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''Sense and Sensibility'' is the original soundtrack of the 1995 film of the same name starring Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet and Tom Wilkinson. The original score was composed by the Scottish composer Patrick Doyle, a friend of Thompson's who had worked with her on many previous films. Director Ang Lee tasked Doyle with creating a gentle score reflecting the emotional suppression of the society featured in the film. Doyle subsequently created a score which he described as "suppressed" with "occasional outbursts of emotion", in keeping with the film's storyline. The score also includes two songs sang by the character of Marianne Dashwood, which Doyle adapted from two poems. His musical score earned the composer his first nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. He lost both awards to Luis Enríquez Bacalov's score of the Italian film ''Il Postino''. Sony Music Entertainment released the soundtrack to ''Sense and Sensibility'' on 12 December 1995. Due to his work in ''Sense and Sensibility'' and other films based on novels, Doyle has become best known for his work composing literary adaptations. ==Development and composition== The film's original score was written by the Scottish composer Patrick Doyle. Doyle was friends with actors Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson, and had worked on many films directed by the former, including ''Henry V'' (1989) and ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993). Thompson hired him to score the 1995 film ''Sense and Sensibility'', in which she was writing and starring. ''Sense and Sensibility''s director, Ang Lee, requested Doyle write a score that was gentle, intimate, and a reflection of "the suppressed emotions of that society".〔 〕 Doyle later described the film as "more stifled; the music had to be suppressed to match what was happening onscreen. You had this middle-class English motif, and with the music you would have occasional outbursts of emotion".〔 Marianne Dashwood, one of the film's protagonists, uses music as her primary expressive outlet, a characteristic that is emphasised in the film. She sings two songs which Doyle composed before filming began.〔 〕 Ang Lee felt the songs helped convey the duality of the story. The first song's lyrics were taken from a 17th-century poem by John Dowland entitled "Weep You No More Sad Fountains". Its lyrical content represents Marianne's innocence, romantic outlook, and connection to nature, according to the Austen scholar Sue Parrill. The song's melody also appears in the beginning of the film and during certain points of the story marking transition. Marianne's second song, which she learns from her suitor Colonel Brandon, is adapted from a poem by Ben Jonson, and refers to discovering love in a dream and being filled with feelings of desire and guilt. As the song is sung later in the film, Ang Lee felt it portrayed Marianne's "mature acceptance". The dramatic soprano Jane Eaglen also sang the song in the closing credits. As the story reaches its conclusion, Doyle's music gradually changes from depicting youth and innocence to adulthood; after Marianne survives a fever, the score shifts to representing "maturity and an emotional catharsis".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sense and Sensibility (soundtrack)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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