Sunday, October 05, 2025

Track Of Yesterday: Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another (Nonesuch Records)


I went to see this film yesterday and the soundtrack plays as much a part as anything, or anyone else. Throughout the action, there is a constant undercurrent of music, mostly piano. This accompaniment feels so close to the kinetics of the scenario that it completely blends in. And even though it’s very noticeable it never gets in the way. It put me on mind a lot of music that would be used with lots of fifties and sixties American cartoons. Very jazzy, tipping over into improvisation, but organised in such a way as to feel completely natural. 

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