Clint Mansell
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Mansell with the Sonus Quartet, playing in Union Chapel, London, 20 July 2009
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Birth name | Clinton Darryl Mansell | |
Born | 7 January 1963 | |
Origin | Coventry, England, UK | |
Genres | Alternative rock, electronic, industrial rock, classical | |
Occupation(s) | Musician, film score composer | |
Years active | 1981–present | |
Associated acts | Pop Will Eat Itself | |
Website | www |
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Clinton Darryl "Clint" Mansell (/ˈmænsəl/; born 7 January 1963) is an English musician, composer, and former lead singer of the band Pop Will Eat Itself.
After Pop Will Eat Itself disbanded in 1996, Mansell was introduced to film scoring when director Darren Aronofsky hired him to score his debut film, Pi.[1] Mansell then wrote the score for Aronofsky's next film, Requiem for a Dream, which has been well received.[2] The film's primary composition "Lux Aeterna" has become extremely popular, appearing in a variety of advertisements, film trailers[3][4][5] and YouTube videos.
His notable film scores include Pi, The Fountain, Moon, Smokin' Aces, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Doom, and Black Swan.
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Career
Pop career
Mansell was the lead singer and guitarist of Pop Will Eat Itself. When PWEI signed to Nothing Records, Mansell became close friends with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails,[6] and he performed backing vocals on the 1999 album The Fragile.
Soundtrack composer
Mansell's score for Darren Aronofsky's π was followed up by his score for Aronofsky's next film, Requiem for a Dream, which became a cult hit.[1] Since their first collaboration in 1996, Mansell has composed the music to every Aronofsky film.[7]
Other notable achievements include the theme for the film The Hole, the music for the pilot episode of CSI: NY, and the score for Aronofsky's later films The Fountain, (which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score in 2006), and The Wrestler.[8] Mansell has also contributed the score to HBO's Voyeur and Aronofsky's Black Swan [9]
Film trailers
The trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers contained a re-arranged version of the track "Lux Aeterna", using a full orchestra and choir.[3] The piece, named "Requiem for a Tower", was recorded especially for the trailer.[3] The orchestration was arranged by Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen, and Veigar Margeirsson.[3]
"Lux Aeterna" has since become popular, with both the original and the "Requiem for a Tower" version having appeared in a wide variety of advertisements and trailers, including the trailer for the Red Sox–Yankees games in the 2007 Major League Baseball season, and trailers for the films Zathura, The Da Vinci Code,[4] Sunshine, Babylon A.D. and the TV series Lost and Top Gear. It was also used on Sky Sports News and as the theme for Soccer Saturday from 2007–2009. In 2006, the theme was used in EuroSport LIVE trailers. The theme was also used by America's Got Talent as an introduction of the judges before being changed slightly. The new variant is now a regular piece on the show.
Mansell's theme tune for science-fiction movie Moon also appears on the trailer for the film The Iron Lady[10] and computer game Aliens: Colonial Marines.[11]
Scoring credits
Year | Title | Director | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
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1998 | Pi | Darren Aronofsky | Protozoa Pictures | |
2000 | Requiem For A Dream | Darren Aronofsky | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Online Film Critics Society Award Winner |
2001 | World Traveler | Bart Freundlich | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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The Hole | Nick Hamm | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | ||
Knockaround Guys | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | New Line Cinema | ||
Rain | Katherine Lindberg | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | ||
2002 | Abandon | Stephen Gaghan | Spyglass Entertainment | |
Murder by Numbers | Barbet Schroeder | Castle Rock Entertainment | ||
Sonny | Nicolas Cage | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | ||
The Hire: Ticker | Joe Carnahan | BMW films | Short film | |
2003 | 11:14 | Greg Marcks | Media 8 Entertainment | DVD Exclusive Awards Nominated |
2004 | Suspect Zero | E. Elias Merhige | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | |
2005 | Sahara | Breck Eisner | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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2006 BMI Film Music Award Winner |
Doom | Andrzej Bartkowiak | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | ||
2006 | The Fountain | Darren Aronofsky | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Golden Globe Award Nomination Critics' Choice Movie Award Nomination Chicago Film Critics Association Award Winner Online Film Critics Society Award Winner World Soundtrack Awards Winner (2) |
Trust the Man | Bart Freundlich | Fox Searchlight Pictures | ||
Smokin' Aces | Joe Carnahan | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | ||
The Big Forever | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Short film | ||
2007 | Wind Chill | Gregory Jacobs | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | |
In the Wall | Mike Williamson | Short film | ||
The Healing Syndrome | Michael Sheehan | High Tyde Productions | Short film | |
My Mother | Elaine Wickham | Medb Films | Short film | |
2008 | Definitely, Maybe | Adam Brooks | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | |
The Wrestler | Darren Aronofsky | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | ||
Dream from Leaving | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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2009 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Chris Nahon | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Moon | Duncan Jones | Stage 6 Films | British Independent Film Awards Nomination | |
Farewell | Christian Carion | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | ||
The Rebound | Bart Freundlich | The Film Department | ||
The Odds | Paloma Baeza | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Short film | |
Blue Knight | Mark Anthony | Man of Mistery Films | Short film | |
2010 | Black Swan | Darren Aronofsky | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Grammy Awards Nomination Critics' Choice Movie Award Nomination Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award Nomination Chicago Film Critics Association Award Winner Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Winner Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Nomination San Diego Film Critics Society Award Nomination Satellite Award Nomination Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award Nomination World Soundtrack Awards Nomination |
Last Night | Massy Tadjedin | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | ||
Faster | George Tillman, Jr. | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Fragged | Devon Avery | Short film | ||
2011 | United | James Strong | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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TV film |
2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Casey Hudson | Electronic Arts | Video game |
2013 | Stoker | Park Chan-wook | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | |
Filth | Jon S. Baird | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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2014 | Noah | Darren Aronofsky | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | |
A Rose Reborn | Park Chan-wook | Short film | ||
2015 | Gaslighting | Elaine Wickham | Short film | |
Deathly | Mike Williamson | Short film | ||
Man Down | Dito Montiel | Mpower Pictures | ||
High-Rise | Ben Wheatley | Recorded Picture Company |
Individual awards and nominations
Nominations
- World Soundtrack Awards - Soundtrack Composer of the Year (1): 2011
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pete Paphides Clint Mansell: pop ate itself, and out popped Hollywood The Times Retrieved 14 May 2010
- ↑ Requiem for a Dream – Clint Mansell AllMusic Retrieved 31 January 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Requiem for a Tower Dream – Single iTunes
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Da Vinci Code Trailer Retrieved 31 January 2011
- ↑ Sundance 2009 Composers – Clint Mansell BMI Retrieved 31 January 2011
- ↑ Clint Mansell: Aronofsky, Reznor and Me, Part One
- ↑ Bray, Elisa (28 January 2011) Duo Darren Aronofsky and Clint Mansell score on pointes The Independent Retrieved 31 January 2011
- ↑ 64th Golden Globe Awards nominations
- ↑ McNulty, Bernadette (20 January 2011) Clint Mansell interview for Black Swan soundtrack
- ↑ The Iron Lady Movie official homepage
- ↑ Aliens: Colonial Marines Cinematic Trailer
External links
- Use British English from April 2012
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
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- Clint Mansell
- 1963 births
- British indie rock musicians
- English rock singers
- British alternative rock musicians
- English industrial musicians
- English film score composers
- Male film score composers
- Living people
- People from Coventry
- Musicians from West Midlands (county)