Alexandre Desplat
Known for: Sound
Born: August 23, 1961
Place of birth: 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). 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.
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Filmography
200 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
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The Social Reckoning
2026NR
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
2026
10.0
The Hills of Wrath
2026
7.4
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
2025
6.0
The Shrinking Man
2025
7.6
Frankenstein
2025
NR
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
2025
6.9
Eagles of the Republic
2025
6.3
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025
6.5
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
5.3
Unstoppable
2024
7.7
The Most Precious of Cargoes
2024
5.8
The Piano Lesson
2024
7.0
Lee
2024
6.2
Elyas
2024
6.1
The Regime
2024
7.2
The Boys in the Boat
2023
7.1
NYAD
2023
5.4
The Palace
2023
6.5
Asteroid City
2023
6.0
Father & Soldier
2023
7.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022
5.0
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022
8.0
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
8.0
A Cooler Climate
2022
6.5
The Lost King
2022
7.8
Argentina 1985
2022
6.7
Final Cut
2022
7.1
The Outfit
2022
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Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
2022
4.5
Him
2021
7.0
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
6.2
Eiffel
2021
5.0
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
2021
5.7
The Midnight Sky
2020
2.0
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
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In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
2020
7.8
Little Women
2019
6.5
Adults in the Room
2019
7.1
An Officer and a Spy
2019
6.9
The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
10.0
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
2018
6.6
Kursk
2018
6.8
The Sisters Brothers
2018
6.7
Operation Finale
2018
7.5
Konbini Vidéo Club
2018
7.8
Isle of Dogs
2018
7.2
The Shape of Water
2017
7.1
12 Days
2017
5.7
Based on a True Story
2017
5.9
Suburbicon
2017
6.5
Endangered Species
2017
6.7
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
7.2
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
6.5
Heal the Living
2016
6.2
American Pastoral
2016
6.6
The Odyssey
2016
6.5
7:19
2016
7.1
The Light Between Oceans
2016
6.3
The Secret Life of Pets
2016
6.7
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
6.3
Marseille
2016
6.1
Les Habitants
2016
6.7
Alone in Berlin
2016
7.5
The Danish Girl
2015
6.5
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
2015
7.2
Suffragette
2015
6.4
Tale of Tales
2015
5.4
Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
7.2
Suite Française
2015
7.4
Unbroken
2014
8.0
The Imitation Game
2014
6.4
Godzilla
2014
8.0
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
6.1
The Monuments Men
2014
6.7
Zulu
2013
7.3
Philomena
2013
6.7
Fanny
2013
6.4
Marius
2013
7.2
Venus in Fur
2013
7.0
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
7.4
Rise of the Guardians
2012
7.3
Argo
2012
6.5
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
6.3
Renoir
2012
7.2
Rust and Bone
2012
7.7
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
7.1
Reality
2012
6.4
My Way
2012
7.0
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
6.7
My Week with Marilyn
20116.6
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011
6.7
The Ides of March
2011
8.0
Hollywood in Vienna
2011
7.2
Carnage
2011
8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
7.2
A Better Life
2011
6.7
The Tree of Life
2011
6.8
The Well Digger's Daughter
2011
5.8
Largo Winch II
2011
7.7
The King's Speech
2010
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
5.9
Tamara Drewe
2010
6.5
The Special Relationship
2010
6.8
The Ghost Writer
2010
6.0
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
7.8
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
6.4
Army of Crime
2009
7.6
A Prophet
2009
6.7
Julie & Julia
2009
7.0
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
6.9
Coco Before Chanel
2009
6.1
Chéri
2009
7.6
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
6.0
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
2008
5.5
Afterwards
2008
6.1
The Golden Compass
2007
6.3
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
6.4
Intimate Enemies
2007
7.3
Lust, Caution
2007
6.8
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
2007
6.4
Michou d'Auber
2007
7.3
The Painted Veil
2006
6.9
The Queen
2006
6.1
The Singer
2006
6.0
The Valet
2006
5.8
Firewall
2006
5.7
The Alibi
2006
6.5
Casanova
2005
6.4
Syriana
2005
4.3
Only the Night
2005
6.9
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005
6.3
The Upside of Anger
2005
6.4
Hostage
2005
4.2
Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte
2005
6.1
Birth
2004
5.9
The Corsican File
2004
10.0
Le pays des enfants perdus
2004
6.6
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
4.3
A Sight for Sore Eyes
2003
4.4
Les beaux jours
2003
5.3
Stormy Weather
2003
4.6
Virus au paradis
2003
4.3
Tristan
2003
5.6
Eager Bodies
2003
5.8
The Pact of Silence
2003
7.8
Other People's Kisses
2003
5.5
Laughter and Punishment
2003
7.7
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
8.5
Le passage du bac
2002
3.5
Another Woman
2002
6.5
The Nest
2002
10.0
Madame Sans-Gêne
2002
6.3
A Hell of a Day
2001
7.1
Read My Lips
2001
5.7
Transfixed
2001
5.3
Doors of Glory
20018.0
Home Sweet Home
2001
5.4
Barnie's Minor Annoyances
2001
6.3
The Luzhin Defence
2000
4.3
Amazon
2000
3.8
Empty Days
2000
8.0
Vive nous!
2000
7.0
Les ritaliens
2000
4.0
Monsieur Naphtali
1999
6.4
A Monkey's Tale
1999
5.4
I Didn't Do It!
1999NR
Retour à Fonteyne
1999
7.3
Toni
1999
3.7
Juliette
1999
3.8
A Minute of Silence
1998
6.0
Atilano, presidente
1998
5.2
Restons groupés
1998
5.8
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
5.8
Half a Chance
1998
4.0
La Femme du cosmonaute
1997
9.0
Sous les pieds des femmes
1997
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Un petit grain de folie
1997
8.0
La Voisine
1997
5.7
Love, etc.
1996
6.2
Death in Therapy
1996
4.0
Tout ce qui brille
1996
4.9
Le Cri de la soie
19968.0
Lucky Punch
1996
6.9
A Self-Made Hero
1996
7.0
Le fils de Paul
1995
5.9
Those Were the Days
1995
5.7
Les Milles
1995
4.6
Innocent Lies
1995
5.6
Marie-Louise ou la permission
1995
6.5
See How They Fall
1994
9.0
Le Paradis absolument
1994
6.0
Dynamic Vienne
1994
6.2
The Hour of the Pig
1993
4.3
Le Tronc
1993
7.0
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
1992
4.3
Sexes faibles !
1992
7.0
Au nom du père et du fils
1992
9.0
Family Express
1991
7.3
Lapse of Memory
1991
7.8
Ki lo sa?
19866.0
German Film Award
1951
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944NR
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
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The Land of William Tell
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Le souffleur
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