For English composer Clint Mansell’s second collaboration with American film director Darren Aronofsky, he has written original music for Requiem for a Dream, an adaptation of Hubert Selby, Jr.’s 1978 novel of the same name that follows four characters as their lives spiral out of control because of their addictions. The largely electronic soundtrack includes performances Mansell and Kronos.
SELECT CREDITS
All machines programmed by Clint Mansell
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Jennifer Culp, cello
The Moonrats
Marcel Reginatto, saxophone, vocals
Brian Emrich, bass guitar, vocals
Oscar Oñoz, trumpet, vocals
Theodore Birkey, keyboards, vocals
Hector Torres, percussion, vocals
Darren Aronofsky, vocals
All music composed by Clint Mansell, except tracks 16 and 24 by Brian Emrich and Theodore Birkey
String quartet arrangements by David Lang
Produced by Clint Mansell
Kronos Quartet performances produced by Judith Sherman
Soundtrack album produced by Clint Mansell and David Harrington
Executive Producer for Nonesuch Records: David Bither