''Wonderland'' is the 38th album release by British composer Michael Nyman and the soundtrack to the 1999 film '' Wonderland''. It is the first of many collaborations of Nyman with director

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. For Winterbottom, Nyman would later perform excerpts of this score in ''

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'', provide a score for '' The Claim'', and arrangements and re-used tracks for ''

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''. Nyman's daughter, Molly, has continued the family working relationship with Winterbottom, scoring ''

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. Nyman has said that the soundtrack to ''Wonderland'' is his favourite film score. The ''New York Times'' compared the score to that of

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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 David Roach may refer to: *David Roach (American football) (born 1985), American football safety *David Roach (saxophonist) (born 1955), British classical saxophonist *David Roach (comics), British comics artist * David Roach (athletic director) (b ...

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

Andrew Findon Andrew (Andy) Findon is an English woodwind player. He was educated at Harrow County School and The Royal College of Music. He has been baritone saxophone and flute player in the Michael Nyman Band since 1980, and is also a member of Home Serv ...

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

baritone saxophone, flute * 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 ...

* Steve Sidwell,

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

Nigel Barr Nigel Barr grew up as a member of the High Wycombe Salvation Army band. In 1980 he went to the Guildhall School of Music and studied trombone with Peter Gane and Denis Wick during that time he was also a member of International Staff Band (1980� ...

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

* Michael Nyman,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, conducting *produced by Michael Nyman

References

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