Charles Alexander Clouser (born June 28, 1963) is an American

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, composer,

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, and

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. He worked with

Trent Reznor Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. He serves as the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, wh ...

for Nine Inch Nails from 1994 to 2000, and is a composer for film and television; among his credits are the score for the ''Saw'' franchise and ''

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''. Clouser was nominated for two

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s for

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in 1997.

Life and career

Clouser plays keyboard, synthesizer,

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, and drums. He also does

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, engineering, and mixing. He co-worked with

of Nine Inch Nails (1994–2000) for several projects. Before he worked with Nine Inch Nails, he was in the alternative band

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with former L.A. Guns guitarist

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and fellow

Nothing Records Nothing Records was an American record label specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. and Trent Reznor in 1992. It is considered an example of a vanity label, where an artist is able to run a label with some ...

employee

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. Clouser also was a member of the band 9 Ways to Sunday, which released a self-titled album in 1990. Clouser has remixed artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, White Zombie,

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and

Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened as Meat Beat, Manifesto or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens that was formed in 1987 in Swindon, United Kingdom. The band, fronted by Dangers (the only ...

. In 2004, Clouser produced the

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album '' Size Matters''. Consisting mainly of collaborations between Clouser and

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, it was intended to be a Hamilton solo album. The first release from the collaboration, known as Throwing Punches, appeared on a soundtrack in 2003 for the film ''

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'', and was credited as a Hamilton track. Clouser created one of FirstCom music's master series discs, only sold for commercial use, in the late 1990s. Two songs programmed by Clouser were nominated for

s in 1997: White Zombie's "

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" and Rob Zombie and

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's " Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)," the latter of which Clouser also co-wrote and mixed. He worked with

on the

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of ''

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'', helping record and produce a new version of "Something I Can Never Have," the original version of which appeared on Nine Inch Nails ''

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'' album. Clouser's remix of Zombie's "

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" can be found on ''

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. Another Zombie track remixed by Clouser, "Reload", appears on ''

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. He produced the unfinished Hamilton project Gandhi. In 2001, Clouser formed the supergroup Revenge of the Triads with

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and

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, although they later disbanded in 2002 without releasing any material. Clouser provided the live synth for Alec Empire's "Intelligence And Sacrifice" tour in 2001. He appears in the '' Moog'' documentary about electronic-music pioneer

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and composed the song "I Am a Spaceman" for the original soundtrack of that movie. Clouser has also worked as a film and television composer, scoring the entire ''

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'' series of films, as well as '' Deepwater'' (2005), ''

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'' (2007), ''

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'' (2007), and '' Resident Evil: Extinction'' (2007). On television, he was the composer for the TV series ''

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'' (NBC), '' Fastlane'' (Fox), and ''

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'' (CBS). Additionally, he composed the theme song for those shows as well as ''

'' (FX).

Personal life

Charlie was born in

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. He married his long-time girlfriend, photographer and model

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, in the summer of 2007. He is a graduate of

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in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Discography

With Nine Inch Nails * ''

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'' (1994) * '' Further Down the Spiral'' (1995) * ''

The Perfect Drug "The Perfect Drug" is a song by Nine Inch Nails written for the David Lynch film '' Lost Highway''. It was released in 1997 on the ''Lost Highway'' soundtrack as well as a single from the score. Remixes of the song were released as an EP, ''"T ...

'' (1997) * '' Closure'' (1997) * '' The Day the World Went Away'' (1999) * '' The Fragile'' (1999) * '' Into the Void'' (1999) * '' Starfuckers, Inc.'' (1999) * '' Things Falling Apart'' (2000) * '' And All That Could Have Been'' (2002) Marilyn Manson * '' Portrait of an American Family'' (1994) * "

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" (1994) * '' Smells Like Children'' (1995) * " Sweet Dreams" (1995) * ''

Antichrist Superstar ''Antichrist Superstar'' is the second studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on October 8, 1996, by Nothing and Interscope Records. It was recorded at Nothing Studios in New Orleans and produced by the band's epon ...

'' (1996) * " Tourniquet Pt. 2" (1997) * '' Lest We Forget: The Best Of'' (2004) White Zombie * '' Astro Creep: 2000'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Real Solution #9'' (1995) * '' Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls'' (1996) * '' Supersexy Swingin' Sounds'' (1996) * '' Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy)'' (1996) Rob Zombie * "

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" with

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(1997) * ''

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'' (1998) * ''

'' (1998) * '' Living Dead Girl'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Remix-a-Go-Go'' (1999) * ''The Best of Rob Zombie'' (2006)

Other artists

Clouser has performed on releases with a variety of other artists and bands. * 9 Ways to Sunday – '' 9 Ways to Sunday'' (1990) * 12 Rounds – '' Pleasant Smell'' (1998) * Alec Empire – '' Live at Fuji-Rock'' (2001) *

Apartment 26 Apartment 26 was a nu metal/industrial metal band from Leamington Spa, England, formed in 1998. They released two albums on the major labels Hollywood Records and Atlantic Records, ''Hallucinating'' and ''Music for the Massive'' respectively. Af ...

– '' Music for the Massive'' (2004) *

Black Light Burns Black Light Burns is an American industrial rock band fronted by Wes Borland. Founded in 2005 after Borland departed Limp Bizkit, the band's lineup also includes Nick Annis, Dennis Sanders and Dylan Taylor. Their debut album, '' Cruel Melody'' ...

– '' Cruel Melody'' (2007) *

– '' Frozen Lies'' (2006) * Collide ** ''

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'' (2004) ** ''Live at the El Rey'' (2005) *

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** ''

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'' (1997) ** '' Seven'' (2000) ** '' Best of Bowie'' (2002) * Deltron 3030 – '' Positive Contact'' (2001) * Die Krupps ** '' The Final Remixes'' (1994) ** '' Rings of Steel'' (1995) ** ''Fire'' (1997) *

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** ''

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'' (1998) ** '' Heaven Sent'' (1998) *

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– '' Down Time'' (1995) *

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– ''Blow'' (2001) * Fuel – ''

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'' (2003) *

– '' Size Matters'' (2004) *

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– '' Shadows Collide with People'' (2004) * Killing Joke – ''

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'' (1996) *

– '' Asbestos Lead Asbestos'' (1996) *

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– '' eMOTIVe'' (2004) *

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** '' Broken Peace'' (1994) ** '' Rude Awakening'' (1996) * Puscifer – ''

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'' EP (2007) * Radiator – ''Black Shine (remix)'' (1998) *

– ''

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'' (1998) *

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– ''

'' (2003) *

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– '' Another Night'' (1994) *

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– ''

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'' (2001) *

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** '' Pre-Fatty Tingle'' (2000) ** '' Sonic Jihad'' (2000) * Splattercell – ''

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** ''

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'' (1997) ** '' D-Side 1'' (2000) ** ''

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'' (2000)

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Television

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References

External links

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Burning Retna on Myspace
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