As the oil derrick gushes and bursts into flame and panic ensues among the workmen, Daniel Plainview's (Day-Lewis) oil-lust slowly quells the chaos of stopping the fire, even seeing to his son who was injured in the blast. Jonny Greenwood writes a quick two-four cue containing two ordinary simple quavers, repeated over and over again. During the initial chaos of spewing oil, running, and shouting, all instruments mount in one-by-one playing the simple rhythm in their own way, creating a cacophony of percussion and strings. However, as the scene develops and Plainview's greed at discovering the "ocean of oil" suffocates all other emotions, the instruments gradually come together until they're all playing simultaneously, and the ordinary simple quavers become so powerful they become horrific.
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