Johnny Greenwood is scoring Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film.
The news comes via an interview Greenwood did with the Guardian promoting his new eight-hour organ composition. Towards the end of the interview, Greenwood was asked about his other projects and he confirmed that he’s actively working on the score for Anderson’s next film.
“I’m incredibly lucky that Paul indulges me and gives me so much time to experiment and compose,” he said. “That’s not usually the case in Hollywood, where the soundtrack writers are often very far down the food chain, and are sometimes given only a couple of days to bash out a complete score.”
The as-yet-untitled film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, and Teyana Taylor, is currently shooting in California. A release date has been set for August 8th, 2025 through Warner Bros.
Greenwood previously scored Anderson’s films There Will Be Blood, Norwegian Wood, The Master, Inherent Vice, and Phantom Thread, the latest of which earned Greenwood an Oscar nomination in 2019. The two also recently collaborated on the music video for The Smile’s “Friend of the Friend.”
Speaking of The Smile, Greenwood’s band with Thom Yorke and Tom Skinner is set to kick off a European tour starting in June. Tickets can be found here.
Greenwood was also asked about the status Radiohead, to which he replied: “Well, The Smile are on tour, Ed [O’Brien] is making another solo record, Colin [Greenwood] is playing bass with Nick Cave – they’ve just done five sold-out nights at the Sydney State theatre – so lots of music is being made. Just not as Radiohead. We’re still talking all the time, we just need to make a plan and get some time together sorted out in advance. I’ve never been very good at that. Too busy dicking around in this studio.”
