When Jonny Greenwood isn’t creating haunting melodies for Radiohead, he’s composing some of Hollywood’s most masterful and unsettling scores. The guitar maestro, most recently known for composing the scores for “You Were Never Really Here” and “Phantom Thread,” the latter of which earned him an Oscar nom, will now be bringing his iconic music to the New York Philharmonic.
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As part of their Art of the Score series, the NY Philharmonic will be screening Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” with a live orchestra performing Greenwood’s score on September 12th and 13th at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. Greenwood is now something of a staple of film composing; his work with Paul Thomas Anderson has already solidified him as one of the true greats. Though he has worked on every Anderson film since, it can be argued that his debut with “There Will Be Blood” is still his very best.
Considering the history of the “There Will Be Blood” score, it’s almost funny that it is receiving this amazing recognition. As mentioned, this score marks the first collaboration between Greenwood and PTA, and came after the musician was thinking about backing out of the project. However, once he saw the finished film, Greenwood was able to write the music in less than a month and the partnership between the filmmaker and the musician has been going strong ever since. Greenwood’s score would eventually go on to be nominated for a Grammy award that year.
Meanwhile, in other Radiohead news, Thom Yorke has announced a series of listening parties for his highly anticipated “Suspiria” score over the next two weeks. Like his bandmate, Yorke is making the leap into film work, and from what we hear from his “Suspiria” work, the frontman has a unique take on the material. And if these listening parties don’t include some sort of witchery, then color us disappointed. The highly-anticipated “Suspiria” soundtrack will be released on October 26.