Clinton Darryl Mansell (; born 7 January 1963) is an English musician, singer, and

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, born in

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. He served as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist of alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself before embarking on a career as a

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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,

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and

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-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

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, 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.

Career

Pop career

Mansell was raised in

. 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

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in the UK alternative rock scene, bringing influences from hip hop,

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, and other

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genres into their music. In the United States, PWEI were signed in 1994 to Nothing Records the label owned by Trent Reznor of

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. 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.Pete Paphide
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for Aronofsky's next film, '' Requiem for a Dream'', which became a

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hit. The film's primary composition " Lux Aeterna" was popular, appearing in adverts, film trailers, and

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videos labelled as Epic Music. Mansell composed the music to every subsequent Aronofsky film until '' 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'',The Da Vinci Code Trailer
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'', '' Top Gear'', '' Soccer Saturday'', EuroSport LIVE and ''

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''. Mansell's theme from the film ''

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'' 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

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Short films

Awards and nominations

Nominations

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

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References

External links

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Mansell at Yahoo Movies
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Interview focusing on Pop Will Eat Itself
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