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Clinton Darryl Mansell (Template:IPAc-en; born 7 November 1963)<ref name=HISCHAK>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is an English musician, singer, and composer. He served as the lead vocalist of alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself. After the band's dissolution, Mansell moved to the United States and embarked on a career as a film score composer.

Mansell partnered with American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and composed the scores for his films Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, and Noah. Mansell is best known for the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, particularly the film's composition "Lux Aeterna" and a re-orchestrated version titled "Requiem for a Tower" that was created for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers trailer, both of which have been featured in multiple advertisements, films, film trailers, video games and other media.

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 was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on The Fountain, and was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards for his work on Black Swan.

Early lifeEdit

Mansell was born in Coventry, England.<ref name=HISCHAK/> His father worked for the electricity board and his mother was a preparer of school meals.<ref name=YOUNG>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name=GREIVINGLA>Template:Cite news</ref> His foray into punk-inspired music was influenced by the Ramones.<ref name=VOGL>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2014 he told Beat Magazine "I heard the Ramones and punk rock changed my life."<ref name=VOGL/> 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.<ref name=GREIVINGNPR/>

CareerEdit

Alt-rock careerEdit

From the band's inception in 1986 until their dissolution in 1996, Mansell was a member of grebo/alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI).<ref name=YOUNG/> He served as the band's lead vocalist, guitarist and one of the band's main songwriters.<ref name=HISCHAK/><ref name=YOUNG/><ref name=CLAYTON>Template:Cite news</ref> The band was first introduced to computer-based music in 1988 while working with producer Flood on their album This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!.<ref name=GODFREY>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their sound evolved to include sampling and electronic music, bringing influences from hip hop, industrial music and other dance genres into their music.<ref name=GREIVINGNPR>Template:Cite news</ref> After the band was dropped by RCA, PWEI were signed in 1994 to Nothing Records, a label owned by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.<ref name=GODFREY/><ref name=GREIVINGNPR/>

Following PWEI's break-up in 1996, Mansell moved to New York, where he hoped to start a solo career, but struggled creatively.<ref name=VOGL/> He was invited by Reznor to move to an apartment in New Orleans owned by Reznor, where Mansell lived for three years, prior to settling in Los Angeles.<ref name=GREIVINGNPR/><ref name=DAVIES>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=TOMICH>Template:Cite magazine</ref> It was there that Reznor mentored Mansell and introduced him to Pro Tools.<ref name=GREIVINGNPR/><ref name=DAVIES/> Mansell also performed backing vocals on Nine Inch Nails' 1999 album The Fragile.<ref name=HISCHAK/>

Mansell reunited with PWEI in 2005 for their "Reformation" tour, which included performances in Nottingham, Birmingham and London.<ref name=CULSHAW>Template:Cite news</ref>

Film score careerEdit

While still living in New York, Mansell was introduced to director Darren Aronofsky by a mutual friend.<ref name=PAPHIDES>Template:Cite news</ref> 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."<ref name=MCNULTY>Template:Cite news</ref>

Aronofsky suggested that Mansell write the opening title piece for Pi, Aronofsky's feature film directorial debut.<ref name=PAPHIDES/> 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.<ref name=PAPHIDES/> Mansell's score for the film won him the City of Birmingham award at the Birmingham Film Festival in 2000.<ref name=YOUNG/>

Mansell wrote the score for Aronofsky's next film, Requiem for a Dream, which became a cult hit.<ref name=HISCHAK/> The film's primary composition "Lux Aeterna" became a favorite in its own right.<ref name=PETERS>Template:Cite magazine</ref> A re-orchestrated version of the song, titled "Requiem for a Tower", was arranged by composers Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen and Veigar Margeirsson for the trailer of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.<ref name=GREIVINGNPR/>

Both "Lux Aeterna" and "Requiem for a Tower" have been used in multiple forms of media, including the film trailers for The Da Vinci Code, I Am Legend, Sunshine and Babylon A.D.; trailers for the video games Assassin's Creed and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King; advertising campaigns for such products as Canon PowerShot cameras, Molson Canadian beer; and on television such as in the series America's Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance as well as a promo spot the series Flash Forward.<ref name=HISCHAK/><ref name=PETERS/>

In 2006, Mansell provided the score for the film Smokin' Aces and he received a BMI Film & TV Award for his work on the film Sahara that same year.<ref name=HISCHAK/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The following year, his score for the Aronofsky film The Fountain was awarded Best Original Film Score of the Year and the Public Choice Award at the 7th World Soundtrack Awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The FountainTemplate:'s score was also nominated for Best Score in a Motion Picture at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Mansell's score for Aronofsky's Black Swan garnered him multiple nominations and awards. He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media as well as Best Original Soundtrack (for Black Swan), and Soundtrack Composer of the Year (for Black Swan, Last Night and Faster) at the 11th World Soundtrack Awards. The score was deemed ineligible for the Academy Award for Best Original Score due to its use of Tchaikovsky's original music from Swan Lake.<ref name=MCNULTY/>

Mansell created the film score for Moon, Duncan JonesTemplate:'s feature film directorial debut. Mansell won Best Technical Achievement at the British Independent Film Awards for MoonTemplate:'s score. In 2011 Mansell was hired to provide the score for The Iron Lady, but he was later replaced by composer Thomas Newman.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Mansell provided the scores for the films Stoker (also featuring music by Philip Glass) and Filth, which were both released in 2013.<ref name=HISCHAK/>

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).<ref name=GREIVINGNPR/><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Mansell's film scores have been sampled by such musical artists as Lil Jon, A$AP Rocky, Bastille and Paul Oakenfold.<ref name=PETERS/><ref name="musicbusinessworldwide.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name=CULSHAW/> Some of his influences include Philip Glass, Trevor Jones, David Holmes, and bands such as Death in Vegas, Mogwai and Unkle.<ref name=DAVIES/>

Symphonic performancesEdit

Mansell has performed some of his film compositions live with the Sonus Quartet in the US, the UK and Australia.<ref name=GREIVINGLA/><ref name=TOMICH/><ref name=PAPHIDES/> The Kronos Quartet, who performed "Lux Aeterna" for the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, have also performed some of Mansell's work live.<ref name=GREIVINGNPR/><ref name=CULSHAW/>

Publishing dealEdit

In February 2019, Mansell signed a publishing deal with Decca Publishing, a division of Decca Records.<ref name="musicbusinessworldwide.com"/> 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.<ref name="musicbusinessworldwide.com"/>

Awards and nominationsEdit

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2000 Birmingham Film and Television Festival City of Birmingham Award Pi Template:Won
2006 BMI Film & TV Awards Film Music award Sahara Template:Won
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Score The Fountain Template:Nom
2007 Golden Globe Best Original Score The Fountain Template:Nom
World Soundtrack Award Best Original Film Score The Fountain Template:Won
2009 British Independent Film Awards Best Technical Achievement Moon Template:Nom
2010 Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Original Score Black Swan Template:Won
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Score Black Swan Template:Nom
Satellite Awards Best Original Score Black Swan Template:Nom
2011 World Soundtrack Award Best Original Score of the Year Black Swan Template:Nom
World Soundtrack Award Soundtrack Composer of the Year Black Swan, Last Night and Faster Template:Nom
BMI Film & TV Awards Film Music award Black Swan Template:Won
2012 Grammy Award Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Black Swan Template:Nom
2014 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Noah Template:Nom
2017 Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production Loving Vincent Template:Nom

DiscographyEdit

with Pop Will Eat ItselfEdit

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Live albumsEdit

  • 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 soundtracksEdit

FilmEdit

Year Title Director Studio / Publisher Notes
1998 Pi Darren Aronofsky Protozoa Pictures
2000 Requiem for a Dream Template:Plainlist
2001 World Traveler Bart Freundlich Template:Plainlist
The Hole Nick Hamm Template:Plainlist
Knockaround Guys Template:Plainlist Template:Plainlist
Rain Katherine Lindberg Template:Plainlist
2002 Abandon Stephen Gaghan Template:Plainlist
Murder by Numbers Barbet Schroeder Warner Bros. Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment
Sonny Nicolas Cage Template:Plainlist
2003 11:14 Greg Marcks Template:Plainlist
2004 Suspect Zero E. Elias Merhige Template:Plainlist
2005 Sahara Breck Eisner Template:Plainlist BMI Film Music Award
Doom Andrzej Bartkowiak Template:Plain list
2006 The Fountain Darren Aronofsky Template:Plainlist Template:Plainlist

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Trust the Man Bart Freundlich Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smokin' Aces Joe Carnahan Template:Plainlist
2007 Wind Chill Gregory Jacobs Template:Plainlist
2008 Definitely, Maybe Adam Brooks Template:Plainlist
The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky Template:Plainlist
Dream from Leaving Template:Plainlist wonderwheel, llc
2009 Blood: The Last Vampire Chris Nahon Template:Plainlist
Moon Duncan Jones Template:Plainlist Nominated: British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement
Farewell Christian Carion Template:Plainlist
The Rebound Bart Freundlich Template:Plainlist
2010 Black Swan Darren Aronofsky Template:Plainlist Template:Plainlist

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Last Night Massy Tadjedin Template:Plainlist Nominated: World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year (with Black Swan & Faster)
Faster George Tillman, Jr. Template:Plainlist Nominated: World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year (with Black Swan & Last Night)
2013 Stoker Park Chan-wook Template:Plainlist
Filth Jon S. Baird Template:Plainlist
2014 Noah Darren Aronofsky Template:Plainlist Nominated: Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
2015 Man Down Dito Montiel Template:Plainlist
High-Rise Ben Wheatley Template:Plainlist
2017 Ghost in the Shell Rupert Sanders Template:Plainlist Composed with Lorne Balfe
Loving Vincent Template:Plainlist Template:Plainlist Template:Plainlist

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2018 Mute Duncan Jones Template:Plainlist
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Ben Wheatley Template:Plainlist
Out of Blue Carol Morley Template:Plainlist
2020 Rebecca Ben Wheatley Template:Plainlist
2021 In the Earth Template:Plainlist
She Will Charlotte Colbert Vertigo Releasing
2023 Sharper Benjamin Caron Template:Plainlist
2024 Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass Template:Plainlist

TelevisionEdit

Year Title Showrunner Studio / Network Notes
2004 CSI: Miami Ann Donahue Template:Plainlist Episode: "MIA/NYC NonStop"
2011 United Chris Chibnall Template:Plainlist Television film
2016 Black Mirror Charlie Brooker Template:Plainlist Episode: San Junipero
2018–2023 Titans Greg Walker Template:Plainlist Template:Plainlist
2019–2023 Doom Patrol Jeremy Carver Template:Plainlist
2022–present Peacemaker James Gunn Composed with Kevin Kiner
2024–present Creature Commandos Dean Lorey Template:Plainlist

Video gamesEdit

Year Title Director Studio / Publisher Notes
2012 Mass Effect 3 Casey Hudson Template:Plainlist Composed with Sascha Dikiciyan, Sam Hulick, Christopher Lennertz & Cris Velasco

Short filmsEdit

Year Title Director Studio / Publisher Notes
2002 The Hire: Ticker Joe Carnahan BMW films
2006 The Big Forever Template:Plainlist Template:N/A
2007 In the Wall Mike Williamson Template:N/A
The Healing Syndrome Michael Sheehan High Tyde Productions
My Mother Elaine Wickham Medb Films
2009 The Odds Paloma Baeza Template:Plainlist
Blue Knight Mark Anthony Man of Mistery Films
2010 Fragged Devon Avery Template:N/A
2014 A Rose Reborn Park Chan-wook Template:N/A
2015 Gaslighting Elaine Wickham Template:N/A
Deathly Mike Williamson Template:N/A

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