I'm like a decathlete who does all of the events he's used to, but is being forced by certain circumstances to focus on three events, and being forced to focus on events that he wasn't that interested in, and also weren't his strongest events.

Molly is a composer in her own right; in collaboration with Harry Escott Michael Nyman has written several film scores including for The Road to Guantanamo by her father's frequent collaborator Michael Winterbottom. In 2012 he made a soundtrack for film Everyday


Personal life
He was married to Aet Nyman and has two daughters Molly and Martha. 1981 – Releases first Michael Nyman Band album.

His operas include The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Letters Riddles and Writs Noises Sounds & Sweet Airs Facing Goya Man and Boy: Dada Love Counts and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond and he has written six concerti four string quartets and many other chamber works many for his Michael Nyman Band with and without whom he tours as a performing pianist. Nyman stated that he prefers to write opera rather than other sorts of music.