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Alexandre Desplat is a French film composer and conductor who has won two Academy Awards and many other accolades. He has composed scores for over 100 films, including The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and The French Dispatch.
Learn about the life and career of Alexandre Desplat, a two-time Academy Award winning composer, orchestrator and conductor. Explore his film scores, awards, collaborations and influences from France and Hollywood.
Alexandre Desplat. Composer: The King's Speech. Composer and conductor Alexandre Desplat, Oscar winner and seven-time Academy Award nominated, for his prolific filmography and his collaborations with Stephen Frears, Terrence Malick, Ang Lee, Kathryn Bigelow, Jacques Audiard, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski, George Clooney or Matteo Garrone is one ...
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- A master of movie music. Born in 1961, Desplat dreamed of becoming a film composer from an early age and scored his first film at 25. He has since risen to Hollywood's A-list with scores for numerous hits, including his Oscar-winning 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and ''The King's Speech' - for which he won a BAFTA.
- The Imitation Game (2014) Although Desplat captures all sides of Alan Turing’s story in this biopic - from obsession to tragedy via brief tenderness - it’s the maths and mechanics of the code-breaking machines that inspires the most exciting music.
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Desplat’s work with director Wes Anderson is always a blast and here he delivers a quirky, unpredictable - and Oscar-winning - score full of delights; catchy tunes, comedic tics and breezy colours - zithers and balalaikas galore - that charm the ear and match Anderson’s unique and hilarious vision.
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012) No room for Desplat’s natural charm in this tough, intense picture on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. The music sits low in the film’s mix, with muted orchestral colours, biting and bubbling beneath the surface of the drama.
In this episode of Art of the Score, we explore the career of Alexandre Desplat. The Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Grammy-winning composer of films like the Imitation Game, The Shape...
Alexandre Desplat est un compositeur de musiques de films français, né en 1961 à Paris. Il a reçu de nombreux prix, dont deux Oscars, et a travaillé pour de grands réalisateurs comme Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski ou Guillermo del Toro.
Composer and conductor Alexandre Desplat, Oscar winner and seven-time Academy Award nominated, for his prolific filmography and his collaborations with Stephen Frears, Terrence Malick, Ang Lee, Kathryn Bigelow, Jacques Audiard, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski, George Clooney or Matteo Garrone is one of the most worthy heirs of the French masters ...
