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[3] [6] Desplat's musical interests were wide, ranging from French composers such as Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, to jazz and world music. [7] He developed an early appreciation for film music, courtesy of the movie soundtracks his parents brought back from the United States.
She became his favorite soloist, concertmaster and artistic director. With her special sense of interpretation and her creative spirit, she has inspired Desplat’s compositions, influencing his music at its core. Together they have created a new way of using for the strings in film music.
- Deep Classical Roots
- A Prolific Work Rate
- A Unique Stamp
- Nothing He Can’T Turn His Hand to
Born in Paris, on August 23, 1961, Desplat has deep classical roots: the romantic symphonists and Ravel and Debussy are heroes, yet he also has a deep knowledge of world music, Brazilian and African music, and jazz. Trained on piano and trumpet, with flute his main instrument, his signature style lies in the string arrangements. The violinist Domin...
Desplat’s work rate is remarkably prolific: 2008 alone produced memorable scores for Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution and David Fincher’s The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. His atmospheric and baroque score to Roman Polanski’s political thriller The Ghost Writer(2010) won him a César and a second European Film Award. Further soundtracks to Twilight: New M...
With the start of a new decade, the big, important work flooded in. Across 2010 and 2011, Desplat scored both parts of David Yates’ Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, the second of which became the third most successful movie of all time. Never content to rest on his laurels, however, Alexandre Desplat showed his eclecticism again across nine va...
From here on out, there seemed to be nothing Alexandre Desplat couldn’t turn his hand to. The biographical comedy-drama Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), a glorious romp starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, saw him work with Frears again on a movie that is all about fulfilling a dream. In this instance, Desplat really became a part of the ensemble a...
Jul 12, 2017 · Over the last decade, Desplat has become the composer of choice for some of the finest directors in the business: Stephen Frears (The Queen, Cheri, Tamara Drewe), George Clooney (The Ides of...
Was there a piece of film music which made you want to become a composer for the cinema? Certainly one of the oldest pieces of music I remember is the love theme from Spartacus, by Kubrick, which almost coexists on the screen with Jean Simmons.
Oct 1, 2018 · Explore the career of Alexandre Desplat, a renowned French composer known for his film scores. Learn about his Oscar-winning work on 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and 'The Shape of Water'.
He is known for being able to compose a full film score in a short time. Started playing piano at the age of 5. In his early teens, he started collecting soundtrack albums. He became acquainted with the music of several composers including Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, Maurice Jarre, and Georges Delerue.
