Michael Nyman - Big My Secret (Scent of Love) from the Piano

Michael Nyman’s (awkwardly entitled) Big My Secret was written for the Jane Campion film The Piano. Despite the high praise the film received from both critics and the public, I disliked it. However, much of Nyman’s film score caught my ear (e.g., the Heart Asks Pleasure First, Big My Secret, the Embrace, Lost & Found, All Imperfect Things, and a Wild & Distant Shore). I gave up piano lessons around 7th or 8th grade (a group of well-meaning people inadvertently removed the joy of music-making). It wasn’t until I was a sophomore in college that I gradually started playing the piano on a regular basis again. Big My Secret is the first piece I learned when I returned to piano, so it is personally significant. If you enjoy this music, I recommend that you check out Nyman’s music scores for Gattaca (one of my all-time favorite films), the End of the Affair, and Wonderland. Since this comes up quite a bit on Youtube, the sheet music is available in The Piano (ISBN 9780711933224) and the Revisiting the Piano (ISBN 0711968845) music books. I prefer the selections in the latter of the two books. The next piano solo I plan to post is Secret Garden’s “Heartstrings.“ Thanks for watching! -Rick