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

Early life

Marianelli was born in

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, Italy. He studied piano and composition in

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and in 1990 he moved to

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. After a year as a postgraduate composer at the

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, he took up a three-year postgraduate program at the National Film and Television School in

, 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

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contacted him about scoring his 2005 film '' Pride & Prejudice''. He subsequently composed for Wright's films ''

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'', '' 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 ''

''. 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

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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