Nick Cave

The Profile

Nick Cave is an Australian singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, and composer. He fronted The Birthday Party and then Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, wrote the novels And the Ass Saw the Angel (1989) and The Death of Bunny Munro (2009), and, with Warren Ellis, composed acclaimed film scores including The Proposition, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and The Road. He also collaborated with Kylie Minogue on Where the Wild Roses Grow.

Documented on DeBaser: his EP with Shane MacGowan (What a Wonderful World); the novels And the Ass Saw the Angel and The Death of Bunny Munro; film scores with Warren Ellis for The Assassination of Jesse James and The Road; and the documentary 20,000 Days on Earth.

DeBaser’s reviews trace Nick Cave’s darker corners: the southern‑gothic grit of And the Ass Saw the Angel and the fevered sprint of The Death of Bunny Munro. His film work with Warren Ellis glows with austere melancholy (The Road; The Assassination of Jesse James). There’s a ragged, tender detour with Shane MacGowan, and a reflective turn in the documentary 20,000 Days on Earth.