File:Nyman piano.ogg

Nyman_piano.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 30 s, 53 kbps, file size: 193 KB)

Summary

30 second extract from the score of the 1993 film The Piano by Michael Nyman. One of the key elements of the film, and used to illustrate the inner life of the film's central character Ada McGrath, played by Holly Hunter. The score won awards and is the best known work by Michael Nyman. It is believed to be fair use in The Piano for critical commentary and review. Clip is of shorter duration than the original and of lower audio quality (Ogg quality 0). Copyright holder is assumed to be Miramax Pictures. No non-free content could be found conveying the same information.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:02, 7 February 2010		30 s (193 KB)	Ianmacm (talk \| contribs)	30 second extract from the score of the 1993 film The Piano by Michael Nyman. One of the key elements of the film, believed to be fair use in Michael Nyman for critical commentary and review. Clip is of shorter duration than the original and o

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The Piano

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Format	Bitrate	Download	Status	Encode time
MP3	172 kbps		Completed 05:20, 25 December 2017	1.0 s

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Software used	Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20030909