This movie is such a treasure... the way it is shot and how the music is enhancing the story is just so so good, it's way too underrated for how good it is... a story that truely breaks your heart and makes you value each moment that you share with your loved ones.
The whole soundtrack is mind-blowing, I love it so much. I bought the Atonement sheet music for piano even though I'm years away from actually being able to play it well enough.
Watching this always brings tears. It is perhaps THE most breathtaking depiction of the lads on Dunkirk ever and the great British resolve to keep calm and carry on. It is a masterpiece. I cannot even imagine the horror and uncertainty these exposed men on that beach had to endure. And how they were delivered back to Blighty to reconvene and fight another day to slay the Nazis and save Western society in general. These men were young and absolute heroes. What history. And what beauty is this video. Thank you so much for posting.
This video essay absolutely blew my mind. It's almost unfathomable to me that such a stunning piece of cinema only snagged one of its Oscar nominations, but after seeing this, it's absolutely clear why it was for Best Score. Wow. Instant sub to your channel. Thank you for this.
one of my fave film scores of all time. It's so nostalgic, melancholy and also dreamy. All i can think of is Robbie and Cecilia's love for eachother and how tragic it all is. And even more sad is that I pine for a love like that in my own life even if it is really tragic as well just to feel teh same level of emotion that this score gives me lol
Came here from Jeff Beck and Olivia Safe , also gaving been a tv extra for 20 odd years i totally appreciate these guys doing an incredible job for a 5 minute scene .WOW . and the tears of young men slain in war .
Music design of this movie is incredible, at least for a complete layman as me. It emphasises every scene and sets tone for very complex emotions it brings forth. You really need to watch it to get how sinister simple typewriter clacking can get and how much hope and anxiety music can produce. Another great video, thanks once again.
not only a fabulous subject, but your videos have a remarkable production quality unmatched by anyone else i can find on the music scene of youtube, in whatever form you could name your work is amazing and i always get excited to see your videos in my notifications, i hope you keep up the amazing work
I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on Zimmer’s use of Elgar’s Nimrod Variations in Nolan’s “Dunkirk” - or Thomas Newman’s haunting score in “1917,” especially at the important moments that use solo cello. Thank you for your amazing work ❤️
Zimmer is brilliant in how he uses Sir Edwards's masterpiece. I've conducted "Enigma" twice and "Nimrod" is by far the variation that requires the most musicianship ( as slower works frequently do ) and I love how Hans elongates the phrasing so that the last 4 measures of Elgar's variation ( "theme".....or IS IT since it's an "enigma?.... ha ha ) is even more spectacular of a resolution of the tension built in both sets.
When Nolan was asked about Elgar's Nimord he said that it was his father's favourite and it was also played at his funeral. His exact words were " I can feel the weight of my father's coffin on my shoulder when I listen to Elgar's Nimord". - from the book The Nolan Variations
It still breaks my heart to remember the critic that just simply didn't recognize Elgar in that scene. I'm incredibly thankful that there are channels like this that keep appreciation for classical music alive.
Thank you for this video. I feel like Dario Marianelli is hugely underrated and powerful. I would love to see you do a video on his work for the movie Agora. It's long been one of my favorites and is one of the most emotionally potent movie scores I've ever heard. Please keep up your excellent work.
Thank you for this. I used to listen to this soundtrack everyday for years. Dario Marianelli's music is probably the best thing in this movie (aside from everything of course). I feel like the movie and the soundtrack is such an underrated piece of art rarely discussed in film circles. I have never seen anything else that marries the diagetic and non-diagetic sound so well. One of the reasons why I cried like a baby at the end of my first viewing is not just because how sad / hopeful the story ends, but how Dario Marianelli captured the emotion so well in that closing scene at the beach. It was so fucking perfect. Every thematic elements came together in that final scene. I love it so much! You raised a good point here saying that the scenes with music are purely Briony's POV. I have to take note of that on my next rewatch. :)
I absolutely love your work! I appreciate your attention to detail not only of the music but of the whole narrative, your understanding of storytelling and the gorgeous editing of the video. Your channel is something to behold, thank you very much for sharing your work
I want this soundtrack on vinyl so badly! I listen to this score all the time and remember seeing this movie at the cinema back when it came out and i was only 14. The elegy for dunkirk was one the first classical pieces that really made me fall in love with the genre and sometimes i just youtube that scene to watch and listen. Beautiful music, thanks for the vid.
Brilliant essay. So moving and it deepened my appreciation, not only for this film in particular but for the intelligence and talent behind all the moving parts of art form of filmmaking. Thank you.
Each year i'd re-watch this movie. The heart-wrenching story with its engaging melody actually lifted me out of a highly distressful period. I'd always be grateful to the author Ian McEwan and people who crafted this masterpiece on screen.
I don't know much of anything about classical music, but Howard Shore's work in The Lord of the Rings illuminated for me the importance of a score. It was that score that prompted me to make a "score" playlist. Dario Marianelli's work in Pride and Prejudice soon got added, as did John Barry's work in Dances With Wolves. Next came Trevor Jones score for Last of the Mohicans and In the Name of the Father. Now through your channel I've found more of Marianelli's work that I can add to my list, and even more than that, a gateway towards understanding and appreciating orchestral music in general (the next video I'm anxious to watch is your exploration of Elgar's Enigma, which I've just realized is already on my list, as it formed part of the amazing score for Shekhar Kapur's masterful 1998 film Elizabeth) . Many many thanks for all the obvious hard work you put into your videos, and for making them accessible to a total newb like me.
I loved this film when I saw it in theaters, and immediately bought the soundtrack. The gorgeous piano tracks accompanied me through literary criticism papers in college.
Absolutely stunning video. Thank you so much. I've always loved this film, and being not from a musical background myself have always wondered at this film's score and how it effects me so much. This video perfectly captures the film and core and it's beauty. Amazing stuff!
Your channel is genuinely my favourite on youtube, serving as such a big inspiration for me. I wondered if you were aware of Michael Nyman's scores where he used a band rather than solo piano. There are some brilliant pieces like Time Lapse and An Eye for Optical Theory? These soundtracks just sound sooo good.
After the deadly storm of doomsday swept through, the setting sun stretched Dunkirk's beach in a long, narrow shadow. Dark bloodstains adorned the muddy military attire, while souls and body fragments lay scattered on the ground. The acrid smoke of gunpowder carried away mournful spirits, which dissipated amidst the requiems of the remaining young soldiers. On the rickety Ferris wheel, the rotating carousel of endless reincarnation, and the stranded sunken ships, one can still see bullet holes and rust stains, carving the eternal crimson scars on the hearts of the lost.
Reading Atonement 15 years after watching the movie when it first came out in theaters. I'm sorry to say that I forgot most of the movie and am usually having scenes from Dunkirk pop into my mind when reading Robbie's time in the army.
I have just discovered your channel and I'm in awe of your work... I'm a huge fan of movie soundtracks, I love listening to them again and again to identify leitmotivs and such, but I absolutely do not have your skills when it comes to analyzing music, so this is all really incredible to watch. If I may ask, how do you create the transparent scores you superimpose on the videos? Do you just reproduce all of this yourself, by ear?
Older stories had happy endings, despite there being more terrible events in the past. It seems strange that we tell stories with such sad endings now. Are we just looking for something we lack, like they were?
Wow, this is some truly remarkable analysis! This idea of trans- made me also think of There Will Be Blood which might be an idea for one of your future videos. Thank you for all your work!
@@ListeningIn I was totally enthralled by it. Especially that section leading up to the German front lines. The time signature and rhythms were really interesting.
Great analysis. Thanks for sharing. I just rewatched this after seeing this analysis of the music, which I strongly recommend: th-cam.com/video/0ZGz1SPqRUk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Em4gD0TwIa-3hcbp. When I first saw this scene I was like WOW. Now I understand exactly why. So much to learn from this beautifully made film.
The film never lives up to that tracking shot. Honestly, one of the most beautiful scenes in cinema history. So perfectly lit. Yet large amounts of that film are trite trash.
This movie is such a treasure... the way it is shot and how the music is enhancing the story is just so so good, it's way too underrated for how good it is... a story that truely breaks your heart and makes you value each moment that you share with your loved ones.
Saw the new video. Watched the beginning. Was intrigued. Stopped it. Saw the movie. Continued your video. Big thank you.
Same here, it was brilliant to discover this movie!
This long shot and the accompanying score is one of my favorites in film score history.
Also, this movie breaks my heart every time.
My good gracious. One of my favorite scores, and favorite pieces of music. Mind blown.
Oh my gosh. I couldn't agree more. I can't tell you how much I've listened to this score.
The whole soundtrack is mind-blowing, I love it so much. I bought the Atonement sheet music for piano even though I'm years away from actually being able to play it well enough.
Watching this always brings tears. It is perhaps THE most breathtaking depiction of the lads on Dunkirk ever and the great British resolve to keep calm and carry on. It is a masterpiece. I cannot even imagine the horror and uncertainty these exposed men on that beach had to endure. And how they were delivered back to Blighty to reconvene and fight another day to slay the Nazis and save Western society in general. These men were young and absolute heroes. What history. And what beauty is this video. Thank you so much for posting.
This video essay absolutely blew my mind. It's almost unfathomable to me that such a stunning piece of cinema only snagged one of its Oscar nominations, but after seeing this, it's absolutely clear why it was for Best Score. Wow. Instant sub to your channel. Thank you for this.
one of my fave film scores of all time. It's so nostalgic, melancholy and also dreamy. All i can think of is Robbie and Cecilia's love for eachother and how tragic it all is. And even more sad is that I pine for a love like that in my own life even if it is really tragic as well just to feel teh same level of emotion that this score gives me lol
There is no atonement in this film. I love and hate watching this film. Knowing what happens to Robbie boils my piss every time.
I love your content so much. I don’t understand how you haven’t absolutely blown up yet. You put in so much effort and it shows
Thank you so much Charlie! One day, maybe... for now, I'll just keep making the videos.
@Charlie Fancyboy
Oh, but he will lol Sooner or later this channel is going to blow up. By the laws of demand, it’s going to blast.
Came here from Jeff Beck and Olivia Safe , also gaving been a tv extra for 20 odd years i totally appreciate these guys doing an incredible job for a 5 minute scene .WOW .
and the tears of young men slain in war .
Music design of this movie is incredible, at least for a complete layman as me. It emphasises every scene and sets tone for very complex emotions it brings forth. You really need to watch it to get how sinister simple typewriter clacking can get and how much hope and anxiety music can produce. Another great video, thanks once again.
not only a fabulous subject, but your videos have a remarkable production quality unmatched by anyone else i can find on the music scene of youtube, in whatever form you could name
your work is amazing and i always get excited to see your videos in my notifications, i hope you keep up the amazing work
Thank you so much - this means a huge amount to me.
I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on Zimmer’s use of Elgar’s Nimrod Variations in Nolan’s “Dunkirk” - or Thomas Newman’s haunting score in “1917,” especially at the important moments that use solo cello. Thank you for your amazing work ❤️
Zimmer is brilliant in how he uses Sir Edwards's masterpiece. I've conducted "Enigma" twice and "Nimrod" is by far the variation that requires the most musicianship ( as slower works frequently do ) and I love how Hans elongates the phrasing so that the last 4 measures of Elgar's variation ( "theme".....or IS IT since it's an "enigma?.... ha ha ) is even more spectacular of a resolution of the tension built in both sets.
When Nolan was asked about Elgar's Nimord he said that it was his father's favourite and it was also played at his funeral. His exact words were " I can feel the weight of my father's coffin on my shoulder when I listen to Elgar's Nimord". - from the book The Nolan Variations
It still breaks my heart to remember the critic that just simply didn't recognize Elgar in that scene.
I'm incredibly thankful that there are channels like this that keep appreciation for classical music alive.
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@@prashanth_js No disrespect but Atonement did a better job at showing the brutality and heartbreak of Dunkirk than Nolan ever did.
Thank you for this video. I feel like Dario Marianelli is hugely underrated and powerful. I would love to see you do a video on his work for the movie Agora. It's long been one of my favorites and is one of the most emotionally potent movie scores I've ever heard. Please keep up your excellent work.
that final lines made me burst into tears sir, thank you!
Especially when you think about the story. Man, I ugly cried over it. All the lead actors were so good.
Thank you for this. I used to listen to this soundtrack everyday for years. Dario Marianelli's music is probably the best thing in this movie (aside from everything of course). I feel like the movie and the soundtrack is such an underrated piece of art rarely discussed in film circles. I have never seen anything else that marries the diagetic and non-diagetic sound so well. One of the reasons why I cried like a baby at the end of my first viewing is not just because how sad / hopeful the story ends, but how Dario Marianelli captured the emotion so well in that closing scene at the beach. It was so fucking perfect. Every thematic elements came together in that final scene. I love it so much!
You raised a good point here saying that the scenes with music are purely Briony's POV. I have to take note of that on my next rewatch. :)
This is the most gorgeous and tragic movie that I have ever watched. Your video showed me even more details about this masterpiece thank you so much.
What a beautiful essay. Your work is simply magnificent
I absolutely love your work! I appreciate your attention to detail not only of the music but of the whole narrative, your understanding of storytelling and the gorgeous editing of the video. Your channel is something to behold, thank you very much for sharing your work
I listen to the music from this film often, but as for watching the film itself...I could only manage it the once. It's so tragic and heartbreaking.
Gosh still one of my favourite score of all time, never fails to make me cry, I love Dario Marionelli's work so much
Excellent analysis of one of the great film scores- thank you!
Thank you for this.
Dario Marionelli is an absolute legend and truly underappreciated
Such a beautiful essay and as tear jerking as your wonderful Nutcracker analysis.
Thank you Lindsay! Have you seen Atonement? If you haven’t, you definitely should - it’s a beautiful film.
Yes I have seen this very moving film with its wonderful soundtrack@@ListeningIn
Where were you all my life? This is one of my favorite pieces of music, and you did an excellent job analyzing it!
I want this soundtrack on vinyl so badly! I listen to this score all the time and remember seeing this movie at the cinema back when it came out and i was only 14. The elegy for dunkirk was one the first classical pieces that really made me fall in love with the genre and sometimes i just youtube that scene to watch and listen. Beautiful music, thanks for the vid.
I have never watched this film. But I feel like I know ever feeling happened. You have just elevated everything
Man! You are an incredible storyteller. I cried at the end.
Brilliant essay. So moving and it deepened my appreciation, not only for this film in particular but for the intelligence and talent behind all the moving parts of art form of filmmaking. Thank you.
Each year i'd re-watch this movie. The heart-wrenching story with its engaging melody actually lifted me out of a highly distressful period. I'd always be grateful to the author Ian McEwan and people who crafted this masterpiece on screen.
Recently watched this film for the 20th time. Darios music is not appreciated enough. So thank you for your work 🖤
Ayyyy! Thank you for another wicked video analysis!!!! I loved this score so much! ❤️
Yes I've been wanting you to make this video for so long!!!
I don't know much of anything about classical music, but Howard Shore's work in The Lord of the Rings illuminated for me the importance of a score. It was that score that prompted me to make a "score" playlist. Dario Marianelli's work in Pride and Prejudice soon got added, as did John Barry's work in Dances With Wolves. Next came Trevor Jones score for Last of the Mohicans and In the Name of the Father. Now through your channel I've found more of Marianelli's work that I can add to my list, and even more than that, a gateway towards understanding and appreciating orchestral music in general (the next video I'm anxious to watch is your exploration of Elgar's Enigma, which I've just realized is already on my list, as it formed part of the amazing score for Shekhar Kapur's masterful 1998 film Elizabeth) . Many many thanks for all the obvious hard work you put into your videos, and for making them accessible to a total newb like me.
I loved this film when I saw it in theaters, and immediately bought the soundtrack. The gorgeous piano tracks accompanied me through literary criticism papers in college.
Thank you! Your essay deepened my appreciation for “Elegy” and the soundtrack as a whole! 🙏
Absolutely stunning video. Thank you so much. I've always loved this film, and being not from a musical background myself have always wondered at this film's score and how it effects me so much. This video perfectly captures the film and core and it's beauty. Amazing stuff!
nolan only had about 300 people in his movie on the beach. this was fantastic
Wow. One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. Its made me want to watch the film.
Watch it. It’s one of the best films I’ve ever seen.
Best channel ever! AMAZING MUSIC HERE.....
My guy be posting such beautiful videos like it ain't nothing before this channel blows up (as it should)
Your channel is genuinely my favourite on youtube, serving as such a big inspiration for me. I wondered if you were aware of Michael Nyman's scores where he used a band rather than solo piano. There are some brilliant pieces like Time Lapse and An Eye for Optical Theory? These soundtracks just sound sooo good.
Thank you so much! I actually don't know Nyman's work that well, so I'll definitely take a look at your suggestions.
Great video about a movie I’ve seen many times and love very much.
This is brilliant! Your videos deserve more recognition, so well crafted and put together - keep it up!!
Brilliant work! I am truly gracious for this channel and look forward to watching every video.
Such a beautiful film.
After the deadly storm of doomsday swept through, the setting sun stretched Dunkirk's beach in a long, narrow shadow. Dark bloodstains adorned the muddy military attire, while souls and body fragments lay scattered on the ground. The acrid smoke of gunpowder carried away mournful spirits, which dissipated amidst the requiems of the remaining young soldiers. On the rickety Ferris wheel, the rotating carousel of endless reincarnation, and the stranded sunken ships, one can still see bullet holes and rust stains, carving the eternal crimson scars on the hearts of the lost.
Reading Atonement 15 years after watching the movie when it first came out in theaters. I'm sorry to say that I forgot most of the movie and am usually having scenes from Dunkirk pop into my mind when reading Robbie's time in the army.
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO
Might not be a perfect movie, but it's definetly a perfect scene with a perfect musical score. Great video! Thanx!!!
Beautiful work as always, thank you
Beautiful explanation.
Wow you're an incredible channel, keep up the amazing work
Your narration is enticing……
I likdd it very much.👏
Just watched the film yesterday, perfect timing!
The highlight of this soundtrack is title track 'Atonement'. It is a quietly magestic.
love this movie theme...thanks for this video!
thank you one of the greatest movies ever made and now I can better appreciate the music score
Brilliant editing
Thank you for this wonderful sharing.☀️👍
Wonderful content truly
I have just discovered your channel and I'm in awe of your work... I'm a huge fan of movie soundtracks, I love listening to them again and again to identify leitmotivs and such, but I absolutely do not have your skills when it comes to analyzing music, so this is all really incredible to watch. If I may ask, how do you create the transparent scores you superimpose on the videos? Do you just reproduce all of this yourself, by ear?
This is quite spectacular.
It's great! Thank you!
I love your work! Have you done a video on Children of Men? One of my favourite film scores of all time by John Tavener.
I haven't - that's a really good idea, though. Thank you!
Would love a video or 2 on the music of 'The Green Mile' and 'The Shawshank Redemption'- just recently found your channel, love it
Ending of the video hit hard.
I fkn love these vids!
I heard that Atonement's typewriter music was so great that even Skrillex *ahem* borrowed it.
Wonderful!
Great content - stunningly well written and edited as always! Any chance you might do a video on the music of the Soulsborne series?
Thank you Alisaf! Good suggestion - I'll have a think about it.
This scene and this arrangement absolutely flawed me when I saw it years ago. It's devastatingly beautiful.
Amazing video
Sublime
so underrated
I'm getting through all your videos - I love your work! Please could you do one on 1917? Would love to hear what you thought of 'The Night Window'!
Older stories had happy endings, despite there being more terrible events in the past.
It seems strange that we tell stories with such sad endings now.
Are we just looking for something we lack, like they were?
Amazing work man. Please do one or more videos on 1917!
thank you for this❤🙏
I'm wondering who can be so insensitive and poisonous to give dislike
please explain and talk about my two favourite composers Claude Debussy and Erik Satie
and keep up the good work 👌
Wow, this is some truly remarkable analysis! This idea of trans- made me also think of There Will Be Blood which might be an idea for one of your future videos. Thank you for all your work!
good video
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What is Adam Neeley doing in this movie?
Will you do an analysis for 1917? 🥺🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Maybe...I did love the score. Thought it was mightly effective.
Please do!
@@ListeningIn I was totally enthralled by it. Especially that section leading up to the German front lines. The time signature and rhythms were really interesting.
Yes, please do.
Joe wrights Dunkirk > Nolan’s Dunkirk
Could you please cover the music to The Schindler's List? There you could grow beyond yourself I believe.
im want to cry but i cant im in public omg
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Great analysis. Thanks for sharing. I just rewatched this after seeing this analysis of the music, which I strongly recommend: th-cam.com/video/0ZGz1SPqRUk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Em4gD0TwIa-3hcbp. When I first saw this scene I was like WOW. Now I understand exactly why. So much to learn from this beautifully made film.
The film never lives up to that tracking shot. Honestly, one of the most beautiful scenes in cinema history. So perfectly lit. Yet large amounts of that film are trite trash.
Were you asleep? You are not paying attention.
This is beautiful
However it is the most mansplained thing I have ever heard.
Huh?