Atonement (soundtrack)
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Atonement | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | 4 December 2007 |
Recorded | 2007 |
Genre | Classical |
Length | 50:28 |
Label | Decca Records |
Producer | Dario Marianelli |
Atonement (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack album from the 2007 film Atonement, composed by Dario Marianelli and performed by the English Chamber Orchestra, French classical pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and cellist Caroline Dale. This was their second collaboration with director Joe Wright, following the soundtrack for his 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice.
In addition to winning an
The most notable elements of the score are the piano and the typewriter, which is often directly influenced by the characters' actions: when a character stops typing on the typewriter, for example, the ticking typewriter in the score ceases.
The title of track 4, "Cee, You and Tea" is a play on the spelling of the word "cunt," which is in the letter that Robbie writes and Briony intercepts, thus setting off the most important chain of events in the film.
"Elegy for Dunkirk", which accompanies an unbroken
Not included on the album is the track heard in the trailer, The Vision, written by
Track listing
- "Briony" (Dario Marianelli) – 1:44
- "Robbie's Note" (Dario Marianelli) – 3:04
- "Two Figures By a Fountain" (Dario Marianelli) – 1:15
- "Cee, You and Tea" (Dario Marianelli) – 2:25
- "With My Own Eyes" (Dario Marianelli) – 4:40
- "Farewell" (Dario Marianelli) – 3:32
- "Love Letters" (Dario Marianelli) – 3:09
- "The Half Killed" (Dario Marianelli) – 2:09
- "Rescue Me" (Dario Marianelli) – 3:17
- "Elegy for Dunkirk" (Dario Marianelli) – 4:15
- "Come Back" (Dario Marianelli) – 4:28
- "Denouement" (Dario Marianelli) – 2:27
- "The Cottage on the Beach" (Dario Marianelli) 3:24
- "Atonement" (Dario Marianelli) – 5:18
- "Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune" (Claude Debussy) – 4:52
Personnel
- Dario Marianelli, composer
- English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Wallfisch
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
- Caroline Dale, cello
- Brendan Power, harmonica
References
- ^ "Atonement – Dario Marianelli". Scores of Scores. 21 January 2017.