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Known credits:
199
Birthday:
1961-08-23
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Alexandre Desplat

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2025 Alexandre Desplat – Le Concert symphonique au cinéma Actor Himself N/A
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2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema Actor Self 60
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2022 Killing Me Softly with His Songs Actor Self 59
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2022 The Making of: The French Dispatch Actor Self N/A
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2021 Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur Actor Self - Interviewee N/A
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2020 In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat Actor Self 58
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2020 In The Tracks Of - Special Edition Actor Self N/A
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2018 Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat Actor Self 59
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2017 Score: A Film Music Documentary Actor Self 60
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2014 The Monuments Men Actor Émile 60
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2011 Exploring 'The Tree of Life' Actor Self 59
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2009 Creating the World of Harry Potter Actor Self - Composer 69
Fair
2009 The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button Actor Self 60
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Nino Actor Self - film music composer N/A
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Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano Actor N/A
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Sound
2025 Frankenstein Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2025 Frankenstein Sound Conductor N/A
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2025 Eagles of the Republic Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Sound Conductor 62
Fair
2025 The Phoenician Scheme Sound Original Music Composer 62
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2024 Unstoppable Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
2024 Unstoppable Sound Orchestrator 56
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2024 The Most Precious of Cargoes Sound Original Music Composer 62
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2024 The Most Precious of Cargoes Sound Music 62
Fair
2024 The Piano Lesson Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2024 Lee Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2024 Elyas Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2024 The Regime Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2023 The Boys in the Boat Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
2023 NYAD Sound Original Music Composer 64
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2023 The Palace Sound Original Music Composer 57
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2023 Asteroid City Sound Original Music Composer 63
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2023 Father & Soldier Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Sound Original Music Composer 77
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2022 A Cooler Climate Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2022 The Lost King Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
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
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2021 Him Sound Original Music Composer 56
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2021 The French Dispatch Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
2021 Eiffel Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2020 The Midnight Sky Sound Original Music Composer 57
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2019 Little Women Sound Original Music Composer 77
Good
2019 Little Women Sound Conductor 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 Conductor 59
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2018 Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat Sound Music 59
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2018 Kursk Sound Original Music Composer 62
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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 59
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2017 Based on a True Story Sound Original Music Composer 57
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2017 Suburbicon Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2017 Endangered Species Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
2017 Wes Anderson: From Above Sound Music 58
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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
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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 58
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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 58
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2015 Suffragette Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
2015 Tale of Tales Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine Sound Original Music Composer 57
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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 62
Fair
2014 Wes Anderson: Centered Sound Music 59
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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 Marius Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2013 Venus in Fur Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
2013 Malick: Fire & Water Sound Music 58
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2012 Zero Dark Thirty Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
2012 Rise of the Guardians Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
2012 Rise of the Guardians Sound Orchestrator 72
Good
2012 Argo Sound Original Music Composer 72
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
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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 76
Good
2010 Tamara Drewe Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2010 The Special Relationship Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2010 The Special Relationship Sound Conductor 59
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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 59
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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 57
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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
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2007 Lust, Caution Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
2007 Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2007 Michou d'Auber Sound Original Music Composer 59
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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
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2006 The Valet Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2006 Firewall Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2006 Firewall Sound Orchestrator 58
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2006 The Alibi Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2005 Casanova Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2005 Syriana Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2005 Only the Night Sound Original Music Composer 57
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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
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2004 Birth Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2004 Birth Sound Orchestrator 59
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2004 The Corsican File Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2003 A Sight for Sore Eyes Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2003 Stormy Weather Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2003 Tristan Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2003 Eager Bodies Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2003 The Pact of Silence Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2002 Another Woman Sound Music 58
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2002 The Nest Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2002 Madame Sans-Gêne Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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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 Conductor 58
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2001 Transfixed Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2001 Transfixed Sound Orchestrator 58
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2001 Doors of Glory Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2001 Doors of Glory Sound Music 58
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2000 The Luzhin Defence Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2000 Amazon Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2000 Empty Days Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1999 Monsieur Naphtali Sound Music 58
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1999 A Monkey's Tale Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1999 I Didn't Do It! Sound Music 58
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1999 Toni Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1998 Atilano, presidente Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1998 Restons groupés Sound Music 58
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1998 The Revengers' Comedies Sound Orchestrator 58
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1998 The Revengers' Comedies Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1998 Half a Chance Sound Music 58
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1997 La Femme du cosmonaute Sound Music 58
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1997 Sous les pieds des femmes Sound Music N/A
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1996 Love, etc. Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1996 Death in Therapy Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1996 Tout ce qui brille Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1996 A Self-Made Hero Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1995 Those Were the Days Sound Music 58
Average
1995 Les Milles Sound Music 58
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1995 Innocent Lies Sound Music 58
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1995 Marie-Louise ou la permission Sound Music 59
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1994 See How They Fall Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1994 Dynamic Vienne Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1993 The Hour of the Pig Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1993 Le Tronc Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1992 Sexes faibles ! Sound Music 58
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1991 Family Express Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1991 Lapse of Memory Sound Original Music Composer 58
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Crew
2022 Argentina 1985 Crew Thanks 70
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