Alexandre Desplat
Influenced by his classical European training and his passion for Hollywood movie scores, Alexandre Desplat rose to the most elite ranks of film composers. Dividing his time between A-list American and smaller European film projects, Desplat quietly became one of Hollywood's most prolific and decorated composers. Famed for his understated Gallic sensibility and deep reading of both character and theme which colored all his compositions, Desplat's music increased the richness and complexity of the films he scored rather than dominating them. His professional collaboration with the French director Jacques Audiard - including "Un héros très discret" ("A Self Made Hero") (1997), "Sur mes lèvres" ("Read My Lips") (2001), and "De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté" ("The Beat That My Heart Skipped") (2005) - brought him to international attention, and he broke into English-speaking film with his score for "Girl With a Pearl Earring" (2003). Showered with nominations and awards, he amassed an enviable filmography including among others, "The Painted Veil" (2006), "The Queen" (2006), "Lust, Caution" (2007), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008), "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (2009), "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (2010) and "The King's Speech" (2010). Lyrical, restrained and capable of wringing depths of emotion from every note, Desplat's music provided the filmgoing soundtrack for audiences worldwide, revealing his extensive range and showcasing a unique musical voice.
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Filmography
Movies
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90% | No Score Yet | The Piano Lesson | Original Music | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More | Original Music | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La plus précieuse des marchandises | Original Music | - | 2024 |
50% | No Score Yet | The Most Precious of Cargoes | Original Music | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Me Softly | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
67% |
|
Lee | Original Music | $2.0M | 2023 |
57% |
|
The Boys in the Boat | Original Music | $52.6M | 2023 |
95% |
|
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Original Music | - | 2023 |
76% |
|
Asteroid City | Original Music | $28.1M | 2023 |
10% |
|
The Palace |
Music, Original Music |
- | 2023 |
71% |
|
Final Cut | Original Music | $15.1K | 2022 |
77% |
|
The Lost King | Original Music | $1.2M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Me Softly With His Songs | Self | - | 2022 |
96% |
|
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Original Music | - | 2022 |
85% |
|
The Outfit | Original Music | $3.3M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Cooler Climate | Music | - | 2022 |
75% | No Score Yet | Father & Soldier | Original Music | - | 2022 |
48% |
|
Eiffel | Original Music | - | 2021 |
75% |
|
The French Dispatch | Original Music | $16.1M | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lui | Music | - | 2021 |
50% |
|
The Midnight Sky | Original Music | - | 2020 |
95% |
|
Little Women | Original Music | $108.1M | 2019 |
60% |
|
The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Original Music | $158.2M | 2019 |
50% |
|
Adults in the Room | Original Music | - | 2019 |
76% |
|
An Officer and a Spy | Original Music | - | 2019 |
72% |
|
The Command | Original Music | - | 2018 |
87% |
|
The Sisters Brothers | Original Music | $3.1M | 2018 |
60% |
|
Operation Finale | Original Music | $17.6M | 2018 |
90% |
|
Isle of Dogs | Original Music | $31.9M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Tracks of Alexandre Desplat |
Unknown (Character), Music |
- | 2018 |
95% |
|
12 Days | Original Music | - | 2017 |
92% |
|
The Shape of Water | Original Music | $63.3M | 2017 |
27% |
|
Suburbicon | Original Music | $5.7M | 2017 |
47% |
|
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Original Music | $40.4M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Endangered Species | Original Music | - | 2017 |
60% |
|
The Odyssey | Original Music | - | 2016 |
91% |
|
Score: A Film Music Documentary | Self | $97.3K | 2016 |
92% |
|
Heal the Living | Original Music | $3.2K | 2016 |
58% |
|
Alone in Berlin | Original Music | - | 2016 |
24% |
|
American Pastoral | Original Music | $541.5K | 2016 |
62% |
|
The Light Between Oceans | Original Music | $12.5M | 2016 |
88% |
|
Florence Foster Jenkins | Original Music | $27.4M | 2016 |
71% |
|
The Secret Life of Pets | Original Music | $368.3M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | France | Music | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
|
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad | Original Music | - | 2015 |
84% |
|
Tale of Tales | Original Music | $92.1K | 2015 |
65% |
|
The Danish Girl | Original Music | $11.1M | 2015 |
28% |
|
Every Thing Will Be Fine | Original Music | - | 2015 |
73% |
|
Suffragette | Original Music | $4.7M | 2015 |
75% |
|
Suite Française | Original Music | - | 2014 |
90% |
|
The Imitation Game | Original Music | $91.1M | 2014 |
52% |
|
Unbroken | Original Music | $115.6M | 2014 |
76% |
|
Godzilla | Original Music | $200.7M | 2014 |
92% |
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Original Music | $59.1M | 2014 |
30% |
|
The Monuments Men |
Emile (Character), Original Music |
$78.0M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
|
Zulu | Original Music | - | 2013 |
88% |
|
Venus in Fur | Original Music | $342.2K | 2013 |
50% |
|
Marius | Original Music | - | 2013 |
56% |
|
Fanny | Original Music | - | 2013 |
91% |
|
Philomena | Original Music | $37.7M | 2013 |
83% |
|
My Way | Original Music | - | 2012 |
72% |
|
Renoir | Original Music | $2.3M | 2012 |
81% |
|
Reality | Original Music | - | 2012 |
91% |
|
Zero Dark Thirty | Original Music | $95.7M | 2012 |
82% |
|
Rust and Bone | Original Music | $2.1M | 2012 |
75% |
|
Rise of the Guardians | Original Music | $103.4M | 2012 |
96% |
|
Argo | Original Music | $136.0M | 2012 |
93% |
|
Moonrise Kingdom | Original Music | $45.5M | 2012 |
92% |
|
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | Original Music | - | 2011 |
88% |
|
The Well Digger's Daughter | Original Music | $385.4K | 2011 |
44% |
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Original Music | $31.8M | 2011 |
71% |
|
Carnage | Original Music | $2.5M | 2011 |
84% |
|
The Ides of March | Original Music | $41.0M | 2011 |
96% |
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Original Music | $381.0M | 2011 |
86% |
|
A Better Life | Original Music | $1.8M | 2011 |
85% |
|
The Tree of Life | Original Music | $13.3M | 2011 |
94% |
|
The King's Speech | Original Music | $138.8M | 2010 |
65% |
|
Tamara Drewe | Original Music | $560.1K | 2010 |
84% |
|
The Ghost Writer | Original Music | $15.5M | 2010 |
77% |
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Original Music | $295.0M | 2010 |
88% |
|
The Army of Crime | Original Music | $35.4K | 2009 |
96% |
|
A Prophet | Original Music | $2.1M | 2009 |
93% |
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Original Music | $21.0M | 2009 |
28% |
|
The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Original Music | $296.6M | 2009 |
63% |
|
Coco Before Chanel | Original Music | $6.1M | 2009 |
77% |
|
Julie & Julia | Original Music | $94.1M | 2009 |
51% |
|
Chéri | Original Music | $2.7M | 2009 |
47% |
|
Largo Winch | Original Music | $7.6K | 2008 |
72% |
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Original Music | $127.5M | 2008 |
42% |
|
The Golden Compass | Original Music | $70.1M | 2007 |
40% |
|
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Original Music | $32.1M | 2007 |
73% |
|
Lust, Caution | Original Music | $4.6M | 2007 |
94% |
|
The Singer | Original Music | - | 2006 |
70% |
|
The Valet | Original Music | $2.3M | 2006 |
74% |
|
The Painted Veil | Original Music | $8.0M | 2006 |
57% |
|
Lies & Alibis | Original Music | - | 2006 |
97% |
|
The Queen | Original Music | $56.4M | 2006 |
19% |
|
Firewall | Original Music | $48.7M | 2006 |
45% |
|
Casanova | Original Music | $11.3M | 2005 |
86% |
|
The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Original Music | $1.0M | 2005 |
74% |
|
The Upside of Anger | Original Music | $18.8M | 2005 |
35% |
|
Hostage | Original Music | $34.6M | 2005 |
40% |
|
Birth | Original Music | $5.0M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
|
Laughter and Punishment | Original Music | - | 2003 |
10% |
|
Bad Genres | Original Music | - | 2001 |
97% |
|
Read My Lips | Original Music | $1.4M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
|
Doors of Glory | Original Music | - | 2001 |
58% |
|
The Luzhin Defence | Original Music | $1.1M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amazon | Original Music | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Half a Chance | Original Music | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death in Therapy | Music | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
|
Love Etc. | Original Music | $6.4K | 1996 |
67% |
|
A Self-Made Hero | Original Music | $119.5K | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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See How They Fall | Music | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Les Milles: The Train of Liberty | Music | - | 1994 |