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Biography
Clinton Darryl "Clint" Mansell (; 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. Mansell then wrote the score for Aronofsky's next film, Requiem for a Dream, which has been well received. The film's primary composition "Lux Aeterna" has become extremely popular, appearing in a variety of advertisements, film trailers and YouTube videos being branded as Epic Music.
His notable film scores include Pi, The Fountain, Moon, Smokin' Aces, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Doom, Black Swan, High-Rise and Ghost in the Shell.
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, 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. Since their first collaboration in 1996, Mansell has composed the music to every Aronofsky film.
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. Mansell has also contributed the score to HBO's Voyeur and Aronofsky's Black Swan
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. The piece, named "Requiem for a Tower", was recorded especially for the trailer. The orchestration was arranged by Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen, and Veigar Margeirsson.
"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: A Space Adventure, The Da Vinci Code, 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 and computer game Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Discography
| Year | Title | Director | Studio / Publisher | Notes |
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| 1998 | Pi | Darren Aronofsky | Protozoa Pictures | |
| 2000 | Requiem for a Dream | Darren Aronofsky |
| Online Film Critics Society Award Winner |
| 2001 | World Traveler | Bart Freundlich |
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| 2001 | The Hole | Nick Hamm |
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| 2001 | Knockaround Guys |
| New Line Cinema | |
| 2001 | Rain | Katherine Lindberg |
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| 2002 | Abandon | Stephen Gaghan | Spyglass Entertainment | |
| 2002 | Murder by Numbers | Barbet Schroeder | Warner Bros. Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment | |
| 2002 | Sonny | Nicolas Cage |
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| 2002 | 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 |
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| 2005 | Sahara | Breck Eisner |
| 2006 BMI Film Music Award Winner |
| 2005 | Doom | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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| 2006 | The Fountain | Darren Aronofsky |
| 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) |
| 2006 | Trust the Man | Bart Freundlich | Fox Searchlight Pictures | |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Joe Carnahan |
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| 2006 | The Big Forever |
| Short film | |
| 2007 | Wind Chill | Gregory Jacobs |
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| 2007 | In the Wall | Mike Williamson | Short film | |
| 2007 | The Healing Syndrome | Michael Sheehan | High Tyde Productions | Short film |
| 2007 | My Mother | Elaine Wickham | Medb Films | Short film |
| 2008 | Definitely, Maybe | Adam Brooks |
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| 2008 | The Wrestler | Darren Aronofsky |
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| 2008 | Dream from Leaving |
| wonderwheel, llc | |
| 2009 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Chris Nahon |
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| 2009 | Moon | Duncan Jones | Stage 6 Films | British Independent Film Awards Nomination |
| 2009 | Farewell | Christian Carion |
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| 2009 | The Rebound | Bart Freundlich | The Film Department | |
| 2009 | The Odds | Paloma Baeza |
| Short film |
| 2009 | Blue Knight | Mark Anthony | Man of Mistery Films | Short film |
| 2010 | Black Swan | Darren Aronofsky |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Last Night | Massy Tadjedin |
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| 2010 | Faster | George Tillman, Jr. |
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| 2010 | Fragged | Devon Avery | Short film | |
| 2011 | United | James Strong |
| TV film |
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Casey Hudson | Electronic Arts | Video game |
| 2013 | Stoker | Park Chan-wook |
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| 2013 | Filth | Jon S. Baird |
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| 2014 | Noah | Darren Aronofsky |
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| 2014 | A Rose Reborn | Park Chan-wook | Short film | |
| 2015 | Gaslighting | Elaine Wickham | Short film | |
| 2015 | Deathly | Mike Williamson | Short film | |
| 2015 | Man Down | Dito Montiel | Mpower Pictures | |
| 2015 | High-Rise | Ben Wheatley | Recorded Picture Company | |
| 2016 | Black Mirror | Owen Harris |
| TV Episode: San Junipero |
| 2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Rupert Sanders |
| with Lorne Balfe |
| 2017 | Mute | Duncan Jones | Liberty Films UK | |
| 2017 | Loving Vincent |
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Awards and nominations
Nominations
- World Soundtrack Awards - Soundtrack Composer of the Year (1): 2011