Magnus Fiennes


Magnus Hubert Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English composer, record producer and songwriter.
He has worked with artists such as Shakira, Pulp, Tom Jones and Morcheeba. In 1997 he produced the million-selling All Saints single "Never Ever", which reached number 4 on the US charts and number 1 throughout Europe; producing and co-writing on their eponymous five million selling album.
He composed and produced much of the two multi-million selling albums from the girl quartet Bond. He has composed several major film scores, numerous commercials and TV series, including many seasons of leading BBC dramas such as Hustle, Murphy's Law, and Death in Paradise. He also created, developed and produced the $20 million animated cartoon series Freefonix.

Records

As a producer/arranger programmer and re-mixer, Fiennes has worked with a diverse range of artists including Neneh Cherry, Marianne Faithfull, Gary Moore, the Spice Girls, Bryan Ferry, Hal David, Seal, Yello, Eagle-Eye Cherry, David McAlmont, Ian McCulloch, Roland Gift, Lenny Kravitz, Nigel Kennedy, Daniel Lanois, Trilok Gurtu, Damien Hirst, Dot Allison, Justin Hawkins, Jamelia and Geneva.
Other work includes producing the double platinum Watching Angels Mend for Australian singer-songwriter Alex Lloyd, a collaboration with Canadian violinist Lara St. John on the album Bach with Beats for Sony Classical, co-writing material with Massive Attack and the Sugababes, and co-writing and producing album tracks and singles for Bertine Zetlitz and Liberty X. Although Fiennes now works primarily in the field of film and TV composition, he was music director on Shakira's The Sun Come Out 2010 World Tour.
Magnus Fiennes continues to develop and consult on US based film and TV projects including developing a TV series for Silver Television/Pictures.

Work

Film

  • Soup
  • Preaching to the Perverted
  • Onegin
  • The Reckoning
  • Peter Cottontail – The Movie
  • Casper's Scare School
  • Chromophobia
  • ''Donkeys''

    Television

  • Pleasureland
  • Hustle
  • Vital Signs
  • Murphy's Law
  • Five Days
  • The Last Enemy
  • Freefonix
  • The Fixer
  • Injustice
  • ''Death in Paradise''

    Film tracks

Fiennes has written and produced a number of featured songs including the title song for Paramount's Addicted to Love, Madonna's Next Best Thing and Scala Pictures music business satire, Five Seconds to Spare. Fiennes has produced tracks for Working Title's Rowan Atkinson vehicle, Johnny English, and co-wrote the closing Massive Attack song on their score for the Luc Besson film, Danny the Dog.

Live

As a keyboard player, Fiennes toured extensively with blues guitarist Gary Moore in a line-up with Pink Floyd's Guy Pratt on bass and Gary Husband on drums. He was Music Director on Shakira's "The Sun Come Out" 2010 World Tour.

Personal life

Magnus Fiennes was born in Suffolk, England in 1965, a son of photographer Mark Fiennes and novelist Jennifer Lash. He married Maya in 1995 and has three daughters, Che, Shanti and Amelia. One of six siblings, he is brother to actors Ralph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes, and film makers Sophie Fiennes and Martha Fiennes. Another brother, Jacob, is a conservationist. His foster brother, Michael Emery, is an archaeologist.