Phantom Thread (soundtrack)

Phantom Thread is a historical drama set in 1950s London about a fictional couturier, Reynolds Woodcock, played by Daniel Day-Lewis. The soundtrack was composed by Jonny Greenwood and consists of piano and string sections. Director Paul Thomas Anderson initially asked Greenwood for an "English" sound, but they found the folk-influenced orchestral music typical of Britain in the 1950s too "twee" for a London fashion designer like Woodcock. Greenwood specifically researched music written and recorded during the 1950s as well as the classical music popular with that generation. The works of Nelson Riddle and Glenn Gould's Bach recordings were Greenwood's primary references. In particular, Anderson advised Greenwood to research Riddle's score for Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) and his work with jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Anderson also advised Greenwood to view David Lean's 1949 film The Passionate Friends, which was scored by Richard Addinsell. The music of jazz pianist Bill Evans was also an inspiration for Greenwood. The score also features a cimbalom, which is used to characterise Alma, and is supposed to allude to her presumably Eastern European origins. The film also features music Anderson selected by Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Fauré, and Hector Berlioz. == Release and promotion ==

On 1 February 2017, Focus Features officially announced that Greenwood was scoring Anderson's upcoming film. On 26 October 2017, Greenwood shared the sheet music for the film's title theme. The album details were announced on 21 December 2017, and "House of Woodcock" was released the same day. The album was released digitally on 12 January 2018, followed by a CD release on 9 February 2018 and a vinyl LP release on 21 April 2018 (Record Store Day). The DVD and Blu-ray releases of Phantom Thread included early demos of Greenwood's score. The score was first performed on 31 January 2018 by the London Contemporary Orchestra during the film's preview screening at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Anderson and Greenwood were in attendance and were interviewed by film critic Mark Kermode. On 2 March 2018, the score was again performed by the Wordless Music Orchestra and the London Contemporary Orchestra at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, California, with Greenwood and Anderson in attendance. == Critical reception ==

Phantom Thread has a score of 86 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim," based on 9 reviews. Richard Driver of PopMatters praised the album's sequencing and called it Greenwood's "strongest developed yet, delivering massive impact for the film". James Oldham of Q called it "uniformly deft, sumptuous and moving". Kevin Lozano of Pitchfork praised Greenwood's ambition and the score's "subtler" moments like "Never Cursed", but lamented that the score's "sumptuousness can be overbearing" and lacking in its sense of restraint. Zack Ruskin of Consequence of Sound praised Greenwood's orchestration for embodying the demeanour of Reynolds Woodcock, but criticised the score's tendency to "spill over and drown the sparse passages of unease that serve as Phantom Threads emotional center". Lists Accolades == Track listing ==

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians • Jonny Greenwood – composition (all tracks), orchestrations (all tracks), piano (tracks 7 & 12) • Hugh Brunt – additional orchestration (track 6) • Robert Ziegler – conductor (tracks 1, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18), additional orchestration (track 14) • Robert Ames – conductor (tracks 4, 6, 9, 10, 13) • Katherine Tinker – piano (tracks 1–6, 8–11, 13–16, 18), celeste (tracks 2, 3, 5, 15) • Daniel Pioro – violin (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17), solo violin arrangement (track 17) • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – performance (tracks 1, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18) • London Contemporary Orchestra – performance (tracks 4, 6, 9, 10, 13) • Jonathan Morton – violin (tracks 2, 3, 5, 15) • Charlotte Bonneton – viola (tracks 2, 3, 5, 15) • Oliver Coates – cello (tracks 2, 3, 5, 15) • Eleanor Turner – harp (tracks 2, 3, 5, 15) Technical • Graeme Stewart – production (all tracks), recording (tracks 2–7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17), mixing (all tracks) • John Barrett – mixing (all tracks) • Nick Wollage – recording (tracks 1, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18) • Fiona Cruickshank – recording (tracks 1, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18) • Rob Brinkmann – recording assistant (RAK) • Ashley Andrew-Jones – recording assistant (AIR) • Christian Wright – mastering (all tracks) Design • Laura Hynd – photography • Shin Katan – album artwork • Dustin Stanton – design == In popular culture ==

• "House of Woodcock" was chosen by figure skater Yuna Kim and used in her act at All That Skate 2018. == References ==