Sense and Sensibility (film) Academy Awards nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Actress. Thompson received the award for Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming the only person to have won Academy Awards for both acting and screenwriting. "Sense and Sensibility" contributed to a resurgence in popularity for Austen's works, and has led to many more productions in similar genres. It persists in being recognised as one of the best Austen adaptations of all time. On his deathbed, Mr. Dashwood tells his son from his first marriage, John, to take care of his second wife and three daughters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, since they will inherit
Sense and Sensibility (soundtrack) songs sung by the character of Marianne Dashwood, which Doyle adapted from two poems. His musical score earned the composer his first nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. He lost both awards to Luis Enríquez Bacalov's score of the Italian film "". Sony Music Entertainment released the soundtrack to "Sense and Sensibility" on 12 December 1995. Due to his work in "Sense and Sensibility" and other films based on novels, Doyle has become best known for his work composing literary adaptations. The film's original score was written by the