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Radiohead’s Johnny Greenwood did not get robbed after all
If you are like me, you may have been shocked to see Radiohead’s Johhny Greenwood’s searing epic score for ‘There Will Be Blood’ missing from the nominations for an Academy Award. Turns out the reason is not that the Academy is stupid, but that Greenwood’s composition was not entirely original and not written specifically for the film. According to the Associated Press, “some of the score came from a performance Greenwood had done for the BBC, titled “Popcorn Superhet Receiver.” Some of it came from Estonian composer Arvo Part; still other parts came from a Brahms violin concerto.” Well, that explains that. I could not imagine how on Earth a score that provided such incredible tension, drama and horror, leaving the film feeling like a work by Stanley Kubrick or Terrence Malick, could not get an Oscar nod. Now I know.
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