“I wanted to make a change; if you don’t try to, you put yourself in danger.”
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Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat 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.
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Born 23 August 1961 · Q313362
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A few years ago, I think I had five movies at the Cannes Film Festival. Every night I would go up the red carpet with a new picture, and after the third time I felt a bit embarrassed. But at the same time I’m very fortunate.
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2026· 7 entries
“A few years ago, I think I had five movies at the Cannes Film Festival. Every night I would go up the red carpet with a new picture, and after the third time I felt a bit embarrassed. But at the same time I’m very fortunate.”
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“If I stand in front of the London Symphony Orchestra I don”
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Variety: Jonny Greenwood, Alexandre Desplat, Hildur Guðnadóttir Among World Soundtrack Awards Contenders
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Yahoo: Composer Alexandre Desplat on Fiction and Function in Frankenstein’s Score
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Released album “Cinema Sounds: Film Music”.
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Released album “Winter Walking: Soundtracks for Cold Days”.
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2025· 2 entries
Released album “Les Aigles de la République: Bande originale du film”.
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Released album “Paris - Hollywood”.
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2020· 2 entries
Released album “Airlines”.
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Released album “The Complete Sonatas for violin / violoncello & piano”.
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2019· 4 entries
Released album “Little Women”.
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Released album “J'accuse”.
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Released album “Adults In The Room : Bande Originale”.
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Released album “The Secret Life of Pets 2”.
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2018· 5 entries
Released album “Les frères Sisters”.
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Released album “Operation Finale”.
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Shape of Water (2018).
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Released album “Isle of Dogs: Original Soundtrack”.
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Won his second Academy Award for The Shape of Water and premiered a new work for solo flute played by Emmanuel Pahud
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2017· 3 entries
Released album “The Shape of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Released album “Suburbicon”.
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Released album “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”.
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2016· 12 entries
Released album “American Pastoral”.
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Released album “L'Odyssée”.
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Yahoo: Alexandre Desplat to score Valerian afterRogue One exit
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collider: Alexandre Desplat to Score 'Valerian' for Luc Besson
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Released album “The Light Between Oceans”.
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Released album “The Secret Life of Pets: Original Motion Picture Sountrack”.
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Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2016).
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Awarded Officer of the National Order of Merit (2016).
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Released album “Florence Foster Jenkins”.
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Released album “Marseille: A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack”.
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Released album “Les Habitants”.
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Released album “Traffic Quintet Plays Alexandre Desplat”.
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2015· 5 entries
Released album “The Danish Girl”.
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Released album “Suffragette”.
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Released album “Every Thing Will Be Fine”.
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2015).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2015).
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2014· 6 entries
Released album “Unbroken: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Released album “The Imitation Game”.
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Released album “Godzilla: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Released album “The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack”.
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Released album “The Monuments Men: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Released album “Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano”.
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2013· 2 entries
Released album “La Vénus à la fourrure”.
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Released album “Philomena”.
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2012· 8 entries
Released album “Zero Dark Thirty: Original Soundtrack”.
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Released album “Rise of the Guardians”.
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Released album “Argo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Released album “Reality”.
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Released album “Moonrise Kingdom: Original Soundtrack”.
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Released album “De rouille et d'os”.
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Released album “Cloclo”.
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Released album “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”.
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2011· 7 entries
Released album “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”.
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Released album “A Better Life”.
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2011).
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Released album “The Tree of Life”.
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Released album “La Fille du puisatier”.
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Released album “Largo Winch II”.
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Released album “The Ides of March”.
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2010· 9 entries
Released album “The King's Speech”.
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Released album “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”.
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Released album “Tamara Drewe”.
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Composer for The Ghost Writer (2010).
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Released album “Fantastic Mr. Fox (Additional Music from the Original Score) [The Abbey Road Mixes]”.
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Released album “The Special Relationship”.
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Released album “The Ghost Writer: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Both of which were won by Michael Giacchino for Up
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"enchanted everyone in the control room"
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2009· 8 entries
Released album “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”.
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Released album “Fantastic Mr. Fox”.
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Released album “L'armée du crime”.
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Released album “Un prophète”.
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Released album “Julie & Julia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Released album “Coco avant Chanel”.
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Released album “Chéri”.
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Released album “Afterwards”.
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2008· 3 entries
Released album “Largo Winch”.
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Released album “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Music From the Motion Picture”.
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Desplat received his second Oscar nomination for David Fincher's Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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2007· 7 entries
Released album “The Golden Compass”.
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Released album “Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium”.
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Released album “Lust, Caution”.
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Released album “L'Ennemi intime”.
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Composer for The Queen (2007).
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Released album “Jacques Audiard”.
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Composed the scores for Philip Pullman's Golden Compass; Zach Helm's BAFTA nominated directorial debut Mr
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2006· 3 entries
Released album “The Queen”.
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Released album “Firewall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Released album “The Painted Veil”.
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2005· 3 entries
Released album “Casanova”.
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Released album “Hostage”.
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Released album “Syriana: Music From the Motion Picture”.
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2004· 6 entries
Released album “L’Enquête Corse”.
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Released album “Les Corps impatients”.
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Released album “Inquiétudes”.
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Released album “Birth”.
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Released album “Girl With a Pearl Earring”.
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Released album “The Upside of Anger”.
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2003· 1 entry
With the soundtrack for the film Girl with a Pearl Earring, a drama set in 17th-century Delft exploring a fictional muse of Vermeer
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2002· 1 entry
Released album “Nid de guêpes”.
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “Les Portes de la Gloire”.
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Released album “Reines d'un jour”.
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “Amazone”.
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Released album “The Luzhin Defence”.
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “C'est pas ma faute !”.
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Released album “Le château des singes”.
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Released album “Toni”.
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1998· 2 entries
Released album “1 chance sur 2”.
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Released album “Restons groupés”.
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1997· 2 entries
Released album “La Femme du cosmonaute”.
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Released album “Sous les pieds des femmes”.
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1996· 3 entries
Released album “Un héros très discret”.
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Released album “Les péchés mortels”.
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Released album “Love etc.”.
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1995· 2 entries
Released album “Marie-Louise ou la permission”.
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Released album “Les Milles : Le Train de la liberté”.
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Regarde les hommes tomber”.
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1978· 1 entry
And only the seventh time overall (Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Miklos Rozsa and Johnny Green are the only other composers to achieve this)
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-08-23.
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