JAY-Z in ∞ Streaming on HBO in the US on 9/19 Mubi everywhere outside North America on 9/19 ⁠https://play.hbomax.com/show/8056f7fe-8788-4e79-8733-b7a11524e000 # Max Richter is a composer, pianist, and producer. His albums include Memoryhouse, The Blue Notebooks, and the eight-hour Sleep, and his instrumental composition “On the Nature of Daylight” has been featured in films including Shutter Island and Arrival. By combining orchestral writing with electronic and ambient music, his work spans ballet, television, and film scoring, including Mary Queen of Scots and Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet. Works mentioned: Memoryhouse: https://maxrichter.lnk.to/MemoryhouseWE The Blue Notebooks: https://dg.lnk.to/Richter-TheBlueNotebooks In A Landscape: https://maxrichter.lnk.to/InALandscape 0:00:00 - Max Richter: Composers in Search of New Colors 0:09:25 - Electronics and Orchestra as One Instrument 0:18:14 - When Is a Piece Finished? The Origins of "On the Nature of Daylight" 0:26:40 - The Blue Notebooks, Personal History, and Live Audiences 0:30:57 - Musical Influences, Building a Synthesizer, and Reworking Schubert 0:37:53 - Studio Rituals, Meditation, and Beauty in Music 0:43:10 - Devotion, Folk Roots, and Regional Musical Styles 0:50:43 - Meditation, Collaboration, and The Beatles 0:57:09 - Recording Techniques, Favorite Records, and The Sleep Project 1:08:01 - Spirituality, Sacred Spaces, and the Mathematics of Music 1:19:48 - AI, Streaming, Film Scoring, and Closing Reflections