New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Paul Thomas Anderson's new feature film, Inherent Vice, opens in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles tonight, released by Warner Bros. Pictures. An adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel of the same name, the film is set in the tail end of the psychedelic '60s and stars Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix (who was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance yesterday), Josh Brolin, and Owen Wilson. Inherent Vice recently made New York Times film critic Manhola Dargis's list of her favorite movies of the year and landed at No. 3 on the Guardian's 10 Best Films of 2014 list. To find out where Inherent Vice is playing near you, visit inherentvicemovie.com.
The soundtrack to the film, which features music by Jonny Greenwood and recordings from the movie's era-Dargis calls it an "excellent playlist"-is due out this coming Monday on Nonesuch, with the vinyl to follow March 3. Greenwood's score is "delivered with as much intensity and finesse as his previous collaborations with the director," says The Wire, referencing 2007's There Will Be Blood and 2012's The Master. "Tense layers of winding strings, punctuated by woodwind, provide a dramatic foil to the selection of lively diegetic genre tracks."
You can hear the soundtrack's Radiohead-penned tune "Spooks," performed by Greenwood and members of Supergrass, with a voiceover from Joanna Newsom, who narrates the film, below:
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