Alexandre Desplat

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1961-08-23 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As Alexandre Desplats, Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat

Alexandre Desplat

Biography

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (23 August 1961) is a French film composer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water, and received nine additional Academy Award nominations, ten César nominations (winning three), ten BAFTA nominations (winning three), eleven Golden Globe Award nominations (winning two), and ten Grammy nominations (winning two). Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as The Queen, The Golden Compass, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Harry Potter, and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 & Part 2, The King's Speech, The Danish Girl, Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Rise of the Guardians, Zero Dark Thirty, Godzilla, The Imitation Game, Unbroken, Little Women, The Secret Life of Pets, and Isle of Dogs.

Known For

Sound

Eagles of the Republic

as Original Music Composer

Frankenstein

as Conductor

Frankenstein

as Original Music Composer

2024
Lee

as Original Music Composer

2024
The Piano Lesson

as Original Music Composer

2024
Elyas

as Music

2024
The Regime

as Original Music Composer

2023
Asteroid City

as Original Music Composer

2023
NYAD

as Original Music Composer

2023
The Palace

as Original Music Composer

2023
The Boys in the Boat

as Original Music Composer

2023
Father & Soldier

as Original Music Composer

2022
A Cooler Climate

as Original Music Composer

2022
The Outfit

as Original Music Composer

2022
The Lost King

as Original Music Composer

2022
Final Cut

as Original Music Composer

2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

as Original Music Composer

2021
Eiffel

as Original Music Composer

2021
Him

as Original Music Composer

2021
The French Dispatch

as Original Music Composer

2020
The Midnight Sky

as Original Music Composer

2019
Little Women

as Conductor

2019
Little Women

as Original Music Composer

2019
The Secret Life of Pets 2

as Original Music Composer

2019
Adults in the Room

as Original Music Composer

2019
An Officer and a Spy

as Original Music Composer

2018
Operation Finale

as Original Music Composer

2018
Isle of Dogs

as Original Music Composer

2018
The Sisters Brothers

as Original Music Composer

2018
Kursk

as Original Music Composer

2017
Endangered Species

as Original Music Composer

2017
Suburbicon

as Original Music Composer

2017
Based on a True Story

as Original Music Composer

2017
The Shape of Water

as Original Music Composer

2017
2017
12 Days

as Original Music Composer

2016
Les habitants

as Music

2016
The Secret Life of Pets

as Original Music Composer

2016
Heal the Living

as Original Music Composer

2016
American Pastoral

as Original Music Composer

2016
The Light Between Oceans

as Original Music Composer

2016
Alone in Berlin

as Original Music Composer

2016
American Pastoral

as Conductor

2016
American Pastoral

as Orchestrator

2016
The Odyssey

as Original Music Composer

2016
7:19

as Original Music Composer

2016
Florence Foster Jenkins

as Original Music Composer

2016
Marseille

as Music

2015
Every Thing Will Be Fine

as Original Music Composer

2015
Tale of Tales

as Original Music Composer

2015
Suite Française

as Original Music Composer

2015
Suffragette

as Original Music Composer

2015
The Danish Girl

as Original Music Composer

2015
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

as Original Music Composer

2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Original Music Composer

2014
The Monuments Men

as Original Music Composer

2014
Godzilla

as Original Music Composer

2014
The Imitation Game

as Original Music Composer

2014
Unbroken

as Original Music Composer

2013
Fanny

as Original Music Composer

2013
Philomena

as Original Music Composer

2013
Venus in Fur

as Original Music Composer

2013
Zulu

as Original Music Composer

2013
Marius

as Original Music Composer

2012
Argo

as Original Music Composer

2012
Moonrise Kingdom

as Original Music Composer

2012
My Way

as Original Music Composer

2012
Rust and Bone

as Original Music Composer

2012
Zero Dark Thirty

as Original Music Composer

2012
Renoir

as Original Music Composer

2012
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

as Original Music Composer

2012
Reality

as Original Music Composer

2012
A Therapy

as Original Music Composer

2012
Rise of the Guardians

as Original Music Composer

2012
Rise of the Guardians

as Orchestrator

2011
2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

as Original Music Composer

2011
My Week with Marilyn

as Main Title Theme Composer

2011
Largo Winch II

as Original Music Composer

2011
The Well Digger's Daughter

as Original Music Composer

2011
Carnage

as Original Music Composer

2011
The Tree of Life

as Original Music Composer

2011
A Better Life

as Original Music Composer

2011
The Ides of March

as Original Music Composer

2010
2010
The King's Speech

as Original Music Composer

2010
2010
Tamara Drewe

as Original Music Composer

2010
The Ghost Writer

as Original Music Composer

2010
The Special Relationship

as Original Music Composer

2009
Coco Before Chanel

as Original Music Composer

2009
Army of Crime

as Original Music Composer

2009
A Prophet

as Original Music Composer

2009
Julie & Julia

as Original Music Composer

2009
The Twilight Saga: New Moon

as Original Music Composer

2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

as Original Music Composer

2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox

as Original Music Composer

2009
Chéri

as Original Music Composer

2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox

as Orchestrator

2008
Afterwards

as Original Music Composer

2008
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

as Original Music Composer

2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

as Original Music Composer

2007
The Golden Compass

as Original Music Composer

2007
Intimate Enemies

as Original Music Composer

2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

as Original Music Composer

2007
Lust, Caution

as Original Music Composer

2007
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...

as Original Music Composer

2007
Michou d'Auber

as Original Music Composer

2006
The Queen

as Original Music Composer

2006
Firewall

as Original Music Composer

2006
The Painted Veil

as Original Music Composer

2006
The Alibi

as Original Music Composer

2006
The Valet

as Original Music Composer

2006
Firewall

as Orchestrator

2006
The Singer

as Original Music Composer

2005
Syriana

as Original Music Composer

2005
The Beat That My Heart Skipped

as Original Music Composer

2005
Hostage

as Original Music Composer

2005
The Upside of Anger

as Original Music Composer

2005
Casanova

as Original Music Composer

2005
Hostage

as Conductor

2004
Birth

as Original Music Composer

2004
The Corsican File

as Original Music Composer

2004
Birth

as Conductor

2004
Birth

as Orchestrator

2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring

as Original Music Composer

2003
A Sight for Sore Eyes

as Original Music Composer

2003
Eager Bodies

as Original Music Composer

2003
The Pact of Silence

as Original Music Composer

2003
Stormy Weather

as Original Music Composer

2002
The Nest

as Original Music Composer

2002
Another Woman

as Music

2002
Madame Sans-Gêne

as Original Music Composer

2001
Read My Lips

as Original Music Composer

2001
A Hell of a Day

as Original Music Composer

2001
Transfixed

as Original Music Composer

2001
Transfixed

as Conductor

2001
Transfixed

as Orchestrator

2000
Empty Days

as Original Music Composer

2000
The Luzhin Defence

as Original Music Composer

2000
Amazon

as Original Music Composer

1999
Toni

as Original Music Composer

1999
1999
1999
A Monkey's Tale

as Original Music Composer

1998
The Revengers' Comedies

as Original Music Composer

1998
1998
Atilano, presidente

as Original Music Composer

1998
The Revengers' Comedies

as Orchestrator

1998
Half a Chance

as Music

1996
A Self-Made Hero

as Original Music Composer

1996
Tout ce qui brille

as Original Music Composer

1996
Love, etc.

as Original Music Composer

1996
Death in Therapy

as Original Music Composer

1995
Innocent Lies

as Music

1995
Les Milles

as Music

1995
1994
See How They Fall

as Original Music Composer

1994
Dynamic Vienne

as Original Music Composer

1993
The Hour of the Pig

as Original Music Composer

1992
1991
Family Express

as Original Music Composer

1991
Lapse of Memory

as Original Music Composer

Crew

2022
Argentina, 1985

as Thanks