According to the era and the theme of the story, Dario Marianelli’s scores use a traditional orchestral arrangement. The main reason to make the score in Atonemet stand out is 1, using the diegetic sound effects for non-diegetic music, especially in the main music theme. 2, Making the music from non-diegetic music to diegetic music smoothly. The whole score contains three main music themes: Briony theme, Love theme and War theme. The most important theme is “Briony theme”, which is based on the main character of the film, Briony (Pic.4-1). It indicates Briony’s appearance and her symbol of the subjective world, and sets the mood for the first half of the film.
The music in a fast tempo starts with single repeated quarter notes played by the
The music in a fast tempo starts with single repeated quarter notes played by the