Atonement
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Free Music Review: Even Better Than His Last Great Score
Hit: 5 Stars
I loved Marianelli's movie score for the very successful 2005 version of 'Pride and Prejudice', but believe it or not, this score for the movie 'Atonement" is even better!!--------The first words that came to mind for me today when I listened to this classical instrumental score for the first time were, 'extremely lush'. The many primary cello and piano parts will just make you melt! Marianelli also has several unique creative surprises in these cues that will delight you. ----------The score definitely caught me by surprise, because I was playing it as backround music today and by track ten, 'Elegy to Dunkirk', I found myself weeping on the work I was doing!!---------------This is definitely one of those scores that can stand alone as a listening experience, so you can certainly buy it now without seeing the movie which is still in limited release as of this writing.--- I plan to listen to it many times today, and I have not seen the movie.----------You may want to buy it now at the initial 12.99 price which is lower than the initial price of his last score (P&P), or even if it goes up a couple dollars, because just like Marianelli's last major score, the price may go UP after everyone discovers how good it is. The cd I bought after the 'Pride and Prejudice' initial release, is STILL cheaper than the prices of that two year old score today, including the 'used' prices being offered ----------- At this point I would give this original score for 'Atonement' the Oscar for 2007 hands down! Remember, it already was nominated for the Golden Globe for best original musical score this year, so get yours before the price gets inflated! Edited Update: 1/8/2008----------------I just saw the movie itself, and without a doubt more than any other movie I have seen, the star of 'Atonement' IS the score!!-------Without it the movie would not hold together. This is a landmark score you cannot miss!------I am not one to give this kind of praise lightly.--------Update: 2\24\08, Wins Academy Award for best musical score as well as the Golden Globe earlier.-----Now that's even more incentive to give it a try! Free Music Review: Dario Marianelli has done it again.
Hit: 5 Stars
Well, it's so good to know, that once the great composers, such as John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Maurice Jarre, and so on, will be gone, the film music lovers won't be left with the void of silence. Dario Marianelli is one of the greatest hopes of film music today. His masterful Oscar-nominated score for Pride and Prejudice drew attention on him right away, and we are not dissapointed in him this time either. Marianelli's music for the beautiful romantic drama Atonement starring Keira Knightley and James MacAwoy, and directed by Joe Wwright(who directed P&P, as his brilliant first feature film) is nothing less than great. His themes are sweeping, and fluent, like a buquet of floating emotions. I particularly liked the use of an extraordinary percussionlike sound, a circa 1935-typewriter, which is, no dobt, a unique choice of the composer. Altogether I can state without regret, that Dario Marianelli's own musical style and presence in the world of modern film music is firm as a rock, and his Gloden Globe-nominated score for Atonement can aspire easily for a well deserved Academy Award for best original score in 2008.