The Very Best of Michael Nyman: Film Music 1980–2001
AlbumTracklist 149:58
CD 1
| 1 | Bird List | 4:16 | |
| 2 | Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds | 5:26 | |
| 3 | An Eye for Optical Theory | 5:11 | |
| 4 | Homage to Maurice | 2:17 | |
| 5 | Angelfish Decay | 2:51 | |
| 6 | Time Lapse | 4:00 | |
| 7 | Trysting Fields | 3:30 | |
| 8 | Wheelbarrow Walk | 2:14 | |
| 9 | Knowing The Ropes | 3:19 | |
| 10 | Memorial | 12:01 | |
| 11 | Skating | 1:27 | |
| 12 | Peeking | 2:45 | |
| 13 | Abandoning | 3:31 | |
| 14 | Skirting | 2:06 | |
| 15 | Miranda Previsited | 6:49 | |
| 16 | Here to There | 1:03 | |
| 17 | The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise | 3:11 | |
| 18 | All Imperfect Things | 4:03 | |
| 19 | Dreams of a Journey | 5:29 |
CD 2
| 1 | Escape | 3:37 | |
| 2 | Fly Drive | 1:32 | |
| 3 | The Infinite Complexities of Christmas | 4:12 | |
| 4 | If | 4:25 | |
| 5 | Abel Carries Ephraim | 5:55 | |
| 6 | Becoming Jerome / God's Hands | 2:57 | |
| 7 | The Morrow | 3:10 | |
| 8 | The Other Side | 3:40 | |
| 9 | The Departure | 3:49 | |
| 10 | Convening the Coven | 4:04 | |
| 11 | Stranger at the Window | 1:38 | |
| 12 | Cannibal Fantasy | 2:12 | |
| 13 | Molly | 2:51 | |
| 14 | Eddie | 3:55 | |
| 15 | Dan | 2:15 | |
| 16 | Eileen | 3:40 | |
| 17 | Sarah Dies | 2:58 | |
| 18 | The End of the Affair | 2:56 | |
| 19 | The Shoot-Out | 5:06 | |
| 20 | The Burning | 9:20 |