Marius de Vries (born 1961) is an English record producer and composer. He has won a Grammy Award from four nominations, two BAFTA Awards, and an Ivor Novello Award.[1]
Marius de Vries | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) London, England |
| Genres | Electronic, trip hop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, composer, engineer |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, drum programming, guitar |
Education
editMarius de Vries was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, Bedford School (between 1975 and 1980) and then at Peterhouse, Cambridge.[2]
Career
editMusic producer
editRecording artists he has collaborated with include Bjork, Madonna, Massive Attack, David Bowie, U2, Rufus Wainwright, Chrissie Hynde, Neil Finn, Annie Lennox, Bebel Gilberto, David Gray, P.J. Harvey, Elbow, Josh Groban, Alice Martineau and Melanie C.
De Vries served as the executive music producer for the 2016 film La La Land and produced the accompanying soundtrack.[3][4] He also co-wrote the song "Start a Fire" alongside John Legend, Justin Hurwitz, and Angelique Cinelu, and had a small role in the film as a casting director.
Composer/film scores
editDe Vries was the music director of the 2001 film Moulin Rouge! and worked with Nellee Hooper on the film soundtrack of Romeo + Juliet as co-composer, programmer, and co-producer. Both of these projects won de Vries BAFTA awards, and he was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for his compositional work on the former.[citation needed]
He also wrote the scores for Stephan Elliott's surreal thriller Eye of the Beholder[citation needed] as well as Elliott's adaptation of the Noël Coward comedy Easy Virtue. The latter is notable musically for using the real singing voices of leading actors Ben Barnes, Jessica Biel, and Colin Firth.[5]
In 2010, he co-wrote the score of Kick-Ass with John Murphy, Henry Jackman and Ilan Eshkeri. He co-produced, along with Tyler Bates and Zack and Deborah Snyder, and performed on the soundtrack of Snyder's 2011 film Sucker Punch.[citation needed]
In 2020 and 2021, he composed the score for Sian Heder's CODA, which won Best Picture at the 2022 Academy Awards, and served as executive music producer on Leos Carax's Annette.[6]
De Vries' most recent scores are for Daniel Roher's Navalny - which won Best Documentary at the 2023 Academy Awards, and, with Joshua Schmidt, for Joshua Oppenheimer's apocalyptic musical film, The End, starring Tilda Swinton.
Partial list of songs produced
editSongs by Teddy Thompson
Songs by Rufus Wainwright
- "11:11"[8]
- "14th Street"[8]
- "Agnus Dei"[9]
- "Beautiful Child"[8]
- "Crumb By Crumb"[9]
- "Dinner at Eight"[8]
- "Gay Messiah"[9]
- "Go or Go Ahead"[8]
- "I Don't Know What It Is"[8]
- "Little Sister"[9]
- "Memphis Skyline"[9]
- "Movies of Myself"[8]
- "Natasha"[8]
- "Oh What a World"[8]
- "Old Whore's Diet" (co-produced by Wainwright)[9]
- "Peach Trees"[9]
- "Pretty Things"[8]
- "The Art Teacher"[9]
- "The One You Love"[9]
- "This Love Affair"[9]
- "Vibrate"[8]
- "Vicious World"[8]
- "Waiting For a Dream"[9]
- "Want"[8]
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Recipient | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Romeo + Juliet | Best Film Music | Won | [10] |
| 2002 | Moulin Rouge! | Won |
| Year | Recipient | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Ray of Light | Album of the Year | Nominated | [11] |
| Contact from the Underworld of Redboy | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Nominated | ||
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Nominated | |
| 2017 | La La Land | Won |
| Year | Recipient | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Romeo + Juliet | Best Original Film Score | Won | [12] |
| Year | Recipient | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Best Original Score of the Year | Nominated | [13] |
| Most Creative Use of Existing Material on a Soundtrack | Won |
References
edit- ^ "Photo: Marius de Vries at 60th Annual Grammy Awards in New York - NYP20180128815". Upi.com. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "From Bedford to La La Land!". Bedford School. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Inside the magic of "La La Land" with music director Marius De Vries". Newsweek.com. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "La La Land music director to work with English National Opera". The Guardian. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Mad About the Boy – Music Video From the Easy Virtue Soundtrack". Uk.movies.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ^ "2022 Oscars original song nominees? They will likely come from this playlist". Los Angeles Times. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Liner Notes – A Piece of What You Need". Albumlinernotes.com. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Liner Notes – Want One". Albumlinernotes.com. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Liner Notes – Want Two". AlbumLinerNotes.com. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ^ "Marius de Vries - BAFTA Awards". Bafta.org. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Marius de Vries". Grammy.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "The Ivors 1998". Theivors.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Marius de Vries - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 27 July 2018.