Sense and Sensibility (soundtrack) 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
Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV series) garnered several award nominations for their work on the drama. At the 14th Shanghai Television Festival, the series was nominated for Magnolia Award for Best Television Film or Miniseries, Alexander won the Best Television Film Director award, while Morahan won Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Film for her turn as Elinor Dashwood. Davies was nominated in the Writer's Award category at the 35th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for his screenplay, and Clapton received a nomination for Outstanding Costume Design for a Television Movie or Mini-Series at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. For his work on the score,