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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, Warwickshire, England |
Genres | Film score, alternative rock, grebo rock, electronic, industrial rock, classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, composer |
Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass |
Years active | 1981–present |
Associated acts | Pop Will Eat Itself |
Clinton Darryl Mansell (/ˈmænsəl/; born 7 January 1963) is an English musician, singer, and composer, born in Coventry. He served as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist of alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself before embarking on a career as a film score composer. Mansell moved to the United States after the dissolution of the group and started working with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. He has subsequently become an award-winning, Golden Globe and Grammy-nominated film composer, collaborating extensively with Aronofsky and writing scores for dozens of other films (both shorts and features), TV series, and video games.
Mansell resides in Los Angeles, composing and occasionally touring live versions of his work. A pioneer of sampling in his own work, Mansell's work is now a favourite with sampling musicians.
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Career
Pop career
Mansell was raised in Coventry. For a decade from their foundation in 1986, Mansell was a member of Pop Will Eat Itself, as a lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and writer or co-writer of many of the band's songs. The band were pioneers of sampling and electronic music in the UK alternative rock scene, bringing influences from hip hop, industrial music, house, and other dance genres into their music. In the United States, PWEI were signed in 1994 to Nothing Records the label owned by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. Mansell and Reznor, a long time fan of PWEI, became friends after Mansell moved to New York, and Mansell subsequently performed backing vocals on Nine Inch Nails' 1999 album The Fragile.
Soundtrack composer
Mansell started composing film soundtracks when director Darren Aronofsky hired him to score his debut film, Pi, in 1996. He also wrote the score for Aronofsky's next film, Requiem for a Dream, which became a cult hit. The film's primary composition "Lux Aeterna" was popular, appearing in adverts, film trailers, and YouTube videos labelled as Epic Music. Mansell has composed the music to every subsequent Aronofsky film with the sole exception of mother!.
Film trailers
The trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers used an orchestral and choral arrangement of "Lux Aeterna", called "Requiem for a Tower". This orchestration was arranged by Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen and Veigar Margeirsson.
The original "Lux Aeterna" and "Requiem for a Tower" arrangements have been used in Zathura: A Space Adventure, The Da Vinci Code, Sunshine, Babylon A.D., Lost, Top Gear, Soccer Saturday, EuroSport LIVE and America's Got Talent.
Mansell's theme from the film Moon appears on the trailer for The Iron Lady and the computer game Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Publishing deal
In February 2019, Mansell signed a publishing deal with Decca Publishing, a division in Decca Music. 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.
Other work
Other work includes creating the music for Coventry UK City of Culture's manifesto film which was released in July 2020.
Discography
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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1987 | Box Frenzy | - | - | - |
1989 | This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! | 24 | - | 169 |
1990 | Cure for Sanity | 33 | 51 | - |
1992 | The Looks or the Lifestyle? | 15 | - | - |
1994 | Dos Dedos Mis Amigos | 11 | - | - |
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)
Compilations
- Now for a Feast! (1988)
- 16 Different Flavours of Hell (Best of) (1993) UK No. 73
- Wise Up Suckers (BMG best of) (1996)
- PWEI Product 1986-1994 (Anthology) (2002)
- The Best Of (2008)
Remix albums
- Two Fingers My Friends! (1995) UK No. 25
EPs
- 2000 Light Ales from Home (1986) under the name 'Wild And Wandering'
- The Poppies Say GRRrrr! (1986)
- Poppiecock (1986)
- Very Metal Noise Pollution (1989) UK No. 45
- Amalgamation (1994)
Singles
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1987 | "Sweet Sweet Pie" | 100 | – | – | Now for a Feast! |
"Love Missile F1-11" | 78 | – | – | ||
"Beaver Patrol" | 76 | – | – | Box Frenzy | |
1988 | "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" | 66 | – | – | |
"Def. Con. One" | 63 | – | 30 | This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! | |
1989 | "Can U Dig It?" | 38 | – | – | |
"Wise Up! Sucker" | 41 | – | – | ||
1990 | "Touched By The Hand Of Cicciolina" | 28 | – | – | Cure for Sanity |
"Dance of the Mad Bastards" | 32 | – | – | ||
1991 | "X Y & Zee" | 15 | 88 | 11 | |
"92 Degrees" | 23 | – | – | ||
"Another Man’s Rhubarb" | – | – | – | ||
1992 | "Karmadrome" / "Eat Me Drink Me Love Me" | 17 | – | – | The Looks or the Lifestyle? |
"Bulletproof!" | 24 | – | – | ||
1993 | "Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!" | 9 | – | – | |
"R.S.V.P. / Familius Horribilus" | 27 | – | – | Dos Dedos Mis Amigos | |
1994 | "Ich Bin Ein Auslander" | 28 | – | – | |
"Everything's Cool" | 23 | 97 | – | ||
2010 | "Axe of Men 2010" | – | – | – |
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Director | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
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1998 | Pi | Darren Aronofsky | Protozoa Pictures | 1st of 6 collaborations with Aronofsky |
2000 | Requiem for a Dream |
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2001 | World Traveler | Bart Freundlich |
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The Hole | Nick Hamm |
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Knockaround Guys |
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Rain | Katherine Lindberg |
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2002 | Abandon | Stephen Gaghan | ||
Murder by Numbers | Barbet Schroeder | Warner Bros. Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment |
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Sonny | Nicolas Cage |
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2003 | 11:14 | Greg Marcks |
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2004 | Suspect Zero | E. Elias Merhige |
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2005 | Sahara | Breck Eisner |
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BMI Film Music Award |
Doom | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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2006 | The Fountain | Darren Aronofsky |
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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score World Soundtrack Award – Public Choice Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score Nominated- World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year |
Trust the Man | Bart Freundlich | Fox Searchlight Pictures | ||
Smokin' Aces | Joe Carnahan |
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2007 | Wind Chill | Gregory Jacobs |
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2008 | Definitely, Maybe | Adam Brooks |
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The Wrestler | Darren Aronofsky |
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Dream from Leaving |
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2009 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Chris Nahon |
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Moon | Duncan Jones |
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Nominated- British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement | |
Farewell | Christian Carion |
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The Rebound | Bart Freundlich |
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2010 | Black Swan | Darren Aronofsky |
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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Score Nominated- Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Film Music Nominated- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Nominated- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Original Score Nominated- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score Nominated- St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Music Nominated- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Score Nominated- World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year Nominated- World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year (with Last Night & Faster) |
Last Night | Massy Tadjedin |
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Nominated- World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year (with Black Swan & Faster) | |
Faster | George Tillman, Jr. |
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Nominated- World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year (with Black Swan & Last Night) | |
2013 | Stoker | Park Chan-wook |
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Replaced Philip Glass |
Filth | Jon S. Baird |
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2014 | Noah | Darren Aronofsky |
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Nominated- Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film |
2015 | Man Down | Dito Montiel |
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High-Rise | Ben Wheatley |
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2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Rupert Sanders |
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Composed with Lorne Balfe |
Loving Vincent |
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Nominated- Annie Award for Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production Nominated- Polish Film Award for Best Film Score |
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2018 | Mute | Duncan Jones |
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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Ben Wheatley |
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Out of Blue | Carol Morley |
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2020 | Rebecca | Ben Wheatley |
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2021 | In the Earth | Ben Wheatley |
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Television
Year | Title | Director | Studio / Network | Notes |
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2004 | CSI: Miami | Danny Cannon |
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Episode: "MIA/NYC NonStop" |
2011 | United | 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 | |
2006 | The Big Forever |
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2007 | In the Wall | Mike Williamson | N/A | |
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 | N/A | |
2014 | A Rose Reborn | Park Chan-wook | N/A | |
2015 | Gaslighting | Elaine Wickham | N/A | |
Deathly | Mike Williamson | N/A |
Awards and nominations
Nominations
- World Soundtrack Awards - Soundtrack Composer of the Year (1): 2011
See also
In Spanish: Clint Mansell para niños
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