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Alexandre Desplat

Highest Rated: 97% Read My Lips (2001)

Lowest Rated: 9% Bad Genres (2001)

Birthday: Aug 23, 1961

Birthplace: Paris, France

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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Highest rated movies

97% 82% Read My Lips
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97% 76% The Queen
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96% 89% A Prophet
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96% 90% Argo Watchlist 96% 89% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Watchlist 96% 90% Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Watchlist 95% 81% The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Watchlist 95% 67% 12 Days Watchlist 95% 92% Little Women Watchlist
94% 92% The King's Speech
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
91% 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% 94% Lee Original Music $2.0M 2023
57% 97% The Boys in the Boat Original Music $52.6M 2023
95% 81% The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Original Music - 2023
76% 62% Asteroid City Original Music $28.1M 2023
10% 63% The Palace Music,
Original Music
- 2023
71% 73% Final Cut Original Music $15.1K 2022
77% 92% The Lost King Original Music $1.2M 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killing Me Softly With His Songs Self - 2022
96% 90% Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Original Music - 2022
85% 92% 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% 89% Eiffel Original Music - 2021
75% 76% The French Dispatch Original Music $16.1M 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lui Music - 2021
50% 26% The Midnight Sky Original Music - 2020
95% 92% Little Women Original Music $108.1M 2019
60% 90% The Secret Life of Pets 2 Original Music $158.2M 2019
76% 83% An Officer and a Spy Original Music - 2019
50% 82% Adults in the Room Original Music - 2019
72% 63% The Command Original Music - 2018
87% 69% The Sisters Brothers Original Music $3.1M 2018
60% 67% Operation Finale Original Music $17.6M 2018
90% 87% 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% 67% 12 Days Original Music - 2017
92% 73% The Shape of Water Original Music $63.3M 2017
27% 26% Suburbicon Original Music $5.7M 2017
47% 53% 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% 53% The Odyssey Original Music - 2016
91% 83% Score: A Film Music Documentary Self $97.3K 2016
92% 68% Heal the Living Original Music $3.2K 2016
58% 52% Alone in Berlin Original Music - 2016
24% 31% American Pastoral Original Music $541.5K 2016
62% 61% The Light Between Oceans Original Music $12.5M 2016
88% 68% Florence Foster Jenkins Original Music $27.4M 2016
71% 62% The Secret Life of Pets Original Music $368.3M 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet France Music - 2016
No Score Yet 71% Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad Original Music - 2015
84% 56% Tale of Tales Original Music $92.1K 2015
65% 72% The Danish Girl Original Music $11.1M 2015
28% 24% Every Thing Will Be Fine Original Music - 2015
73% 68% Suffragette Original Music $4.7M 2015
75% 69% Suite Française Original Music - 2014
90% 91% The Imitation Game Original Music $91.1M 2014
52% 70% Unbroken Original Music $115.6M 2014
76% 66% Godzilla Original Music $200.7M 2014
92% 87% The Grand Budapest Hotel Original Music $59.1M 2014
30% 44% The Monuments Men Emile (Character),
Original Music
$78.0M 2014
No Score Yet 60% Zulu Original Music - 2013
88% 72% Venus in Fur Original Music $342.2K 2013
56% 53% Fanny Original Music - 2013
50% 57% Marius Original Music - 2013
91% 89% Philomena Original Music $37.7M 2013
83% 65% My Way Original Music - 2012
72% 53% Renoir Original Music $2.3M 2012
81% 69% Reality Original Music - 2012
91% 80% Zero Dark Thirty Original Music $95.7M 2012
82% 80% Rust and Bone Original Music $2.1M 2012
75% 80% Rise of the Guardians Original Music $103.4M 2012
96% 90% Argo Original Music $136.0M 2012
93% 86% Moonrise Kingdom Original Music $45.5M 2012
92% 75% Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir Original Music - 2011
88% 75% The Well Digger's Daughter Original Music $385.4K 2011
44% 61% Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Original Music $31.8M 2011
71% 66% Carnage Original Music $2.5M 2011
84% 73% The Ides of March Original Music $41.0M 2011
96% 89% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Original Music $381.0M 2011
86% 79% A Better Life Original Music $1.8M 2011
85% 60% The Tree of Life Original Music $13.3M 2011
94% 92% The King's Speech Original Music $138.8M 2010
65% 42% Tamara Drewe Original Music $560.1K 2010
84% 70% The Ghost Writer Original Music $15.5M 2010
77% 85% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Original Music $295.0M 2010
88% 68% The Army of Crime Original Music $35.4K 2009
96% 89% A Prophet Original Music $2.1M 2009
93% 85% Fantastic Mr. Fox Original Music $21.0M 2009
28% 61% The Twilight Saga: New Moon Original Music $296.6M 2009
63% 57% Coco Before Chanel Original Music $6.1M 2009
77% 70% Julie & Julia Original Music $94.1M 2009
51% 40% Chéri Original Music $2.7M 2009
47% 49% Largo Winch Original Music $7.6K 2008
72% 80% The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Original Music $127.5M 2008
42% 51% The Golden Compass Original Music $70.1M 2007
40% 55% Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Original Music $32.1M 2007
73% 84% Lust, Caution Original Music $4.6M 2007
94% 53% The Singer Original Music - 2006
70% 68% The Valet Original Music $2.3M 2006
74% 85% The Painted Veil Original Music $8.0M 2006
57% 53% Lies & Alibis Original Music - 2006
97% 76% The Queen Original Music $56.4M 2006
19% 37% Firewall Original Music $48.7M 2006
45% 57% Casanova Original Music $11.3M 2005
86% 84% The Beat That My Heart Skipped Original Music $1.0M 2005
74% 63% The Upside of Anger Original Music $18.8M 2005
35% 62% Hostage Original Music $34.6M 2005
40% 43% Birth Original Music $5.0M 2004
No Score Yet 49% Laughter and Punishment Original Music - 2003
9% 67% Bad Genres Original Music - 2001
97% 82% Read My Lips Original Music $1.4M 2001
No Score Yet 56% Doors of Glory Original Music - 2001
58% 69% The Luzhin Defence Original Music $1.1M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amazon Original Music - 2000
No Score Yet 32% Half a Chance Original Music - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death in Therapy Music - 1996
No Score Yet 58% Love Etc. Original Music $6.4K 1996
67% 79% A Self-Made Hero Original Music $119.5K 1996
No Score Yet 68% See How They Fall Music - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Les Milles: The Train of Liberty Music - 1994