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Died, December 8, 2020. HAROLD Budd, who has died aged 84 from complications caused by Covid-19, was an influential composer and pianist whose work left its mark with a slow-burning intensity. This was as evident on Brian Eno-produced albums such as The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) as it was on later records with Robin Guthrie, co-founder of the highly acclaimed Scottish band, Cocteau Twins. These included the soundtrack to Gregg Araki’s film, White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), and Another Flower, which was released the week of Budd’s passing. Inbetween came a substantial body of work ...

Harold Budd, Composer of Spaciousness and Calm, Dies at 84 Known for his collaborations with art-pop artists like Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins, he created a signature sound suspended in reverberation and drone. The composer and pianist Harold Budd in Birmingham, England, in 2011. His music was known for its unhurried, organic spontaneity.Credit...Steve Thorne/Redferns, via Getty Images By Steve Smith Published Dec. 17, 2020Updated Dec. 21, 2020 Harold Budd, a composer and pianist known for the preternatural spaciousness and melancholy calm of his music, and for his collaborations with art-pop ...

Harold Budd, composer acclaimed as the godfather of ambient music – obituary His career took off when he began working with Brian Eno, and he became a prophet of minimalism, later collaborating with the Cocteau Twins Harold Budd Credit: Steve Thorne/Redferns Harold Budd, who has died of Covid-19 aged 84, was an American composer, poet and pianist known for his spacious and meditative music based around delicate piano improvisations; he was sometimes called the godfather of ambient music, a description he rejected saying he felt “kidnapped” by the label. Budd’s career took off in the 1...

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