Radiohead

Radiohead are a British rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1985. Comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, and Philip Selway, they are among the most critically acclaimed acts of the last three decades.

Discography

Year	Album	Notes
1993	Pablo Honey	Debut; “Creep”
1995	The Bends	Guitar-driven maturity
1997	OK Computer	Mercury Prize; 6× platinum UK
2000	Kid A	Mercury Prize; krautrock & electronics
2001	Amnesiac	Kid A twin, released 9 months later
2003	Hail to the Thief	Last for EMI
2007	In Rainbows	Pay-what-you-want release
2011	The King of Limbs	8 tracks, 37 minutes
2016	A Moon Shaped Pool	BAFTA-winning orchestral arrangements

Key signature analysis

Radiohead lean heavily on modal and ambiguous harmony — Thom’s melodies often imply one key while the chords imply another. A rough survey:

keys = {
    "Creep": "G major",
    "Fake Plastic Trees": "A major",
    "Street Spirit": "A minor",
    "Paranoid Android": "C minor / G minor",
    "Exit Music": "B minor",
    "No Surprises": "F major",
    "Everything in Its Right Place": "E mixolydian",
    "How to Disappear Completely": "D major",
    "Pyramid Song": "ambiguous — quartal harmony",
    "Weird Fishes": "A major",
    "Reckoner": "F# minor",
}

modal = [k for k, v in keys.items() if "mixolydian" in v or "quartal" in v]
print(modal)
# ['Everything in Its Right Place', 'Pyramid Song']

Jonny Greenwood’s scores

Outside Radiohead, Jonny Greenwood has scored five Paul Thomas Anderson films:

There Will Be Blood (2007) — Penderecki-influenced strings
The Master (2012)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Phantom Thread (2017) — Oscar nominated
The Power of the Dog (2021) — BAFTA winning

“I’m not here — this isn’t happening.” — How to Disappear Completely