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Michael Nyman's score for Jane Campion's 1993 film The Piano is one of the most successful film soundtracks of all time. The film itself won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival in 1993 and went on to win several Oscars at the 1994 Academy Awards. Holly Hunter's role as Ada the film's central role was that of an elective mute who chose to communicate via her playing. If having the music feature so prominently in a film was unusual, for the music to additionally convey the dialogue of the main character is unique. The soundtrack of the film went on to become a multi million seller. Perhaps surprisingly for music with such strong ties to its original source many of the pieces from The Piano were subsequently used in a variety of other settings in film, television and advertising making it some of the most performed/frequently heard orchestral music of the last twenty years.

01. The heart asks pleasure first 3:45
02. To the edge of the earth 3:55
03. A wild and distant shore 5:37
04. The promise 3:01
05. Here to there 2:58
06. Big my secret 2:53
07. Silver-fingered fling 3:11
08. Lost and found 2:58
09. The embrace 2:46
10. The mood that passes through you 2:25
11. All imperfect things 5:09
12. The wounded 4:29
13. Dreams of a journey 3:57
14. The heart asks pleasure first / The promise 4:51