Clint Mansell
Clint Mansell | |
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Years active | 1981–present |
Website | iamclintmansell |
Clinton Darryl Mansell (
Mansell partnered with American filmmaker
He provided the scores for the Ben Wheatley films High-Rise, Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, Rebecca and In the Earth. Other films featuring Mansell's scores include Sahara, Moon and Stoker. He has also composed music for television and video games.
Mansell's work on The Fountain was nominated for a
Early life
Mansell was born in
Inspired by David Bowie's performance of Starman on the television series Top of the Pops, he started to play guitar at the age of nine.[4] His foray into punk-inspired music was influenced by the Ramones.[5] In 2014 he told Beat Magazine "I heard the Ramones and punk rock changed my life."[5] While living in Stourbridge, Mansell played in rock bands as a youth, and at 19 years of age he joined the band that became Pop Will Eat Itself.[6]
Career
Alt-rock career
From the band's inception in 1986 until their dissolution in 1996, Mansell was a member of
Following PWEI's break-up in 1996, Mansell moved to
Mansell reunited with PWEI in 2005 for their "Reformation" tour, which included performances in Nottingham, Birmingham and London, England.[11]
Film score career
While still living in New York, Mansell was introduced to director Darren Aronofsky by a mutual friend.[12] Aronofsky was unaware of Mansell's previous work with Pop Will Eat Itself, however the two men bonded over their love of hip hop and their belief that "film music at the time was terrible."[13]
Aronofsky suggested that Mansell write the opening title piece for Pi, Aronfsky's feature film directorial debut.[12] Aronofsky had intended to use pre-existing electronic music in the rest of the film, but due to a lack of funds, he found it difficult to acquire the rights to much of the music that interested him and Mansell was hired to provide music for the entire film.[12] Mansell's score for the film won him the City of Birmingham award at the Birmingham Film Festival in 2000.[3]
Mansell wrote the
Both "Lux Aeterna" and "Requiem for a Tower" have been used in multiple forms of media, including the film trailers for
In 2006, Mansell provided the score for the film
Mansell's score for Aronofsky's
Mansell created the film score for Moon, Duncan Jones's feature film directorial debut. Mansell won Best Technical Achievement at the British Independent Film Awards for Moon's score. In 2011 Mansell was hired to provide the score for The Iron Lady, but he was later replaced by composer Thomas Newman.[18] Nevertheless, Mansell's music from the film Moon was used in the film's trailer and was also used in the 2012 trailer of the computer game Aliens: Colonial Marines.[19][20]
Mansell provided the scores for the films Stoker (also featuring music by Philip Glass) and Filth, which were both released in 2013.[1]
Filmmaker Ben Wheatley, who was a fan of Mansell's music for the films Requiem for a Dream and Moon, approached Mansell about providing the score for his 2015 film High-Rise. Mansell also provided the music for Wheatley's subsequent works Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) and Rebecca (2020) and In the Earth (2021).[6][21]
Mansell's film scores have been sampled by such musical artists as Lil Jon, A$AP Rocky, Bastille and Paul Oakenfold.[14][22]
Having no formal training in musical notation, Mansell constructs his film scores using the method he employs for writing rock music — drums, bass, guitar and vocal lines — in addition to employing an orchestrator.[11] Some of his influences include Philip Glass, Trevor Jones, David Holmes, and bands such as Death in Vegas, Mogwai and Unkle.[9]
Symphonic performances
Mansell has performed some of his film compositions live with the Sonus Quartet in the US, the UK and Australia.[4][10][12] The Kronos Quartet, who performed "Lux Aeterna" for the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, have also performed some of Mansell's work live.[6][11]
Publishing deal
In February 2019, Mansell signed a publishing deal with Decca Publishing, a division of Decca Records.[22] This deal brought his catalogue of more than 650 original pieces, including his Pop Will Eat Itself work, under a single umbrella for the first time.[22]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2000 | Birmingham Film and Television Festival | City of Birmingham Award | Pi | Won |
2006 | BMI Film & TV Awards | Film Music award | Sahara | Won |
2006 | Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Score | The Fountain | Nominated |
2007 | Golden Globe
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Best Original Score | The Fountain | Nominated |
2007 | World Soundtrack Award
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Best Original Film Score | The Fountain | Won |
2009 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Technical Achievement | Moon | Nominated |
2010 | Chicago Film Critics Association Award
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Best Original Score | Black Swan | Won |
2010 | Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Score | Black Swan | Nominated |
2010 | Satellite Awards | Best Original Score | Black Swan | Nominated |
2011 | World Soundtrack Award | Best Original Score of the Year | Black Swan | Nominated |
2011 | World Soundtrack Award | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Black Swan, Last Night and Faster | Nominated |
2011 | BMI Film & TV Awards | Film Music award | Black Swan | Won |
2012 | Grammy Award
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Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Black Swan | Nominated |
2014 | Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film | Noah | Nominated |
2017 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production | Loving Vincent | Nominated |
Discography
with Pop Will Eat Itself
- Box Frenzy (1987)
- This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! (1989)
- Cure for Sanity (1990)
- The Looks or the Lifestyle? (1992)
- Dos Dedos Mis Amigos (1994)
Live albums
- Weird's Bar and Grill (Live) (1993) UK No. 44
- The Radio 1 Sessions 1986-87 (1997)
- Reformation: Nottingham Rock City 20.01.05 (2005)
- Reformation: Birmingham Carling Academy 22.01.05 (2005)
- Reformation: Birmingham Carling Academy 23.01.05 (2005)
- Reformation: London Shepherds Bush Empire 24.01.05 (2005)
- Reformation: London Shepherds Bush Empire 25.01.05 (2005)
Film scores and soundtracks
Film
Television
Year | Title | Director | Studio / Network | Notes |
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2004 | CSI: Miami | Danny Cannon | Episode: "MIA/NYC NonStop" | |
2011 | United
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James Strong |
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Television film |
2016 | Black Mirror | Owen Harris |
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Episode: San Junipero |
2018–present | Titans | Various |
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2019–present | Doom Patrol |
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2022 | Peacemaker | Composed with Kevin Kiner |
Video games
Year | Title | Director | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
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2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Casey Hudson | Composed with Sascha Dikiciyan, Sam Hulick, Christopher Lennertz & Cris Velasco |
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
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2002 | The Hire: Ticker | Joe Carnahan | BMW films
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2006 | The Big Forever |
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2007 | In the Wall | Mike Williamson | — | |
The Healing Syndrome | Michael Sheehan | High Tyde Productions | ||
My Mother | Elaine Wickham | Medb Films | ||
2009 | The Odds | Paloma Baeza |
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Blue Knight | Mark Anthony | Man of Mistery Films | ||
2010 | Fragged | Devon Avery | — | |
2014 | A Rose Reborn | Park Chan-wook | — | |
2015 | Gaslighting | Elaine Wickham | — | |
Deathly | Mike Williamson | — |
References
- ^ ISBN 9781442245501.
MANSELL, Clint (b. 1963)...He was born Clinton Darryl Mansell in Coventry, England, and was interested in rock music as a youth, learning the guitar and playing in amateur bands.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. London: Omnibus Press. p. 1988.
- ^ a b c d Young, Graham (23 March 2016). "From dreadlocks to no locks - the amazing transformation of pop star turned Hollywood composer Clint Mansell". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ a b Greiving, Tim (16 March 2016). "'Moon' and 'Fountain' composer Clint Mansell will perform soundtrack pieces at Theatre at Ace Hotel". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Vogl, Tamara (30 September 2014). "Clint Mansell". Beat Magazine. No. 1442. Furst media. p. 34. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via Issuu.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Greiving, Tim (16 October 2020). "Requiem For A Theme: Film Composer Clint Mansell On The Sound Of Sadness". NPR. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (8 October 2014). "Clint Mansell: "rock music – or whatever you want to call it – is a young person's game"". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ a b Godfrey, Alex. "Clint Mansell: Aronofsky, Reznor and Me, Part One". Sabotage Times. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Davies, Mike (14 November 2003). "Culture: Follow that dream ; Mike Davies settles scores with Clint Mansell". Birmingham Post. p. 15. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b Tomich, Matthew (15 September 2015). "Clint Mansell: Eternal Light". Beat Magazine. No. 1491. Furst media. p. 57. Retrieved 10 December 2022 – via Issuu.
- ^ a b c Culshaw, Peter (20 January 2005). "From pop joker to serious composer". The Daily Telegraph. p. 16. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b c d Paphides, Pete (17 July 2009). "Clint Mansell: pop ate itself, and out popped Hollywood". The Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ a b McNulty, Bernadette (20 January 2011). "Banned from the Oscars: It's all Tchaikovsky's fault: ex-rocker Clint Mansell tells Bernadette McNulty why he won't be nominated for scoring 'Black Swan'". The Daily Telegraph. London, England, United Kingdom. p. 26. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b c Peters, Mitchell (22 May 2010). "Notes From The Underground". Billboard. p. 22. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "BMI Film & Television Awards Salute Composers of Top Movie, TV, Cable Music". bmi.com. Broadcast Music, Inc. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Clint Mansell Wins Two World Soundtrack Honors". bmi.com. Broadcast Music, Inc. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Aronofsky, Mansell to speak at Film & TV Music conference". Billboard. 18 October 2008. p. 8. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Robey, Tim (6 January 2012). "Iron Lady: The mystery of the replaced composer". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- /Film. Static Media. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Sarkar, Samit (7 February 2013). "Aliens: Colonial Marines video revisits 'Contact' trailer". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- New Musical Express. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Stassen, Murray (14 February 2019). "Decca Publishing signs composer and musician Clint Mansell". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
External links
- Clint Mansell at IMDb
- Clint Mansell at Rotten Tomatoes