One of the most intriguing, and certainly dark and disturbing, scores of this season is Jonny Greenwood’s music for “The Power of the Dog,” filmmaker Jane Campion’s Western starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a surly, complicated cowboy in early 20th-century Montana.
It’s one of three scores the Radiohead musician-songwriter has in end-of-year awards contention. Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” about Princess Diana, is already in theaters, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” will be released next week. “The Power of the Dog” begins streaming today on Netflix and is in theaters Friday.
Greenwood granted a rare interview to Variety to talk about his unique compositions for “Power of the Dog” and his collaboration with the New Zealand filmmaker.
Variety: Was Jane Campion a fan of yours? Did she say why she wanted you as a composer?
Greenwood: She did the thing of taking me on, telling me she trusted me,...
It’s one of three scores the Radiohead musician-songwriter has in end-of-year awards contention. Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” about Princess Diana, is already in theaters, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” will be released next week. “The Power of the Dog” begins streaming today on Netflix and is in theaters Friday.
Greenwood granted a rare interview to Variety to talk about his unique compositions for “Power of the Dog” and his collaboration with the New Zealand filmmaker.
Variety: Was Jane Campion a fan of yours? Did she say why she wanted you as a composer?
Greenwood: She did the thing of taking me on, telling me she trusted me,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Transmission opens with a selection of provocative, disturbing and benign images, a tip of the hat to classical conditioning or aversion therapy. The audience is being prepped for the story. Then the Radetzky March, Op 288 from Johann Strauss Sr. accompanies the title card. It is a rousing chorus that bookends the short film. Leonard is being held in a bunker and Dr. Sam visits him, spewing largess like breathing. James Hyland as Dr. Sam is the key to this short film’s success. With only three players in the short Hyland does the bulk of the talking and as the auditor to Michael Shon’s Leonard. Filmmakers Varun Raman and Tom Hancock wrote Transmission at the height of the refugee crisis, which was followed in...
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- 8/1/2017
- Screen Anarchy
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