Alexandre Desplat
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- August 23, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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.
Known For
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Imitation Game
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Shape of Water
Godzilla
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The King's Speech
Argo
The Secret Life of Pets
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Filmography
The Land of William Tell
Movie · Music
Le souffleur
Movie · Music
The Third Hand
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Social Reckoning
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hills of Wrath
Movie · Music
Frankenstein
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Eagles of the Republic
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jurassic World Rebirth
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
Lee
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Piano Lesson
Movie · Original Music Composer
Unstoppable
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Elyas
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Regime
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Asteroid City
Movie · Original Music Composer
NYAD
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Palace
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Boys in the Boat
Movie · Original Music Composer
Father & Soldier
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
Movie · Music
A Cooler Climate
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Outfit
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lost King
Movie · Original Music Composer
Final Cut
Movie · Original Music Composer
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Eiffel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Him
Movie · Original Music Composer
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Midnight Sky
Movie · Original Music Composer
Little Women
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Adults in the Room
Movie · Original Music Composer
An Officer and a Spy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Operation Finale
Movie · Original Music Composer
Isle of Dogs
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Sisters Brothers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kursk
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
Movie · Music, Conductor
Endangered Species
Movie · Original Music Composer
Suburbicon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Based on a True Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Shape of Water
Movie · Original Music Composer
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Movie · Original Music Composer
12 Days
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Habitants
Movie · Music
The Secret Life of Pets
Movie · Original Music Composer
Heal the Living
Movie · Original Music Composer
American Pastoral
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
The Light Between Oceans
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alone in Berlin
Movie · Original Music Composer
7:19
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Odyssey
Movie · Original Music Composer
Florence Foster Jenkins
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marseille
TV · Music · 8 eps
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tale of Tales
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
Suite Française
Movie · Original Music Composer
Suffragette
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Danish Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Monuments Men
Movie · Original Music Composer
Godzilla
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Imitation Game
Movie · Original Music Composer
Unbroken
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fanny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Philomena
Movie · Original Music Composer
Venus in Fur
Movie · Original Music Composer
Zulu
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marius
Movie · Original Music Composer
Argo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Moonrise Kingdom
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Way
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rust and Bone
Movie · Original Music Composer
Zero Dark Thirty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Renoir
Movie · Original Music Composer
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Movie · Original Music Composer
Reality
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rise of the Guardians
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Week with Marilyn
Movie · Main Title Theme Composer
Largo Winch II
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Well Digger's Daughter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Carnage
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tree of Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Better Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Ides of March
Movie · Original Music Composer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · Original Music Composer
The King's Speech
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Special Relationship
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Tamara Drewe
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Ghost Writer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Coco Before Chanel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Army of Crime
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Prophet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Julie & Julia
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Chéri
Movie · Original Music Composer
Afterwards
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Golden Compass
Movie · Original Music Composer
Intimate Enemies
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lust, Caution
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Movie · Original Music Composer
Michou d'Auber
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Queen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Firewall
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
The Painted Veil
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Alibi
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Valet
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Singer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Syriana
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hostage
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Upside of Anger
Movie · Original Music Composer
Casanova
Movie · Original Music Composer
Only the Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte
Movie · Original Music Composer
Birth
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
The Corsican File
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le pays des enfants perdus
Movie · Original Music Composer
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Eager Bodies
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Pact of Silence
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stormy Weather
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tristan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les beaux jours
Movie · Original Music Composer
Virus au paradis
Movie · Original Music Composer
Other People's Kisses
Movie · Original Music Composer
Laughter and Punishment
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Nest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Another Woman
Movie · Music
Madame Sans-Gêne
Movie · Original Music Composer
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le passage du bac
Movie · Original Music Composer
Read My Lips
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Hell of a Day
Movie · Original Music Composer
Transfixed
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
Doors of Glory
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
Movie · Original Music Composer
Home Sweet Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
Empty Days
Movie · Original Music Composer
Amazon
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Luzhin Defence
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les ritaliens
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vive nous!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Toni
Movie · Original Music Composer
Monsieur Naphtali
Movie · Music
A Monkey's Tale
Movie · Original Music Composer
Juliette
Movie · Original Music Composer
Retour à Fonteyne
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Didn't Do It!
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Revengers' Comedies
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Atilano, presidente
Movie · Original Music Composer
Half a Chance
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Minute of Silence
Movie · Original Music Composer
Restons groupés
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Voisine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un petit grain de folie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sous les pieds des femmes
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Femme du cosmonaute
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Self-Made Hero
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tout ce qui brille
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love, etc.
Movie · Original Music Composer
Death in Therapy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Scream of The Silk
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucky Punch
Movie · Original Music Composer
Those Were the Days
Movie · Music
Le fils de Paul
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marie-Louise ou la permission
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Milles
Movie · Original Music Composer
Innocent Lies
Movie · Original Music Composer
See How They Fall
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dynamic Vienne
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Paradis absolument
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hour of the Pig
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Tronc
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sexes faibles !
Movie · Music
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Au nom du père et du fils
Movie · Original Music Composer
Family Express
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lapse of Memory
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ki lo sa ?
Movie · Original Music Composer