Clint Mansell

Clint Mansell是位配樂大師，他原本是英國搖滾樂團Pop Will Eat Itself的主唱兼鍵盤手，樂團在1996宣布解散后，克林特轉往美國發展，以電子音樂作為創作主軸，98年，他在本片導演達倫的邀約下，為「π」創作音樂，克林特就在這樣的機緣下走進了電影音樂創作的世界，2001年，克林特繼續為達倫的作品「噩夢挽歌」譜寫音樂，克林特為此片所寫的音樂深獲推崇，不但「達文西密碼」、「魔戒二部曲-雙城奇謀」等電影都曾選用為預告片的音樂，就連Paul Oakenfold、Delerium等電音名流都曾為本片的音樂打造混音盤?？肆痔氐挠耙糇髌钒�括了�?005撒哈拉」、「毀滅戰士」、「拿命線索」、「11點14分」、「鬼地方」…等。
by Joshua Landau
Frontman for the sadly defunct Pop Will Eat Itself, among other things, Clint Mansell (b. January 7, 1963, Coventry, England) has played a lot of music. Affectionately known as Clint Poppie, he started out in 1981, forming a group called From Eden, which included future members of Pop Will Eat Itself, in the English industrial city of Stourbridge. After several years, the band broke up (they argued over who had performed better on The Tube). Mansell, along with future Poppies Adam Mole and Graham Crabb, then recruited the fourth Poppie, Richard March, and proceeded to release an EP as Wild and Wandering. On their next EP, self-released, the band finally came to rest with the name Pop Will Eat Itself, stolen from an NME article.
Signed to Chapter 22, Pop Will Eat Itself put out a series of singles and a pair of albums, attracting much attention. Eventually, they signed to RCA. After three albums, innumerable singles, and a fair amount of critical and commercial success, RCA dumped the Poppies. They immediately signed with their former A&R man's label, Infectious. After another pair of albums, the band began to fragment. Crabb split for his own project, Golden Claw Music, and in 1996 Pop Will Eat Itself split up.
Mansell moved to the U.S. after the breakup. He then proceeded to write the score to the movie Pi, and he produced a limited-edition U.K. remix 12" of the movie's theme. In addition, he has worked with Trent Reznor, both helping with remixes and appearing on Nine Inch Nail's album The Fragile, and has pursued film scoring aggressively, including the scores for Knockaround Guys and Requiem for a Dream. Finally, he is currently at work on a solo album, to be released on Nothing Records.