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Dario Marianelli (1963), composer.
A Game Of Badminton (from Jane Eyre) – Dario Marianelli, with sheet music
Dario Marianelli Biography
Dario Marianelli was born in Pisa in 1963, and studied piano and composition in Florence and London. After a year as a postgraduate composer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was also President of the Contemporary Society of Music, he received a fellowship from the Gulbenkian Foundation for a course taught by Judith Weir and Lloyd Newson at Bretton University College, on the subject of composition and choreography.
Further scholarships enabled him to go to Germany for a series of assignments on European film music, and to spend three years at the National Film and Television School, graduating in 1997.
Over the past few years Dario has written music for various films, dramas, TV, documentaries, animations, theater, contemporary dance and concerts. He has written orchestral pieces for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Britten-Pears Orchestra, vocal music for the BBC Singers, and incidental music for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Awards
The composer has received multiple nominations for his works, and thanks to the score for Atonement, Desire and Sin he won the Oscar and the Golden Globe, two of the three major film music awards.
For this production, Dario Marianelli worked alongside arranger and conductor Benjamin Wallfisch, who conducted the orchestra on the soundtrack recording at Air Lyndhurst Studios in London.
In addition to choirs and symphonic music, as well as the use of a female voice singing lament songs, the Italian included ethnic instruments within the recording. One of them, for example, is the duduk, a double-reed woodwind instrument that comes from Armenia, a republic located in the southern Caucasus. This score earned Dario Marianelli a nomination at the 34th Goya Awards.
Partial filmography
1994 Ailsa Paddy Breathnach
1995 The Long Way Home
1997 The Sheep Thief Asif Kapadia
I Went Down Paddy Breathnach
1999 Preserve Victoria Harwood
The Funeral of the Last Gypsy King Jane Rogoyska
Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story Liam McGrath
2000 Being Considered Jonathan Newman
Pandaemonium Julien Temple
2001 Happy Now? Philippa Cousins
The Man Who Bought Mustique Joseph Bullman
The Warrior Asif Kapadia
2002 The Visitor Victoria Harwood
Blood Strangers Jon Jones
In This World Michael Winterbottom
2003 I Capture the Castle Tim Fywell
This Little Life Sarah Gavron
September Max Färberböck
The Bypass Amit Kumar
Cheeky David Thewlis
2004 Passer By David Morrissey
2005 The Brothers Grimm Terry Gilliam
Burnt Out Fabienne Godet
Pride & Prejudice Joe Wright Nominated — Academy Award for Best Original Score
Nominated — World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year
Nominated — World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year
Nominated — European Film Award for Best Composer
Shooting Dogs Michael Caton-Jones
V for Vendetta James McTeigue
2006 The Return Asif Kapadia
Opal Dream Peter Cattaneo
We Are Together Paul Taylor
2007 Atonement Joe Wright Academy Award for Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
International Film Music Critics Award for Score of the Year
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Composer
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Score
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Far North Asif Kapadia
Goodbye Bafana Bille August
Shrooms Paddy Breathnach
The Brave One Neil Jordan
2009 The Soloist Joe Wright
Everybody’s Fine Kirk Jones
Agora Alejandro Amenábar Nominated — Goya Awards for Best Original Score (Spain)
2010 Eat Pray Love Ryan Murphy
2011 Jane Eyre Cary Joji Fukunaga
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Lasse Hallström
2012 Anna Karenina Joe Wright Nominated — Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Score
Quartet Dustin Hoffman
2013 Hummingbird Steven Knight
Third Person Paul Haggis
2014 A Long Way Down Pascal Chaumeil
The Boxtrolls[5] Graham Annable
Anthony Stacchi
2015 Wild Card Simon West
Everest Baltasar Kormákur
2016 Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight
Ali and Nino Asif Kapadia
2017 Darkest Hour Joe Wright Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Score
Paddington 2 Paul King Nominated – International Film Music Critics Association for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
2018 Bumblebee Travis Knight
2019 Pinocchio Matteo Garrone
2020 The Secret Garden Marc Munden
2021 A Boy Called Christmas Gil Kenan
Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Project Outcome Ref.
Academy Award 2006 Best Original Score Pride & Prejudice Nominated
2008 Atonement Won
2013 Anna Karenina Nominated
BAFTA Award 2008 Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music Atonement Nominated
2013 Anna Karenina Nominated
2018 Darkest Hour Nominated
Golden Globe Award 2008 Best Original Score – Motion Picture Atonement Won
2013 Anna Karenina Nominated
Satellite Awards 2007 Best Original Score Atonement Nominated
2012 Anna Karenina Nominated
2017 Darkest Hour Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards 2006 Best Original Soundtrack of the Year Pride & Prejudice Nominated
Soundtrack Composer of the Year Pride & Prejudice Nominated
2008 Best Original Soundtrack of the Year Atonement Won
Soundtrack Composer of the Year Atonement Nominated
2013 Best Original Film Score of the Year Anna Karenina Nominated
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