Pride & Prejudice [Music from the Motion Picture]
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Brand: VARIOUSEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2005-11-15
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
- Dawn - English Chamber Orchestra
- Stars and Butterflies
- The Living Sculptures of Pemberly
- Meryton Townhall
- The Militia Marches In
- Georgiana
- Arrival at Netherfield
- A Postcard to Henry Purcell
- Liz on Top of the World
- Leaving Netherfield
- Another Dance
- The Secret Life of Daydreams
- Darcy's Letter
- Can't Slow Down
- Your Hands Are Cold
- Mrs. Darcy
- Credits
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Free Music Review: Dario Marianelli's romantic chamber music score for the Austen film
Hit: 5 Stars
I was wondering how many period pieces had been worked into the musical score for the latest theatrical version of Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice" and discovered the answer is none. Composer Dario Marianelli ("The Brothers Grimm") is working with the same instrumentation that Austen would have been familiar with, which would be a chamber orchestra and works dominated by the piano and/or strings. The result of this approach is simply to wish that more historical films employed the same approach. Marianelli also gets credit for developing his score in reaction to the novel itself before the screenplay was really developed (at least that is what I hear, and if true it deserves to be mentioned). I find the score somewhat reminiscent of Michael Nyman's for "The Piano," although that is more because of the use of the instrument, played by Jean-Yves Thibaudet most notably on tracks like "Dawn," "The Living Sculptures of Pemberly," and "Arrival to Netherfield," than on the type of piano music. There is certainly not a dominant theme to the "Pride & Prejudice" score as we have for "The Piano." Often the music is more simplistic, but this suits the purpose of finely etching out the character of Elizabeth Bennett on the piano.
The tracks are not really arranged in order of the film's chronology; for example, "Georgiana," the piano piece played by Darcy's sister that is developed into fuller concerto, comes later in the film but appears here as the sixth track, sandwiched between "The Militia Marches In" and "Arrival to Netherfield." However, by the end of the disc the final scenes of the film are played out in the established order, with "Your Hands Are Cold," "Mrs. Darcy," and the "End Credits" taking us back to the unofficial "Pride & Prejudice" theme overlayed with more luscious strings than before, similar to the effect in "Darcy's Letter." My only real complaint is that the dance music of "Meryton Townhall" sounds rather lifeless with the sound of dancing feet and clapping hands, so it remains one piece that is more effective in hearing it during the second scene on your DVD than listening to it on this CD.
The illusion that these are true period pieces is central to their success, because this score sounds classical while at the same time underscoring the romance of the film. I know so many it is outright heresy, but I consider this version of "Pride & Prejudice" to be the most romantic version I have seen to date. The main reason for my verdict is that this time around when Elizabeth walks into Netherfield with her hair down and Darcy is so stunned by her beautiful appearance, I know from that moment on that he loves her (in most versions we really have no more clue that Lizzie, and so we are all equally stunned when Darcy makes the most backhanded proposal in English literature). But this evocative score gets credit as well for never letting us forget for all the charming comedy of character, "Pride & Prejudice" is still the most popular romance of all-time (double-suicides by Veronese teenagers being worth of copious tears but not actual emulation). Just think of it as music to read Jane Austen by and that alone can justifying picking up this soundtrack.
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Release Date: 15-NOV-2005
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