Charlie Mole - Composer Profile

Charlie's musical career began with a music scholarship to Oxford university. After graduating, he 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 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 as well as scoring the sequel, St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, which again sees Rupert Everett stepping in to Alastair Sim's 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 went on to score Dorian Gray for Fragile Films starring Ben Barnes and Deadmine, a horror action thriller, for director Steven Shiel.

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

Television Credits

GARROW'S LAW (Series 2)	Twenty Twenty Television / BBC Director: Ashley Pearce Producer: Nick Pitt Executive Producer: Dominic Barlow
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK	Darlow Smithson Director: Jon Jones Producer: Elinor Day
NORTHANGER ABBEY	ITV Director: Jon Jones Producer: Keith Thompson
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 documentary THE EMPIRE WARRIORS BBC
SUING THE POPE	BBC - award winning documentary
PACIFIC SOLUTION	BBC
CORRESPONDANT	BBC
CHANNEL 5	Channel Ident

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
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

Charlie's IMDB page
Dorian Gray Trailer
St. Trinians II Trailer
St. Trinians Trailer
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