Composer Max Richter talks about his famous, haunting piece ‘On the Nature of Daylight,’ which keeps showing up in movies

From the article: “You’re in all probability already aware of ‘On the Nature of Daylight.’ Composed for the 2004 album The Blue Notebooks, Max Richter’s stirring piece for a small strings ensemble has made its approach into the saddest scenes in a number of movies and tv reveals within the 20-odd years since its launch. Its first cinematic look was in Stranger Than Fiction, nevertheless it has since been used many times to soundtrack a particular kind of thudding tragedy onscreen — typically, the lack of a partner (Shutter Island, The Final of Us) or a baby (Arrival).”