Charlie Mole
Charlie's musical
career began with a music scholarship to Oxford university. After
graduating he then signed to Warner-Chappell as a songwriter for
10 years before embarking on a career as a film composer.
Charlie
is perhaps better known in Hollywood than in the UK because of the
quality of films he has scored. The dark and moody orchestral score
he wrote for Othello (Lawrence Fishburne, Kenneth
Branagh / Castlerock) 'stands up there with those of James Horner,
Danny Elfman and John Williams' (US Soundtrack Review). His
witty and graceful score to An Ideal Husband (Rupert
Everett, Cate Blanchette/Miramax) won numerous international awards
and established him as a leading international composer. Charlie's
versatility means he is equally at home scoring contemporary, cutting
edge films, such as the Mel Smith film High Heels and Low
Lifes for Fragile/Buena Vista. He is also one of the UK's
top pop/R&B songwriters, having written for & with Chaka
Khan, Kylie Minogue, Angie Stone, Ultra Nate, and Lenny Kravitz.
This rare combination has enabled him to include end title songs
in his film scores.
Charlie
has received massive critical acclaim for his score to The
Importance Of Being Earnest (Fragile/Miramax): "Charlie
Mole's score takes risks that the camera sometimes doesn't, boldly
swirling into gaps in the action, adding pace, excitement and humour,
it makes you want to laugh out loud!" (Sunday Telegraph). His
film scores also include the black comedy Guy X and
the Italian set thriller Fade To Black
about the life of Orson Welles, as well as the forthcoming comedy
I Really Hate My Job. He also co-wrote
the title track for the animation Quest For A Heart.
Charlie has most recently completed the much anticipated St
Trinian's remake, based on the tales of the anarchic
schoolgirls, with Rupert Everett stepping in to Alastair Sims' role
as Miss Fritton. He also scored Northanger Abbey,
a TV film adaptation of the Jane Austen classic starring Felicity
Jones and J.J. Field, and a dramatic adaptation of The
Diary of Anne Frank for Darlow Smithson. He is about
to begin scoring Dorian Gray for Fragile
Films starring Ben Barnes.
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Film Credits
DORIAN GRAY
Fragile Films
Director: Oliver Parker
Producer: Barnaby Thompson
Starring: Ben Barnes
ST TRINIAN’S
Fragile Films
Director: Oliver Parker
Producer: Barnaby Thompson
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth
I REALLY HATE MY JOB
I Really Hate My Job Co
Director: Oliver Parker
Producer: Alan Greenspan, Andrew Higgie, Matthew Justice, Dominic
Saville
Starring: Neve Campbell, Anna Maxwell Martin, Shirley Henderson,
Danny Huston
QUEST FOR A HEART
Title Track
F&ME / Killerpic
Director: Pekka Lehtosaari
P: Marko Rohr
Starring: Lisa Stansfield
FADE TO BLACK
Fragile Films/Dakota Films/Endgame Ents.
Director: Oliver Parker
Producer: Barnaby Thompson, Jonathan Olsberg
Starring: Danny Huston, Christopher Walken, Paz Vega.
GUY X
F&ME
Director: Saul Metzstein
Producer: Sam Taylor, Mike Downey
Starring: Jason Biggs, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Northam
GOOSE!
Studio Eight/Voice Pictures Canada
Director: Nicholas Kendall
Producer: Wendy Hilltout
Starring: Chevy Chase, Joan Plowright
ONLY HUMAN (Seres Queridos)
Greenpoint Films/Tornasol Films Spain
Directors: Teresa Pelegri, Dominic Harari
Producers: Patrick Cassavetti, Adrian Sturges
Starring: Norma Aleandro, Guillermo Toledo
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Fragile Films/Ealing Films/Miramax
Director: Oliver Parker
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Dame Judy Dench, Reese Witherspoon
ACAP AWARD - most performed soundtrack in US
HIGH HEELS AND LOW LIFES
Fragile Films/Disney
Starring: Minnie Driver
Director: Mel Smith
Producer: Barnaby Thompson
AN IDEAL HUSBAND
Fragile Films/Icon/Miramax
Starring: Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchette, Julianne Moore,
Minnie Driver
Director: Oliver Parker
“the score has a charming finesse….opulent, flighty and just a little wicked…..he has a wonderful ear for melody.” Variety, April 99
OTHELLO
Castlerock
Starring: Lawrence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh
Director: Oliver Parker
“…..stood out as the most memorable soundtrack release in recent memory”. Scorelogue (US)
PARANOID
Sky Pictures
Starring: Jean Tripplehorn, Ian Glenn
Director: John Duigan
Songwriting credits: Ultra Nate, Angie Stone, Marcia Hines
UNSIGNED, LITTLE LOVING, SHORT CUTS
Short films by Oliver Parker
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter
MURDER BLUES
DB and IF Films
Starring: Brad Douriff
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Television Credits
THE DIARY
OF ANNE FRANK
Darlow Smithson
Director: Jon Jones
Producer: Elinor Day
NORTHANGER ABBEY
ITV
Director: Jon Jones
Producer: Keith Thompson
THE SECRET LIFE OF MRS. BEETON
BBC
Director: Jon Jones
Producer: Catherine Lannon
A VERY SOCIAL SECRETARY
Mentorn/Channel 4
Director: Jon Jones
Producers: Hal Vogel, David Aukin
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
BBC
Director: Ed Fraiman
Producer: Pier Wilkie
A BEAR NAMED WINNIE
Box/Original Pictures/Powercorp
Director: John Kent Harrison
Producer: Kim Todd
Starring: David Suchet, Stephen Fry
MICHELANGELO
BBC - 3 part docudrama
THE 3RD WORLD WAR
BBC - award winning documentaryTHE EMPIRE WARRIORS
BBC
SUING THE POPE
BBC - award winning documentary
PACIFIC SOLUTION
BBC
CORRESPONDANT
BBC
CHANNEL 5
Channel Ident
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Songwriting Credits
CHAKA KHAN
“Never Miss the Water“ from “Greatest Hits” (Warner)
ASCAP AWARD: Most played R&B in US. No.1 US Dance Chart
KYLIE MINOGUE
“Surrender” from 1 st Deconstruction no1 UK album
ANGIE STONE
Black Diamonds & Pearls Album
Platinum worldwide sales
ULTRA NATE
“Time of our lives” - Top 10 hit
Other Songwriting Credits
LOUISE “Woman in Me” (EMI)
JANITA (EMI)
ANGIE STONE ALBUM (EMI)
CLUBLAND (BMG)
SADIE (BMG)
CHINA BLACK (EMI)
GERRY DEVEAUX (Sony)
LENNY KRAVITZ co-write “Loving every minute” for Jennifer Brown (BMG)
TIA CARRERA (WEA)
ALISON LIMERICK (Arista)
JUDY CHEEKS (EMI)
ABC (EMI)
RIGHT SAID FRED (TUG)
VERTICAL HOLD (A&M)
AZUCAR MORENO (Epic)
(Hazme el amor top 10 South America)
JULIETTE ROBERTS (London records)
“Living in a Box” (Chrysalis)
GWEN DICKEY (Rose Royce)
MIGUEL GAILLARDO (Polygram)
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Programming & Arranging
Savage Garden
“Truly Madly Deeply” - No 1 US
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