Editing Sense and Sensibility (film) (section)

=== Music ===
{{See also|Sense and Sensibility (soundtrack)}}
Composer [[Patrick Doyle]], who had previously worked with his friend Emma Thompson in the films ''[[Henry V (1989 film)|Henry V]]'', ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'', and ''Dead Again'', was hired to produce the music for ''Sense and Sensibility''.<ref name=chicagotimessense /> Asked by the director to select existing music or compose new "gentle" melodies, Doyle wrote a score that reflected the film's events.{{sfn|Parrill|2002|p=43}}<ref name="RockyMtNews">{{Cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67774405.html |title=Score one for the movies: composers translate plot, character and setting into Oscar-nominated music |work=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |first=John |last=Horn |date=13 March 1996 |access-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025851/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67774405.html |archive-date=11 June 2014  }}</ref> He explained, "You had this middle-class English [[Motif (music)|motif]], and with the music you would have occasional outbursts of emotion."<ref name="chicagotimessense">{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/03/01/composers-classical-music-makes-sense-in-movies/ |title=Composer's classical music makes 'Sense' in movies |first=Brad |last=Webber |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=1 March 1996 |access-date=17 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006054839/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-03-01/entertainment/9603010027_1_sense-and-sensibility-classical-music-patrick-doyle |archive-date= 6 October 2012 }}</ref> Doyle explains that the score "becomes a little more grown-up" as the story progresses to one of "maturity and an emotional catharsis."<ref name=RockyMtNews /> The score contains romantic elements<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sense-and-sensibility-mw0000646538 |title=Sense and Sensibility – Patrick Doyle |website=[[AllMusic]] |first=Darryl |last=Carter |access-date=1 September 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126224305/http://www.allmusic.com/album/sense-and-sensibility-mw0000646538 |archive-date=26 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="DenofGeekMusic">{{Cite news|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/17369/music-in-the-movies-patrick-doyle |title=Music in the movies: Patrick Doyle |publisher=[[Den of Geek]] |first=Glen |last=Chapman |date=21 April 2011 |access-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129030727/http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/17369/music-in-the-movies-patrick-doyle |archive-date=29 January 2014 }}</ref> and has been described  by [[National Public Radio]] as a "restricted compass&nbsp;... of emotion" with "instruments [that] blend together in a gentle sort of way".<ref name="NPRmusic">{{Cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-28473770.html |title=Film scores – The men who make the music – Part 2 |publisher=[[NPR]] |first=Liane |last=Hansen |date=10 March 1996 |access-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025948/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-28473770.html |archive-date=11 June 2014  }}</ref> They also noted that as a reflection of the story, the score is a "little wistful&nbsp;... and sentimental."<ref name=NPRmusic />

Two songs are sung by Marianne in the film, with lyrics adapted from seventeenth-century poems. Lee believed that the two songs conveyed the "vision of duality" visible both in the novel and script.{{sfn|Parrill|2002|p=43}} In his opinion, the second song expressed Marianne's "mature acceptance," intertwined with a "sense of melancholy".{{sfn|Parrill|2002|p=43}} The melody of "Weep You No More Sad Fountains", Marianne's first song, appears in the opening credits, while her second song's melody features again during the ending credits, this time sung by [[dramatic soprano]] [[Jane Eaglen]].{{sfn|Parrill|2002|p=43}} The songs were written by Doyle before filming began.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8896491.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629103713/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8896491.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |title=Classical composer aims to score for charity |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Charlotte |last=Cripps |date=15 October 2007 |access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> The composer received his first [[Academy Award]] nomination for his score.<ref name=DenofGeekMusic />