Biography
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.
Sound 186
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
Original Music Composer, Conductor
- 2024
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Music, Original Music Composer
- 2023
- 2022
A Cooler Climate
Original Music Composer
Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
Music
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Adults in the Room
Original Music Composer
- 2018
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
Conductor, Music
- 2017
12 Days
Original Music Composer
Endangered Species
Original Music Composer
- 2016
7:19
Original Music Composer
Les Habitants
Music
- 2015
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
Original Music Composer
- 2014
- 2013
Fanny
Original Music Composer
Marius
Original Music Composer
- 2012
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Original Music Composer
Reality
Original Music Composer
My Way
Original Music Composer
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Army of Crime
Original Music Composer
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Original Music Composer
- 2008
- 2007
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Original Music Composer
Michou d'Auber
Original Music Composer
- 2006
The Singer
Original Music Composer
- 2005
Only the Night
Original Music Composer
Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte
Original Music Composer
- 2004
Le pays des enfants perdus
Original Music Composer
- 2003
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Original Music Composer
Stormy Weather
Original Music Composer
Virus au paradis
Original Music Composer
Eager Bodies
Original Music Composer
The Pact of Silence
Original Music Composer
Other People's Kisses
Original Music Composer
- 2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Original Music Composer
Le passage du bac
Original Music Composer
Another Woman
Music
Madame Sans-Gêne
Original Music Composer
- 2001
A Hell of a Day
Original Music Composer
Transfixed
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
Doors of Glory
Music, Original Music Composer
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
Original Music Composer
- 2000
The Luzhin Defence
Original Music Composer
Empty Days
Original Music Composer
Les ritaliens
Original Music Composer
1990s
- 1999
Monsieur Naphtali
Music
I Didn't Do It!
Original Music Composer
Toni
Original Music Composer
Juliette
Original Music Composer
- 1998
A Minute of Silence
Original Music Composer
Atilano, presidente
Original Music Composer
Restons groupés
Original Music Composer
Half a Chance
Original Music Composer
- 1997
La Femme du cosmonaute
Original Music Composer
Sous les pieds des femmes
Original Music Composer
Un petit grain de folie
Original Music Composer
La Voisine
Original Music Composer
- 1996
Love, etc.
Original Music Composer
Death in Therapy
Original Music Composer
Tout ce qui brille
Original Music Composer
Le Cri de la soie
Original Music Composer
A Self-Made Hero
Original Music Composer
- 1995
Le fils de Paul
Original Music Composer
Those Were the Days
Music
Les Milles
Original Music Composer
Marie-Louise ou la permission
Original Music Composer
- 1994
Le Paradis absolument
Original Music Composer
Dynamic Vienne
Original Music Composer
- 1993
The Hour of the Pig
Original Music Composer
Le Tronc
Original Music Composer
- 1992
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Original Music Composer
Sexes faibles !
Music
Au nom du père et du fils
Original Music Composer
- 1991
Family Express
Original Music Composer
Lapse of Memory
Original Music Composer
1980s
- 1986
Ki lo sa ?
Original Music Composer
Acted in 1
2010s
- 2014
Other crew 1
Appearances13
2020s
- 2026
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
Self – Film music composer
- 2025
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
Himself
- 2022
- 2021
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
Self - Interviewee
- 2020
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
Self
2010s
- 2018
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
Self
- 2017
- 2011
Hollywood in Vienna
Self · 1 episode
2000s
- 2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2022
