Dario Marianelli

Dario Marianelli is an Italian composer.

Early life Marianelli was born in Pisa, Italy. He studied in Florence with David Kimball (himself a pupil of Rosario Scalero), 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 1994 Ailsa Paddy Breathnach 1995 The Long Way Home 1997 The Sheep Thief Asif Kapadia I Went Down Paddy Breathnach 1999 Preserve Victoria Harwood The Funeral of the Last Gypsy King Jane Rogoyska Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story Liam McGrath 2000 Being Considered Jonathan Newman Pandaemonium Julien Temple 2001 Happy Now? Philippa Cousins The Man Who Bought Mustique Joseph Bullman The Warrior Asif Kapadia 2002 The Visitor Victoria Harwood Blood Strangers Jon Jones In This World Michael Winterbottom 2003 I Capture the Castle Tim Fywell This Little Life Sarah Gavron September Max Färberböck The Bypass Amit Kumar Cheeky David Thewlis 2004 Passer By David Morrissey 2005 The Brothers Grimm Terry Gilliam Burnt Out Fabienne Godet Pride & Prejudice Joe Wright Nominated — Academy Award for Best Original ScoreNominated — World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the YearNominated — World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the YearNominated — European Film Award for Best Composer Shooting Dogs Michael Caton-Jones 2006 V for Vendetta James McTeigue The Return Asif Kapadia Opal Dream Peter Cattaneo We Are Together Paul Taylor 2007 Atonement Joe Wright Academy Award for Best Original ScoreGolden Globe Award for Best Original ScoreInternational Film Music Critics Award for Score of the YearNominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ComposerNominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original ScoreNominated — Satellite Award for Best Original ScoreNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Far North Asif Kapadia Goodbye Bafana Bille August Shrooms Paddy Breathnach The Brave One Neil Jordan 2009 The Soloist Joe Wright Everybody's Fine Kirk Jones Agora Alejandro Amenábar Nominated — Goya Awards for Best Original Score (Spain) 2010 Tick Tock Tale Dean Wellins Eat Pray Love Ryan Murphy 2011 Jane Eyre Cary Joji Fukunaga 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 MusicNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Score Quartet Dustin Hoffman 2013 Hummingbird Steven Knight Third Person Paul Haggis 2014 A Long Way Down Pascal Chaumeil The Boxtrolls Graham AnnableAnthony Stacchi Marianelli's first score for an animated film. 2015 Wild Card Simon West Everest Baltasar Kormákur2016 Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight Ali and Nino Asif Kapadia 2017 Darkest Hour Joe Wright Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film MusicNominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Score Paddington 2 Paul King Nominated - International Film Music Critics Association for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film 2018 Bumblebee Travis Knight A Woman's Name Marco Tullio Giordana 2019 Pinocchio Matteo Garrone 2020 The Secret Garden Marc Munden 2021 A Boy Called ChristmasGil Kenan 2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireFederer: Twelve Final DaysAsif KapadiaJoe SabiaThe Life ApartMarco Tullio GiordanaPaddington in Peru Dougal Wilson 2026 Wildwood Travis Knight

Awards and nominations