Pisa, Italy
Dario Marianelli
He won the Oscar for Atonement, where a typewriter is part of the orchestra.
He studied piano and composition in Florence and in London, where he settled. His partnership with Joe Wright brought his three Oscar nominations: Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, which also won him the Golden Globe, and Anna Karenina. In Atonement the clatter of a typewriter sets the rhythm of the music. He also scored V for Vendetta and Amenábar's Agora.
- Style
- Classical piano, chamber strings and sounds from the film itself turned into rhythm.
- Awards
- Oscar and Golden Globe for Atonement (2008). Oscar nominations for Pride & Prejudice and Anna Karenina.
Essential films
- V for Vendetta (2005) Search Spotify
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) Search Spotify
- Atonement (2007) Search Spotify
- Agora (2009) Search Spotify
- Anna Karenina (2012) Search Spotify
- Darkest Hour (2017) Search Spotify
Listen
- Dawn · Pride & PrejudiceSpotifyYouTube
- Elegy for Dunkirk · AtonementSpotifyYouTube
- Briony · AtonementSpotifyYouTube
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Awards counted up to the 2026 Academy Awards. Facts reviewed in October 2026.