Charlie Clouser is a renowned recording artist and composer, residing in Los Angeles, with a career spanning over three decades.
As a recipient of sixteen BMI Film & TV Music awards, Charlie has also received ten platinum and gold record awards for his work as a member of the band Nine Inch Nails, and as a producer, programmer, and remixer for various artists, including David Bowie, Rob Zombie, Killing Joke, Helmet, Marilyn Manson, Jamiroquai, White Zombie, and many others.
Charlie's scores for the "SAW" franchise are particularly noteworthy, combining brutal electronics, homemade bowed metal instruments, and tortured orchestral washes to create a sense of industrial-strength horror. His work on "Hello Zepp" became a trademark of the franchise and a minor icon in the world of memorable horror themes.
He has also composed scores for numerous films, including "Dead Silence", "Death Sentence", "The Stepfather", "Resident Evil: Extinction", "The Collection", and others, expanding upon his signature sound and producing dozens of memorable themes, terrifying ambiences, and tension-filled rhythmic climaxes.
With over two hundred hours of television underscore to his credit, Charlie's scores for the CBS series "Numb3rs" and the NBC series "Las Vegas" showcased his versatility, spanning a wide range of styles from ticking-clock hostage dramas and high-energy car chases to comedic casino capers and delicate heartbreak.
More recently, his main title theme from the Fox/FX series "American Horror Story" received widespread acclaim, helping to establish the creepy vibe of the series, and his theme and underscore for the Fox series "Wayward Pines" provided another dose of unsettling atmospheres and powerful action-adventure themes.
As the keyboardist in Nine Inch Nails during the 1990s, Charlie toured globally and contributed to landmark albums "The Downward Spiral" and "The Fragile", as well as numerous singles, remixes, and other projects undertaken by the band during his tenure. He also remixed and collaborated with artists from Atari Teenage Riot to White Zombie, and appeared in documentaries about Dr. Robert Moog's life and the recent resurgence of synthesizer culture.
With his extensive experience as a keyboardist, synthesist, and programmer, Charlie brings a vast palette of sounds and an unusual collection of instruments, including one-of-a-kind electronic devices and hand-made sculptural metal instruments, to create a wide range of emotional textures, from outright aggression to disorienting dissonance.
