Darren Aronofsky recently directed an ad for the Yves Saint Laurent men’s fragrance La Nuit de L’Homme. His regular composer Clint Mansell has written the music for the commercial, which has now surfaced online. Aronofsky has worked with other previous collaborators on the project, including actor Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and writers Ari Handel (The […]
Posts Tagged ‘Clint Mansell’
Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Yves Saint Laurent’ Ad with Music by Clint Mansell
Posted: April 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Clint Mansell, Darren Aronofsky, La Nuit de L'Homme, Yves Saint Laurent
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Clint Mansell Scoring ‘United’
Posted: March 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Clint Mansell, David Tennant, United
Clint Mansell is currently scoring the upcoming BBC drama United. The film is based on the true story of soccer team Manchester United’s legendary “Busby Babes”, the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich air crash that claimed eight of the their number. The made-for-television movie is directed by James […]
Clint Mansell to score ‘Mass Effect 3’
Posted: February 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Clint Mansell, Last Night, Mass Effect 3
While we don’t usually report video game scoring assignments, we will make exceptions for assignments by high profile film composer. According to a recent interview with Clint Mansell at The Quietus, the composer will score the upcoming game Mass Effect 3, which marks his first video game scoring assignment. The game developed by Bioware is […]
‘Black Swan’ and ‘True Grit’ scores disqualified from Oscar consideration
Posted: December 21, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Black Swan, Carter Burwell, Clint Mansell, Michael Brook, Randy Newman, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right, Toy Story 3, True Grit
According to Variety, the scores for Black Swan by composer Clint Mansell and True Grit by Carter Burwell have been disqualified from Oscar consideration by the Academy music branch. Both scores were deemed ineligible because they are “diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music”. The Black Swan score was heavily adapted […]
Chris Bacon to take over ‘Source Code’
Posted: December 16, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Bacon, Clint Mansell, Source Code
According to director Duncan Jones, Chris Bacon has replaced Clint Mansell as the composer on the upcoming sci-fi movie Source Code. Mansell had been working on the score for the film as reported here back in October, but according to Jones, scheduling conflicts kept the composer from completing the soundtrack. Chris Bacon, whose previous feature […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 3, 2010)
Posted: December 3, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All Good Things, Black Swan, Clint Mansell, I Love You Phillip Morris, Javier Navarrete, Nick Urata, Rob Simonsen, The Warrior's Way
Only one movie opens wide this weekend: The Warrior’s Way starring Dong-gun Jang, Danny Huston, Geoffrey Rush and Kate Bosworth features a score by Javier Navarrete. In the movie, a warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission. No soundtrack release has been announced so far. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 26, 2011)
Posted: November 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Alexandre Desplat, Burlesque, Christophe Beck, Clint Mansell, Faster, James Newton Howard, Love and Other Drugs, Tangled, The King's Speech
Four new movies are opening wide over Thanksgiving weekend: Walt Disney Pictures’ Tangled features songs and score by Alan Menken. Check out our previous article announcing the soundtrack album. A short video interview on the score has been uploaded on YouTube. To listen to lenghty audio interviews with Menken talking about his work on Tangled, […]
Black Swan soundtrack album coming
Posted: November 13, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Swan, Clint Mansell, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release the soundtrack album for Darren Aronofsky’s thriller Black Swan starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Kassel, Mila Kunis and Winona Ryder. The album will include Clint Mansell’s original score from the movie using elements Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. The album will be released on November 30, three days before the movie’s release date on […]
‘Faster’ soundtrack album announced
Posted: November 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clint Mansell, Faster, Iggy Pop, Soundtrack, The Heavy
Lakeshore Records has announced a digital release of the upcoming soundtrack to the action thriller Faster starring Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. The album will be released on November 23 and features the score by composer Clint Mansell, as well as songs by Iggy Pop, The Heavy among others. 11/18/10 Update: Check out the […]
Clint Mansell going ‘Faster’
Posted: October 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Swan, Clint Mansell, Faster, Source Code
Clint Mansell is currently scoring the upcoming action thriller Faster. The movie directed by George Tillman Jr. (Men of Honor, Notorious) is starring Dwayne Johnson, Maggie Grace, Jennifer Carpenter, Tom Berenger, Carla Gugino and Billy Bob Thornton. In the film, an ex-con sets out to avenge his brother’s death after they were double-crossed during a […]
