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Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood has spoken out against the criticism being levelled at climate change activists and musicians in a new interview. The Oxford band, who have supported Greenpeace since the early '00s, released 18 hours of previously unheard 'OK Computer' material in aid of Extinction Rebellion over the summer. The environmental activist group offered their thanks to Radiohead for their efforts...

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has launched a new record label, Octatonic Records, with two debut releases already announced. The label is an imprint of Council Records and will focus on new classical music from selected musicians around the world, as well as some of the Radiohead guitarist's own compositions. "I’ve been documenting the musicians I’ve worked with and encountered in the contemporary...

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has debuted new material at the BBC Proms in London. Read more: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood on scoring the brutal ‘You Were Never Really Here’ Greenwood, who has performed at the event in the past, curated the show for the first time last night (September 11) and used it to showcase new composition 'Horror Vacui', which featured violinist Daniel Pioro...

Jonny Greenwood has downplayed the chances of there ever being a Bohemian Rhapsody-style movie about Radiohead. The guitarist and composer was speaking to NME in the winners' room of The Ivors 2019, after he'd won for Best Original Score for his work on Phantom Thread. However, we should probably expect Greenwood to stay behind the camera when it comes to movies,...

Jonny Greenwood will premiere a new piece at the 2019 BBC Proms, titled 'Horror vacui'. The Radiohead guitarist's performance on September 10 at London’s Royal Albert Hall will feature 68 acoustic string instruments simulating electronic sound. Read more: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood on scoring the brutal ‘You Were Never Really Here’ Biber’s 'Passacaglia' for solo violin, Steve Reich’s 'Pulse', the BBC Proms Youth...

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood's acclaimed score for the 2007 movie There Will Be Blood got its first ever release on vinyl today, and it featured two previously unreleased songs. The music, which was nominated for a Grammy award in 2008, was the first of a series of collaborations between Greenwood and Director Paul Thomas Anderson. The Radiohead man went on to...

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood's acclaimed score for the 2007 movie 'There Will Be Blood' is getting its first ever release on vinyl. The music, which was nominated for a Grammy award in 2008, will be available via Nonesuch Records on January 18. The first ever LP release of the soundtrack will include bonus tracks 'Proven Lands (Intro.)' and 'De-Tuned Quartet'. https://twitter.com/NonesuchRecords/status/1072881393640837120 It was...

Thom Yorke has revealed he was "jealous" of his Radiohead bandmate Jonny Greenwood's work on film scores. Read more: We went to a haunted prison to imbibe the potent sounds of Thom Yorke’s ‘Suspiria’ soundtrack Yorke recently wrote the score for the remake of classic horror movie Suspiria - his first ever attempt at composing a full film score. Appearing on...

Jonny Greenwood has released the sheet music for one of his original compositions. This one is titled '88 (No.1)' and was originally written in 2015. The release marks the first time the music has been available for public performance after having been performed by a handful of selected pianists in the past. Sharing the news on Twitter, Greenwood wrote, "New piano...

Jonny Greenwood performed with his band Junun on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' last night (July). Read more: Jonny Greenwood on scoring ‘You Were Never Really Here’ Junun consists of Greenwood, as well as Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur and the Indian ensemble Rajasthan Express. The band are currently opening up for Radiohead during their North American tour, which runs...