Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Jonny Greenwood - Alma (Phantom Thread) | Piano Solo Arrangement
“Alma” is one of the central themes from Jonny Greenwood’s original score for Phantom Thread (2017), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film marked their fifth collaboration, following There Will Be Blood, The Master, Inherent Vice, and Punch-Drunk Love.
Greenwood’s score is essential to the film’s atmosphere — lush yet uneasy, romantic yet shadowed by tension. “Alma” captures this duality with lyrical elegance and an undercurrent of emotional instability, mirroring the film’s psychologically complex love story. As Variety critic Owen Gleiberman observed, the music is “rapturous with longing and anxiety,” evoking an unmistakable 1950s Hitchcockian aura.
Over the past 25 years, Greenwood has become one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary film music, composing or contributing to more than a dozen films, including There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice, Licorice Pizza, and One Battle After Another. Though widely known as a member of Radiohead, his work as a film composer has earned major critical recognition for its refined orchestration and emotional depth.
Recently, Greenwood and Paul Thomas Anderson issued a statement regarding the use of music from Phantom Thread in the controversial “Melania” documentary, requesting that the piece be removed. According to their statement, although Greenwood does not own the copyright to the score, he was not consulted about the third-party use, which they described as a breach of his composer agreement.
This performance presents “Alma” arranged for solo piano, focusing on intimacy, clarity of texture, and the fragile emotional undercurrent of Greenwood’s original composition.
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Jonny Greenwood - Alma (Phantom Thread) | Piano Solo Arrangement
“Alma” is one of the central themes from Jonny Greenwood’s original score for Phantom Thread (2017), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film marked their fifth collaboration, following There Will Be Blood, The Master, Inherent Vice, and Punch-Drunk Love.
Greenwood’s score is essential to the film’s atmosphere — lush yet uneasy, romantic yet shadowed by tension. “Alma” captures this duality with lyrical elegance and an undercurrent of emotional instability, mirroring the film’s psychologically complex love story. As Variety critic Owen Gleiberman observed, the music is “rapturous with longing and anxiety,” evoking an unmistakable 1950s Hitchcockian aura.
Over the past 25 years, Greenwood has become one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary film music, composing or contributing to more than a dozen films, including There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice, Licorice Pizza, and One Battle After Another. Though widely known as a member of Radiohead, his work as a film composer has earned major critical recognition for its refined orchestration and emotional depth.
Recently, Greenwood and Paul Thomas Anderson issued a statement regarding the use of music from Phantom Thread in the controversial “Melania” documentary, requesting that the piece be removed. According to their statement, although Greenwood does not own the copyright to the score, he was not consulted about the third-party use, which they described as a breach of his composer agreement.
This performance presents “Alma” arranged for solo piano, focusing on intimacy, clarity of texture, and the fragile emotional undercurrent of Greenwood’s original composition.
Coversart streamings / socials:
https://linktr.ee/Coversart
#neoclassical #filmscore #piano #radiohead #ambient #pianocover
![Philip Glass - Opening [Reworked] / @coversart](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dZa1xNYj948/mqdefault.jpg "Philip Glass - Opening [Reworked] / @coversart
Philip Glass - Opening [Reworked]
Here is my new interpretation of Opening by Philip Glass.
Rather than recording another straightforward piano performance, I wanted to explore the piece from a different perspective.
What youre hearing is a vintage C. Bechstein Model C grand piano, layered with multiple cello parts performed by my cello buddy, together with textures created using a Yamaha PSR-6 routed through a MOOD pedal by Chase Bliss. The result is less a cover than a reimagining - something that sits somewhere between contemporary classical, ambient, and cinematic music.
🎼 About the music
Opening is the first piece from Philip Glasss landmark 1982 album Glassworks.
Originally conceived as an introduction to the album, it has since become one of Glasss most recognizable piano works. Built from repeating arpeggiated figures and gradually shifting harmonies, the piece perfectly embodies the hypnotic musical language that helped define minimalism.
Glassworks itself occupies a special place in Glasss catalogue. Written not only for concert audiences but also for listeners discovering his music for the first time, the album became one of the defining recordings of contemporary classical music and remains a gateway into Glasss distinctive sound world.
🎧 About the composer
Philip Glass (born 1937) is one of the most influential composers of the last half-century. Together with Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and La Monte Young, he helped shape the minimalist movement, though his music has long since transcended that label.
Alongside his concert works, Glass has composed acclaimed operas and film scores, including Koyaanisqatsi, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, The Hours, and Candyman. His influence extends far beyond classical music, inspiring generations of composers working across ambient, electronic, film, and contemporary instrumental music.
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