Magnus Hubert Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 21 November 1965) is an English composer, record producer and songwriter. He has worked with artists such as

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, Pulp,

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and Morcheeba. In 1997 he produced the million-selling All Saints single " Never Ever", which reached number 4 on the US charts and number 1 throughout Europe; producing and co-writing on their eponymous five million selling album. He composed and produced much of the two multi-million selling albums from the girl quartet

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. He has composed several major film scores, numerous commercials and TV series, including many seasons of leading BBC dramas such as '' Hustle'', '' Murphy's Law'', and '' Death in Paradise''. He also created developed and produced the $20 million animated cartoon series ''

Freefonix ''Freefonix'' is a children's animated television series created by Magnus Fiennes, Alex Tate and Simeon Warburton and co-produced by Cinnamon Entertainment, Toonz Animation-Trivandrum and Method Films for CBBC, in association with Isle of Man F ...

''.

Records

As a producer/arranger programmer and re-mixer, Fiennes has worked with a diverse range of artists including

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, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry, the

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, Hal David, Seal, Yello, Propaganda$2, Erazure, Eagle-Eye Cherry,

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, Ian McCulloch,

Roland Gift Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

Lenny Kravitz Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop and folk. Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Best Male R ...

, Nigel Kennedy, Daniel Lanois, Trilok Gurtu, Damien Hirst (in the guise of Fat Les's Vindaloo), Dot Allison, Justin Hawkins, Jamelia and

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. Other work includes producing the double platinum "Watching Angels Mend" for Australian singer-songwriter

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, a collaboration with Canadian violinist Lara St. John on the album of "Bach with beats" for Sony Classical, co-writing material with Massive Attack and the Sugababes, and co-writing and producing album tracks and singles for

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(a Norwegian number one) and Liberty X. Although Fiennes now works primarily in the field of film and TV composition he was music director on

's "The Sun Come Out 2010 World Tour". Magnus Fiennes continues to develop and consult on US based film and TV projects including developing a TV series for Silver Television/Pictures.

Work

Film

*''Soup'' (1995) *'' Preaching to the Perverted'' (1997) *'' Onegin'' (1998) *''The Reckoning'' (2001) *''Peter Cottontail – The Movie'' (2005) *''

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'' (2006) *'' Chromophobia'' (2007) *'' Donkeys'' (2010)

Television

*''Pleasureland'' (2003) *'' Hustle'' (2004–12) *''Vital Signs'' (2006) *''Murphy's Law'' (2006–07) *''Five Days'' (2006) *''The Last Enemy'' (2007) *''

'' (2008–09) *''The Fixer'' (2008–10) *''Injustice'' (2011) *'' Death in Paradise'' (2011–present)

Film tracks

Fiennes has written and produced a number of featured songs including the title song for Paramount's '' Addicted to Love'' (featuring Neneh Cherry), Madonna's ''Next Best Thing'' and Scala Pictures music business satire, ''Five Seconds to Spare''. Fiennes has produced tracks for Working Title's

Rowan Atkinson Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He played the title roles on the sitcoms '' Blackadder'' (1983–1989) and '' Mr. Bean'' (1990–1995), and the film series ''Johnny English'' (2003–20 ...

vehicle, ''

Johnny English ''Johnny English'' is a 2003 spy comedy film directed by Peter Howitt and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies. It is a British-French venture produced by StudioCanal and Working Title Films, and distributed by Universa ...

'', and co-wrote the closing Massive Attack song on their score for the Luc Besson film, '' Danny the Dog''.

Live

As a keyboard player, Fiennes toured extensively with legendary blues guitarist

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in a line-up with Pink Floyd's

Guy Pratt Guy Adam Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is a British musician. He is best known for his prolific work as a session bass player, working with artists including Pink Floyd (also David Gilmour and Nick Mason), Roxy Music (also Bryan Ferry), Gary Moo ...

on bass and

Gary Husband Gary Husband (born 14 June 1960) is an English jazz and rock drummer, pianist, keyboard player and bandleader. He is also a composer, arranger and producer. Husband is a member of John McLaughlin's group The 4th Dimension, he also regularly ...

on drums. He was Music Director on

's "The Sun Come Out" 2010 World Tour.

Personal life

Magnus Fiennes was born in

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include ...

, England in 1965, a son of photographer

Mark Fiennes Mark Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (11 November 1933 – 30 December 2004) was an English photographer and illustrator. Fiennes was perhaps best known for his architectural studies. Biography Mark Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born at Dalton, Nor ...

and novelist

Jennifer Lash Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash Fiennes (27 February 1938 – 28 December 1993), also known as Jini Fiennes, was an English novelist and painter. In 1961, she published ''The Burial'', her first novel, at the age of 23. Lash was regarded as o ...

. He married Maya Dokic in 1995, and they have two daughters. One of six siblings, he is brother to actors Ralph Fiennes and

Joseph Fiennes Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (), known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor of film, stage, and television. Journalist Zoe Williams observed that "he seemed to be the go-to actor for English cultural history". Fiennes is particul ...

, and film makers Sophie Fiennes and

Martha Fiennes Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes () is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film '' Onegin'' (1999), which starred her elder brother, Ralph, and her subsequent film ''Chromophobia'' (2005). Career ...

. Another brother, Jacob, is a conservationist. His foster brother, Michael Emery, is an archaeologist.

Notes

References

External links

Official Website
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Magnus Fiennes
at the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

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