform excerpts of this score in '' 9 Songs'', provide a score for '' The Claim'', and arrangements and re-used tracks for '' A Cock and Bull Story''. Nyman's daughter, Molly, has continued the family working relationship with Winterbottom, scoring '' The Road to Guantanamo'' with Harry Escott. Nyman has said that the soundtrack to ''Wonderland'' is his favourite film score. The ''New York Times'' compared the score to that of

Stewart Copeland Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician and composer. He is best known for his work as the drummer of the British rock band the Police from 1977 to 1986, and again from 2007 to 2008. Before playing with the Polic ...

for ''

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'' and said that "the rhythms are like a clock ticking" and that it is "alternately plaintive and mournful". ''The Guardian'' characterized it as "sumptuous, romantic". ''Senses of Cinema'' said the music was "heart-wrenching, full of tragic qualities, yet also extremely light".

Track listing

#molly #eddie #nadia #dan #debbie #bill #eileen #jack #darren #unnamed #franklyn

Personnel

Michael Nyman Band The Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, ''Il Campiello'' directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic. The band did not wish to break up aft ...

Booklet of European release, Virgin – catalogue number 7243 8 48207 2 5 *Jackie Shave, Beverley Davison, Jonathan Rees, Katherine Shave, Sophie Landon, Fran Andrade, Miranda Fullylove, Jonathan Evan-Jones, violin * William Hawkes, Andrew Parker, Kate Musker, viola *Anthony Hinnigan, Sophie Harris, cello * Paul Morgan, contrabass * David Roach,

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

* Simon Haram, soprano & alto saxophone * Andrew Findon,

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 ...

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 ...

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

* Martin Elliott, bass guitar * David Lee,

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most o ...

* 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 ...

* Nigel Barr,

trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...

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 ...

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

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References

{{Michael Nyman Michael Nyman soundtracks Drama film soundtracks 1999 soundtrack albums