Even with all of the Nyman-isms, thoughthe snap rhythms, the almost Baroque structuring, and the Michael Nyman Bandthere's enough here that's new to keep one interested. Those who are familiar with his rejected score to Practical Magic will hear the most obvious similarity to his former work, as one of the secondary themes from Wonderland is quite similar to one from that film. Nyman's score for Michael Winterbottom's film about the lives of three sisters in London is at once somber and hopeful it conveys, in a word, wonder. 4" album really didn't do much for me at allI still wonder, will this one live up to all the others? After Wonderland, I've decided to do away with all such wariness in the future. Though I've only once been disappointed with onethe "String Quartet No. Even so, I find myself a bit wary of buying his albums. It might very well be an addiction, even. I make no qualms about being a Michael Nyman fan.
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