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| Background information | |
| Born | 1965 (age 47–48) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupations | Musician and Composer |
| Instruments | Violin, piano, bouzouki, guitar, flute, mandolin, tenor guitar |
| Labels | Anchor & Hope Bella Union |
| Associated acts | Dirty Three Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Grinderman |
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| Fender "Mandocaster" (Electric Mandolin) (Fender) Squier Classic Vibe Duo-Sonic Eastwood Warren Ellis Signature Tenor Guitar |
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Warren Ellis (born 1965) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, best known for his work with Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, and his film scores with Nick Cave. He plays violin, piano, bouzouki, guitar, flute, mandolin, and tenor guitar. Ellis is also known for his excessive and eccentric, though amusing banter between songs during Dirty Three live shows.[1]
Ellis has lived in Paris since 1998 with French wife Delphine Ciampi and their two children Roscoe and Jackson.[2][3]
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Life and career [edit]
Ellis was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Ellis has said that his ancestors were English, two of his ancestors came from Birmingham, England.[4] He won a scholarship to a private high school,[5] then studied classical violin, worked briefly as a schoolteacher in regional Victoria after completing a degree – a Diploma of Education in Music and English; traveled and busked in Greece, Hungary, Scotland and Ireland; wrote music for theatre groups and performed at art openings and plays in Melbourne and then begun playing with Melbourne bands.[6][7] Before forming in 1992, the Dirty Three, with Jim White and Mick Turner, Ellis played with several groups and individuals: Paranoid; the Nursing Mothers; The Slub, which also included Mick Turner; These Future Kings, Charlie Marshall & The Body Electric, The Blackeyed Susans, and Dave McComb of The Triffids.
In 1995, Ellis was invited to play with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on a recording;[8] he remained with the band and continues to play and record with the Bad Seeds, and Grinderman, formed as a spin-off group from the Bad Seeds, who have released two albums. In 2002, Ellis released a solo album on King Crab records called Three Pieces for Violin. Since 2005 he has played on several Marianne Faithfull albums, and collaborated with Nick Cave exclusively; the two composed the award-winning score of the film The Proposition, and then collaborated again on the scores of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and The Road.
In 2009, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis released White Lunar – an album that includes other soundtrack scores.
Collaborations [edit]
- The Blackeyed Susans' album All Souls Alive
- Kim Salmon's album "Hey Believer"
- David McComb's album Love of Will
- "Hell's Coming Down" from the album Riot City Blues, with Primal Scream.
- Slight Delay album by Loene Carmen
- Also performed with the Chicago burlesque queen Maya Sinstress in early 2000.
- "Crazy Love" by Marianne Faithfull/Nick Cave, with Isabelle Huppert.
- Jim Yamouridis' album Into the Day
Film and theatre scores with Nick Cave [edit]
- Woyzeck, theatre score (2005), adaptation by Gísli Örn Gardarsson.
- The Proposition, soundtrack (2005).
- Metamorphosis, theatre score (2006)[9]
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, soundtrack (2007).
- The English Surgeon, soundtrack (2007).
- The Road, soundtrack (2009).
- The Girls of Phnom Penh, soundtrack (2009).
- Lawless soundtrack (2012).[10]
Awards [edit]
- 2005 AFI Awards: Best Original Music Score (The Proposition)
- 2005 Inside Film Awards: Best Music (The Proposition)
- 2005 Film Critics Circle Of Australia Awards: Best Musical Score (The Proposition)
- 2010 Kermode Awards: Best Score (The Road)
References [edit]
- ^ "Liverpool – Entertainment – Dirty Three @ Carling Academy". BBC. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/more-than-one-string/2005/12/29/1135732690270.html?page=fullpage
- ^ http://spectrumculture.com/2012/11/interview-warren-ellis-of-the-dirty-three.html/
- ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CULTURE+%3A+Digging+diamonds+from+the+dirt%3B+Dirty+Three+Birmingham...-a0139062299
- ^ Option: Volumes 66-71, Sonic Options Network, 1996
- ^ http://www.fromthearchives.com/dt/chronology.html
- ^ http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/artists/display.asp?m=&artistID=742
- ^ "Liverpool – Entertainment – Warren Ellis Interview". BBC. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ^ http://vesturport.com/?i=27&expand=19-27&b=1,34,TnF.Display Vesturport
- ^ http://www.twentyfourbit.com/2012/04/trailer-nick-cave-scored-lawless/
External links [edit]
- Dirty Three
- Nick Cave official site
- Grinderman official site
- Warren Ellis at the Internet Movie Database
- Josh T Pearson interviews Warren Ellis
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