Dario Marianelli


Dario Marianelli is an Italian composer.

Early life

Marianelli was born in Pisa, Italy. He studied in Florence with David Kimball, and in 1990 he moved to London. After a year as a postgraduate composer at the Guildhall School of Music studying with Francis Shaw he took up a three-year postgraduate program at the National Film and Television School in London, from which he graduated in 1997. While there, he also undertook diverse projects, composing for concerts, contemporary ballet and theatre productions.

Career

Marianelli had already written scores for several films and TV projects, including movies such as Ailsa and Pandaemonium, when director Joe Wright contacted him about scoring his 2005 film Pride & Prejudice. He subsequently composed for Wright's films Atonement, The Soloist, Anna Karenina and Darkest Hour.

Awards and recognitions

In 2008 Marianelli won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Atonement. He has also been nominated for Academy Awards for Pride & Prejudice and Anna Karenina.
In 2018 he composed the score for Bumblebee, the sixth installment in the Transformers film series. It was his second score for director Travis Knight, after Kubo and the Two Strings.
Marianelli has continued to write concert, theatre and ballet music.

Film scores

YearFilmDirectorAwards & nominations
1994AilsaPaddy Breathnach
1995The Long Way HomePaddy Breathnach
1997The Sheep ThiefAsif Kapadia
1997I Went DownPaddy Breathnach
1999PreserveVictoria Harwood
1999The Funeral of the Last Gypsy KingJane Rogoyska
1999Southpaw: The Francis Barrett StoryLiam McGrath
2000Being ConsideredJonathan Newman
2000PandaemoniumJulien Temple
2001Happy Now?Philippa Cousins
2001The Man Who Bought MustiqueJoseph Bullman
2001The WarriorAsif Kapadia
2002The VisitorVictoria Harwood
2002Blood StrangersJon Jones
2002In This WorldMichael Winterbottom
2003I Capture the CastleTim Fywell
2003This Little LifeSarah Gavron
2003SeptemberMax Färberböck
2003The BypassAmit Kumar
2003CheekyDavid Thewlis
2004Passer ByDavid Morrissey
2005The Brothers GrimmTerry Gilliam
2005Burnt OutFabienne Godet
2005Pride & PrejudiceJoe WrightNominatedAcademy 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
2005Shooting DogsMichael Caton-Jones
2006V for VendettaJames McTeigue-
2006The ReturnAsif Kapadia
2006Opal DreamPeter Cattaneo
2006We Are TogetherPaul Taylor
2007AtonementJoe WrightAcademy 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
2007Far NorthAsif Kapadia
2007Goodbye BafanaBille August
2007ShroomsPaddy Breathnach
2007The Brave OneNeil Jordan
2009The SoloistJoe Wright
2009Everybody's FineKirk Jones
2009AgoraAlejandro AmenábarNominated — Goya Awards for Best Original Score
2010Tick Tock TaleDean Wellins
2010Eat Pray LoveRyan Murphy
2011Jane EyreCary Joji Fukunaga
2011Salmon Fishing in the YemenLasse Hallström
2012Anna KareninaJoe WrightNominated — 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
2012QuartetDustin Hoffman
2013HummingbirdSteven Knight
2013Third PersonPaul Haggis
2014A Long Way DownPascal Chaumeil
2014The BoxtrollsGraham Annable
Anthony Stacchi
Marianelli's first score for an animated film.
2015Wild CardSimon West
2015EverestBaltasar Kormákur
2016Kubo and the Two StringsTravis Knight
2016Ali and NinoAsif Kapadia
2017Darkest HourJoe WrightNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Score
2017Paddington 2Paul KingNominated - International Film Music Critics Association for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
2018BumblebeeTravis Knight
2018A Woman's NameMarco Tullio Giordana
2019PinocchioMatteo Garrone
2020The Secret GardenMarc Munden
2021A Boy Called ChristmasGil Kenan
2024Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireGil Kenan
2024Federer: Twelve Final DaysAsif Kapadia
Joe Sabia
2024The Life ApartMarco Tullio Giordana
2024Paddington in PeruDougal Wilson
2026WildwoodTravis Knight