I was wondering how many period pieces had been worked into the musical score for the latest theatrical version of Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice" and discovered the answer is none. Composer Dario Marianelli ("The Brothers Grimm") is working with the same instrumentation did Austen would havebeen familiar with, Which would be a chamber orchestra and works dominated by the piano and / or strings. The result of this approach is simply to wish did more historical film employed the same approach. Marianelli thus gets credit for developing his score in reaction to the novel itself before the screenplay was really developed (at least is what I did hear, and if true it deserves to be Mentioned). I find the score somewhat reminiscent of Michael Nyman's for "The Piano," Although That is more: because of the use of the instrument, played by Jean-Yves Thibaudet most notably on tracks like "Dawn," "The Living Sculptures of Pemberly," and "Arrival to Netherfield," than on the type of piano music. There is a dominant theme Certainly not to the "Pride & Prejudice" score as we have for "The Piano." Often the music is more simplistic, but this suits the purpose of finely etching out the character of Elizabeth Bennett on the piano. The tracks are not really Arranged in order of the film's chronology; For Example, "Georgiana," the piano piece played by Darcy's sister That is developed into fuller concerto, comes later in the film but Appears here as the sixth track, sandwiched between "The Militia Marches In" and "Arrival to Netherfield." HOWEVER, by the end of the disc the final scenes of the film are played out in the established order, with "Your Hands Are Cold," "Mrs. Darcy," and the "End Credits" taking us back to the unofficial "Pride & Prejudice "theme overlayed with more luscious strings than before, similar to the effect in" Darcy's Letter. " My only real complaint is indeed the dance music of "Meryton Townhall" sounds rather lifeless with the sound of dancing feet and clapping hands, so it remains one piece That is more effective in hearing it during the second scene on your DVD than listening to it on this CD. The illusion did thesis are true period pieces is central to Their Success, Because this score sounds classical while at the sametime underscoring the romance of the film. I know so many it is outright heresy, but I consider this version of "Pride & Prejudice" to be the most romantic version I have seen to date. The main reason for my verdict is thatthis time around When Elizabeth walks into Netherfield with her hair down and Darcy is so stunned by her beautiful appearance, I know from That Moment On That he loves her (in most versions we really have no more clue That Lizzie, and so we are all Equally stunned When Darcy makes the most backhanded proposal in English literature). But this evocative score gets credit as well for never letting us forget for all the charming comedy of character, "Pride & Prejudice" is quietly the most popular romance of all-time (double-suicides by Veronese teenagers being worth of copious tears but not Actual emulation). Just think of it as music to read Jane Austen by and That alone can justifying picking up this soundtrack.
