by Jonathan on August 15, 2011
As previously reported, Jonny Greenwood has lent his musical genius to scoring the new film, We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay. This is not Greenwood’s first time writing music for the big screen. His debut soundtrack, for Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, won an Ivor Novello award. This was a minimalist work [...]
by Jonathan on March 14, 2011
While going through a bunch of old files tonight, I came across this scan of a report card supposedly belonging to Jonny Greenwood. This was sent to us almost 10 years ago by someone who apparently knew the teacher. It could totally be fake, though. Anyone want to take a stab at figuring it out [...]
by Jonathan on March 8, 2011
The soundtrack for Norwegian Wood, the new film based on Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel , featuring a score by Jonny Greenwood, is out now. We suggest you head on over here to get it. Nonesuch releases guitarist/composer Jonny Greenwood’s instrumental score to director Tran Anh Hung’s film Norwegian Wood on March 8. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s bestselling [...]
by Jonathan on March 4, 2011
In an interview with BBC 6 Music where he discusses his recent role composing the film score for We Need to Talk About Kevin, Jonny is asked about the future of Radiohead: Speaking for the first time publically since the sudden release of The King of Limbs, Jonny told 6 Music that the band as a [...]
by Jonathan on February 15, 2011
It may not be the week’s biggest bit of Radiohead news, but the band’s Jonny Greenwood has been announced as the composer for a new film starring Tilda Swinton. Greenwood will score We Need to Talk About Kevin, the third feature by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay. This is not Greenwood’s first time writing music for [...]
by Jonathan on November 29, 2010
Earlier this year we told you about Jonny doing the score for Norwegian Wood, a movie based on the Haruki Murakami novel. Well, the soundtrack was released on November 10 but before you get too excited, it is only available in Japan. Get ready to shell out some Yen. In addition to Greenwood, German Krautrockers [...]