File:Nyman piano.ogg

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.

Licensing

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the sample is short in relation to the duration of the recorded track, and is of inferior quality to the original recording;
no other samples from the same track are currently used in Wikipedia;
there is no adequate free alternative available.

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