Charlie’s musical career began with a record deal for his band at Oxford University. After graduating, he signed to Warner-Chappell as a songwriter for 10 years before embarking on a career as a film composer.

Emmy Nominated in 2013 for his music to ITV’s Mr. Selfridge, Charlie is perhaps better known in Hollywood than in the UK because of the quality of films he has scored, despite his incredibly well received score for ITV Studios’ flagship period drama Mr. Selfridge, starring Jeremy Piven. His most recent film credits include Dad’s Army for Universal with the stellar British cast including Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Toby Jones, and director Oliver Parker’s Swimming With Men, starring Rob Brydon and Charlotte Riley.

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, Julianne Moore/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 (Minnie Driver). He has also been 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. His song “Never miss the water”  performed by Chaka Khan was a no1 US Dance hit and  featured in the US sitcom “Friends” and also “The Sopranos”

Charlie received massive critical acclaim for his score to The Importance Of Being Earnest (Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Rupert Everett) (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 (Jason Biggs) and the Italian set thriller Fade To Black starring Danny Huston as  Orson Welles, as well as the comedy I Really Hate My Job, also starring Danny Huston.  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 Colin Firth and Rupert Everett reunited and the latter 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, as well as a dramatic adaptation of The Diary Of Anne Frank with Ellie Kendrick which was acclaimed by the remaining living relative as the definitive version of her story. He went on to score Dorian Gray for Fragile Films starring Colin Firth and Ben Barnes.

Links

Charlie’s IMDB page
Dorian Gray Trailer
St. Trinians II Trailer
St. Trinians Trailer
Wikipedia

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Charlie Mole’s resumé