Recordings

Requiem for a Dream

Clint Mansell

2000

“Requiem for a Dream was the film that put Darren Aronofsky on the map and gave juicy and heartbreaking roles to Ellen Burstyn (an Oscar nominee), Jared Leto, Marlon Wayans, and Jennifer Connelly. But it’s perhaps now best remembered for its score. Written by Clint Mansell and performed by the string group Kronos Quartet, the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, specifically ‘Lux Aterna,’ has been used to promote movies ever since.”

C. Molly Smith, Entertainment Weekly

About the album

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