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  Background non_performing_personnel
  Birth Name Clinton Darryl Mansell
  Origin Coventry , England
  Genre Rock , Film Score
  Occupation Musician , Composer
  Years Active 1981&ndashpresent
  Associated Acts Pop Will Eat Itself
  URL clintatthecontrolscom


Clint Mansell (born '''Clinton Darryl Mansell''', 7 January 1963 , in Coventry , England ) is a Golden Globe nominated Musician and Composer .


EARLY WORK

Mansell was the Lead Singer and Guitarist of the British Band , Pop Will Eat Itself . After the disbanding of PWEI in 1996, Mansell broke into the world of Film Scoring when his friend, Director Darren Aronofsky , gave him the opportunity to score his debut Film , '' π ''.

Despite critical acclaim, Mansell's score went widely unnoticed by the general public. However, the Soundtrack release, placing Mansell's work alongside Tracks from Autechre , Aphex Twin , Orbital and Roni Size , did win many fans from the IDM and Electronica communities.


REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

See Also: Requiem for a Dream (soundtrack)



Mansell's score for ''π'' was followed up by his score for Aronofsky's next film, '''' contained a Rearranged version of the track " Lux Aeterna ," utilizing a full Orchestra and Choir . The piece, named " Requiem For A Tower ", was made just for the trailer. The orchestration was Arranged by Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen, and Veigar Margeirsson.

"Lux Aeterna" has since become extremely popular, with both the original and the orchestration having appeared in a wide variety of commercials and trailers, including trailers for the films '' Zathura '', '' The Da Vinci Code '', '' Sunshine '' and the TV Series '' Lost ''.

The soundtrack for ''Requiem for a Dream'' also confirmed its popularity with the remix , Josh Wink , Jagz Kooner , and Delerium , amongst others.

Mixed together with variations upon the same theme also from Mansell's score, "Lux Aeterna" was also used in the making of the AMV entitled "Something Wicked This Way Comes." The AMV went on to receive the first prize at Anime Boston 2007. This achievement has spread Mansell's fame slightly.


OTHER SOUNDTRACKS

Other notable achievements include the theme for the film ''.


SCORING CREDITS



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