About
Alexandre Desplat
Overview
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (23 August 1961) is a French film composer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water, and received nine additional Academy Award nominations, ten César nominations (winning three), ten BAFTA nominations (winning three), eleven Golden Globe Award nominations (winning two), and ten Grammy nominations (winning two).
Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as The Queen, The Golden Compass, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Harry Potter, and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 & Part 2, The King's Speech, The Danish Girl, Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Rise of the Guardians, Zero Dark Thirty, Godzilla, The Imitation Game, Unbroken, Little Women, The Secret Life of Pets, and Isle of Dogs.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Killing Me Softly with His Songs | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Making of: The French Dispatch | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur | Actor | Self - Interviewee | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2020 | In The Tracks Of - Special Edition | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Score: A Film Music Documentary | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men | Actor | Émile | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Exploring 'The Tree of Life' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
Sound |
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| 2024 | The Most Precious of Cargoes | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | The Piano Lesson | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Lee | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2024 | Elyas | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2024 | The Regime | Sound | Original Music Composer | 66 Fair |
| 2023 | The Boys in the Boat | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
| 2023 | NYAD | Sound | Original Music Composer | 64 Fair |
| 2023 | The Palace | Sound | Original Music Composer | 57 Average |
| 2023 | Asteroid City | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
| 2023 | Father & Soldier | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Sound | Original Music Composer | 77 Good |
| 2022 | The Lost King | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | A Cooler Climate | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Final Cut | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | The Outfit | Sound | Original Music Composer | 67 Fair |
| 2022 | Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Him | Sound | Original Music Composer | 57 Average |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Sound | Original Music Composer | 68 Fair |
| 2021 | Eiffel | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 2020 | The Midnight Sky | Sound | Original Music Composer | 57 Average |
| 2019 | Little Women | Sound | Conductor | 77 Good |
| 2019 | Little Women | Sound | Original Music Composer | 77 Good |
| 2019 | Adults in the Room | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | An Officer and a Spy | Sound | Original Music Composer | 67 Fair |
| 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Sound | Original Music Composer | 68 Fair |
| 2018 | Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat | Sound | Conductor | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Kursk | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
| 2018 | The Sisters Brothers | Sound | Original Music Composer | 66 Fair |
| 2018 | Operation Finale | Sound | Original Music Composer | 64 Fair |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Sound | Original Music Composer | 76 Good |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Sound | Original Music Composer | 71 Good |
| 2017 | 12 Days | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | Based on a True Story | Sound | Original Music Composer | 57 Average |
| 2017 | Suburbicon | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Endangered Species | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Sound | Original Music Composer | 65 Fair |
| 2017 | Wes Anderson: From Above | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Heal the Living | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | American Pastoral | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | American Pastoral | Sound | Orchestrator | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | American Pastoral | Sound | Conductor | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | The Odyssey | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2016 | 7:19 | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The Light Between Oceans | Sound | Original Music Composer | 67 Fair |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Sound | Original Music Composer | 64 Fair |
| 2016 | Les habitants | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Alone in Berlin | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2015 | The Danish Girl | Sound | Original Music Composer | 74 Good |
| 2015 | Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Sound | Original Music Composer | 69 Fair |
| 2015 | Tale of Tales | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2015 | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Sound | Original Music Composer | 57 Average |
| 2015 | Suite Française | Sound | Original Music Composer | 68 Fair |
| 2014 | Unbroken | Sound | Original Music Composer | 72 Good |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | Sound | Original Music Composer | 79 Good |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
| 2014 | Wes Anderson: Centered | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Sound | Original Music Composer | 79 Good |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | Zulu | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2013 | Philomena | Sound | Original Music Composer | 70 Good |
| 2013 | Fanny | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | Venus in Fur | Sound | Original Music Composer | 67 Fair |
| 2013 | Malick: Fire & Water | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Sound | Original Music Composer | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | Sound | Orchestrator | 72 Good |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | Sound | Original Music Composer | 72 Good |
| 2012 | Argo | Sound | Original Music Composer | 71 Good |
| 2012 | Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Renoir | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2012 | A Therapy | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Rust and Bone | Sound | Original Music Composer | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Sound | Original Music Composer | 75 Good |
| 2012 | Reality | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
| 2012 | My Way | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Sound | Original Music Composer | 67 Fair |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Sound | Main Title Theme Composer | 64 Fair |
| 2011 | The Ides of March | Sound | Original Music Composer | 65 Fair |
| 2011 | Carnage | Sound | Original Music Composer | 70 Good |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Sound | Original Music Composer | 80 Very good |
| 2011 | A Better Life | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2011 | The Tree of Life | Sound | Original Music Composer | 66 Fair |
| 2011 | The Well Digger's Daughter | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | Largo Winch II | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Sound | Original Music Composer | 76 Good |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Sound | Original Music Composer | 77 Good |
| 2010 | Tamara Drewe | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The Special Relationship | Sound | Conductor | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The Special Relationship | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Sound | Original Music Composer | 66 Fair |
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Sound | Orchestrator | 76 Good |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Sound | Original Music Composer | 76 Good |
| 2009 | Army of Crime | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | A Prophet | Sound | Original Music Composer | 71 Good |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Sound | Original Music Composer | 65 Fair |
| 2009 | The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Coco Before Chanel | Sound | Original Music Composer | 65 Fair |
| 2009 | Chéri | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Sound | Original Music Composer | 75 Good |
| 2008 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Afterwards | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | Intimate Enemies | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Lust, Caution | Sound | Original Music Composer | 66 Fair |
| 2007 | Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Michou d'Auber | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2006 | The Painted Veil | Sound | Original Music Composer | 68 Fair |
| 2006 | The Queen | Sound | Original Music Composer | 66 Fair |
| 2006 | The Singer | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2006 | The Valet | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Firewall | Sound | Orchestrator | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Firewall | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2006 | The Alibi | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Casanova | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2005 | Syriana | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
| 2005 | The Upside of Anger | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Hostage | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2005 | Hostage | Sound | Conductor | 62 Fair |
| 2004 | Birth | Sound | Conductor | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Birth | Sound | Orchestrator | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Birth | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2004 | The Corsican File | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Sound | Original Music Composer | 64 Fair |
| 2003 | A Sight for Sore Eyes | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Stormy Weather | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Eager Bodies | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2003 | The Pact of Silence | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Another Woman | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Nest | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Madame Sans-Gêne | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | A Hell of a Day | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Read My Lips | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
| 2001 | Transfixed | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Transfixed | Sound | Conductor | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Transfixed | Sound | Orchestrator | 58 Average |
| 2000 | The Luzhin Defence | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Amazon | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Empty Days | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Monsieur Naphtali | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1999 | A Monkey's Tale | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1999 | I Didn't Do It! | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Toni | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Atilano, presidente | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Restons groupés | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1998 | The Revengers' Comedies | Sound | Orchestrator | 59 Average |
| 1998 | The Revengers' Comedies | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Half a Chance | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1997 | La Femme du cosmonaute | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Sous les pieds des femmes | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Love, etc. | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Death in Therapy | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Tout ce qui brille | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1996 | A Self-Made Hero | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 1995 | Those Were the Days | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Les Milles | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Innocent Lies | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Marie-Louise ou la permission | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 1994 | See How They Fall | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Dynamic Vienne | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | The Hour of the Pig | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Sexes faibles ! | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Family Express | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Lapse of Memory | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| Eagles of the Republic | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
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| Frankenstein | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
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| Frankenstein | Sound | Conductor | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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| 2022 | Argentina, 1985 | Crew | Thanks | 70 Good |