Max Richter
Max Richter writes music that is slow, sad and deeply comforting, mixing string quartets and piano with gentle electronics. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music and in Italy with Luciano Berio, he spent years in the new-music ensemble Piano Circus before going solo.
The Blue Notebooks, with its aching 'On the Nature of Daylight', turned up in films from Shutter Island to Arrival. Recomposed reworked Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and Sleep was an eight-and-a-half-hour lullaby designed to be heard overnight. He has also scored films and TV, including Waltz with Bashir and The Leftovers.
If you like Max Richter you should check out: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nils Frahm, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Sigur Rós, Hans Zimmer
