Max Richter (born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer who has … Read Full Bio ↴Max Richter (born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer who has been an influential voice in post-minimalist composition and in the meeting of contemporary classical and alternative popular musical styles since the early 2000s. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the Royal Academy of Music and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy.
Richter is known for his prolific output: composing and recording his own music; writing for stage, opera, ballet and screen; producing and collaborating on the records of others; and collaborating with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded seven solo albums and his music is widely used in cinema.
Richter was born in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany. He grew up in Bedford, United Kingdom, and his education was at Bedford Modern School and Mander College of Further Education. He studied composition and piano at the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Music, and with Luciano Berio in Florence. After finishing his studies, Richter co-founded the contemporary classical ensemble Piano Circus.] He stayed with the group for ten years, commissioning and performing works by minimalist musicians such as Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, and Steve Reich. The ensemble was signed to Decca/Argo, producing five albums.
In 1996, Richter collaborated with Future Sound of London on their album Dead Cities, beginning as a pianist, but ultimately working on several tracks, as well as co-writing one track (titled Max). Richter worked with the band for two years, also contributing to the albums The Isness and The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness. In 2000, Richter worked with Mercury Prize winner Roni Size on the Reprazent album In the Møde. Richter produced Vashti Bunyan's 2005 album Lookaftering and Kelli Ali's 2008 album Rocking Horse.
Max Richter has created numerous film and television soundtracks over the years. He composed the score to Ari Folman's Golden Globe-winning film Waltz with Bashir in 2007 supplanting the standard orchestral soundtrack with synth-based sounds and winning him the European Film Award for Best Composer. He also scored the independent feature film Henry May Long, starring Randy Sharp and Brian Barnhart, in 2008 and wrote the music for Feo Aladag's film Die Fremde (with additional music by Stéphane Moucha).
In 2010 Dinah Washington's This Bitter Earth was remixed with Richter's On the Nature of Daylight for the Martin Scorsese film Shutter Island. In July 2010, On the Nature of Daylight and Vladimir's Blues featured throughout the BBC Two two-part drama Dive, which was co-written by BAFTA-winning Dominic Savage and Simon Stevens. On the Nature of Daylight was also featured in an episode of HBO's television series Luck. Four tracks—"Europe, After the Rain", "The Twins (Prague)", "Fragment", and "Embers"—were used in the six-part 2005 BBC documentary Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution produced by Laurence Rees.[45] Richter also wrote the soundtrack to Peter Richardson's documentary, How to Die in Oregon,[46] and the score to Impardonnables (2011) directed by André Téchiné.
An excerpt of the song Sarajevo from his 2002 album Memoryhouse was used in the international trailer for the Ridley Scott film Prometheus. The track, November, from the same album, was featured in the international trailer for Terrence Malick's 2012 film, To the Wonder, and in the trailer for Clint Eastwood's 2011 film, J. Edgar. Films featuring Richter's music released in 2011 include French drama Elle s'appelait Sarah by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, and David MacKenzie's romantic thriller Perfect Sense. In 2012 he composed the scores for Cate Shortland's 2012 Australian-German war thriller Lore and Disconnect, directed by Henry Alex Rubin. Richter latest project is the score to Ari Folman's new film The Congress, which was released in 2013.
Richter is also the composer of the original soundtrack for the HBO series The Leftovers created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, which was premiered in June 2014. Some of the compositions are included in the albums Memoryhouse and The Blue Notebooks.
In 2016, Richter composed the score to Nosedive, an episode of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror. His piece On the Nature of Daylight opens and closes Denis Villeneuve's film Arrival. He wrote the score to Luke Scott's debut feature Morgan, and the score to Miss Sloane. He composed all the music in BBC One's drama Taboo which was broadcast in January and February 2017.
Richter wrote the score to Infra as part of a Royal Ballet-commissioned collaboration with dancer Wayne McGregor and artist Julian Opie. The production was staged at the Royal Opera House in London in 2008. In 2011, Richter composed a chamber opera based on neuroscientist David Eagleman's book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. The opera was choreographed by Wayne McGregor and premiered at the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio Theatre in 2012. The piece received positive reviews, with London's Evening Standard saying "[it] fits together rather beautifully".[50] Their collaboration continued in April 2014 with Wayne McGregor's 'Kairos'; a ballet set to Richter's recomposition of the Four Seasons and part of a collaborative program involving three different choreographers titled 'Notations' with Ballett Zürich.[51] In April 2014 it was also announced that Richter and McGregor will collaborate again together on a new full-length ballet for summer 2015, as part of the 2014–15 Royal Opera House season.[52] In 2012/13, Richter contributed music to The National Theatre of Scotland's production of Macbeth, starring Alan Cumming. The play opened at New York's Lincoln Centre and subsequently moved to Broadway.[53] The company had previously used Richter's 'Last Days' in their acclaimed production of Black Watch.
In 2010, Richter's soundscape The Anthropocene formed part of Darren Almond's film installation at the White Cube gallery in London. The composer has also collaborated with digital art collective Random International on two projects, contributing scores to the installations Future Self (2012),[54] staged at the MADE space in Berlin, and Rain Room (2012/13) at London's Barbican Centre[55] and MOMA, New York.
Richter is known for his prolific output: composing and recording his own music; writing for stage, opera, ballet and screen; producing and collaborating on the records of others; and collaborating with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded seven solo albums and his music is widely used in cinema.
Richter was born in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany. He grew up in Bedford, United Kingdom, and his education was at Bedford Modern School and Mander College of Further Education. He studied composition and piano at the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Music, and with Luciano Berio in Florence. After finishing his studies, Richter co-founded the contemporary classical ensemble Piano Circus.] He stayed with the group for ten years, commissioning and performing works by minimalist musicians such as Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, and Steve Reich. The ensemble was signed to Decca/Argo, producing five albums.
In 1996, Richter collaborated with Future Sound of London on their album Dead Cities, beginning as a pianist, but ultimately working on several tracks, as well as co-writing one track (titled Max). Richter worked with the band for two years, also contributing to the albums The Isness and The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness. In 2000, Richter worked with Mercury Prize winner Roni Size on the Reprazent album In the Møde. Richter produced Vashti Bunyan's 2005 album Lookaftering and Kelli Ali's 2008 album Rocking Horse.
Max Richter has created numerous film and television soundtracks over the years. He composed the score to Ari Folman's Golden Globe-winning film Waltz with Bashir in 2007 supplanting the standard orchestral soundtrack with synth-based sounds and winning him the European Film Award for Best Composer. He also scored the independent feature film Henry May Long, starring Randy Sharp and Brian Barnhart, in 2008 and wrote the music for Feo Aladag's film Die Fremde (with additional music by Stéphane Moucha).
In 2010 Dinah Washington's This Bitter Earth was remixed with Richter's On the Nature of Daylight for the Martin Scorsese film Shutter Island. In July 2010, On the Nature of Daylight and Vladimir's Blues featured throughout the BBC Two two-part drama Dive, which was co-written by BAFTA-winning Dominic Savage and Simon Stevens. On the Nature of Daylight was also featured in an episode of HBO's television series Luck. Four tracks—"Europe, After the Rain", "The Twins (Prague)", "Fragment", and "Embers"—were used in the six-part 2005 BBC documentary Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution produced by Laurence Rees.[45] Richter also wrote the soundtrack to Peter Richardson's documentary, How to Die in Oregon,[46] and the score to Impardonnables (2011) directed by André Téchiné.
An excerpt of the song Sarajevo from his 2002 album Memoryhouse was used in the international trailer for the Ridley Scott film Prometheus. The track, November, from the same album, was featured in the international trailer for Terrence Malick's 2012 film, To the Wonder, and in the trailer for Clint Eastwood's 2011 film, J. Edgar. Films featuring Richter's music released in 2011 include French drama Elle s'appelait Sarah by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, and David MacKenzie's romantic thriller Perfect Sense. In 2012 he composed the scores for Cate Shortland's 2012 Australian-German war thriller Lore and Disconnect, directed by Henry Alex Rubin. Richter latest project is the score to Ari Folman's new film The Congress, which was released in 2013.
Richter is also the composer of the original soundtrack for the HBO series The Leftovers created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, which was premiered in June 2014. Some of the compositions are included in the albums Memoryhouse and The Blue Notebooks.
In 2016, Richter composed the score to Nosedive, an episode of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror. His piece On the Nature of Daylight opens and closes Denis Villeneuve's film Arrival. He wrote the score to Luke Scott's debut feature Morgan, and the score to Miss Sloane. He composed all the music in BBC One's drama Taboo which was broadcast in January and February 2017.
Richter wrote the score to Infra as part of a Royal Ballet-commissioned collaboration with dancer Wayne McGregor and artist Julian Opie. The production was staged at the Royal Opera House in London in 2008. In 2011, Richter composed a chamber opera based on neuroscientist David Eagleman's book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. The opera was choreographed by Wayne McGregor and premiered at the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio Theatre in 2012. The piece received positive reviews, with London's Evening Standard saying "[it] fits together rather beautifully".[50] Their collaboration continued in April 2014 with Wayne McGregor's 'Kairos'; a ballet set to Richter's recomposition of the Four Seasons and part of a collaborative program involving three different choreographers titled 'Notations' with Ballett Zürich.[51] In April 2014 it was also announced that Richter and McGregor will collaborate again together on a new full-length ballet for summer 2015, as part of the 2014–15 Royal Opera House season.[52] In 2012/13, Richter contributed music to The National Theatre of Scotland's production of Macbeth, starring Alan Cumming. The play opened at New York's Lincoln Centre and subsequently moved to Broadway.[53] The company had previously used Richter's 'Last Days' in their acclaimed production of Black Watch.
In 2010, Richter's soundscape The Anthropocene formed part of Darren Almond's film installation at the White Cube gallery in London. The composer has also collaborated with digital art collective Random International on two projects, contributing scores to the installations Future Self (2012),[54] staged at the MADE space in Berlin, and Rain Room (2012/13) at London's Barbican Centre[55] and MOMA, New York.
Confrontation
Max Richter Lyrics
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A.C.T [Best Friend] See his mouth, he tries to speak He…
Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg Valjean, at last, we see each other plain M'sieur le maire,…
Alibi Montana C'est parti j'suis dans un cran d'arrêt Ma bouche armée sur…
Anthony Warlow [Jekyll] It's over now I know inside No one will ever know T…
Artch Can you hear me, God on-high ? Hear my prayer, I…
Bastian Per I am feeling sick inside There’s something I should say It’s…
Big Kap [Kap] Funk Flex, Big Kap Mary J, Def Jam, let's go 1 [M…
Bob Kaufman Upon the cave river to wash my dread. Upon a rock…
Boublil and Schonberg Valjean, at last, we see each other plain M'sieur le maire,…
Claude-Michel Schönberg Valjean, at last, we see each other plain M'sieur le maire,…
Claude-Michel Schönberg JAVERT Valjean, at last, We see each other plain 'M'sieur…
Claude-Michel Schönberg Valjean, at last, we see each other plain M'sieur le maire,…
Clawfinger You want confrontation without knowing what you're gonna hit…
Damian Mr. president, distinguished delegates, Since the beginning…
Damian Marley Mr. president, distinguished delegates Since the beginning …
Damian Marley feat. Bunny Wailer Mr. president, distinguished delegates, Since the beginning…
Funkmaster Flex [Kap] Funk Flex, Big Kap Mary J, Def Jam, let's go 1 [Mary…
Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap feat. Angie Martinez [Kap] Funk Flex, Big Kap Mary J, Def Jam, let's go 1 [M…
Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap feat. Mary J. Blige (feat. Mary J. Blige) [Kap] Funk Flex, Big Kap Mary J, …
Get Dead Fuck the left, fuck the right Fuck the conservatives control…
Godlike This time I've got to win the fight 'cause I'm…
H.R.T. Hello Delta group. I have been informed that you have…
Hawkwind I am not interested in anything you have to say During…
Hugh Jackman & Russell Crowe Valjean, at last, We see each other plain 'm'sieur le mayor,…
J & H Funk Flex, Big Kap Mary J, Def Jam, let's go Confrontation,…
Jr.Gong Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates... H.I.M Haile Selas…
Les Miserablés Valjean, at last, we see each other plain M'sieur le maire,…
Les Misérables (1985 Original London Cast) Valjean, at last, We see each other plain Monsieur le Maire …
les miserables (london cast) Valjean, at last, we see each other plain M'sieur le maire,…
Mary J. Blige Funk Flex, Big Kap Mary J, Def Jam, let's go Confrontation,…
Nuno Jesus Christ was a very kind man He gave his life…
Nunó Jesus Christ was a very kind man He gave his life…
Otep Don't Be... Silent Fight (Violence, mêlées, & disturbances…
Otep (wapos.ru) Don't Be... Silent Fight (Violence, mêlées, & distur…
Otep - The Ascension Don't Be... Silent Fight (Violence, mêlées, & disturbances…
Rapture Each hand ties the other Ties each other Ties each…
Raventhorn "I've had a vision", - he told me "And in that…
Rob Evan It's over now I know inside No one must ever know The…
Roger Allam Colm Wilkinson Valjean, at last, We see each other plain 'M'sieur le Mayor,…
Rushdoony Dr. R.J. Hello Delta group. I have been informed that you have…
Sayyadina Confrontation, hard as stone cold as ice Desperation, I'm d…
Schönberg Claude-Michel Valjean, at last, we see each other plain M'sieur le maire,…
SOUNDTRACK/CAST ALBUM i'm on a train to a confrontation camp i'm on a…
The King And I (New Broadway Cast) Who the, ugh Hello Listen, can you look me in the eyes…
The Original London Cast Valjean, at last, we see each other plain M'sieur le maire,…
The Original London Cast of Les Misérables Valjean, at last, We see each other plain 'M'sieur le Mayor,…
The Rapture Each hand ties the other ties each other ties each…
U.K. Subs Run, run - This is confrontation street Run, run - There…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Max Richter:
08-Old Song "February the 10th. Sunday. Noise. Peace."…
Arboretum "November the 6th. Like a path in autumn, scarcely has…
Blue Notebooks "Everyone carries a room about inside them. This fact can…
Enola Gay Enola gay, you should have stayed at home yesterday Oho it…
Lullaby i sat the kitchen table and watched the sky grow…
Maria How many people fell in this abyss, I fathom from afar! Ther…
Maria the Poet How many people fell in this abyss, I fathom from afar! Ther…
Old Song "February the 10th. Sunday. Noise. Peace."…
Richter: Old Song "February the 10th. Sunday. Noise. Peace."…
Richter: Shadow Journal "How enduring, how we need durability. The sky before sunris…
Richter: The Blue Notebooks "Everyone carries a room about inside them. This fact can…
Shadow Journal "How enduring, how we need durability. The sky before sunris…
Shadows "How enduring, how we need durability. The sky before sunris…
The Blue Notebooks "Everyone carries a room about inside them. This fact can…
The Departure 15 kisiye saldirdim vurdum vurdum dur ma dim on bes ki si ye…
The Journal "How enduring, how we need durability. The sky before sunris…
The Trees "When Thomas brought the news that the house I was…
Tongue Tied Take me to your best friend's house Roll around this roundab…
Trees "When Thomas brought the news that the house I was…
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In case anyone is wondering, this song is also in: The Face of an Angel (2014), The Innocents (2016), the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and Togo (2019), the Hulu Original TV series Castle Rock during the ending scene of the episode "The Queen". In 2019, it was used in a Korean TV series, "Dazzle". It was used in both the opening and closing sequences of the 2016 film "Arrival", the use of which disqualified the song for an Oscar. In 2020. The song appeared in the 35th anniversary of Eastenders, episode 6 of the British sitcom "The Trip To Greece", as well as the 2020 Disney series, "Amazing Stories".
It was remixed with Dinah Washington's vocals from her 1960 hit "This Bitter Earth" in soundtrack of Martin Scorsese's 2010 film, "Shutter Island", and also in its original form. This remixed version was also used in the closing scenes of "The Connection" aka "La French"
I'm wondering if maybe if "Disconnect" is mentioned only because of licensing terms from WMG; BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., Audiam (Publishing), IRICOM, Warner Chappell, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor, Third Side Music, ARESA, LatinAutorPerf, and 16 Music Rights Societies
M.Gham65
A masterpiece which will used forever to define beauty, Sadness and hope . Such a tragic one
Le Kikoojap
Thanks i was wondering where i heard it before (Arrival, now watching Disconnect)
Aby Berry
Wow tnx for this collection n effort typing em ^^
RagingBlast2Fan
How do you know all this? Also, what do you mean:
"It was used in both the opening and closing sequences of the 2016 film "Arrival", the use of which disqualified the song for an Oscar. "
Do you mean the movie was disqualified from receiving an Oscar because it used a copyrighted score, or the song was disqualified from best Soundtrack because it was used too much? Please explain if you may.
Ems C
I also heard it on Sherpa a few days ago.
Chikako Seino
I watched Disconnect the film and I was comforted while I was watching it by his compositions.They are so beautiful and soothing my pain.
George Ramos
@Robert Anderson Thanks!
Robert Anderson
@George Ramos if I remember correctly it’s Sail by Awolnation.
George Ramos
Do you know the opening song of this movie Disconnect. The name of the song ? Thanks