Jonny Greenwood

Radiohead’s Sonic Architect, Classical Innovator, and Oscar-Nominated Film Composer

De: Caius D. Merrow

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Jonny Greenwood has never accepted the boundaries of genre. As the restless sonic architect of Radiohead, he transformed the electric guitar from a vehicle of riffs into an engine of disruption—jagged stabs in “Creep,” orchestral layering in OK Computer, spectral atmospheres on Kid A. Yet Greenwood’s career extends far beyond the stage. His fascination with the Ondes Martenot and modernist composers pushed Radiohead into uncharted territory, while his classical commissions earned recognition from elite ensembles. When Paul Thomas Anderson invited him to score There Will Be Blood in 2007, Greenwood launched a second career that would redefine him as one of cinema’s most distinctive composers.

This book traces Greenwood’s journey from his Oxford upbringing and teenage obsessions with riffs and feedback to his dual life as rock guitarist and film composer. It explores the nerve injury that shaped his distinctive stage presence, the disciplined chaos of Radiohead’s tours, the orchestral richness of A Moon Shaped Pool, and the haunting minimalism of his Oscar-nominated score for Phantom Thread. Along the way, Greenwood emerges not as a divided figure but as a unified artist, one whose identity thrives on hybridity.

Drawing on cultural history and close attention to sound, Jonny Greenwood situates his work within the wider currents of alternative rock, classical modernism, and contemporary cinema. It reveals a musician who has consistently redefined what it means to compose in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, offering a model of artistic integrity across genres. For fans of Radiohead, film music, and modern composition alike, this book provides the definitive portrait of one of the era’s most original voices.