Career
After People’s Will Eat Itself disbanded in 1996, Mansell was introduced to film scoring when director Darren Aronofsky hired him to score his debut film, Pi. Mansell then wrote the score for Aronofsky"s next film, Requiem for a Dream, which has been well received. The film"s primary composition "Lux Aeterna" has become extremely popular, appearing in a variety of advertisements, film trailers and YouTube videos.
His notable film scores include Pi, The Fountain, Moon, Smokin" Aces, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Doom, Black Swan, and High-Rise.
People’s career Mansell was the lead singer and guitarist of People’s Will Eat Itself. Soundtrack composer Mansell"s score for Darren Aronofsky"s π was followed up by his score for Aronofsky"s next film, Requiem for a Dream, which became a cult hit.
Since their first collaboration in 1996, Mansell has composed the music to every Aronofsky film. Mansell has also contributed the score to Home Box Office"s Voyeur and Aronofsky"s Black Swan Film trailers The trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers contained a re-arranged version of the track "Lux Aeterna", using a full orchestra and choir.
The piece, named "Requiem for a Tower", was recorded especially for the trailer.
The orchestration was arranged by Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen, and Veigar Margeirsson. "Lux Aeterna" has since become popular, with both the original and the "Requiem for a Tower" version having appeared in a wide variety of advertisements and trailers, including the trailer for the Red Sox–Yankees games in the 2007 Major League Baseball season, and trailers for the films Zathura, The Da Vinci Code, Sunshine, Babylon Anno Domini and the television series Lost and Top Gear. lieutenant was also used on Sky Sports News and as the theme for Soccer Saturday from 2007–2009.
In 2006, the theme was used in EuroSport Live trailers.
The theme was also used by America"s Got Talent as an introduction of the judges before being changed slightly. The new variant is now a regular piece on the show.
Mansell"s theme tune for science-fiction movie Moon also appears on the trailer for the film The Iron Lady and computer game Aliens: Colonial Marines. Nominations.