Alexandre Desplat

Known for SoundBorn 1961-08-23 (age 64)Paris, France

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexandre Desplat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

The Hills of Wrath

Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat

Le pays des enfants perdus

Madame Sans-Gêne

Sous les pieds des femmes

Le Paradis absolument

Family Express

Le passage du bac

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

A Cooler Climate

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Little Women

Argentina 1985

Isle of Dogs

Home Sweet Home

Vive nous!

La Voisine

Lucky Punch

The Most Precious of Cargoes

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Frankenstein

Other People's Kisses

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The King's Speech

Moonrise Kingdom

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

The Danish Girl

A Prophet

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson

Ki lo sa?

Unbroken

Rise of the Guardians

The Boys in the Boat

Philomena

Argo

The Shape of Water

Suite Française

Lust, Caution

Venus in Fur

Suffragette

The Painted Veil

NYAD

The Outfit

Score: A Film Music Documentary