Charlie Mole
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.
Film
SWIMMING WITH MEN | Met Film Production Director: Oliver Parker Producer: Stewart Le Marechal, Anna Mohr-Pietsch, Maggie Monteith Starring: Rob Brydon, Charlotte Riley, Rupert Graves, Jim Carter |
DAD’S ARMY | DJ Films / Universal Director: Oliver Parker Producer: Damian Jones Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Toby Jones |
NORTH AMERICA | Silverback Filoms / Discovery Director: Sarah Kass, Max Salomon, Laura Fravel, James Manfull Producer: Adam Chapman, Justin Anderson, Mark Brownlow Starring: Tom Selleck |
DEADMINE | Infinite Frameworks Studios Director: Steven Shiel Producer: Catherine Davila, Daniel Davila, Nick North, Mike Wiluan Starring: Rupert Everett |
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 finessé - 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
MR SELFRIDGE (Series 1, 2, 3 & 4) | ITV Director: Jon Jones, John Strickland, Nathony Byrne, Michael Keillor Producer: Chrissy Sinns, Jeremy Piven Executive Kate Lewis Starring: Jeremy Piven, Frances O’Connor | ***EMMY Award Nominated: Original Dramatic Score for a Series 2013*** |
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 | |
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 and Arranging
Savage Garden "Truly Madly Deeply" - No 1 US |