{"id":9794,"date":"2022-01-12T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T14:33:13","slug":"jonny-greenwood-how-the-radiohead-guitarist-became-one-of-the-worlds-best-film-composers","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/jonny-greenwood-how-the-radiohead-guitarist-became-one-of-the-worlds-best-film-composers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Greenwood: how the Radiohead guitarist became one of the world\u2019s best film composers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Michael Beek\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 12 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Jonny Greenwood might be best known as the lead guitarist in British band Radiohead, but in recent years he\u2019s made quite the splash in the film music world, composing some of the best movie scores \u2013 with Academy Award and Golden Globe<\/strong><\/a> nominations to his name.<\/p>\n

When did Jonny Greenwood start composing?<\/h2>\n

Despite having leapt into the public consciousness through his involvement with the band Radiohead, an early solo departure \u2013 the documentary score, Bodysong<\/em>, in 2003 \u2013 lead Jonny Greenwood to receive his first orchestral commission.<\/p>\n

2004\u2019s\u00a0Smear<\/em>\u00a0was premiered by the London Sinfonietta and in the same year Greenwood was announced as Composer in Residence with the BBC Concert Orchestra.<\/p>\n