Jonny Greenwood - Henry Plainview

[futurfry]

Such a perfect score for this movie

[samhalal]

check out Krzysztof Penderecki

[DidYaServe]

Jaaaaayyyywwooooowwwaayyyyynnn­ne!!

[Llyander]

That opening drone really reminds me of the theme to "The Shining".

[JoseMB13]

Does somebody know the name of the song that is played right before "Proven Lands" starts in the movie?

[AsaNisiMasa1963]

I've been playing this on loop to help me study...now it's made more afraid take the tests.

[unseenbbq]

The THX logo having a nightmare.

[JoseMB13]

@unseenbbq LMAO at your comment!

[TXtab]

@unseenbbq That's exactly what I was thinking lol

[TwilightCodex]

@unseenbbq LOL

[axedrecista]

im your Brother from anoother Parents

[mcgrawHNIC]

This sounds a bit like the intro of Vapourspace - Gravitational Arch of 10.

Love the whole score btw. That techno song i mentioned is really good, too.

[randomjoe2000]

We'll get 'em liquored up and take 'em to the peachtree dance!

[RichMon1611]

this has some cues from the movie "The People Under the Stairs"

[bobbyclyvvjr]

Does this remind anyone else of The Shining?

[facecheek]

on every page of the There Will Be Blood ost, there's people saying weird stuff about monsters, or dying souls ...and mentioning "Far Cry 3" and armageddon.

[genkijin]

This is the sound of the silent lamb opening the seventh seal, during the final days of Armageddon.

[servetu0131m]

this one sounds like one of "lost" soundtracks

[KeshnerfFilms]

Have I ever told you the definition... of Insanity?

[steve024999]

the sinful torrential flooding of insanity breaches the depths of his subconscious mind

[StonewallJackson26]

Great film. You see a man who makes his material fortune, but becomes morally bankrupted in the process.

[rydeeh11]

heh listened the whole playlist while i was working

[CaliforniaJoker1]

I think Henry Plainview was one of the most tragic characters in this movie in a strange way. You never really knew if was telling the truth or not...and, really, Daniel didn't care either way. The second he introduced himself, you kinda knew he was doomed.

[09livvy09]

Reminds me of an angry swarm of bees, coming near and then flying past again...

[freakozola21]

this song plays when hitler jerks off

[tomes55moon]

i love it. PTA, Johnny Greenwood...I'm sure this is intentional too but...Kubrick?

[gyppy1715]

I think Phil collins and Genesis did this in 1974--it's called The Waiting Room---

[babaoriley8]

@gyppy1715 i gave you a thumbs up because you accomplished making a jack ass of yourself. although its common to find tension in many other genres such as jazz, and this song, and mostly every type of music plays with building tension.

You should probably listen to more music, because genesis wont be the first and last to pull of shit like this.

but Jonny is the shit. a musical gneiss and wont ever have to tell anyone. just listen to the music man!

[TheComputerism]

It reminds me the wars, with the sirenes that warned about a bomb attack.

[Hagall717]

Sounds very similar to Sunn O))), just less creppy. If anyone wants to hear more music like this check out Sunn O))).

[tempelton]

It's the music that would play in a grown-up Indiana Jones, when the Ark starts to smoulder and the world comes under a shadow.

[TravisBickleNY1]

"Do calm and murder go together? Calm and murder?"

[HitchcockFan16]

I play this at parties, and for some strange reason everyone gets in a real downer mood.

[jcpelly]

@HitchcockFan16 Probably because they think your going to kill them and take oil from them.

[bannyloren100]

@jcpelly lol

[chapyhappy]

@HitchcockFan16 lmao! im going to do that!!!

[thewhiteafrican]

@HitchcockFan16 jesus dude, can i come to your next party?

[Pilobolus89]

@HitchcockFan16 I am currently making a playlist for a party and I just happened to see your comment. Thank you.

[7mcconachy]

hahaha. r u fucking kidding me? excellent piece of music. not for parties though.

[lordbiffington]

Can anyone say the name of the music piece on There Will Be Blood where Daniel and Henry are on the beach?

[MichaelLeroi]

@lordbiffington the weird thing with the voices in? i think it's popcorn superheat receiver

[AyaxTelemonio]

tihs could be ligeti´s music

[QuatermassMan]

One of the most amazing film scores I've ever heard. What made the director of this film, PT Anderson, choose Johnny Greenwood to do the score? What did he hear in his music to make him hire him as composer?

[whatyouwill21]

@QuatermassMan From Wikipedia: Anderson had been a fan of Radiohead's music and was impressed with Jonny Greenwood's scoring of the film Bodysong. While writing the script for There Will Be Blood, Anderson heard Greenwood's orchestral piece Popcorn Superhet Receiver, which prompted him to ask Greenwood to work with him.

There's more but YouTube won't let me fit it all lol

[BlowDeBloodyDoorsOff]

This piece sounds like a cross between Ligeti and the ambient Brian Eno and Robert Fripp made together in the 70's. One piece, called 'Swastica Girls', has a similar discordant tone, but soundscape atmosphere. It wouldn't surprised me if Greenwood had been inspired by it.

[Bitteulze]

Sounds a bit like Iannis Xenakis.

[saladshootavvv]

@Bitteulze lol a bit? It's freakin Metastasis on a sweet sunny afternoon

[theredone09]

when this is playing at the begining when they first strike oil and thier poring it in that hole its like collecting pure evil

[BagelBites48]

Reminds me of Ligeti's Atmospheres (used in 2001)

[StonewallJackson26]

This is a fantastic movie and score. You see a man who makes his material fortune, but becomes morally bankrupted in the process.

[Gito360]

I can't tell if this is blowing me away or draging me down.

[mark2761]

@Gito360 perhaps both?

[Samurai8989]

Does anyone else feel that there is great similarity to this piece and music from The Shining particularly during the crescendo at :43?

[camenzies]

@Samurai8989 yes! all i could picture was jack nicholson's face frozen on that twisted smile when he's watching his wife and child playing through the window.

[cyberpants]

I imagine this is the same kind of white noise that Daniel hears in his head.

[bronsosaurus1]

I'm sorry but listen to the score in the "infinite and beyond' segment of 2001:A Space Odyssey and you'll realize that this song comes very near to plagiarizing it entirely

[welthead]

this song should go on forever

[saberdam]

ich habe noch nie sowas gehört. ich meine damit nicht, es ist schlecht, oder es ist gut oder es ist eigenartig. ich habe noch nie sowas krasses gehört....

[dfjnjfn]

this is one of my life anthem/themes.

[severrnijKGU]

you sir! are my brother.

[midnawoot]

sounds a like music from the tv show lost

[BaitEstate]

I like to listen to this as I deficate. I find that it speeds up the process. Especially during times of endless diahreah. So beautiful and emotional.

[commanex]

@BaitEstate lolwut

[malows1234]

@BaitEstate what do you deficate? suffocate?

[TehCheezBurgrz]

@BaitEstate ... what the fuck am I reading ..

[0180917]

:41 best part

[Exeron91]

The Hurt Locker composer used the same fading/rising string technique. It sounded ridicolously similiar...

[0180917]

i noticed the exact same thing. The Hurt Locker had that same crescendo at :40 and then it got quieter...

[natman77]

Its very similar to the jokers theme from The Dark Knight.

[JolPil]

Yes, Hans Zimmer stole his tune from Greenwood.

[UnrealSlayer92]

2001 A Space Odyssey

[IcarusNe0]

This is so similar to 2001.

[zt1900]

Not something I would want to meet down a dark alley.

Thanks for posting this.

[calumbo63]

Very much like the music off the 1980 movie 'The Shining'. But its a great peice especially for a horror movie trailer

[CMink7777]

Convergence is almost exactly like the final scene in the Shinning.

[Voltmx45]

I'm your brother from another mother...

[sentient07]

it should be called daniel plainview

[rupertducker]

EXTRAORDINARY ! ! ! He's a genius this Jonny chap ! !

[steve123k]

This theme sounds like the end of "Climbing up that walls" from Ok Computer....!!!!Johnny RULES!!!!

[riazomonero]

I cant talk during this, all I can do is listen and become filled with emotion.

[rupertducker]

. . . or with severe psychological intensity ! !

[ocguitar]

In response to "how do you write this?", I'm pretty sure this is aleatoric. He might have written something like...

1. Play X note as long as you feel like it.

2. Begin to slowly glissando to Y note.

3. When you hear that everyone has reached Y note, begin to crescendo.

4. When you feel like it, slowly glissando to Z note

and so on...

[saladshootavvv]

@ocguitar Maybe other similar pieces were constructed that way, but remember, this is a movie score synced up with picture! Most likely it was VERY meticulously scored out and conducted super tight to a click track.

[RoryLavelleRules]

I think it sounds like someone's soul rotting, or a monster lamenting...

[SeamenAhoy]

wow good call

[dagon940]

@RoryLavelleRules Daniel Plainview's sanity rotting ...

[deprosar]

...this is the soundtrack of fear and dreariness...

[saladshootavvv]

Kind of a Xenakis rip-off, but effective none the less.

[LilStewerdess]

that chord resolving reminds me of "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" by Penderecki (that is one intense classic piece)

[0ct0parr0t]

i was just thinking that lol

[MastaODisasta]

Jeez, I'm just listening to that first chord resolve over and over. Its such an amazing, gut wrenching sound. Love it!

[Sternertime]

this song should be called daniel plainview

[RoryLavelleRules]

Why so? Because it suits his character? A fair point. You do know it refers to his brother Henry?

[Sternertime]

i just think this piece screams daniel plainview, and it plays when we first see him as well.

[sorenk1]

I remember being legitimately frightened by this track in theater. It's like waiting for a bomb to fall. Prefect for the character!

[amig90]

Now THAT is the real Henry Plainview.

[countmonodent]

Clearly this music was stolen from the SHining at :50 seconds

[ChrisGunner]

This is such a chilling score since this is also the opening song for the movie and it's so eerie that the first like 15 minutes have no dialogue. Truly great.

[jojosixty6]

reminds me of the thx theme from the starts of movies.amazing alright.best thing about the film

[jesuschrustpizza]

Reminds me of something from The Shining soundtrack.

[MrPacMan36]

me too!

[oormila]

and here comes the psycho...daniel day lewis

[leafloev]

This is the best part of the scores. I didn't knew that it was the guitarist from radiohead who composed the soundtrack of this film. I guess radiohead is filled with talented people.

[SimMaster]

this is the best track.. that building noise is just amazing

[downdavyjoneslocker]

Who plays the violin here? Satan? sounds like!

[Lefaikone]

Hahaha. :D I wouldn't even be that suprised

[Privatejoker88]

Reminds me a bit of the music at the Opening of 2001.

[mcslaughta]

man that part where the violin gets progressively louder is so creepy. it also seems to reflect henry plainviews personality as a psycho

[bashthebandello]

daniel plainview! Henry is he's brother!

[foreveringreen]

this is incredible, how do you write this? how do you put this down on paper? jonny greenwood is a genius.

[analfrost]

this should go on forever

[iheartkamakaze]

what i realy liked about the scores in this movie was how it automatically transformed the genre from political/suspense to twisted/corrupted/political/su­spense/paranoia. when i saw this movie, it automatically became my favorite. along with no country for old men and i am legend. strangley enough, i haven thad to dig for good movies, they appeared onto the big silver screen ahaha

[drcoxcentral]

I know this is going to sound cliche but that's how feel about Heath ledger as the Joker. At times he plays in many ranges from comedic, scary, to a gangster like James Cagney. I feel the same with TWBB it felt like an uneasy roller coaster because it switches from being political to religious to being corrupted and then finally goes into madness and the music reflects this.

[dukeofluxembourg]

The joker's theme music does actually sound a little bit like this.

[dmdumba]

Man this is incredible, creepy and it is extremely powerful in the actual movie. it actually gives me chills right now!

[Cuculiza]

TWBB is a masterpiece from start to finish and Greenwood's astonishingly inspired soundtrack fits perfectly and adds up to make it even better.

[isweariammad]

Greenwood, Radiohead, and There Will be Blood are all amazing

[Finelight12]

Im getting flashes of Kubrick here!

[thejoblot]

The movie in its entirety is very Kubrick, especially the end.

[Finelight12]

Yes, what other films, have a ending with jubilant music, and whats the music? Just curious lol

[larma7]

2001: A Space Odyssey has great(famous) piece of classical music at the end; something from Bethoven, I believe. But it is not out of tone with the rest of the movie for the most part.

[Zvolanek16]

ti's not beethoven.. it's strauss.. but that's not the best music of the film.. in my opinion.. the music that kubrick uses from Ligeti and his requiem, apparitions and atmospheres are the best.. specially combining them with the picture

[thejoblot]

A Clockwork Orange - Singin' in the Rain

[coasterman16]

In terms of level of disturbed-ness, yes. This and Singin' in the Rain (in the context of ACO) are quite alike.

[larma7]

Especially the beginning!!! (2001)

[hieverybodywhatsup]

Except it didn't take five whole minutes to say each line.

[redjaguar2]

This music is also remisescent of "The Shinning".

[reptyler123]

reminds me of 2001 a space odyssey

[Secretservicedentist]

If ever there was music to make the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up.

[redandblueandgreen08]

I think this is inspired by Ligeti's "Lontano"

[hipjoint]

this is sampled from "Popcorn Supehert Reciever" by Greenwood.

[hipjoint]

this is sampled from "Popcorn Supehert Reciever" by Greenwood.

[Bebbar]

The build up for this particular piece would probably leave anyone thinking that it's nothing but strumming. Which is actually the point.

When all the instruments are together, it turns into a rather beautifully haunting siren call. The siren of oil calling Daniel.

[dojokonojo]

haunting indeed