Alexandre Desplat
Sound
- Born
- August 23, 1961 (age 65) · Paris, France
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).
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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.
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Known for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
July 12, 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
November 17, 2010
The Imitation Game
November 14, 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
February 26, 2014
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
December 25, 2008
The Shape of Water
December 1, 2017
Godzilla
May 14, 2014
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
November 18, 2009
The King's Speech
November 26, 2010
Argo
October 11, 2012
The Secret Life of Pets
June 18, 2016
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
July 19, 2017
Behind the camera190
- 2026The Social Reckoning Original Music Composer
- 2026The Hills of Wrath Music
- 2025The Shrinking Man Original Music Composer
- 2025Frankenstein Original Music Composer, Conductor
- 2025Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood Original Music Composer, Conductor
- 2025Eagles of the Republic Original Music Composer
- 2025Jurassic World Rebirth Original Music Composer, Conductor
- 2025The Phoenician Scheme Original Music Composer
- 2024Unstoppable Original Music Composer, Orchestrator