Finally! Someone formally acknowledges Johnny Greenwood's masterpiece in There Will Be Blood. It was a suprising letdown that his score wasn't even nominated for Best Orginal Score at this year's Academy Awards.
According to last week's article in NME, Greenwood's film score was ineligible for the coveted nomination. Why? Apparently, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences stated that "the majority of the music was not composed specifically for the film". 35 minutes were original recordings and 45 minutes were made of pre-existing work. Does it really matter, though? I watched There Will Be Blood twice. The second time around, I had my eyes shut throughout half the movie just to immerse myself in the surround sound of Radiohead's Greenwood. This artist surely deserves more than some kudos from news articles.
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