There Will Be Blood is the soundtrack to the 2007 film There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is a 2007 drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!. It tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and...

and features an original orchestral score by Radiohead

Radiohead

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 guitarist Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood

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. The soundtrack was released on December 17, 2007 in the United Kingdom

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 and on December 18, 2007 in the United States

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 (see 2007 in music

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).

Although widely admired and thought of as a contender for the Academy Award for Original Music Score

Academy Award for Original Music Score

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 at the 2008 Academy Awards

80th Academy Awards

The 80th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films in 2007 and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m. EST, February 24, 2008 . During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards in 24...

, it was ruled ineligible due to its use of pre-existing material. The score features elements from his compositions 'Popcorn Superhet Receiver' and Bodysong (such as the track "Convergence", played atop the title track during the derrick fire sequence) and works from Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt

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 and Johannes Brahms

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In December 2008, Greenwood's score was nominated for a Grammy in the category of "Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media" for the 51st Grammy Awards

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Nonesuch Records

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offers a digital download of three bonus tracks upon the purchase of the soundtrack from its web site.

Greenwood's wife, Israeli-born Sharona Katan, (credited as Shin Katan) is a visual artist whose work appears on the cover as well as the booklet. The Images were made with liquid photographic emulsion and oil paint, using the original anamorphic camera negatives from the film. Examples here.

Track listing

1. "Open Spaces" – 3:55
2. "Future Markets" – 2:41
3. "Prospectors Arrive" – 4:34
4. "Eat Him by His Own Light" – 2:41
5. "Henry Plainview" – 4:14
6. "There Will Be Blood" – 2:05
7. "Oil" – 3:06
8. "Proven Lands" – 1:51
9. "HW/Hope of New Fields" – 2:30
10. "Stranded the Line" – 2:21
11. "Prospectors Quartet" – 2:57
12. "HW / Hope of New Fields (Orchestral Version)" * – 2:32
13. "Prospectors Quartet (Orchestral Version)" * – 2:56
14. "De-Tuned Quartet" * – 4:32

All compositions by Jonny Greenwood. "Henry Plainview" and "Proven Lands" feature excerpts from "Popcorn Superhet Receiver" by Greenwood.