Focus Features

Dario Marianelli

Music

For his original score of Joe Wright’s Atonement (also for Focus Features), Dario Marianelli won the Academy Award, the Sammy [Cahn] Award, and the Golden Globe Award; and was a BAFTA Award, Critics’ Choice Award, European Film Award and double World Soundtrack Award nominee. He had previously scored the director’s Pride & Prejudice (also for Focus), for which he was an Academy Award, Ivor Novello Award, European Film Award, and double World Soundtrack Award nominee; and was honored with the 2006 Classical Brit Award for Best Score.

His film credits as music composer include two BAFTA Award winners, Michael Winterbottom’s In This World (which also won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival) and Asif Kapadia’s The Warrior. He has since reteamed with the latter director in scoring The Return and Far North.

Mr. Marianelli’s other film scores include the ones for Ryan Murphy’s Eat Pray Love; Alejandro Amenábar’s Agora; Neil Jordan’s The Brave One; Joe Wright’s The Soloist; Kirk Jones’ Everybody’s Fine; Bille August’s Goodbye Bafana, starring Dennis Haysbert as Nelson Mandela; Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm; James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta; Michael Caton-Jones’ Shooting Dogs (a.k.a. Beyond the Gates); Peter Cattaneo’s Opal Dream; Tim Fywell’s I Capture the Castle; David Thewlis’ Cheeky; Julien Temple’s Pandaemonium; Philippa Collie-Cousins’ Happy Now; and Paddy Breathnach’s Ailsa, Shrooms, and I Went Down.