Nellee Hooper

Nellee Hooper (born 1963, Bristol, England) is a British producer/remixer/composer best known for his work with Björk, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Garbage, U2, Sneaker Pimps, Soul II Soul and Massive Attack. He also debuted as a motion picture music composer with famed Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries for the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in 1996.

Biography

Hooper began his career as a DJ and as a member of the Wild Bunch, the Bristol-based group that would turn into Massive Attack.

Between 1989 and 1992 he produced the debut albums for Soul II Soul (Club Classics Vol. I), Massive Attack (Blue Lines) and Björk (Debut), which in 1995 Mixmag magazine ranked the 31st, 1st and 3rd best dance albums of all time.

The 1995 BRIT Awards honored Hooper as Best Producer for his work on Massive Attack's Protection, Björk's Post and Madonna's Bedtime Stories albums.

In 1998 he won a BAFTA Award (Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music) for his work arranging the score and soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.

Hooper in the late 1990s set up the Meanwhile imprint, which is a subsidiary of Virgin Records.

Hooper continued to work steadily into the 2000s. He received a Grammy nomination in 2003 for his work on No Doubt's Rock Steady and Lamya's Learning From Falling albums. His other work has included producing the singles "GoldenEye" (1995) for Tina Turner, "Under the Bridge" (1998) for All Saints and "Down Boy" (2002) for Holly Valance, as well as providing remixes for artists like Janet Jackson and Sade.

Most recently he has worked with Gwen Stefani on her solo albums and on U2's 2004 release How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. He also produced the debut solo album of Andrea Corr of The Corrs, entitled Ten Feet High which was released on June 25, 2007.

Romeo + Juliet Score

Nellee Hooper was responsible for the BAFTA award-winning soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in 1996. He worked alongside Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and English composer Marius van Wyk de Vries. It was Hooper's first and only motion picture score. Hooper armed the soundtrack with sequences of bombastic choral and flamboyant orchestral forces and fusing it with his well-known hip-hop, trip-hop and electronica genres. Hooper since has not been active in the motion picture industry.

Selected production credits

• "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• "Perfect" (Nellee Hooper Mix) (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• "Wonderful Life" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Early Winter" (Gwen Stefani)
• "#1 Crush" (Nellee Hooper Remix) (Garbage)
• "What You Waiting For?" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Luxurious" (Gwen Stefani)
• "The Real Thing" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Danger Zone" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Hella Good" (No Doubt)
• "It's My Life" (No Doubt)
• "Running" (No Doubt)
• "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" (U2)
• "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (U2)
• "If God Will Send His Angels" (U2)
• "GoldenEye" (Tina Turner)
• "6 Underground" (Nellee Hooper Edit) (Sneaker Pimps)
• "Gabriel" (Nellee Hooper Mix) (Lamb)
• "Keep On Movin'" (Soul II Soul)
• "Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)" (Soul II Soul)
• "Get A Life" (Soul II Soul)
• "It's Oh So Quiet" (Björk)
• "Big Time Sensuality" (Björk)
• "Hyperballad" (Björk)
• "Venus as a Boy" (Björk)
• "Violently Happy" (Björk)
• "Isobel" (Björk)
• "Human Behaviour" (Björk)
• "Army of Me" (Björk)
• "Sweet Sweet Intuition" (Björk) - "It's Oh So Quiet" b-side
• "Down Boy" (Holly Valance)
• "Under the Bridge" (All saints)
• "Black Mona Lisa" (Lamya)
• "Empires" (Lamya)
• "Bedtime Story" (Madonna)
• "I Want You" (Madonna feat. Massive Attack)
• "Sanctuary" (Madonna)
• "Inside of Me" (Madonna)
• "Survival" (Madonna)
• "Forbidden Love" (Madonna)
• "Got Til It's Gone" (Nellee Hooper Master Mix) (Janet Jackson feat. Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell)
• "Where Are You Now" (Nellee Hooper Mix) (Janet Jackson)
• "Feel No Pain" (Nellee Hooper Remix) (Sade)
• "Empires" (Lamya)
• "Young Hearts Run Free" (Kym Mazelle)
• "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Sinéad O'Connor)

External links

• Nellee Hooper at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography at Allmusic
• Biography at Discogs
• Nellee Hooper on VH1
• Filmography on Yahoo! Movies