Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 film directed by Joe Wright, based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen.
In the England of the late eighteenth-century, Mr. Bennet lives in his country house with his wife and their five daughters: the sweet Jane, the intelligent Elizabeth, the studious Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia.
At a ball given in their honor, Bingley, accompanied by his haughty sister Caroline and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, meets the Bennets and feels an immediate, reciprocated liking for the eldest daughter, Jane.
During her stay at Charlotte's house, Elizabeth and the Collins couple go to pay homage to Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Collins' patroness and a wealthy landowner.
Furthermore, Elizabeth discovers that Wickham had deluded the feelings of Georgiana, Darcy's sister, by trying to induce her to elope with him, in order to obtain a dowry from her brother, which Darcy had however refused.
Meanwhile, Lydia is invited to go to Brighton, where she will have the chance to spend a lot of time with the officers headquartered in the city.
The film's soundtrack is by Dario Marianelli. For the music written for this film the composer was nominated for an Oscar for best original soundtrack. The composer was inspired by the early works of Ludwig van Beethoven.
"Elegy for Dunkirk"--from the Oscar winning score for the film Atonement--performed here by Olivia Safe and Robert Randolph at a tribute concert for Jeff Beck.
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Elegy for Dunkirk
Composer: Dario Marianelli
top 5 favorite movie/game/tv soundtracks and/or albums!
Top 5 soundtracks
This was very hard to do! I had to narrow it down to film scores.
Hans Zimmer- Dead Man’s Chest (5:10-5:43 is the French horn part I was obsessed with). Hans is a rockstar of movie music. Is that good or bad? I don’t know. His music kind of all sounds the same but that’s true of many composers or bands. And does it get my blood pumping? Yes. So good enough. Also I found out about Tina Guo through him and I think she’s phenomenal with a cello (electric or traditional). I cannot exclude her from this post (ok this is her playing the Wonder Woman theme). As for Dead Man’s Chest, was it a good movie? Uh, not particularly. But did the music have a profound impact on my musical tastes? Yes. I took a year of French Horn because of that damn movie. Do you know how gross French Horn is? How much spit that thing gets filled with, especially for a teenager? You gotta turn that thing in circles during breaks in music to get all the saliva out. Anyways, I really liked the Kraken theme. I’d watch it on repeat and ask my mom “What’s that instrument?”. Hans is a master of using French horn (and organ) in any of his works actually. I got to see him (and Tina Guo) live in 2017 and it was just so cool. I couldn’t hear anything for a day afterwards.
Dario Marianelli- Anna Karenina (I wrote a paragraph about how much I like Pride and Prejudice more and then realized that is not true. The P&P explanation makes more sense but oH BOY do I LOVE Anna KAReNINa and Dario Marianelli omg I forgot how obsessed with his music I am). Oof. Dario Marianelli is my favorite. I am endlessly upset that my aunt, who knows him, has not introduced me to him. But honestly it’s for the best, I’d make such a fool of myself. I’m including a movie clip because while this is not the best song or moment in the movie, this clip (until 1:34) explains my love of how Marianelli ties well with the foley artists and choreography. The music lines up chair scrapes and footsteps and accordion and trombone and traditional Russian folk music (The Girl and the Birch/ Vo Polye Byeroza) and and and! An ashtray as a cymbal?! I’m obsessed. He also ties in train noises throughout the movie (Briony in Atonement uses a typewriter as percussion). Also Marianelli was listening to Shostakovich while coming up with music for this movie and Shosty is literally the first music I remember so of course I was going to like this. Dance with Me is just such a spectacular waltz, It kinda reminds me of Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No. 2 VI. Waltz II which is uh...my current favorite classical song (idk if there is a connection there or if I'm tired and I just really like music).
Kenji Kawai’s score for the Ghost in the Shell movies. I think that Kenji Kawai’s work for Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence are some of the best examples of mixing traditional music with symphonic music in a score. He uses Bulgarian folk harmonies (which are sooo tight and blow my mind, Marianelli also included a song in the Redemption soundtrack which is imo the only reason to watch that movie) and classical Japanese choral and percussion (the drummer (taiko, maybe?) in the video is mesmerizing) alongside some subtle strings that really drive and build the tension and I get goosebumps or cry almost every time I hear it.
Philip Glass- The Hours. Philip Glass makes me feel things over arpeggios. His work is more simple than many composers but it’s just so, so gorgeous. I find his overall work very grounding. I’m stunned they got him to do a soundtrack? A lot of the themes are taken from his older works but he still composed specific songs for the movie? And honestly the movie isn’t very good without his score (despite my absolute adoration of Meryl Streep). I listen to this music at least once a month, it’s one of my absolute favorite things.
Nicholas Britell- The King. Britell is currently known for his theme to Succession and while that is a lovely theme I adore him for The King. The movie was ok but the music really stuck with me. My feelings on the score are almost entirely vibes based, which is not my M.O. when it comes to soundtracks/scores. I usually want to just KNOW things about the music but in this case I just let it exist with me. It’s full of grief, it feels like a heavy blanket dampening your soul. Sometimes that is what I need, something to sit with to force my mind back into my body. And under that grief is a strength that builds into something hopeful, regal. Strings and choir. Britell mentions he tried to get a “whirling” sound in it. When I’m overstimulated or panicked I gravitate towards songs that just…feel circular, I don’t know what that means. But this soundtrack is chock full of that so I listen to it in times of distress.
Since this was my first year doing Spotify Wrapped, I decided to share my results with you guys!
Tbh I expected most of what I got. One of my friends got me interested in k-pop so I’ve been checking it out and got hooked on Stray Kids… being in the top 6% of listeners for Stray Kids is what I did not expect lmao *sheepish shrug*
brano stupendo del grande Dario Marianelli, degno erede di Jerry Goldsmith, questa musica e parte integrante del film V For Vendetta, ma in qualche modo fa parte anche del film Interstellar di Christopher Nolan. buon Sabato a tutti CARLOTTA a G