Jonny Greenwood
English musician
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| 2024 | Contributed to the reissue of Dudu Tassa & The Kuwaitis' album, specifically on the track 'Eshrab Kasak Withana (Live)'. |
| 2024 | Composed 'X Years of Reverb' for organ. |
| 2024 | Greenwood expressed plans to revive Octatonic Records with a release from cellist Oliver Coates. |
| October 2024 | Greenwood reported being mostly recovered and focusing on film soundtracks. The Smile released their third album, Cutouts, which was recorded simultaneously with Wall of Eyes. |
| July 2024 | The Smile canceled their upcoming European tour after Greenwood was temporarily hospitalized with a serious infection and received emergency treatment in an intensive care unit. |
| June 4 2024 | Greenwood responded to criticism about his Tel Aviv performance, defending the collaborative musical project and stating that Israeli artists should not be silenced. |
| May 2024 | Greenwood premiered an eight-hour drone-based composition for church organ titled 'X Years of Reverb' at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, performed by James McVinnie and Eliza McCarthy. |
| May 26 2024 | Greenwood and Tassa performed songs from Jarak Garibak in Tel Aviv, which was criticized by pro-Palestine activists. |
| May 25 2024 | Greenwood joined protests in Israel calling for the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, elections for new leadership, and the release of hostages. |
| March 2024 | The Smile began a European tour. |
| January 2024 | The Smile released their second album, Wall of Eyes. |
| 2023 | Rolling Stone ranked Greenwood and O'Brien jointly 43rd in their list of the greatest guitarists. |
| June 2023 | Greenwood composes and conducts strings for the Pretenders song 'I Think About You Daily'. |
| June 9 2023 | Greenwood releases 'Jarak Qaribak', a collaborative album of Middle Eastern love songs with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa, which was produced by both artists and mixed by Godrich. |
| April 2023 | Began selling olive oil produced on his farm in Italy through Radiohead's online shop. |
| May 2022 | The Smile releases their debut album 'A Light for Attracting Attention' and begins an international tour. Greenwood and Yorke also contribute music to the sixth series of Peaky Blinders. |
| 2021 | Nominated for an Academy Award for his film score for 'The Power of the Dog' directed by Jane Campion. |
| 2021 | Greenwood contributed musical cues to Paul Thomas Anderson's film Licorice Pizza. |
| November 17 2021 | Released soundtrack for 'The Power of the Dog' through Lakeshore and Invada labels |
| November 12 2021 | Released soundtrack for 'Spencer' through Mercury KX label |
| May 22 2021 | Greenwood debuts the Smile with Thom Yorke and Tom Skinner, performing a surprise set streamed by Glastonbury Festival, where he plays guitar and bass. |
| February 2021 | Appeared on BBC Radio 4 program Saturday Live, sharing his 'Inheritance Tracks'. |
| September 2019 | Greenwood launched Octatonic Records, a record label to release contemporary classical music by soloists and small groups he had met as a film composer. |
| September 24 2019 | Released EP 'Octatonic Volume 2: Industry Water' in collaboration with Michael Gordon, published by Octatonic Records on vinyl and digital download formats |
| August 2019 | At the BBC Proms in London, Greenwood debuted his composition 'Horror Vacui' for solo violin and 68 string instruments. |
| March 2019 | Greenwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Radiohead, though he did not attend the event. |
| 2018 | Nominated for an Academy Award for his film score for 'Phantom Thread' by Paul Thomas Anderson. |
| 2018 | Supported Radiohead's Moon Shaped Pool tour with Shye Ben Tzur and the Indian ensemble under the name Junun. |
| 2018 | Composed 'Three Miniatures from Water' for violin, piano, 2 tampuras, and cello/bass drone. |
| March 9 2018 | Released soundtrack for 'You Were Never Really Here' through Lakeshore and Invada labels |
| January 12 2018 | Released soundtrack for 'Phantom Thread' through Nonesuch and WEA labels |
| 2017 | Jonny Greenwood wrote the score for Paul Thomas Anderson's film Phantom Thread, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and earned Greenwood his sixth Ivor Novello award. |
| 2017 | Scored the film 'You Were Never Really Here' directed by Lynne Ramsay. |
| August 2017 | Performed a benefit concert with Thom Yorke in the Marche, Italy, to help restoration efforts following the August 2016 Central Italy earthquake. |
| 2016 | Contributed string orchestration to Frank Ocean's albums Endless and Blonde. |
| May 2016 | Arranged strings and choral vocals for Radiohead's ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool, performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. |
| 2015 | Composed '88 (No 1)' for solo piano. |
| November 20 2015 | Released collaborative album 'Junun' with Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express through Nonesuch Records. |
| 2014 | Composed 'Water' for two flutes, upright piano, chamber organ, two tanpura & string orchestra |
| 2014 | Performed Steve Reich's composition 'Electric Counterpoint'. |
| 2014 | Collaborated with Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, performing a supportive musical role in Ben Tzur's celebratory, gospel-like music accompanied by Indian harmoniums and percussion. |
| 2014 | Jonny Greenwood expressed his fascination with Indian instruments, particularly the tanpura, noting his appreciation for the complex 'walls' of sounds they create. |
| 2014 | Performed with the London Contemporary Orchestra, presenting selections from his soundtracks and new compositions. |
| 2014 | Greenwood recorded a version of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint for Reich's album Radio Rewrite. |
| 2014 | Composed two works: 'Setting Up Arrows' for string ensemble of 7 players and 'Water' for two flutes, upright piano, chamber organ, two tanpura, and string orchestra. |
| December 15 2014 | Released soundtrack for 'Inherent Vice' through Nonesuch label |
| 2013 | Greenwood contributed music to 'The UK Gold', a documentary about tax avoidance in the UK. |
| 2012 | Greenwood composed the score for Paul Thomas Anderson's film 'The Master'. |
| 2012 | Composed 'Suite from There Will Be Blood' for string orchestra. |
| 2012 | Greenwood accepted a three-month residency with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney and composed a new piece called 'Water'. |
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