Alexandre Desplat

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Alexandre Desplat

Sound 65 August 23, 1961

Paris, France

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (French:[alɛksɑ̃dʁ dɛspla]; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy…

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

8.1 2011 Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

7.7 2010 Movie
The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

8.0 2014 Movie
The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

8.0 2014 Movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

7.6 2008 Movie
The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

7.2 2017 Movie
Godzilla

Godzilla

6.4 2014 Movie
The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

6.0 2009 Movie
The King's Speech

The King's Speech

7.7 2010 Movie
Argo

Argo

7.3 2012 Movie
The Secret Life of Pets

The Secret Life of Pets

6.3 2016 Movie
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

6.7 2017 Movie

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Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (French:[alɛksɑ̃dʁ dɛspla]; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. Desplat was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016. Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2017). He was Oscar-nominated for The Queen (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Argo (2012), Philomena (2013), The Imitation Game (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), and Little Women (2019). Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as The Golden Compass (2007), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) & Part 2 (2011), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Godzilla (2014), Unbroken (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025). He has collaborated with directors such as Wes Anderson, Chris Weitz, Terrence Malick, George Clooney, Roman Polanski, Guillermo del Toro and Gareth Edwards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexandre Desplat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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  1. 2026
    The Social Reckoning

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2026
    Nino – A Film About Nino Rota

    Movie Self – Film music composer

  3. 2026
    The Hills of Wrath

    Movie Music

  4. 2025
    Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson

    Movie Self - Composer

  5. 2025
    The Shrinking Man

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2025
    Frankenstein

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2025
    Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood

    Movie Himself

  8. 2025
    Eagles of the Republic

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2025
    Jurassic World Rebirth

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2025
    The Phoenician Scheme

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2024
    Unstoppable

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2024
    The Most Precious of Cargoes

    Movie Music

  13. 2024
    The Piano Lesson

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2024
    Lee

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2024
    Elyas

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2024
    The Regime

    TV show Original Music Composer

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  1. 2023
    The Boys in the Boat

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2023
    NYAD

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2023
    The Palace

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2023
    Asteroid City

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2023
    Father & Soldier

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2022
    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

    Movie Self

  7. 2022
    Killing Me Softly with His Songs

    Movie Self

  8. 2022
    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2022
    The Lost King

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2022
    A Cooler Climate

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2022
    Argentina 1985

    Movie Thanks

  12. 2022
    Final Cut

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2022
    The Outfit

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2022
    Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite

    Movie Music

  15. 2021
    Him

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2021
    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 2021
    Eiffel

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 2021
    Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  19. 2020
    The Midnight Sky

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 2020
    In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

    Movie Self

  21. 2020
    In The Tracks Of - Special Edition

    Movie Self

  22. 2019
    Little Women

    Movie Conductor

  23. 2019
    Adults in the Room

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 2019
    An Officer and a Spy

    Movie Original Music Composer