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 Blanchett/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 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 comedy I Really Hate My Job, starring Neve Campbell and Danny Huston. He also co-wrote the title track for the animated feature Quest For A Heart. Charlie scored the much anticipated St Trinian’s remake and recently completed scoring the sequel, St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, which again sees 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, as well as a dramatic adaptation of The Diary Of Anne Frank for Darlow Smithson which was incredibly well received by critics and audiences alike. He most recently completed scoring Dorian Gray for Fragile Films starring Ben Barnes.

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Film Credits

ST TRINIAN'S II: THE LEGEND OF FRITTON'S GOLD

Fragile Films

Director: Oliver Parker

Producer: Barnaby Thompson

Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, David Tennant

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)

Programming & Arranging

Savage Garden
“Truly Madly Deeply” - No 1 US

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