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The other vital contributor to the success of this great film is composer Johnny Greenwood. Anderson hired the Radiohead guitarist to produce his first score for a motion picture and Greenwood delivered in spades. The aggressive barrage of strings and percussions that he created perfectly mirrors the emotional and physical violence (see title) of the story. The work is memorable enough that Greenwood could find himself a new career in Hollywood if that whole rock band thing doesn’t work out.

Simply put, There Will Be Blood is the finest film of last year. The two hour and forty-five minute running time may prove to be a little too butt-numbing for some, but it would quite difficult to find a movie that is more powerful or satisfying at the theatre right now. The entire project is a tour-de-force, from the epic story taken from Upton Sinclair’s novel, to the exquisite camerawork by Anderson’s regular cinematographer Robert Elswit, to the perfect period detail by the design department, and the previously mentioned music, acting, and directing.There Will Be Blood is a film that proudly wears its ambition on its sleeve and dares to be great. And unlike most of the Oscar fodder released this season the film actually delivers.