Alexandre Desplat
Born: 1961-08-23 in Paris, France
Known For: Sound
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Social Reckoning ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Hills of Wrath ... (Music)
2025
- Jurassic World Rebirth ... (Original Music Composer)
- Frankenstein ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Shrinking Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Phoenician Scheme ... (Original Music Composer)
- Eagles of the Republic ... (Original Music Composer)
- Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson as Self - Composer
- Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood as Himself
2024
- The Regime ... (Original Music Composer)
- Lee ... (Original Music Composer)
- Elyas ... (Original Music Composer)
- Unstoppable ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Piano Lesson ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Most Precious of Cargoes ... (Music)
2023
- Asteroid City ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Boys in the Boat ... (Original Music Composer)
- NYAD ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Palace ... (Original Music Composer)
- Father & Soldier ... (Original Music Composer)
2022
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Outfit ... (Original Music Composer)
- Argentina 1985 ... (Thanks)
- Final Cut ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Lost King ... (Original Music Composer)
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
- Killing Me Softly with His Songs as Self
- Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite ... (Music)
- A Cooler Climate ... (Original Music Composer)
2021
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun ... (Original Music Composer)
- Eiffel ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur as Self - Interviewee
- Him ... (Original Music Composer)
2020
- The Midnight Sky ... (Original Music Composer)
- In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat as Self
- In The Tracks Of - Special Edition as Self
2019
- Little Women ... (Conductor)
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- An Officer and a Spy ... (Original Music Composer)
- Adults in the Room ... (Original Music Composer)
2018
- Isle of Dogs ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Sisters Brothers ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kursk ... (Original Music Composer)
- Operation Finale ... (Original Music Composer)
- Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat as Self
2017
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Shape of Water ... (Original Music Composer)
- Suburbicon ... (Original Music Composer)
- Based on a True Story ... (Original Music Composer)
- Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
- Endangered Species ... (Original Music Composer)
- 12 Days ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wes Anderson: From Above ... (Music)
2016
- Marseille ... (Music)
- The Secret Life of Pets ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Light Between Oceans ... (Original Music Composer)
- Florence Foster Jenkins ... (Original Music Composer)
- American Pastoral ... (Original Music Composer)
- Alone in Berlin ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Odyssey ... (Original Music Composer)
- Heal the Living ... (Original Music Composer)
- 7:19 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Les Habitants ... (Music)
2015
- The Danish Girl ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tale of Tales ... (Original Music Composer)
- Suffragette ... (Original Music Composer)
- Suite Française ... (Original Music Composer)
- Every Thing Will Be Fine ... (Original Music Composer)
- Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad ... (Original Music Composer)
2014
- The Imitation Game ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel ... (Original Music Composer)
- Godzilla ... (Original Music Composer)
- Unbroken ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Monuments Men as Émile
- Wes Anderson: Centered ... (Music)
2013
- Philomena ... (Original Music Composer)
- Zulu ... (Original Music Composer)
- Venus in Fur ... (Original Music Composer)
- Marius ... (Original Music Composer)
- Fanny ... (Original Music Composer)
- Malick: Fire & Water ... (Music)
2012
- Rise of the Guardians ... (Original Music Composer)
- Argo ... (Original Music Composer)
- Moonrise Kingdom ... (Original Music Composer)
- Zero Dark Thirty ... (Original Music Composer)
- Rust and Bone ... (Original Music Composer)
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir ... (Original Music Composer)
- Renoir ... (Original Music Composer)
- My Way ... (Original Music Composer)
- Reality ... (Original Music Composer)
2011
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Tree of Life ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Ides of March ... (Original Music Composer)
- Carnage ... (Original Music Composer)
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close ... (Original Music Composer)
- My Week with Marilyn ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
- A Better Life ... (Original Music Composer)
- Largo Winch II ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Well Digger's Daughter ... (Original Music Composer)
- Exploring 'The Tree of Life' as Self
- Hollywood in Vienna as Self
2010
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ... (Original Music Composer)
- The King's Speech ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Ghost Writer ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tamara Drewe ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Special Relationship ... (Conductor)
2009
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon ... (Original Music Composer)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox ... (Original Music Composer)
- Julie & Julia ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Prophet ... (Original Music Composer)
- Coco Before Chanel ... (Original Music Composer)
- Chéri ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button as Self
- Army of Crime ... (Original Music Composer)
2008
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch ... (Original Music Composer)
- Afterwards ... (Original Music Composer)
2007
- Lust, Caution ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Golden Compass ... (Original Music Composer)
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium ... (Original Music Composer)
- Intimate Enemies ... (Original Music Composer)
- Michou d'Auber ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... ... (Original Music Composer)
2006
- The Painted Veil ... (Original Music Composer)
- Firewall ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Queen ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Alibi ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Valet ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Singer ... (Original Music Composer)
2005
- Syriana ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hostage ... (Original Music Composer)
- Casanova ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Upside of Anger ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped ... (Original Music Composer)
- Only the Night ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte ... (Original Music Composer)
2004
- Birth ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Corsican File ... (Original Music Composer)
- Le pays des enfants perdus ... (Original Music Composer)
2003
- Girl with a Pearl Earring ... (Original Music Composer)
- Eager Bodies ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Sight for Sore Eyes ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Pact of Silence ... (Original Music Composer)
- Laughter and Punishment ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tristan ... (Original Music Composer)
- Stormy Weather ... (Original Music Composer)
- Virus au paradis ... (Original Music Composer)
- Les beaux jours ... (Original Music Composer)
- Other People's Kisses ... (Original Music Composer)
2002
- The Nest ... (Original Music Composer)
- Le passage du bac ... (Original Music Composer)
- Madame Sans-Gêne ... (Original Music Composer)
- Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes ... (Original Music Composer)
- Another Woman ... (Music)
2001
- Read My Lips ... (Original Music Composer)
- Transfixed ... (Original Music Composer)
- Barnie's Minor Annoyances ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Hell of a Day ... (Original Music Composer)
- Doors of Glory ... (Music)
- Home Sweet Home ... (Original Music Composer)
2000
- The Luzhin Defence ... (Original Music Composer)
- Amazon ... (Original Music Composer)
- Les ritaliens ... (Original Music Composer)
- Vive nous! ... (Original Music Composer)
- Empty Days ... (Original Music Composer)
1999
- A Monkey's Tale ... (Original Music Composer)
- I Didn't Do It! ... (Original Music Composer)
- Toni ... (Original Music Composer)
- Juliette ... (Original Music Composer)
- Retour à Fonteyne ... (Original Music Composer)
- Monsieur Naphtali ... (Music)
1998
- The Revengers' Comedies ... (Original Music Composer)
- Half a Chance ... (Original Music Composer)
- Restons groupés ... (Original Music Composer)
- Atilano, presidente ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Minute of Silence ... (Original Music Composer)
1997
- Sous les pieds des femmes ... (Original Music Composer)
- La Femme du cosmonaute ... (Original Music Composer)
- Un petit grain de folie ... (Original Music Composer)
- La Voisine ... (Original Music Composer)
1996
- A Self-Made Hero ... (Original Music Composer)
- Love, etc. ... (Original Music Composer)
- Death in Therapy ... (Original Music Composer)
- Le Cri de la soie ... (Original Music Composer)
- Lucky Punch ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tout ce qui brille ... (Original Music Composer)
1995
- Innocent Lies ... (Original Music Composer)
- Les Milles ... (Original Music Composer)
- Those Were the Days ... (Music)
- Marie-Louise ou la permission ... (Original Music Composer)
- Le fils de Paul ... (Original Music Composer)
1994
- See How They Fall ... (Original Music Composer)
- Dynamic Vienne ... (Original Music Composer)
- Le Paradis absolument ... (Original Music Composer)
1993
- The Hour of the Pig ... (Original Music Composer)
- Le Tronc ... (Original Music Composer)
1992
- Sexes faibles ! ... (Music)
- Papa veut pas que je t'épouse ... (Original Music Composer)
- Au nom du père et du fils ... (Original Music Composer)
1991
- Lapse of Memory ... (Original Music Composer)
- Family Express ... (Original Music Composer)
1986
- Ki lo sa? ... (Original Music Composer)
1951
- German Film Award as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee