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There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American epic period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair.

Plot
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son HW to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainviews motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The use of Arvo Pärt's Fratres is good, but it's all about Jonny Greenwood's Convergence, a cacophonous, arrhythmic dirge that plays over the oilwell fire sequence.
 * 2) *The third movement of Brahm's "Violin Concerto in D" is used twice in the film. The second time it serves as the music for the credits, which obviously occur right after the ending. The Soundtrack Dissonance alone makes it excellent.