Saturday, June 4, 2011

10. There Will Be Blood - Convergence - Jonny Greenwood

One of my favorite films of the last decade was Paul Thomas Anderson's masterpiece There Will Be Blood. Jonny Greenwood's haunting score that accentuates the consuming nature of oil in Daniel Plainview's life. The most powerful scene is an accident involving an oil derrick explosion. Convergence is a chaotic track that works both as a singular piece of music and as a part of the film. Greenwood combines percussion instruments that increase in speed as the scene progresses. The sounds of whiny violins play sporadically only adding to the eeriness of the mayhem that is taking place on screen. Convergence is perfect for conveying the tragic nature of Plainview and his inability to truly care about anything other than money and oil.

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