Nine things you might not know about There Will Be Blood

Watching There Will Be Blood with the score performed live is a rare treat for acoustic-contemporary fans and film-lovers alike, but before you do, here are nine things you might not know about There Will Be Blood and its incredible score... 

The film was exceptionally well-received:

• It was voted number 1 in Total Film's top ten films of the decade
  
• The film won 2 Oscars, nominated for 8 Oscars
  
• It was voted number 3 in the BBC's 100 greatest films of the 21st Century
  
• There Will Be Blood won Silver Bear award at Berlin Film Festival

The soundtrack: 

• The soundtrack is a mix of contemporary and classical music and was called by Rolling Stone, "was a sonic explosion that reinvented what film music could be."
  
• It was Jonny Greenwood's first soundtrack for a feature film, although he has gone on to compose many acclaimed soundtracks.
  
• It features unique compositions of Jonny Greenwood composed both before and especially for the film.
  
• It also features the Brahms violin concerto and Arvo Part's Fratres, both considered to be major works in the classical music cannon in the their own right.
• Nominated for a Grammy and considered to be the front-runner for the best soundtrack Oscar before it was ruled out for featuring previously composed material.

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