The Libertine (album)

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2005 soundtrack album by Michael Nyman

The Libertine

photograph by Michael Nyman
design by Russell Mills and Michael Webster

Soundtrack album by

Michael Nyman

Released| 29 November 2005
24 June 2008 (USA: reissue)
Recorded| August 2004, March 2005
Studio| Angel Recording Studios (London)
Olympic Studios (London)
Genre| Soundtrack, Contemporary classical music, Minimalist music
Length| 48:05
Language| English
Label| MN Records
Producer| Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman chronology
| The Piano Sings
(2005)  | The Libertine
(2005)  | The Composer's Cut Series Vol. I: The Draughtsman's Contract
(2005)

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The Libertine: Music for the Film by Laurence Dunmore is the album release of Michael Nyman's score for the 2004 film The Libertine directed by Laurence Dunmore.[1] It is the third release on Nyman's own label, MN Records, and the first to receive distribution in the United States, by Inner Knot Records. It is his 50th album release overall. When Naxos Records began distributing MN Records in the United States in 2008, it was included and began appearing in large quantities in stores. This is Nyman's last score for a major motion picture to date, and his last soundtrack release, other than compilation soundtracks.

The score includes the song "If" (as "Rochester's farewell", with partially changed lyrics, removal of the quotes from "Time Lapse" from A Zed & Two Noughts, and the addition of a setting of the Kyrie) performed by Hilary Summers, who originally performed it in the film, The Diary of Anne Frank (1995). It also includes an abridgement by Jeffreys of one of Wilmot's most famous poems, "Signior Dildo", also sung by Ms. Summers. A recurring theme on the album which first appears in "Upon drinking in a bowl" for solo viola, became the basis of the Interlude in C for Accent007 ensemble. "The maimed debauchee" is a fairly brief piece, but resembles the Interlude at its climax. The theme reappears in a longer version as "Against constancy".

The album primarily follows the order of the film, but there are exceptions, including "My Lord all-pride", which immediately follows "Signior Dildo" in the film, as Wilmot steps out from curtains painted to resemble female genitalia.

Portions of the score appear in all-brass arrangements on the album, Nyman Brass.

## Track listing

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1. "History of the insipid"
2. "Upon drinking in a bowl"
3. "Impromptu on an English court"
4. "Upon nothing"
5. "The maimed debauchee"
6. "The wish"
7. "The submission"
8. "A ramble in St. James's Park"
9. "The mistress"
10. "Signior dildo"
11. "Against constancy"
12. "My Lord all-pride"
13. "The imperfect enjoyment"
14. "A satire against reason"
15. "Rochester's farewell"
16. "A satire upon mankind"
17. "Upon leaving his mistress"

## Personnel

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* Michael Nyman Orchestra

* Gaby Lester, violin (leader)
* Cathy Thompson, violin (leader)
* Thomas Bowes, violin
* Bev Davison, violin
* Manon Derome, violin
* Clive Dobbins, violin
* Jonathan Evans-Jones, violin
* Rebecca Hirsch, violin
* Philippa Ibbotson, violin
* Helen Paterson, violin
* Debbie Widdup, violin
* Kate Musker, viola
* Jonathan Barritt, viola
* James Boyd, viola
* Richard Cookson, viola
* John Metcalfe, viola

* Bruce White, viola
* Tony Hinnigan, cello
* Nick Cooper, cello
* Sophie Harris, cello
* William Scholfield, cello
* Linda Houghton, double bass
* Martin Elliott, bass guitar
* David Roach, soprano, alto sax
* Simon Haram, soprano, alto sax
* Jamie Talbot, soprano, tenor sax
* Andy Findon, baritone sax, flute, piccolo
* Steve Sidwell, trumpet
* David Lee, horn
* Nigel Barr, bass trombone
* Martin Allen, percussion
* Michael Nyman, piano

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* Hilary Summers, contralto
* Capital Voices

* Music composed, conducted, and produced by Michael Nyman
* Assistant to the composer: Andrew Keenan
* Recorded, mixed, and edited by Austin Ince
* Assistant Engineers: Mat Bartram and Roland Heap
* Orchestra contractor: Isobel Griffiths
* Published by Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers/Michael Nyman Ltd. 2005, except Track 15, music by Michael Nyman, text by Stephen Jeffreys Published by Chester Music Ltd./Michael Nyman Ltd. 2005
* Special thanks to Annette Gentz, Elizabeth Lloyd, Rachel Thomas, Polly Hope, Andrew Thompson, James Ware, Declan Colgan and especially Laurnce Dunmore
* Design by Russell Mills (shed) [1]
* Co-design by Michael Webster (storm) [2]
* Photography by Michael Nyman

## References

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1. ^ "The Libertine". Michael Nyman. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

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Michael Nyman Band members|

| Current|

* Gabrielle Lester
* Catherine Thompson
* Kate Musker
* David Roach
* Simon Haram
* Andrew Findon
* Nigel Barr
* Dave Lee
* Steve Sidwell
* Martin Elliott
* Sarah Leonard

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Former|

* Alexander Bălănescu
* John Harle
* Chris Laurence
* Ann Morfee
* Jonathan Carney
* Madeleine Mitchell
* Jamie Talbot
* Georgina Born
* Marjorie Dunn
* Beverley Davison
* Barry Guy
* John Greaves
* Andrew Shulman
* Michael Thompson
* Richard Watkins
* John Metcalfe
* Christian Forshaw
* Ute Lemper
* Marie Angel
* Hilary Summers
* Omar Ebrahim
* David Cunningham
* Molly Nyman

Nyman-produced
albums|

* Decay Music
* 'The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife
* Michael Nyman
* The Draughtsman's Contract
* The Cold Room
* The Kiss and Other Movements
* A Zed & Two Noughts
* And Do They Do/Zoo Caprices
* The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
* Drowning by Numbers
* La Traversée de Paris
* The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover
* Out of the Ruins
* La Sept
* String Quartets 1–3
* Prospero's Books
* The Michael Nyman Songbook
* The Hairdresser's Husband
* The Essential Michael Nyman Band
* Time Will Pronounce
* The Piano
* Michael Nyman for Yohji Yamamoto
* The Piano Concerto/MGV
* À la folie
* Live
* Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs
* Carrington
* The Diary of Anne Frank
* After Extra Time
* The Ogre
* Enemy Zero
* Concertos
* Gattaca
* The Suit and the Photograph
* Strong on Oaks, Strong on the Causes of Oaks
* Practical Magic
* Ravenous
* Wonderland
* The Commissar Vanishes
* Nabbie's Love
* The End of the Affair
* The Claim
* String Quartets 2, 3 & 4/If & Why
* Facing Goya
* 24 Heures de la vie d'une femme
* Sangam: Michael Nyman Meets Indian Masters
* The Actors
* Man and Boy: Dada
* The Piano Sings
* The Libertine
* The Composer's Cut Series Vol. I: The Draughtsman's Contract
* The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisited
* The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III: The Piano
* Six Celan Songs • The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi
* Acts of Beauty • Exit no Exit
* Nyman Brass
* Love Counts
* Mozart 252
* 8 Lust Songs: I Sonetti Lussuriosi
* The Glare
* Acoustic Accordions

Nyman-contributed albums|

* The Pavilion of Dreams
* The Sensual World
* Piano Circus
* Taking a Line for a Second Walk
* Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
* Generation Sex

Compilations|

* Pure Moods
* The Very Best of Michael Nyman: Film Music 1980–2001
* Man on Wire

Additional operas|

* Tristram Shandy
* Letters, Riddles and Writs
* Vital Statistics
* La Princesse de Milan

Unreleased
film scores|

* Vertical Features Remake
* The Falls
* Brimstone and Treacle
* Ballet Mécanique
* Monsieur Hire
* Mesmer
* Katie and Orbie
* Titch
* Act Without Words I
* Man with a Movie Camera
* Nathalie...
* À propos de Nice
* A Cock and Bull Story

Major individual
compositions|

* Memorial
* MGV

Family|

* Molly Nyman (daughter)

Category

* Les Disques du Crépuscule
* Minimalist music
* Systems music

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