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The movie’s not out so I haven’t heard anything yet but I am intrigued.

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Ignored post by FragileKidA posted

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for a while they had samples of the score on this page:

http://www.vantageguilds.com/twbb/index.html

but for some reason they took it down. i would watch for them to post something else soon though.

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mymindsBlank

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I think that Johnny's Bodysong Soundtrack has been influential to several of the instrumental bands that have been appearing lately, but I find it hard to listen to the album outside of the context of the film. I am always excited to hear something new from Mr. Greenwood

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I saw the preview for the film and heard Greenwood's distinctive score. The film itself looks pretty interesting so I can't wait. Parts of Bodysong were hit or miss for me but it was still a good listening experience.

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Ignored post by The Friar posted

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bodysong is cool, but check out his longer pieces. namely popcorn superhet receiver.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/39173-stream-jo...rn-superhet-receiver

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here is a working link for some of the "there will be blood" score by greenwood

http://www.nonesuch.com/Hi_Band/player_window_blog.html?pmc=rad

this is going to be the best movie of the year hands down. pt anderson never disappoints.

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I had been wondering aloud over in the best of 2007 thread whether any soundtracks would make best album lists.

I find it kinda odd that soundtracks seem to have disappeared from critical consensus.

Anyhoo, I'm very keen to hear Greenwood's new film score. Perhaps it will end up in some later lists?

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Ignored post by Ninny Gooptz posted

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Originally posted by Ishmaels Coffin:
I had been wondering aloud over in the best of 2007 thread whether any soundtracks would make best album lists.

I find it kinda odd that soundtracks seem to have disappeared from critical consensus.

Anyhoo, I'm very keen to hear Greenwood's new film score. Perhaps it will end up in some later lists?

it is rare to see classical music cross over into the popular music scene, especially when it comes to such things as end of the year lists.

there are many reasons for this (which i won't go into), but greenwood will not change this. from what i have heard of the score, it is eery contemporary classical - not exactly something that most indie music fans would dig, let alone understand.

as far as soundtracks go, i would think the "once" soundtrack would get more recognition than the greenwood soundtrack as far as year end lists are concerned.

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I listened to the soundtrack for There Will Be Blood recently, and I think Greenwood did a great job with it. I also like how he incorperates strings into some Radiohead songs, because those always stand out to me, such as Pyramid Song.

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I got to see the London Contemporary Orchestra do Popcorn Superhet Receiver last Friday, and it was just killer. It raises another interesting sort of question though. A lot of that piece is written in a style that was really big in the 60's, and a few people have faulted it for that, but it was a sold-out show, with a lot of people who wouldn't normally attend that sort of concert. And from the audience reaction, I think they really liked the other pieces on the program, which included some Messiaen and Xenakis. So I think it's a good thing to have a high profile guy like Greenwood writing new music- even if it's in what's been called an outdated style- if it brings some more attention to this extremely rich yet hardly known form of art. Thoughts?

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I got to see the London Contemporary Orchestra do Popcorn Superhet Receiver last Friday, and it was just killer. It raises another interesting sort of question though. A lot of that piece is written in a style that was really big in the 60's, and a few people have faulted it for that, but it was a sold-out show, with a lot of people who wouldn't normally attend that sort of concert. And from the audience reaction, I think they really liked the other pieces on the program, which included some Messiaen and Xenakis. So I think it's a good thing to have a high profile guy like Greenwood writing new music- even if it's in what's been called an outdated style- if it brings some more attention to this extremely rich yet hardly known form of art. Thoughts?

I think you're exactly right about it being a good thing for Greenwood to bring more attention to the genre... to expose some new people to it. I look forward to more of his work in the future.

AS a side note: over the summer I was back in Colorado driving through the mountains and listened to both Bodysong and There will Be Blood. for some reason I can't quite articulate, the music goes perfectly with the mountains. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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