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Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ dɛspla]; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades throughout his career spanning over four decades, including, two Academy Awards , three British Academy Film Awards , three César Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , and two Grammy ...
Biography. Composer, orchestrator and conductor, two times Academy Award winner, Alexandre Desplat, eleven-times Academy Award Nominee, with over hundred scores and numerous awards to his credit is one of the most worthy heirs of the French film scoring masters. A true cinephile, his approach to film composition is not only based on his strong ...
- 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.
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With his two Oscar nominations this year Alexandre Desplat showed that he is one of the best movie composers of the 21st century. This video includes a top 1...
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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 of the most worthy heirs of the French masters of ...
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Alexandre Desplat has written music for more than 100 movies since the mid-‘80s, incorporating haunting orchestral movements with grand percussion and a touch of jazz. His heroic march with low brass and strings is featured in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2, while his French polka with accordion, harp, and flutes rounds out ...
Aug 23, 2023 · With over 100 scores and a bulging number of accolades, Alexandre Desplat is one of Hollywood’s most celebrated composers. Desplat could have been inspired by plenty: Maurice Jarre, Bernard ...
