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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[1][2] 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,[3] collaborating extensively with Aronofsky and writing scores for dozens of other films (both shorts and features), TV series, and video games.[1]

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Clint Mansell
Mansell with the Sonus Quartet, playing in Union Chapel, London, 20 July 2009
Background information
Birth name	Clinton Darryl Mansell
Born	(1963-01-07) 7 January 1963 (age 59)
Origin	Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Genres	Film score, alternative rock, grebo rock, electronic, industrial rock, classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, composer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass
Years active	1981–present
Website	iamclintmansell.com

Mansell resides in Los Angeles, composing and occasionally touring live versions of his work.[4] A pioneer of sampling in his own work, Mansell's work is now a favourite with sampling musicians.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

Soundtrack composer

Mansell started composing film soundtracks when director Darren Aronofsky hired him to score his debut film, Pi, in 1996.[8] He also wrote the score for Aronofsky's next film, Requiem for a Dream, which became a cult hit.[8][9] The film's primary composition "Lux Aeterna" was popular, appearing in adverts, film trailers,[10][11][12] and YouTube videos labelled as Epic Music. Mansell composed the music to every subsequent Aronofsky film until mother!.[13]

Film trailers

The trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers used an orchestral and choral arrangement of "Lux Aeterna",[10] called "Requiem for a Tower".[10] This orchestration was arranged by Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen and Veigar Margeirsson.[10]

The original "Lux Aeterna" and "Requiem for a Tower" arrangements have been used in Zathura: A Space Adventure, The Da Vinci Code,[11] 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[14] and the computer game Aliens: Colonial Marines.[15]

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.[5]

Other work

Other work includes creating the music for Coventry UK City of Culture's manifesto film[16] which was released in July 2020.[17]

Discography

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [18]	AUS [19]	US [20]
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)[21]

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)[21]

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions			Album
		UK Singles Chart[21]	AUS[19]	U.S. Modern Rock
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
1998	Pi	Darren Aronofsky	Protozoa Pictures	1st of 6 collaborations with Aronofsky
2000	Requiem for a Dream		Thousand Words Protozoa Pictures
2001	World Traveler	Bart Freundlich	Alliance Atlantis Eureka Pictures IFC Productions Process Productions
	The Hole	Nick Hamm	Canal+ Cowboy Films Film Council Granada Film Productions Impact Pictures Pathé
	Knockaround Guys	Brian Koppelman David Levien	Lawrence Bender Productions New Line Cinema
	Rain	Katherine Lindberg	Antena 3 Cappa Films Kinowelt Lolafilms Via Digital
2002	Abandon	Stephen Gaghan	Spyglass Entertainment Paramount Pictures
	Murder by Numbers	Barbet Schroeder	Warner Bros. Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment
	Sonny	Nicolas Cage	Gold Circle Films Saturn Films
2003	11:14	Greg Marcks	Media 8 Entertainment New Line Cinema
2004	Suspect Zero	E. Elias Merhige	Intermedia Films Lakeshore Entertainment Cruise/Wagner
2005	Sahara	Breck Eisner	Bristol Bay Productions Baldwin Entertainment Group Kanzaman Mace Neufeld Pictures Paramount Pictures	BMI Film Music Award
	Doom	Andrzej Bartkowiak	John Wells Productions Di Bonaventura Pictures
2006	The Fountain	Darren Aronofsky	Warner Bros. Regency Enterprises Protozoa Pictures	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	StudioCanal Relativity Media Blinding Edge Pictures Working Title Films Scion Films
2007	Wind Chill	Gregory Jacobs	Blueprint Pictures Section Eight Productions
2008	Definitely, Maybe	Adam Brooks	Universal Pictures StudioCanal Working Title Films
	The Wrestler	Darren Aronofsky	Wild Bunch Saturn Films Protozoa Pictures
	Dream from Leaving	Nathan Cox Rick Gradone J.T. Gurzi Pat Healy Rich Lee Settle Caitlin Strom Eric Watson	wonderwheel, llc
2009	Blood: The Last Vampire	Chris Nahon	Edko Pathé
	Moon	Duncan Jones	Stage 6 Films Liberty Films UK Sony Pictures Classics	Nominated- British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement
	Farewell	Christian Carion	Pathé Canal+ Ciné+ France 2
	The Rebound	Bart Freundlich	The Film Department A&F Productions The Weinstein Company
2010	Black Swan	Darren Aronofsky	Cross Creek Pictures Phoenix Pictures Dune Entertainment	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	Gaumont Miramax Films Walmark Films	Nominated- World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year (with Black Swan & Faster)
	Faster	George Tillman, Jr.	Castle Rock Entertainment State Street Pictures	Nominated- World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year (with Black Swan & Last Night)
2013	Stoker	Park Chan-wook	Scott Free Productions Indian Paintbrush	Replaced Philip Glass
	Filth	Jon S. Baird	Steel Mill Pictures Film i Väst
2014	Noah	Darren Aronofsky	Regency Enterprises Protozoa Pictures Paramount Pictures	Nominated- Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
2015	Man Down	Dito Montiel	Mpower Pictures Lionsgate Premiere
	High-Rise	Ben Wheatley	Recorded Picture Company Film4 British Film Institute HanWay Films StudioCanal
2017	Ghost in the Shell	Rupert Sanders	Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures	Composed with Lorne Balfe
	Loving Vincent	Dorota Kobiela Hugh Welchman	BreakThru Productions Silver Reel Altitude Film Distribution	Nominated- Annie Award for Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production Nominated- Polish Film Award for Best Film Score
2018	Mute	Duncan Jones	Liberty Films UK Studio Babelsberg Netflix
	Happy New Year, Colin Burstead	Ben Wheatley	Rook Films BBC Films
	Out of Blue	Carol Morley	Cannon & Morley The Electric Shadow Company BBC Films IFC Films
2020	Rebecca	Ben Wheatley	Working Title Films Big Talk Productions Netflix
2021	In the Earth	Ben Wheatley	Rook Films Neon Protagonist Pictures

Television

Year	Title	Director	Studio / Network	Notes
2004	CSI: Miami	Danny Cannon	Jerry Bruckheimer Television CBS Productions CBS	Episode: "MIA/NYC NonStop"
2011	United	James Strong	Lipsync Productions World Productions BBC Two	Television film
2016	Black Mirror	Owen Harris	Netflix House of Tomorrow	Episode: San Junipero
2018–present	Titans	Various	DC Universe HBO Max	Theme music & 12 episodes Composed with Kevin Kiner
2019–present	Doom Patrol			Theme music & 13 episodes Composed with Kevin Kiner
2022	Peacemaker			Composed with Kevin Kiner

Video games

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

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Studio / Publisher	Notes
2002	The Hire: Ticker	Joe Carnahan	BMW films
2006	The Big Forever	Robert Glassford Timo Langer	—
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	Abbot Vision Slate 9
	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	—

Awards and nominations

Nominations

• World Soundtrack Awards - Soundtrack Composer of the Year (1): 2011

See also

• Trailer music

References

External links

• Clint Mansell at IMDb
• Mansell at Yahoo Movies
• Clint Mansell at Rotten Tomatoes
• Interview focusing on Pop Will Eat Itself

На других языках

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[de] Clint Mansell

Clinton Darryl „Clint“ Mansell (* 7. Januar 1963 in Coventry, England) ist ein britischer Musiker und Filmkomponist.

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[es] Clint Mansell

Clint Mansell (Coventry, Reino Unido, 7 de enero de 1963) es un músico y compositor británico, nominado a los Globos de Oro por su labor en las bandas sonoras de importantes filmes como Réquiem por un sueño, Doom o La fuente de la vida, entre otras.

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[ru] Мэнселл, Клинт

Клинт Мэ́нселл (англ. Clint Mansell, полное имя — Кли́нтон Дэ́ррил Мэ́нселл, род. 7 января 1963, Ковентри, Англия) — британский музыкант и композитор, бывший вокалист и гитарист группы Pop Will Eat Itself. Автор звуковых дорожек к фильмам Даррена Аронофски и Данкана Джонса.

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