How Jonny Greenwood Harnessed The Power of the Dog

When I start my interview with composer and musician Jonny Greenwood by thanking him for speaking with me, he replies dryly: “I mean, I very much do what I do just for the awards.” It’s easy to take this as simple self-deprecation. More precisely, however, it’s a welcoming—if irony-laden—way to begin a conversation not about awards but music. Rock listeners will know Greenwood as the guitarist for the ever-evolving English band Radiohead. But the Oxford-hailing Greenwood also writes experimental classical compositions and, nearly two decades ago, started to take on feature film scores with the existential documentary Bodysong in 2003… Read Full Article