Marius De Vries

Marius de Vries (born Marius van Wyk de Vries) is an English music producer. He was born in London in 1961. He has been behind some of the key albums and singles of recent times, (gathering five Grammy nominations along the way), the best known of these being his writing and production contributions to Madonna's "Bedtime Stories" and "Ray of Light" albums. He is also a long time collaborator and friend of Björk's and the band Massive Attack. He co-produced Neil Finn's album, "Try Whistling This", and Robbie Robertson's album, "Contact from the Underworld of Redboy", as well as producing David Gray's latest album, "Life in Slow Motion".

In 1989, De Vries was the Musical Director on the Rick Astley world tour. He headed a 10 piece band which included Les Nemes and Phil Smith, formerly of Haircut 100 on bass guitar and saxophone, and Charlie Morgan on drums who played for many artists, including Elton John.

De Vries also produced and co-wrote Darren Hayes' song, "I Forgive You", from "The Tension and the Spark" (2004).

De Vries produced both of Rufus Wainwright's "Want" albums, and appeared in the documentary, "All I Want", discussing Wainwright's life. He is documented as saying that Wainwright's song, "I Don't Know What It Is", was one of the most complex production challenges he has ever faced. The song included hundreds of separate parts which de Vries had to fit into a five-and-a-half-minute song.

De Vries was the Music Director for the 2001 film, "Moulin Rouge!", and worked with Nellee Hooper on the film soundtrack for "Romeo and Juliet", as co-composer, programmer, and co-producer. Both of these projects won de Vries BAFTA awards, and he was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for his compositional work on the former. He also wrote the score for Stephan Elliott's surreal thriller, "Eye of the Beholder".

Most recently, de Vries has produced and written with Josh Groban on his multi-platinum 2007 release, "Awake", and mixed Rufus Wainwright's new (2007) LP, "Release the Stars".

He is currently developing an hour-long modern dance work with choreographer Rafael Bonachela.

On a side note, de Vries is related to South African music producer Piet van Wyk de Vries, who works almost exclusively in the South African Afrikaans speaking market.

Marius has a raccoon in his house.

List of songs produced by Marius De Vries

"11:11" by Rufus Wainwright
"14th Street" by Rufus Wainwright
"Aganjù" by Bebel Gilberto
"Agnus Dei" by Rufus Wainwright
"Ain't No Love" by David Gray
"Alibi" by David Gray
"All Around" by Bebel Gilberto
"Alright" by The Lucy Nation
"Answer Back" by The 25th of May
"A Piece Of What You Need" by Teddy Thompson
"Baby" by Bebel Gilberto
"Baby Girl" by The Times
"Bad Twin" by Babybird
"Balloon Mood" by Anja Garbarek
"Beautiful Boy" by Kelli Ali
"Beautiful Child" by Rufus Wainwright
"Believe Again" by Delta Goodrem
"Beyond My Control" by Anja Garbarek
"Can`t Sing Straight" by Teddy Thompson
"Coming Up For Air" by Siobhan Donaghy
"Closer" by Melanie C
"Crumb By Crumb" by Rufus Wainwright
"Dinner at Eight" by Rufus Wainwright
"Disappearing World" by David Gray
"Divine Thing" by The Soup Dragons
"Es Mus Sein" by Rufus Wainwright
"Every Day You've Been Away" by Bebel Gilberto
"Everybody Cries" by Liberty X
"F.T.R.T.V." by The 25th of May
"Forget Myself" by Elbow
"From Here You Can Almost See the Sea" by David Gray
"Gay Messiah" by Rufus Wainwright
"Go or Go Ahead" by Rufus Wainwright
"Goin' Down" by Melanie C
"Great Train Robbery" by Junior Reid
"Harvester of Hearts" by Rufus Wainwright
"Heaven" by Neil Arthur
"Here Comes the Summer" by Kelli Ali
"Here it Comes Again" by Melanie C
"Hospital Food" by David Gray
"I Don't Know What It Is" by Rufus Wainwright
"I Love I Hate" by Neil Arthur
"I.C.U." by Anja Garbarek
"If You Wear That Velvet Dress" by U2
"In My Arms" by Teddy Thompson
"It's All Right" by The 25th of May
"Jabuticaba" by Bebel Gilberto
"Jonathan`s Book" by Teddy Thompson
"Just One of Those Days" by Anja Garbarek
"Lately" by David Gray
"Leaders of the Free World" by Elbow
"Little Sister" by Rufus Wainwright
"Little Star" by Madonna
"Mama" by Annie Lennox
"Meditation on Dvorak's Slavonic Fantasy" by Sophie Solomon
"Memphis Skyline" by Rufus Wainwright
"Mother Universe" by The Soup Dragons
"Movies of Myself" by Rufus Wainwright
"My Very Best" by Elbow
"Natasha" by Rufus Wainwright
"Next to You" by Bebel Gilberto
"Northern Star" by Melanie C
"Nos Da Cariad" by David Gray
"Nothing Really Matters" by Madonna
"Now and Always" by David Gray
"O Caminho" by Bebel Gilberto
"Oh What a World" by Rufus Wainwright
"Old Whore's Diet" by Rufus Wainwright
"Pagan Poetry" by Björk
"Peach Trees" by Rufus Wainwright
"Physical" by Kylie Minogue
"Picking Up Pieces" by Anja Garbarek
"Pretty Things" by Rufus Wainwright
"Ring-A-Ding-Ding" by Appleton
"River Song" by Bebel Gilberto
"Sail Away" by David Gray
"She Collects (Stuff Like That)" by Anja Garbarek
"Shelter" by The 25th of May
"Simplesmente" by Bebel Gilberto
"Skin" by Madonna
"Slippery Slope(Easier)" by Teddy Thompson
"Slow Motion" by David Gray
"So You Say" by Siobhan Donaghy
"Solve My Problems Today" by Ashtar Command
"Something Written" by Anja Garbarek
"Storm" by Grace Jones and The Radio Science Orchestra
"Strange Noises" by Anja Garbarek
"Summer's End" by Ashtar Command
"Sunlight in the Rain" by Kelli Ali
"Sweetmeat" by The Soup Dragons
"The Art Teacher" by Rufus Wainwright
"The Cabinet" by Anja Garbarek
"The Day Before" by Appleton
"The Infinite Stars" by Kelli Ali
"The One I Love" by David Gray
"The One You Love" by Rufus Wainwright
"The Sky Lit Up" by PJ Harvey
"The Telescope Man Says" by Anja Garbarek
"The Wind" by PJ Harvey
"This Love" by Craig Armstrong
"This Love Affair" by Rufus Wainwright
"Treat Me Good" by Yazz
"Turning The Gun On Myself" by Teddy Thompson
"Velvet Curtain Rag" by Rufus Wainwright
"Vibrate" by Rufus Wainwright
"Vicious World" by Rufus Wainwright
"Waiting For a Dream" by Rufus Wainwright
"Want" by Rufus Wainwright
"What's Goin' On" by The 25th of May
"What`s This?!!" by Teddy Thompson
"Why" by Melanie C
"Winter" by Bebel Gilberto
"Your Disco Needs You" by Kylie Minogue

External links

* [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep98/articles/mariusdevries.html Interview/Article]
* [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov01/articles/mdevires1101.asp Marius De Vries and Bjork]

Marius has two children.