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.
Filmography
all 197
Movies 193
self 12
TV Shows 4
Original Music Composer
The Piano Lesson (2024)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Lee (2024)
Movie
Music
Elyas (2024)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Regime (2024)
TV
Original Music Composer
The Boys in the Boat (2023)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
NYAD (2023)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Palace (2023)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Asteroid City (2023)
Movie
6.5
Composer
Father & Soldier (2023)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Movie
6.29
Composer
A Cooler Climate (2022)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Lost King (2022)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Final Cut (2022)
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1
Original Music Composer
The Outfit (2022)
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Composer
Him (2021)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The French Dispatch (2021)
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10
Original Music Composer
Eiffel (2021)
Movie
8
Self - Interviewee
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur (2021)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Movie
5
Conductor / Original Music Composer
Little Women (2019)
Movie
8.14
Original Music Composer
Adults in the Room (2019)
Movie
Original Music Composer
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Movie
3.5
Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
Movie
6.48
Self / Music / Conductor
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat (2018)
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Original Music Composer
Kursk (2018)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
Movie
6.14
Original Music Composer
Operation Finale (2018)
Movie
8
Original Music Composer
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Movie
6.18
Original Music Composer
The Shape of Water (2017)
Movie
6.09
Composer
12 Days (2017)
Movie
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Based on a True Story (2017)
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Suburbicon (2017)
Movie
4.33
Composer
Endangered Species (2017)
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
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7.35
Composer
Heal the Living (2016)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator / Conductor
American Pastoral (2016)
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2
Composer
The Odyssey (2016)
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7:19 (2016)
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Original Music Composer
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Movie
3.22
Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Movie
7.94
Music
Marseille (2016)
TV
4
Composer
Les habitants (2016)
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Original Music Composer
Alone in Berlin (2016)
Movie
10
Original Music Composer
The Danish Girl (2015)
Movie
7.45
Original Music Composer
Suffragette (2015)
Movie
7.67
Composer
Tale of Tales (2015)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
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Original Music Composer
Suite Française (2015)
Movie
5.33
Original Music Composer
Unbroken (2014)
Movie
4.83
Original Music Composer
The Imitation Game (2014)
Movie
8.41
Original Music Composer
Godzilla (2014)
Movie
6.07
Original Music Composer
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Movie
7.41
Émile / Original Music Composer
The Monuments Men (2014)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Zulu (2013)
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Composer
Philomena (2013)
Movie
5.5
Original Music Composer
Fanny (2013)
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Marius (2013)
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Venus in Fur (2013)
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6
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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
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4.33
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Movie
6.49
Original Music Composer
Argo (2012)
Movie
6.46
Original Music Composer
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2012)
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Composer
Renoir (2012)
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Composer
A Therapy (2012)
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Original Music Composer
Rust and Bone (2012)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Movie
7.26
Composer
Reality (2012)
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6
Original Music Composer
My Way (2012)
Movie
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
Movie
3
Main Title Theme Composer
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Movie
7.13
Original Music Composer
The Ides of March (2011)
Movie
6.5
Original Music Composer
Carnage (2011)
Movie
8.5
Original Music Composer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Movie
7.71
Composer
A Better Life (2011)
Movie
4.67
Original Music Composer
The Tree of Life (2011)
Movie
6.29
Original Music Composer
The Well Digger's Daughter (2011)
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Composer
Largo Winch II (2011)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The King's Speech (2010)
Movie
7
Original Music Composer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Movie
7.34
Composer
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Movie
3.67
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
Movie
6.16
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Movie
7.71
Composer
Army of Crime (2009)
Movie
Original Music Composer
A Prophet (2009)
Movie
3.67
Original Music Composer
Julie & Julia (2009)
Movie
6.39
Self / Original Music Composer
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button (2009)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Coco Before Chanel (2009)
Movie
8.67
Original Music Composer
Chéri (2009)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Movie
8.53
Original Music Composer
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008)
Movie
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Afterwards (2008)
Movie
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The Golden Compass (2007)
Movie
6.18
Original Music Composer
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
Movie
6.53
Original Music Composer
Intimate Enemies (2007)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Lust, Caution (2007)
Movie
4.5
Composer
Michou d'Auber (2007)
Movie
6
Composer
The Painted Veil (2006)
Movie
8.33
Original Music Composer
The Queen (2006)
Movie
7.75
Original Music Composer
The Singer (2006)
Movie
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The Valet (2006)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Firewall (2006)
Movie
3.5
Composer
The Alibi (2006)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Casanova (2005)
Movie
9
Composer
Syriana (2005)
Movie
5.44
Composer
Only the Night (2005)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
The Upside of Anger (2005)
Movie
10
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Hostage (2005)
Movie
6.25
Composer
Birth (2004)
Movie
5
Original Music Composer
The Corsican File (2004)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Movie
2
Composer
Les beaux jours (2003)
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Composer
Stormy Weather (2003)
Movie
Composer
Virus au paradis (2003)
Movie
Composer
Tristan (2003)
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Original Music Composer
Eager Bodies (2003)
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The Pact of Silence (2003)
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Composer
Le passage du bac (2002)
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Composer
Another Woman (2002)
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The Nest (2002)
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Composer
Madame Sans-Gêne (2002)
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Composer
A Hell of a Day (2001)
Movie
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Read My Lips (2001)
Movie
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Transfixed (2001)
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Doors of Glory (2001)
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Home Sweet Home (2001)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Luzhin Defence (2000)
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Composer
Amazon (2000)
Movie
Composer
Empty Days (2000)
Movie
Composer
Vive nous! (2000)
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Composer
Monsieur Naphtali (1999)
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Composer
A Monkey's Tale (1999)
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Composer
I Didn't Do It! (1999)
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Composer
Retour à Fonteyne (1999)
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Composer
Toni (1999)
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Composer
Juliette (1999)
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Composer
A Minute of Silence (1998)
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Composer
Atilano, presidente (1998)
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Composer
Restons groupés (1998)
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Composer
Half a Chance (1998)
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Composer
La Voisine (1997)
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Composer
Love, etc. (1996)
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Composer
Death in Therapy (1996)
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Composer
Tout ce qui brille (1996)
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Composer
Le Cri de la soie (1996)
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Composer
Lucky Punch (1996)
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Composer
A Self-Made Hero (1996)
Movie
6
Composer
Le fils de Paul (1995)
Movie
Composer
Those Were the Days (1995)
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Composer
Les Milles (1995)
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Composer
See How They Fall (1994)
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Composer
Dynamic Vienne (1994)
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Composer
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
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Composer
Le Tronc (1993)
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Composer
Sexes faibles ! (1992)
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Composer
Family Express (1991)
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Composer
Lapse of Memory (1991)
Movie
Composer
Ki lo sa? (1986)
Movie
Composer
Eagles of the Republic
Movie
Composer
Held for a moment
Movie
Composer
The Personal Diaries
Movie
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Frankenstein
Movie
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1961-08-23 (63 years old)
Birth NameAlexandre Michel Gérard Desplat
Birth Place20th arrondissement of Paris, France
ChildrenNinon Desplat, Antonia Desplat
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsAlexandre Desplats, Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat
AwardsOfficer of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, European Film Award for Best Composer, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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