Alexandre Desplat
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-08-23 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Alexandre Desplat
Biography
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 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), and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022). He has collaborated with directors such as Wes Anderson, Chris Weitz, George Clooney, Roman Polanski, and Guillermo del Toro.
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Known For
Acting
Nino
as Self - film music composer
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
as Self - Interviewee
(2020)
(2020)
(2018)
(2017)
(2014)
The Monuments Men
as Émile
(2011)
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
as Self
(2009)
Crew
Frankenstein
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(2025)
Eagles of the Republic
Original Music Composer
(2025)
The Phoenician Scheme
Original Music Composer
(2025)
Jurassic World Rebirth
Original Music Composer
(2024)
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Music, Original Music Composer
(2024)
Lee
Original Music Composer
(2024)
The Piano Lesson
Original Music Composer
(2024)
Unstoppable
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(2024)
Elyas
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Asteroid City
Original Music Composer
(2023)
NYAD
Original Music Composer
(2023)
The Palace
Original Music Composer
(2023)
The Boys in the Boat
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Father & Soldier
Original Music Composer
(2022)
(2022)
A Cooler Climate
Original Music Composer
(2022)
The Outfit
Original Music Composer
(2022)
Argentina 1985
Thanks
(2022)
The Lost King
Original Music Composer
(2022)
Final Cut
Original Music Composer
(2022)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Original Music Composer
(2021)
Eiffel
Original Music Composer
(2021)
Him
Original Music Composer
(2021)
The French Dispatch
Original Music Composer
(2020)
The Midnight Sky
Original Music Composer
(2019)
Little Women
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(2019)
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Original Music Composer
(2019)
Adults in the Room
Original Music Composer
(2019)
An Officer and a Spy
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Operation Finale
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Isle of Dogs
Original Music Composer
(2018)
The Sisters Brothers
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Kursk
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
Conductor, Music
(2017)
Endangered Species
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Suburbicon
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Based on a True Story
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Original Music Composer
(2017)
The Shape of Water
Original Music Composer
(2017)
12 Days
Original Music Composer
(2017)
(2016)
Les habitants
Music
(2016)
The Secret Life of Pets
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Heal the Living
Original Music Composer
(2016)
American Pastoral
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
(2016)
The Light Between Oceans
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Alone in Berlin
Original Music Composer
(2016)
7:19
Original Music Composer
(2016)
The Odyssey
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Florence Foster Jenkins
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Tale of Tales
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Suite Française
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Suffragette
Original Music Composer
(2015)
The Danish Girl
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
Original Music Composer
(2014)
(2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Original Music Composer
(2014)
The Monuments Men
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Godzilla
Original Music Composer
(2014)
The Imitation Game
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Unbroken
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Malick: Fire & Water
Music
(2013)
Fanny
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Philomena
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Venus in Fur
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Zulu
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Marius
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Argo
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Moonrise Kingdom
Original Music Composer
(2012)
My Way
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Rust and Bone
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Zero Dark Thirty
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Renoir
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Reality
Original Music Composer
(2012)
A Therapy
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Rise of the Guardians
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Original Music Composer
(2011)
My Week with Marilyn
Main Title Theme Composer
(2011)
Largo Winch II
Original Music Composer
(2011)
The Well Digger's Daughter
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Carnage
Original Music Composer
(2011)
The Tree of Life
Original Music Composer
(2011)
A Better Life
Original Music Composer
(2011)
The Ides of March
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The King's Speech
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Special Relationship
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(2010)
Tamara Drewe
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Ghost Writer
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Coco Before Chanel
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Army of Crime
Original Music Composer
(2009)
A Prophet
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Julie & Julia
Original Music Composer
(2009)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Original Music Composer
(2009)
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(2009)
Chéri
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Afterwards
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Golden Compass
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Intimate Enemies
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Lust, Caution
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Michou d'Auber
Original Music Composer
(2006)
The Queen
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Firewall
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(2006)
The Painted Veil
Original Music Composer
(2006)
The Alibi
Original Music Composer
(2006)
The Valet
Original Music Composer
(2006)
The Singer
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Syriana
Original Music Composer
(2005)
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Hostage
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(2005)
The Upside of Anger
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Casanova
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Birth
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
(2004)
The Corsican File
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Original Music Composer
(2003)
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Eager Bodies
Original Music Composer
(2003)
The Pact of Silence
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Stormy Weather
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Tristan
Original Music Composer
(2002)
The Nest
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Another Woman
Music
(2002)
Madame Sans-Gêne
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Read My Lips
Original Music Composer
(2001)
A Hell of a Day
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Transfixed
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
(2001)
Doors of Glory
Music
(2000)
Empty Days
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Amazon
Original Music Composer
(2000)
The Luzhin Defence
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Toni
Original Music Composer
(1999)
I Didn't Do It!
Music
(1999)
Monsieur Naphtali
Music
(1999)
A Monkey's Tale
Original Music Composer
(1998)
The Revengers' Comedies
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1998)
Restons groupés
Music
(1998)
Atilano, presidente
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Half a Chance
Music
(1997)
(1997)
(1996)
A Self-Made Hero
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Tout ce qui brille
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Love, etc.
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Death in Therapy
Original Music Composer
(1995)
(1995)
Innocent Lies
Music
(1995)
Les Milles
Music
(1995)
Those Were the Days
Music
(1994)
See How They Fall
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Dynamic Vienne
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Hour of the Pig
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Le Tronc
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Sexes faibles !
Music
(1991)
Family Express
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Lapse of Memory
Original Music Composer