Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist and backbone of Radiohead, will be in charge of the music for Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming “Soggy Bottom” (that’s actually not the official title, it’s something else, but I’m using it for now).
Greenwood has been composing his iconic brand of violin-tinged scores for nearly two decades. He’s collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson on many of his films, scoring 2007’s “There Will Be Blood”, 2012’s “The Master”, 2014’s “Inherent Vice”, and 2018’s “Phantom Thread” — the latter for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.
Greenwood has been very busy of late, composing the scores for two of the festival season’s most praised films: Jane Campion’s “Power of the Dog,” and Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer.” However, it’s his iconic collaborations with PTA that have sealed his reputation as one of the great film composers of the modern-era.
I know it’s a long shot, but, given the acclaim he’s gotten for the aforementioned films at Venice, Greenwood has a slight chance to nab three nominations for Best Score at next years Oscars. Wouldn’t that be something?
UPDATE: I emailed Anne Thompson. It seems as though it was purely a guess on her part, but she will be looking into it and giving us an answer shortly.