Jonny Greenwood

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Born 5 November 1971.

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Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood talks to Matt Everitt

Jonny Greenwood chats to Matt Everitt about his soundtrack for new film Norwegian Wood, how much he loves Radio 6 Music, his next soundtrack and the band.

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Biography

Jonathan Richard Guy "Jonny" Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is an English musician and composer best known as a member of the rock band Radiohead. Beyond his primary roles as Radiohead's lead guitarist and keyboardist, Greenwood is a multi-instrumentalist and also plays viola, harmonica, glockenspiel, ondes Martenot, banjo and drums, and works with computer-generated sounds and sampling; he is also a computer programmer and writes music software used by Radiohead. Noted for his aggressive playing style, Greenwood is consistently named as one of the greatest guitarists of the modern era.

Greenwood wrote the soundtracks for the films Bodysong (2003), There Will Be Blood (2007), Norwegian Wood (2010), We Need To Talk About Kevin (2010) and The Master (2012), and serves as composer-in-residence for the BBC Concert Orchestra. He is the younger brother of Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood.

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  1. Jonny Greenwood debuts Polymorphia

    Mon 31 Oct 2011 08:34

    Radiohead composer re-works Kryzstof Penderecki for BBC Concert Orchestra
  2. Radiohead's Greenwood Exclusive

    Fri 4 Mar 2011 07:46

    Guitarist on film scores and the band's future plans

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  1. There Will Be Blood 2007

    Review of There Will Be Blood

    Reviewed by Tim Nelson

    One half of the brothers Greenwood turns his able hand to more great soundtrack work...

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