Marius de Vries (born 1961) is an English record producer and composer. He has won a

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from four nominations, two

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, and an

Ivor Novello Award The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Welsh entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and Musical composition, composing. They have been presented annually in London by the The Ivors Academy, Ivors Academy, formerly called the Britis ...

Education

Marius de Vries was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School,

Bedford School Bedford School is a 7–18 Single-sex education, boys Public school (United Kingdom), public school in the county town of Bedford in England. Founded in 1552, it is the oldest of four independent schools in Bedford run by the Harpur Trust. Bed ...

(between 1975 and 1980) and then at

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Career

Music producer

Recording artists he has collaborated with include Bjork,

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, U2,

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, Chrissie Hynde,

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, David Gray, P.J. Harvey,

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, Alice Martineau and

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. De Vries served as the executive music producer for the 2016 film ''

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'' and produced the accompanying

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. He also co-wrote the song "Start a Fire" alongside

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, Justin Hurwitz, and Angelique Cinelu, and had a small role in the film as a casting director.

Composer/film scores

De Vries was the music director of the 2001 film '' Moulin Rouge!'' and worked with Nellee Hooper on the

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of ''

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'' as co-composer, programmer, and co-producer. Both of these projects won de Vries

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awards, and he was awarded an

for his compositional work on the former. He also wrote the scores for

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's surreal thriller '' Eye of the Beholder'' as well as Elliott's adaptation of the

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comedy '' Easy Virtue''. The latter is notable musically for using the real singing voices of leading actors Ben Barnes,

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, and

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. In 2010, he co-wrote the score of '' Kick-Ass'' with John Murphy, Henry Jackman and

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. He co-produced, along with Tyler Bates and Zack and Deborah Snyder, and performed on the soundtrack of Snyder's 2011 film ''

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''. In 2020 and 2021, he composed the score for

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's ''CODA'', which won Best Picture at the 2022 Academy Awards, and served as executive music producer on

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's '' Annette''. De Vries' most recent scores are for Daniel Roher's '' Navalny'' - which won Best Documentary at the 2023 Academy Awards, and, with Joshua Schmidt, for Joshua Oppenheimer's apocalyptic musical film, ''

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'', starring Tilda Swinton.

Partial list of songs produced

Songs by

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Songs by

Awards and nominations

Ivor Novello Awards The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Welsh entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and Musical composition, composing. They have been presented annually in London by the The Ivors Academy, Ivors Academy, formerly called the Britis ...

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References

External links

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Marius de Vries interview: Brave New World
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Vries, Marius 1961 births Living people English record producers English male film score composers Composers from London Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Best Original Music BAFTA Award winners Grammy Award winners Ivor Novello Award winners People educated at Bedford School