Director Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream” is one of the most stunning and heartbreaking films to ever depict the loneliness and depravity associated with addiction.
Adapted from Hubert Selby Jr.’s 1978 novel, Aronofsky’s sophomore feature film cemented the filmmaker’s unique style, combining gorgeous cinematography, close-up shots, and a harrowing score that perfectly enhances the disturbing fate of its characters.
And years later, that score still haunts us. A frequent collaborator with Aronofsky, composer Clint Mansell was able to apply his own menacing and melodic motifs that launched a career full of equally haunting scores.
And some of the sounds featured in the score are, well …
unlikely. Hope OvertureBefore launching his career as a Golden Globe and Grammy-nominated film composer, Clint Mansell was the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist of the English alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself, a group he formed when he was only 19.
He sang vocals and supplied bass,
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