FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SOUNDTRACK TO ROMANTIC EPIC ATONEMENT
REUNITES COMPOSER DARIO MARIANELLI AND ACCLAIMED PIANIST JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET

FILM DIRECTED BY JOE WRIGHT (PRIDE & PREJUDICE) STARS JAMES McAVOY AND KEIRA
KNIGHTLEY

*** SOUNDTRACK TO BE RELEASED ON DECCA DECEMBER 4, 2007***

(November 27, 2007-New York, NY) From Joe Wright, the award-winning director of
Pride & Prejudice, comes another classic romance; the epic Atonement reunites
the musical forces of Academy Award-nominated composer Dario Marianelli and
esteemed Decca artist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. The original soundtrack for Atonement
showcases the two creative geniuses, and will be released by Decca on December
4th, 2007; Focus Features releases Atonement, starring James McAvoy, Keira
Knightley (Academy Award nominee for Pride & Prejudice), and Romola Garai, in
select cities on December 7th.

With one note - a touch to a typewriter - the music becomes part of the story
being told from the first moment of the film. Dario Marianelli's indelible theme
follows the characters through their journeys across decades, with Jean-Yves
Thibaudet's solo piano performances also framing their fates. The thematic piano
playing is delightful and delicate, against a violin that conveys the pace
necessary to the tale. The exquisite combination sustains all of the story's
urgency, emotion, epic scope, and romance.

Born in Pisa, Italy, Dario Marianelli studied in Florence and later moved to
London to continue his studies and set up his current base. His scholarships led
him to London's esteemed Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Bretton University
College (in Germany), and the National Film and Television School, where he
spent three years. His composition work was featured in television shows and
stage productions, leading him to work with The BBC Symphony Orchestra as well
as The Royal Shakespeare Company. Marianelli's film score compositions include
The Brave One, V for Vendetta, and Pride & Prejudice, for which he received an
Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Achievement in Music Written
for Motion Pictures, Original Score.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet has been described as "brilliant" by The New York Times, and
rightfully so. At age 5, he began his music studies in France. At 12, he would
join the Paris Conservatory, going on to win the Premier Prix du Conservatoire
at age 15. Three years later, he won the Young Concert Artists Adution in New
York City. He was honored with the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
from the Republic of France in 2001; and the Premio Pegasus at the Spoleto
Festival in South Carolina in 2003. He contributed piano performances to Dario
Marianelli's Oscar-nominated score

for Pride & Prejudice. Most recently, in February 2007, he was awarded the
French accolade of Victoire d'Honneur, which is considered to be a French Grammy
equivalent for Lifetime Career Achievement - and is usually awarded to artists
much later in life.

Atonement stars James McAvoy (BAFTA Award nominee for The Last King of Scotland)
opposite Ms. Knightley. Christopher Hampton (Academy Award winner for Dangerous
Liaisons) has written the screenplay adaptation of Ian McEwan's best-selling
2002 novel Atonement.

Filmed on location in the U.K., the story of Atonement spans several decades. In
1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) and her family
live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest
day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere,
stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner (Mr. McAvoy), the educated son
of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older
sister Cecilia (Ms. Knightley). Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all
it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony
- who has a crush on Robbie - is compelled to interfere, going so far as
accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their
love for each other, but he is arrested - and with Briony bearing false witness,
the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek
forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of
imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an
understanding of the power of enduring love.

A Focus Features presentation in association with StudioCanal and Relativity
Media of a Working Title production, Atonement (www.focusfeatures.com/atonement)
is produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster.

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