Jonny Greenwood has shared a track entitled “Licorice Pizza” which he contributed to the coming-of-age comedy drama film of the same name, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. This is Greenwood’s fourth collaboration with Anderson, having already composed the soundtracks to There Will Be Blood (2007), The Master (2012) and Inherent Vice (2014). You can check out the track down below.

Greenwood has had a particularly busy year in regard to his work as a composer, as he has very recently released the score that he composed for Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, a Princess Diana biopic starring Kristen Stewart as the late Diana Spencer. This year, Greenwood also scored Jane Campion’s western drama film The Power of The Dog. The score was released on the 17^th of November, five days after the score to Spencer came out. The score to both films can be found on all available streaming services.

Licorice Pizza was released today (November 26^th) in US theatres, and will see an international release on December 25^th. The plot of the film is described as; “The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973” according to IMDB.

The majority of the soundtrack is comprised of 1970s pop music such as Nina Simone, Sonny and Cher and David Bowie, however Greenwood’s title track does not go unnoticed among the slew of pop hits with its gentle, sombre harp motif and hesitant, swelling string section that builds into a grand and romantic conclusion.

Jonny Greenwood is perhaps best known as the guitarist of the well-revered British alternative/experimental rock group Radiohead, who were formed in 1985 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Greenwood’s first venture into solo and soundtrack work was in 2003 with the album Bodysong, which was a soundtrack to the documentary film of the same name. The following year, Greenwood composed an orchestral work entitled Smear, which was performed by the London Sinfonietta in March of that year. Greenwood’s first feature film score was Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2007) which starred Daniel-Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a California oil prospector. The film is critically acclaimed, and Greenwood’s score was nominated for a Grammy in 2008, in the category of “Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media”.

The soundtrack to Licorice Pizza is available on all streaming services, and physical media can be pre-ordered here.