Sound
Alexandre Desplat
EN, FR, IT, AR cinema · 201 credits
Born
23 August 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Alexandre Desplats · Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat
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
Filmography
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
Actor
La troisième main
The Third Hand
Original Music Composer
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
as Self – Film music composer
The Social Reckoning
Original Music Composer
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
as Himself, Original Music Composer, Conductor
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
as Self - Composer
Frankenstein
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Eagles of the Republic
Original Music Composer
The Phoenician Scheme
Original Music Composer
Jurassic World Rebirth
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Shrinking Man
Original Music Composer
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Music, Original Music Composer
Lee
Original Music Composer
The Piano Lesson
Original Music Composer
Unstoppable
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Elyas
Original Music Composer
Asteroid City
Original Music Composer
NYAD
Original Music Composer
The Palace
Original Music Composer
The Boys in the Boat
Original Music Composer
Father & Soldier
Original Music Composer
A Cooler Climate
Original Music Composer
The Outfit
Original Music Composer
The Lost King
Original Music Composer
Final Cut
Original Music Composer
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Original Music Composer, Songs, Executive Music Producer
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
as Self - Interviewee
Eiffel
Original Music Composer
Him
Original Music Composer
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Original Music Composer
The Midnight Sky
Original Music Composer
Little Women
Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Original Music Composer
Adults in the Room
Original Music Composer
An Officer and a Spy
Original Music Composer
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
as Self, Conductor, Music
Operation Finale
Original Music Composer
Isle of Dogs
Original Music Composer
The Sisters Brothers
Original Music Composer
Kursk
Original Music Composer
Endangered Species
Original Music Composer
Suburbicon
Original Music Composer
Based on a True Story
Original Music Composer
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Original Music Composer
The Shape of Water
Original Music Composer
12 Days
Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Pets
Original Music Composer
Heal the Living
Original Music Composer
American Pastoral
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
The Light Between Oceans
Original Music Composer
Alone in Berlin
Original Music Composer
7:19
Original Music Composer
The Odyssey
Original Music Composer
Florence Foster Jenkins
Original Music Composer
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Original Music Composer
Tale of Tales
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
Suite Française
Original Music Composer
Suffragette
Original Music Composer
The Danish Girl
Original Music Composer
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
Original Music Composer
The Monuments Men
as Émile, Original Music Composer
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Original Music Composer
Godzilla
Original Music Composer
The Imitation Game
Original Music Composer
Unbroken
Original Music Composer
Fanny
Original Music Composer
Philomena
Original Music Composer
Venus in Fur
Original Music Composer
Zulu
Original Music Composer
Marius
Original Music Composer
Argo
Original Music Composer
Moonrise Kingdom
Original Music Composer
My Way
Original Music Composer
Rust and Bone
Original Music Composer
Zero Dark Thirty
Original Music Composer
Renoir
Original Music Composer
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Original Music Composer
Reality
Original Music Composer
Rise of the Guardians
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Original Music Composer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Original Music Composer
My Week with Marilyn
Main Title Theme Composer
Largo Winch II
Original Music Composer
The Well Digger's Daughter
Original Music Composer
Carnage
Original Music Composer
The Tree of Life
Original Music Composer
A Better Life
Original Music Composer
The Ides of March
Original Music Composer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Original Music Composer
The King's Speech
Original Music Composer
The Special Relationship
Conductor, Original Music Composer
Tamara Drewe
Original Music Composer
The Ghost Writer
Original Music Composer
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self, Original Music Composer
Coco Before Chanel
Original Music Composer
Army of Crime
Original Music Composer
A Prophet
Original Music Composer
Julie & Julia
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Original Music Composer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Chéri
Original Music Composer
Afterwards
Original Music Composer
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Original Music Composer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Original Music Composer
The Golden Compass
Original Music Composer
Intimate Enemies
Original Music Composer
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Original Music Composer
Lust, Caution
Original Music Composer
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Original Music Composer
Michou d'Auber
Original Music Composer
The Queen
Original Music Composer
Firewall
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
The Painted Veil
Original Music Composer
The Alibi
Original Music Composer
The Valet
Original Music Composer
The Singer
Original Music Composer
Syriana
Original Music Composer
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Original Music Composer
Hostage
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Upside of Anger
Original Music Composer
Casanova
Original Music Composer
Only the Night
Original Music Composer
Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte
Original Music Composer
Birth
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
The Corsican File
Original Music Composer
Le pays des enfants perdus
Original Music Composer
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Original Music Composer
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Original Music Composer
Eager Bodies
Original Music Composer
The Pact of Silence
Original Music Composer
Stormy Weather
Original Music Composer
Tristan
Original Music Composer
Les beaux jours
Original Music Composer
Virus au paradis
Original Music Composer
Other People's Kisses
Original Music Composer
Laughter and Punishment
Original Music Composer
The Nest
Original Music Composer
Madame Sans-Gêne
Original Music Composer
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Original Music Composer
Le passage du bac
Original Music Composer
Read My Lips
Original Music Composer
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
Home Sweet Home
2001
Home Sweet Home
Original Music Composer
Empty Days
Original Music Composer
Amazon
Original Music Composer
The Luzhin Defence
Original Music Composer
Les ritaliens
Original Music Composer
Vive nous!
Original Music Composer
Toni
Original Music Composer
A Monkey's Tale
Original Music Composer
Juliette
Original Music Composer
Retour à Fonteyne
1999
Retour à Fonteyne
Original Music Composer
I Didn't Do It!
Original Music Composer
The Revengers' Comedies
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Atilano, presidente
Original Music Composer
Half a Chance
Original Music Composer
A Minute of Silence
Original Music Composer
Restons groupés
Original Music Composer
La Voisine
Original Music Composer
Un petit grain de folie
Original Music Composer
Sous les pieds des femmes
Original Music Composer
La Femme du cosmonaute
Original Music Composer
A Self-Made Hero
Original Music Composer
Tout ce qui brille
Original Music Composer
Love, etc.
Original Music Composer
Death in Therapy
Original Music Composer
Le Cri de la soie
Original Music Composer
Le Montreur de boxe
1996
Lucky Punch
Original Music Composer
Le fils de Paul
Original Music Composer
Marie-Louise ou la permission
Original Music Composer
Les Milles
Original Music Composer
Innocent Lies
Original Music Composer
See How They Fall
Original Music Composer
Dynamic Vienne
Original Music Composer
Le Paradis absolument
Original Music Composer
The Hour of the Pig
Original Music Composer
Le Tronc
Original Music Composer
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Original Music Composer
Au nom du père et du fils
Original Music Composer
Family Express
Original Music Composer
Lapse of Memory
Original Music Composer
Ki lo sa ?
Original Music Composer