# Dario Marianelli

Dario Marianelli (born 21 June 1963) is an Italian composer.

## Early life

Marianelli was born in Pisa, Italy. He studied piano and composition in Florence and in 1990 he moved to London. After a year as a postgraduate composer at the Guildhall School of Music, 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

| Year | Film | Director | Awards & nominations |
| 1994 | Ailsa | Paddy Breathnach | |
| 1995 | The Long Way Home | Paddy Breathnach | |
| 1997 | The Sheep Thief | Asif Kapadia | |
| 1997 | I Went Down | Paddy Breathnach | |
| 1999 | Preserve | Victoria Harwood | |
| 1999 | The Funeral of the Last Gypsy King | Jane Rogoyska | |
| 1999 | Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story | Liam McGrath | |
| 2000 | Being Considered | Jonathan Newman | |
| 2000 | Pandaemonium | Julien Temple | |
| 2001 | Happy Now? | Philippa Cousins | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Bought Mustique | Joseph Bullman | |
| 2001 | The Warrior | Asif Kapadia | |
| 2002 | The Visitor | Victoria Harwood | |
| 2002 | Blood Strangers | Jon Jones | |
| 2002 | In This World | Michael Winterbottom | |
| 2003 | I Capture the Castle | Tim Fywell | |
| 2003 | This Little Life | Sarah Gavron | |
| 2003 | September | Max Färberböck | |
| 2003 | The Bypass | Amit Kumar | |
| 2003 | Cheeky | David Thewlis | |
| 2004 | Passer By | David Morrissey | |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Terry Gilliam | |
| 2005 | Burnt Out | Fabienne Godet | |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Joe Wright | Nominated — Academy 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 |
| 2005 | Shooting Dogs | Michael Caton-Jones | |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | James McTeigue |
| 2006 | The Return | Asif Kapadia | |
| 2006 | Opal Dream | Peter Cattaneo | |
| 2006 | We Are Together | Paul Taylor | |
| 2007 | Atonement | Joe Wright | Academy 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 |
| 2007 | Far North | Asif Kapadia | |
| 2007 | Goodbye Bafana | Bille August | |
| 2007 | Shrooms | Paddy Breathnach | |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Neil Jordan | |
| 2009 | The Soloist | Joe Wright | |
| 2009 | Everybody's Fine | Kirk Jones | |
| 2009 | Agora | Alejandro Amenábar | Nominated — Goya Awards for Best Original Score (Spain) |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Ryan Murphy | |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
| 2011 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Lasse Hallström | |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Joe Wright | Nominated — 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 |
| 2012 | Quartet | Dustin Hoffman | |
| 2013 | Hummingbird | Steven Knight | |
| 2013 | Third Person | Paul Haggis | |
| 2014 | A Long Way Down | Pascal Chaumeil | |
| 2014 | The Boxtrolls | Graham Annable Anthony Stacchi | Marianelli's first score for an animated film. |
| 2015 | Wild Card | Simon West | |
| 2015 | Everest | Baltasar Kormákur | |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight | |
| 2016 | Ali and Nino | Asif Kapadia | |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Joe Wright | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Score |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 | Paul King | Nominated - International Film Music Critics Association for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film |
| 2018 | Bumblebee | Travis Knight | |
| 2018 | A Woman's Name | Marco Tullio Giordana | |
| 2019 | Pinocchio | Matteo Garrone | |
| 2020 | The Secret Garden | Marc Munden | |
| 2021 | A Boy Called Christmas | Gil Kenan | |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Gil Kenan | |
| 2024 | Federer: Twelve Final Days | Asif Kapadia Joe Sabia | |
| 2024 | The Life Apart | Marco Tullio Giordana | |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru | Dougal Wilson | |
| 2025 | Wildwood | Travis Knight | |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Project | Outcome |
| Academy Award | 2006 | Best Original Score | Pride & Prejudice | Nominated |
| Academy Award | 2008 | Best Original Score | Atonement | Won |
| Academy Award | 2013 | Best Original Score | Anna Karenina | Nominated |
| BAFTA Award | 2008 | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | Atonement | Nominated |
| BAFTA Award | 2013 | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | Anna Karenina | Nominated |
| BAFTA Award | 2018 | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | Darkest Hour | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | 2008 | Best Original Score - Motion Picture | Atonement | Won |
| Golden Globe Award | 2013 | Best Original Score - Motion Picture | Anna Karenina | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2007 | Best Original Score | Atonement | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2012 | Best Original Score | Anna Karenina | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Original Score | Darkest Hour | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2006 | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | Pride & Prejudice | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2006 | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Pride & Prejudice | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2008 | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | Atonement | Won |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2008 | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Atonement | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2013 | Best Original Film Score of the Year | Anna Karenina | Nominated |