Born 5 November 1971, Jonny joined Radiohead while still at school. He started to study psychology and music at Oxford Brookes University, but only finished his first term before leaving to sign a six album deal with EMI and start his recording career with Radiohead.
Radiohead have realised phenomenal success over the past decade with multi platinum album sales and an ever-growing worldwide following. In addition to his work with Radiohead Jonny has recently completed his first solo project, the soundtrack for the Simon Pummell film 'Bodysong'; and scored his first commissioned work 'Smear' which was performed by the London Sinfonietta at the Leeds Fuse Festival in March 2004.
Jonny Greenwood's commission for the BBC CO, Popcorm Superhet Receiver received its premiere on 23rd April 2005. Jonny won the Radio 3 Listeners' Award at the 2006 BBC British Composer Awards for this piece. The piece was inspired by radio static and the extended, dissonant chords of Polish composer Penderecki's "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima". Jonny talked to the Telegraph's Robert Sandall and the Guardian's Tom Service.
Greenwood also composed the score for the 2007 film, There Will Be Blood from director Paul Thomas Anderson. The soundtrack contains excerpts from Popcorn Superhet Receiver featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra.His work as the composer for this film earned him an award from VH1's Critics' Choice Awards.
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