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Max Richter (/ˈrɪxtər/; German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ]; born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer and pianist. He works within postminimalist and contemporary classical styles. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy. Richter arranges, performs, and composes music for stage, opera, ballet and screen. He has collaborated with other musicians, as well as with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded eight solo albums, and his music is widely used in cinema. As of December 2019, Richter has passed one billion streams and one million album sales. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Richter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Max Richter
Soundtrack Composer
for Soundtrack Composer in The Picture of Dorian Gray
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In a high-fashion, neon-drenched 1890s London, young Dorian Gray (Noah Jupe) arrives as a blank canvas of staggering beauty. When the obsessive artist Basil Hallward (Bill Skarsgård) captures Dorian’s likeness in a transformative masterwork, the portrait becomes more than art - it becomes a vessel. Influence comes in the form of Lord Henry Wotton (Robert Pattinson), a decadently cynical aristocrat who seduces Dorian with a poisonous philosophy: that the only things worth living for are youth, pleasure, and the senses. Terrified by the inevitable rot of time, Dorian utters a fateful wish: he would give his soul if the painting would age while he remains forever young. The bargain is struck. As Dorian descends into a world of secret opium dens, broken hearts, and casual cruelty, his face remains an angelic mask of innocence. However, behind a locked door, the hidden canvas begins to change. With every sin, the painted figure twists, bloating with the physical manifestations of Dorian’s moral decay. The tragedy begins with Sibyl Vane (Ariana Greenblatt), a young actress whose genuine love is discarded by Dorian as "unartistic," leading to a spiral of vengeance from her brother James (Pedro Sol Victorino). As decades pass, Dorian becomes a phantom of the London night, leaving a trail of ruined lives like Adrian Singleton (Aidan Gallagher) and the blackmailed chemist Alan Campbell (Alex Wolff). Directed by Emerald Fennell, this remake is a visceral exploration of the male gaze, narcissism, and the high price of aesthetic perfection. While London’s elite whispers about Dorian’s "miraculous" youth, the portrait becomes a grotesque record of a soul beyond saving. The film culminates in a final, bloody confrontation between the man and the masterpiece, proving that while art is immortal, the conscience is a debt that eventually demands payment in full.
