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{{short description|French film composer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Alexandre Desplat
| image             = AlexandreDesplat-gros-plan.jpg
| caption           = Desplat in 2015
| birth_name        = Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|8|23}}
| birth_place       = [[Paris]], France
| genre             = [[Film score]], [[Contemporary classical music|contemporary classical]], [[jazz]]
| occupation        = Composer, orchestrator, conductor
| instruments       = [[Piano]], [[trumpet]], [[flute]]
| spouse            = Dominique Lemmonier
| website           = [http://www.alexandredesplat.net/ Alexandredesplat.net]
}}
'''Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat''' ({{IPA|fr|alɛksɑ̃dʁ dɛspla|lang}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMADphDZkQ&t=12s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/AsMADphDZkQ |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Artists & ARTURIA #41 Alexandre Desplat using MatrixBrute on the Valerian Soundtrack|publisher=Arturia|date=26 July 2017|access-date=13 January 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> born 23 August 1961)<ref name=TCM>{{cite web |title=Alexandre Desplat |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/49284%7C0/Alexandre-Desplat/#biography |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911205840/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/49284%7C0/Alexandre-Desplat/#biography |url-status=live }}</ref> is a French film composer and conductor. He has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Alexandre Desplat|numerous accolades]] throughout his career spanning over four decades, including, two [[Academy Awards]], three [[British Academy Film Awards]], three [[César 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 Award for Best Original Score|Academy Awards for Best Original Score]] for ''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]'' (2014) and ''[[The Shape of Water]]'' (2017). He also received nominations for his work on ''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]'' (2006), ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' (2008), ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'' (2009), ''[[The King's Speech]]'' (2010), ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'' (2012), ''[[Philomena (film)|Philomena]]'' (2013), ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' (2014), ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]'' (2018), and ''[[Little Women (2019 film)|Little Women]]'' (2019).

Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget [[Independent film|independent productions]] and large-scale [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbusters]], such as ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), ''[[Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium]]'' (2008), ''[[The Twilight Saga: New Moon]]'' (2009), ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' (2010) & ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|Part 2]]'' (2011), ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' (2012), ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012), ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014), ''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]'' (2014), ''[[The Secret Life of Pets]]'' (2016), ''[[The Midnight Sky]]'' (2020), ''[[The French Dispatch]]'' (2021), and ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'' (2022). He has collaborated with several directors such as [[Wes Anderson]], [[Chris Weitz]], [[George Clooney]], [[Roman Polanski]], and [[Guillermo del Toro]].

== Early life ==
Alexandre Desplat was born in [[Paris]].<ref name = NYT2007>{{cite news |title=Thinking in Colors and Textures, Then Writing in Music |first=Jon |last=Burlingame |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/movies/07burl.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 January 2007 |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610093752/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/movies/07burl.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His father, Jacques Desplat, was a Frenchman originally from [[Sarlat-la-Canéda]].<ref name=JacquesDeath>{{cite news |title=Jacques DESPLAT : Décès (06 janvier 2011) |url=https://carnet.sudouest.fr/deces/jacques-desplat-1216388 |newspaper=[[Sud Ouest (newspaper)|Sud Ouest]] |date=6 January 2011 |access-date=31 December 2020 |language=French |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512055832/https://carnet.sudouest.fr/deces/jacques-desplat-1216388 |url-status=live }}</ref> His mother, Katie Ladopoulou, is a [[Greece|Greek]] poet originally from [[Athens]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Katie Ladopoulou-Desplat, mère comblée |first=Natacha |last=Delmotte |url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/katie-ladopoulou-desplat-mere-comblee |newspaper=[[La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest]] |date=2 April 2015 |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512055828/https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/katie-ladopoulou-desplat-mere-comblee |url-status=live }}</ref> Desplat's parents had met in the United States while they were both students at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. They married in [[San Francisco]] and returned to France, settling in Paris.<ref name = NYT2007/> Alexandre has two older sisters, Marie-Christine (also known as Kiki) and Rosalinda.<ref name=JacquesDeath/>

Desplat began playing the piano at the age of five.<ref name = NYT2007/> He later picked up the trumpet, before switching to flute at nine.<ref name = NYT2007/><ref name = NYT2015>{{cite news |title=Composer Knows His Competition Quite Well: Himself |first=Cara |last=Buckley |url=https://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/composer-knows-his-competition-quite-well-himself/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=12 February 2015 |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512055915/https://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/favicon.ico |url-status=live }}</ref> Desplat's musical interests were wide, ranging from French composers such as [[Maurice Ravel]] and [[Claude Debussy]], to jazz and world music.<ref name=Bio1>{{cite news |title=Biography |url=http://www.alexandredesplat.net/us/bio-e.php |website=Alexandredesplat.net |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-date=4 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204024811/http://www.alexandredesplat.net/us/bio-e.php |url-status=live }}</ref> He developed an early appreciation for film music, courtesy of the movie soundtracks his parents brought back from the United States. He began collecting [[Bernard Herrmann]]'s [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]] soundtracks as a teen and eventually decided to pursue a career as a film composer after hearing [[John Williams]]'s ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' score in 1977.<ref name = DailyBeast>{{cite news |title=Meet Alexandre Desplat, Hollywood's Master Composer |first=Andrew |last=Romano |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-alexandre-desplat-hollywoods-master-composer |newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=19 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719015748/http://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-alexandre-desplat-hollywoods-master-composer |url-status=live }}</ref> Other early sources of Desplat's inspiration include the music of [[Maurice Jarre]], [[Nino Rota]] and [[Georges Delerue]].<ref name=Bio1/>

Desplat studied at the [[Royal College of Music]] and the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] under [[Claude Ballif]]. During this period, he also took a summer course under [[Iannis Xenakis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexandre Desplat: Creating Color For Harry Potter |first=Anastasia |last=Tsioulcas |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/138466449/alexandre-desplat-creating-color-for-harry-potter |website=[[WBUR-FM]] |date=18 July 2011 |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208065209/https://www.wbur.org/npr/138466449/alexandre-desplat-creating-color-for-harry-potter |url-status=live }}</ref> Desplat also studied under [[Jack Hayes (composer)|Jack Hayes]] in Los Angeles.<ref name=TCM/>

When recording the music for his first film, he met violinist Dominique Lemonnier, who became his favorite soloist and artistic director. They later married.<ref name=Bio1 /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/features/alexandre-desplat-has-ears-of-worlds-top-auteurs-1201347729/|title=Billion Dollar Composer: Alexandre Desplat Has Ears of World's Top Auteurs|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|date=2014-11-05|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-26|archive-date=9 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509102437/http://variety.com/2014/film/features/alexandre-desplat-has-ears-of-worlds-top-auteurs-1201347729/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Desplat has worked on many films since the 1990s. His big [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] break came in 2003 with the soundtrack for the film ''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)|Girl with a Pearl Earring]],'' a drama set in 17th-century Delft exploring a fictional muse of [[Vermeer]].<ref name=Bio1 /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30413134|title=How Alexandre Desplat creates a film score in three weeks|publisher=BBC News|date=10 December 2014|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-05-26|archive-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118145942/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30413134|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==
Desplat has composed extensively for [[Cinema of France|French cinema]], Hollywood, and incidental music for over 100 films, including ''Lapse of Memory'' (1992), ''Family Express'' (1992), ''[[See How They Fall|Regarde Les Hommes Tomber]]'' (1994), ''[[Innocent Lies|Les Péchés Mortels]]'' (1995), César-nominated ''[[A Self Made Hero|Un Héros Très Discret]]'' (1996), ''Une Minute de Silence'' (1998), ''[[Sweet Revenge (1998 film)|Sweet Revenge]]'' (1998), ''[[A Monkey's Tale|Le Château des Singes]]'' (1999), ''Reines d'un Jour'' (2001), the César-nominated ''[[Sur mes lèvres]]'' (2002), ''Rire et Châtiment'' (2003), ''[[Syriana]]'' (2005), the [[César Awards|César]]-winner ''[[The Beat That My Heart Skipped]]'' (2005), ''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]'' (2006), ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'' (2009), ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' (2010), ''[[The Ghost Writer (film)|The Ghost Writer]]'' (2010), [[Daniel Auteuil]]'s remake of ''[[The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011 film)|La Fille du Puisatier]]'' (2011), ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' (2011) and ''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]'' (2014).

Desplat has composed individual songs that have been sung in films by such artists as [[Akhenaton (rapper)|Akhenaton]], [[Kate Beckinsale]], [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]], [[Valérie Lemercier]], Miosotis and [[Catherine Ringer]]. He has also written music for the theatre, including pieces performed at the [[Comédie Française]]. Desplat has conducted performances of his music played by the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the [[Munich Symphony Orchestra]]. Desplat has also given [[Master Class]]es at [[La Sorbonne]] in [[Paris]] and the [[Royal College of Music]] in [[London]].

In 2007, he composed the scores for [[Philip Pullman]]'s ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|Golden Compass]]''; [[Zach Helm]]'s [[BAFTA]] nominated directorial debut ''[[Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium]]'' with American composer [[Aaron Zigman]]; and the [[Ang Lee]] movie ''[[Lust, Caution]]''. Prior to these break-out works, he contributed scores for ''[[The Luzhin Defence]]'', ''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)|Girl with a Pearl Earring]]'', ''[[Syriana]]'', ''[[Birth (2004 film)|Birth]]'', ''[[Hostage (2005 film)|Hostage]]'', ''[[Casanova (2005 film)|Casanova]]'' and ''[[The Nest (2002 film)|The Nest]].''

For ''[[The Painted Veil (2006 film)|The Painted Veil]]'', he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music, and the 2006 World Soundtrack Award. He won the 2007 BMI Film Music Award, 2007 World Soundtrack Award, 2007 European Film Award, and received his first [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Music Score|Best Original Score]] for ''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]''. He also won the Silver Berlin Bear at the [[Berlin Film Festival]] for Best Film Music in ''[[The Beat that My Heart Skipped]]''. In 2008, Desplat received his second Oscar nomination for [[David Fincher]]'s ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]''. Desplat received his third Oscar nomination and a [[BAFTA]] nomination for ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'' in 2010, both of which were won by [[Michael Giacchino]] for ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''.

Desplat has composed music for ''[[Largo Winch (film)|Largo Winch]]'', based on the Belgian comic; ''[[Afterwards (2008 film)|Afterwards]]'' a French-Canadian psychological thriller film directed by [[Gilles Bourdos]] in English; Anne Fontaine's ''[[Coco avant Chanel]],'' based on the life of designer [[Coco Chanel]]; [[Robert Guédiguian]]'s ''[[The Army of Crime|L'Armée du Crime]]''; ''[[Chéri (2009 film)|Cheri]]'', reuniting him with director [[Stephen Frears]], whom he collaborated with on ''The Queen''; ''[[A Prophet|Un Prophète]]'' reuniting with director [[Jacques Audiard]]; ''[[Julie & Julia]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/scoring-screen-composers-and-film-directors-work-harmony|title=Scoring for the screen: Composers and film directors work in harmony {{!}} Film Journal International|website=Filmjournal.com|access-date=2016-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609230150/http://www.filmjournal.com/scoring-screen-composers-and-film-directors-work-harmony|archive-date=9 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> directed by [[Nora Ephron]]; ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'', directed by [[Wes Anderson]] and based on the novel by [[Roald Dahl]]; ''[[New Moon (2009 film)|New Moon]]'', directed by [[Chris Weitz]]; [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[The Ghost Writer (film)|Ghost Writer]]''; ''[[Tamara Drewe]]''; ''[[The Special Relationship (film)|The Special Relationship]]''; and ''[[The King's Speech]]'' which earned Desplat his fourth Oscar nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=13888|title=Interview with Alexandre Desplat :: Film Music Magazine|website=Filmmusicmag.com|access-date=2016-05-26|archive-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322231601/http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=13888|url-status=live}}</ref>

In early 2011, Desplat began to write the music to ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]],'' which would earn him a nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media]] at the [[54th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-21 |title=Grammys: 54th Grammy Awards nominees |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-env-grammy-nominees-2011-list-htmlstory.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> He reunited with director [[David Yates]], who offered Desplat the opportunity to score the second part after his work on the ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1|Part 1]]'' soundtrack in 2010 "enchanted everyone in the control room".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473407/reznor-rahman-zimmer-more-react-to-their-oscar-nominations |title=Reznor, Rahman, Zimmer & More React to Their Oscar Nominations |last1=Herrera |first1=Monica |last2=Lipshutz |first2=Jason |last3=Mapes |first3=Jillian |date=25 January 2011 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=28 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328192506/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473407/reznor-rahman-zimmer-more-react-to-their-oscar-nominations |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://allsoundtracks.org/blog/2010/11/02/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-soundtrack-by-alexandre-desplat/] {{dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> Desplat's soundtrack sequel to the 2008 film ''Largo Winch'' was released in 2011 and was well received.
Desplat's 2011 projects included ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'', directed by [[Terrence Malick]] (which he actually recorded in early 2010), ''[[A Better Life]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/movies/a-better-life-directed-by-chris-weitz-review.html|title='A Better Life,' Directed by Chris Weitz – Review|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|date=2011-06-23|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-05-26|archive-date=9 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309225621/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/movies/a-better-life-directed-by-chris-weitz-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011 film)|La Fille du Puisatier]]'', Roman Polanski's ''[[Carnage (2011 film)|Carnage]]'', [[George Clooney]]'s ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|Ides of March]]'', and the logo for the French film company [[StudioCanal]].

Desplat started 2012 with ''[[Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]'', the Florent Emilio Siri-directed biopic ''[[My Way (2012 film)|Cloclo]]'', and DreamWorks Animation's ''[[Rise of the Guardians]]''.  His other scores of 2013 included ''[[Rust and Bone]]'', ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'', and ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'', the latter of which earned him Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.

In June 2013, Desplat's first Concerto for Flute & Orchestra premiered in France with flautist Jean Ferrandis and the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire conducted by John Axelrod. His [[Trois Etudes]] for piano originally written for pianist [[Lang Lang]] had its U.S. premiere in October 2013 played by pianist Gloria Cheng.  He received a sixth Oscar nomination for his score to ''[[Philomena (film)|Philomena]]'', which marked his fourth collaboration with director [[Stephen Frears]].

On 23 June 2014, it was announced that Desplat would head the jury at the [[71st Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/06/venice-names-alexandre-desplat-to-head-fest-competition-jury/|title=Venice Names Alexandre Desplat To Head Fest Competition Jury|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=23 June 2014|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512055828/https://deadline.com/2014/06/venice-names-alexandre-desplat-to-head-fest-competition-jury-794479/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He wrote five major scores during 2014, with ''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]'' winning him his first Academy Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees/music-original-score/the-grand-budapest-hotel |title=Oscar Nominations 2021: The Complete List &#124; 93rd Academy Awards |access-date=2015-04-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113182111/http://oscar.go.com/nominees/music-original-score/the-grand-budapest-hotel |archive-date=13 January 2016 }}</ref> His score for ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' was also nominated, and his win therefore marked the first time a composer had won against another of their own scores since John Williams won for [[Star Wars (film)|''Star Wars'']] (beating ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'') in 1978, and only the seventh time overall ([[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]], [[Bernard Herrmann]], [[Max Steiner]], [[Miklós Rózsa|Miklos Rozsa]] and [[Johnny Green]] are the only other composers to achieve this).

On 16 March 2015, It was announced that Desplat would be composing the first anthology film of the new Disney Star Wars films, called ''[[Rogue One]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=McGillan|first=Graeme|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alexandre-desplat-says-hell-be-781698/|title=Alexandre Desplate Says He'll Be Working on 'Star Wars' Stand-alone Movie|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=16 March 2015|access-date=16 March 2015|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008045604/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alexandre-desplat-says-hell-be-781698/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2016, he stepped down due to reshoots of the film, and was then replaced by [[Michael Giacchino]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-rogue-one-replaces-929387/|title='Star Wars: Rogue One' Replaces Its Composter (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=15 September 2016|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613082627/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-rogue-one-replaces-929387/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, he won his second Academy Award for ''[[The Shape of Water]]'' and premiered a new work for solo flute played by Emmanuel Pahud.

== Personal life ==
Desplat is married to violinist Dominique "Solre" Lemmonier.<ref name=":0" /> They have two daughters, Antonia and Ninon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-03 |title=Alexandre Desplat: his wife, awards, albums and net worth |url=https://www.classicfm.com/composers/desplat/alexandre-desplat-wife-albums-awards-net-worth/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Classic FM |language=en}}</ref> Desplat has studios both in [[Los Angeles]] and [[Paris]] and makes his home in the latter city.<ref name=":0" />

== Filmography ==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Notes
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|rowspan="2"| 1997 || ''[[Sous les pieds des femmes]]'' || [[Rachida Krim]] ||
|-
| ''{{ill|La femme du cosmonaute|fr|La Femme du cosmonaute}}'' || {{ill|Jacques Monnet|fr|Jacques Monnet}} ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1998 || ''[[Sweet Revenge (1998 film)|Sweet Revenge]]'' || [[Malcolm Mowbray]] ||
|-
| ''[[Atilano for President]]''|| Santiago Aguilar<br />Luis Guridi ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1999 || ''[[A Monkey's Tale]]'' || [[Jean-François Laguionie]] ||
|-
| ''[[Empty Days]]'' || [[Marion Vernoux]] ||
|-
|| 2000 || ''[[The Luzhin Defence]]'' || [[Marleen Gorris]] ||
|-
|| 2001 || ''[[A Hell of a Day]]'' || Marion Vernoux (2) ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2002 || ''Tous les chagrins se ressemblent'' || {{N/A}} ||
|-
| ''Paroles d'étoiles'' || {{N/A}} ||
|-
| ''[[11′09″01 September 11]]'' || Various || Composed the title music
|-
|rowspan="8"| 2003 || ''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)|Girl with a Pearl Earring]]'' || [[Peter Webber]] ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Rire et châtiment|fr|Rire et Châtiment}}'' || {{ill|Isabelle Doval|fr|Isabelle Doval}} ||
|-
| ''Les baisers des autres'' || {{N/A}} ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Le pacte du silence|fr|Le Pacte du silence (film)}}'' || [[Graham Guit]] ||
|-
| ''Virus au paradis'' || {{N/A}} ||
|-
| ''[[Eager Bodies]]'' || [[Xavier Giannoli]]
|-
| ''{{ill|Les beaux jours|fr|Les Beaux Jours (téléfilm)}}'' || {{ill|Jean-Pierre Sinapi|fr|Jean-Pierre Sinapi}} ||
|-
| ''{{ill|A Sight for Sore Eyes (2003 film)|fr|Inquiétudes (film)}}'' || [[Gilles Bourdos]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2004 ||  ''[[Birth (2004 film)|Birth]]'' || [[Jonathan Glazer]] ||
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| ''{{ill|Le pays des enfants perdus|fr|Le Pays des enfants perdus}}'' || [[Francis Girod]] ||
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| ''[[The Corsican File]]'' || [[Alain Berbérian]] ||
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|rowspan="7"| 2005 ||  ''[[The Upside of Anger]]'' || [[Mike Binder]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hostage (2005 film)|Hostage]]'' || [[Florent-Emilio Siri]] ||
|-
| ''[[Casanova (2005 film)|Casanova]]'' || [[Lasse Hallström]] ||
|-
| ''[[Syriana]]'' || [[Stephen Gaghan]] ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte|fr|Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte}}'' || [[Philippe Harel]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Beat That My Heart Skipped]]'' || [[Jacques Audiard]] ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Une aventure|fr|Une aventure}}'' || Xavier Giannoli (2) ||
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|rowspan="6"| 2006 ||  ''[[The Alibi]]'' || Matt Checkowski<br>Kurt Mattila ||
|-
| ''[[Firewall (film)|Firewall]]'' || [[Richard Loncraine]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]'' || [[Stephen Frears]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Painted Veil (2006 film)|The Painted Veil]]'' || [[John Curran (director)|John Curran]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Valet (2006 film)|The Valet]]'' || [[Francis Veber]] ||
|-
| ''[[When I Was a Singer]]'' || Xavier Giannoli (3) ||
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| rowspan="6" |2007
|''[[Lust, Caution]]''
|[[Ang Lee]]
|
|-
|  ''[[Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium]]''|| [[Zach Helm]] || With [[Aaron Zigman]]
|-
| ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'' || [[Chris Weitz]] ||
|-
| ''[[Intimate Enemies (2007 film)|Intimate Enemies]]'' || Florent-Emilio Siri (2) ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Michou d'Auber|fr|Michou d'Auber}}'' || {{ill|Thomas Gilou|fr|Thomas Gilou}} ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau|fr|Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau}}'' || [[Karl Zéro]]<br />{{ill|Michel Royer|fr|Michel Royer}}
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2008 ||  ''[[Afterwards (2008 film)|Afterwards]]'' || Gilles Bourdos (2) ||
|-
| ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' || [[David Fincher]] ||
|-
| ''[[Largo Winch (film)|Largo Winch]]'' || [[Jérôme Salle]]
|-
|rowspan="7"| 2009 ||  ''[[Julie & Julia]]'' || [[Nora Ephron]] ||
|-
| ''[[Chéri (2009 film)|Chéri]]'' || Stephen Frears (2) ||
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'' || [[Wes Anderson]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Saga: New Moon]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/movies/20twilightnewmoon.html|title=For Kristen Stewart, Abstinence Makes the Heart ... You Know|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|date=2009-11-19|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-05-26|archive-date=22 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322130100/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/movies/20twilightnewmoon.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || Chris Weitz (2) ||
|-
| ''[[Coco Before Chanel]]'' || [[Anne Fontaine]] ||
|-
| ''[[A Prophet]]'' || Jacques Audiard (2) ||
|-
| ''[[The Army of Crime]]'' || [[Robert Guédiguian]] ||
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2010 ||  ''[[The Ghost Writer (film)|The Ghost Writer]]'' || [[Roman Polanski]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Special Relationship (film)|The Special Relationship]]'' || Richard Loncraine (2) ||
|-
| ''[[Tamara Drewe (film)|Tamara Drewe]]'' || Stephen Frears (3) ||
|-
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' || [[David Yates]] || Themes by [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The King's Speech]]'' || [[Tom Hooper]] || 
|-
|rowspan="9"| 2011 ||  ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' || [[Terrence Malick]] ||
|-
| ''[[A Better Life]]'' || Chris Weitz (3) ||
|-
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' || David Yates (2) || Themes by John Williams
|-
| ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]'' || [[George Clooney]] ||
|-
| ''[[Carnage (2011 film)|Carnage]]'' || Roman Polanski (2) ||
|-
| ''[[My Week with Marilyn]]'' || [[Simon Curtis (filmmaker)|Simon Curtis]] || Composed "Marilyn's Theme"
|-
| ''[[Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]'' || [[Stephen Daldry]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011 film)|The Well-Digger's Daughter]]'' || [[Daniel Auteuil]] ||
|-
| ''[[Largo Winch II]]'' || Jérôme Salle (2)
|-
|rowspan="9"| 2012 || ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' || Wes Anderson (2) ||
|-
| ''[[A Therapy]]'' || Roman Polanski (3) || Short
|-
| ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'' || [[Ben Affleck]] ||
|-
| ''[[Rise of the Guardians]]'' || [[Peter Ramsey]] ||
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' || [[Kathryn Bigelow]] ||
|-
| ''[[My Way (2012 film)|My Way]]'' || Florent-Emilio Siri (3) ||
|-
| ''[[Reality (2012 film)|Reality]]'' || [[Matteo Garrone]] ||
|-
| ''[[Renoir (film)|Renoir]]'' || Gilles Bourdos (3) ||
|-
| ''[[Rust and Bone]]'' || Jacques Audiard (3) ||
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2013 ||  ''[[Zulu (2013 film)|Zulu]]'' || Jérôme Salle (3) ||
|-
|''[[Venus in Fur (film)|Venus in Fur]]'' || Roman Polanski (4)||
|-
|''[[Philomena (film)|Philomena]]'' || Stephen Frears (4) ||
|-
| ''[[Marius (2013 film)|Marius]]'' || Daniel Auteuil (2) ||
|-
| ''[[Fanny (2013 film)|Fanny]]'' || Daniel Auteuil (3) ||
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2014 || ''[[The Monuments Men]]'' ||George Clooney (2)
|-
|''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]'' || Wes Anderson (3) || 
|-
|''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legendary.com/films/godzilla |title=Godzilla |website=Legendary.com |access-date=2014-05-15 |archive-date=7 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407065400/http://www.legendary.com/films/godzilla |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Gareth Edwards (director)|Gareth Edwards]] ||
|-
|''[[The Imitation Game]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/06/17/alexandre-desplat-takes-over-scoring-duties-on-the-imitation-game/|title=Alexandre Desplat Takes Over Scoring Duties on 'The Imitation Game'|website=Film Music Reporter|access-date=18 June 2014|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623041743/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/06/17/alexandre-desplat-takes-over-scoring-duties-on-the-imitation-game/|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Morten Tyldum]] ||
|-
|''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]'' || [[Angelina Jolie]] ||
|-
|rowspan="6"| 2015 || ''[[Tale of Tales (2015 film)|Tale of Tales]]'' || Matteo Garrone (2) ||
|-
|''[[Every Thing Will Be Fine]]'' || [[Wim Wenders]] ||
|-
|''[[The Danish Girl (film)|The Danish Girl]]'' || Tom Hooper (2) ||
|-
|''[[Suffragette (film)|Suffragette]]'' || [[Sarah Gavron]] ||
|-
| ''[[Suite Française (film)|Suite Française]]'' || [[Saul Dibb]] || Composed "Bruno's Piano Piece"
|-
| ''[[Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad]]'' || Robert Guédiguian (2) ||
|-
|rowspan="8"| 2016 || ''[[Alone in Berlin (film)|Alone in Berlin]]'' || [[Vincent Pérez]] ||
|-
| ''[[Florence Foster Jenkins (film)|Florence Foster Jenkins]]'' || Stephen Frears (5) ||
|-
| ''[[The Secret Life of Pets]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/12/03/alexandre-desplat-to-score-the-secret-life-of-pets/|title=Alexandre Desplat to Score 'The Secret Life of Pets'|website=Film Music Reporter|access-date=3 December 2015|date=3 December 2015|archive-date=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206025143/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/12/03/alexandre-desplat-to-score-the-secret-life-of-pets|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Chris Renaud]] ||
|-
|''[[The Light Between Oceans (film)|The Light Between Oceans]]'' || [[Derek Cianfrance]] ||
|-
|''[[American Pastoral (film)|American Pastoral]]'' || [[Ewan McGregor]] ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Les Habitants (film)|fr|Les Habitants (film, 2016)}}'' || [[Raymond Depardon]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Odyssey (film)|The Odyssey]]'' || Jérôme Salle (4) ||
|-
| ''[[Heal the Living]]'' || [[Katell Quillévéré]]
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2017 || ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'' || [[Luc Besson]] ||
|-
|''[[The Shape of Water]]'' || [[Guillermo del Toro]] || 
|-
|''[[Suburbicon]]'' || George Clooney (3) ||
|-
| ''[[Based on a True Story (film)|Based on a True Story]]'' || Roman Polanski (5) ||
|-
| ''[[12 Days (film)|12 Days]]'' || Raymond Depardon (2) ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2018 || ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]'' || Wes Anderson (4) ||
|-
|''[[Operation Finale]]'' || Chris Weitz (4) ||
|-
|''[[The Sisters Brothers (film)|The Sisters Brothers]]'' || Jacques Audiard (4) ||
|-
|''[[Kursk (film)|Kursk]]'' || [[Thomas Vinterberg]] ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2019 || ''[[The Secret Life of Pets 2]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/08/15/alexandre-desplat-to-return-for-the-secret-life-of-pets-2/|title=Alexandre Desplat to Return for 'The Secret Life of Pets 2'|website=Film Music Reporter|date=15 August 2018|access-date=30 August 2018|archive-date=16 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416094712/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/08/15/alexandre-desplat-to-return-for-the-secret-life-of-pets-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> || Chris Renaud (2) ||
|-
|''[[Little Women (2019 film)|Little Women]]'' || [[Greta Gerwig]] ||
|-
| ''[[An Officer and a Spy (film)|An Officer and a Spy]]'' || Roman Polanski (6) ||
|-
| ''[[Adults in the Room]]'' || [[Costa-Gavras]] ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[The Midnight Sky]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/05/26/alexandre-desplat-scoring-george-clooneys-the-midnight-sky/|title=Alexandre Desplat Scoring George Clooney's 'The Midnight Sky'|date=26 May 2020|website=Film Music Reporter|access-date=18 July 2020|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718071030/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/05/26/alexandre-desplat-scoring-george-clooneys-the-midnight-sky/|url-status=live}}</ref> || George Clooney (4) ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2021 || ''[[The French Dispatch]]'' || Wes Anderson (5) || 
|-
| ''[[Eiffel (film)|Eiffel]]'' ||[[Martin Bourboulon]] ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2022 || ''[[The Outfit (2022 film)|The Outfit]]''|| [[Graham Moore (writer)|Graham Moore]] ||
|-
|''[[The Lost King]]''|| Stephen Frears (6) ||
|-
|''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio|Pinocchio]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexandre Desplat to Reteam with Guillermo del Toro on Netflix Animated Movie 'Pinocchio'|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/01/08/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-guillermo-del-toro-on-netflix-animated-movie-pinocchio/|date=8 January 2020|website=Film Music Reporter|access-date=8 January 2020|archive-date=7 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207041945/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/01/08/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-guillermo-del-toro-on-netflix-animated-movie-pinocchio/|url-status=live}}</ref> || Guillermo del Toro (2)
| Score and songs
|-
| ''[[Final Cut (2022 film)|Final Cut]]'' || [[Michel Hazanavicius]] ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Lui (film)|fr|Lui (film)}}'' || [[Guillaume Canet]] ||
|-
| ''[[Father & Soldier]]'' || Mathieu Vadepied ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2023 || ''[[Asteroid City]]''|| Wes Anderson (6) ||Composed six score tracks<ref>{{cite web |title=Wes Anderson's Asteroid City Soundtrack Out from ABKCO Digitally Today |url=https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/asteroid-city_soundtrack |website=Focus Features |language=en |date=23 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Palace (2023 film)|The Palace]]'' || Roman Polanski (7) || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/roman-polanski-the-palace-casts-fantastic-beasts-oliver-masucci-1235240068/ |title=Roman Polanski's 'The Palace' Adds 'Fantastic Beasts' Actor Oliver Masucci, Fanny Ardant (EXCLUSIVE) |website=[[Variety (website)|Variety]] |first=Elsa |last=Keslassy |date=25 April 2022 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425195903/https://variety.com/2022/film/global/roman-polanski-the-palace-casts-fantastic-beasts-oliver-masucci-1235240068/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Nyad (film)|Nyad]]'' || {{ubl|[[Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi]]|[[Jimmy Chin]]}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tiff.net/events/nyad|title=Nyad|work=[[Toronto International Film Festival]]|access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Boys in the Boat (film)|The Boys in the Boat]]'' || {{ubl|George Clooney}} (5) ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856080/ |title=The Boys in the Boat |publisher=IMDb |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2024 || ''[[The Most Precious of Cargoes (film)|The Most Precious of Cargoes]]'' || Michel Hazanavicius (2) ||
|-
| ''[[The Piano Lesson (2024 film)|The Piano Lesson]]'' || [[Malcolm Washington]] ||
|-
| ''[[Unstoppable (2024 film)|Unstoppable]]'' || [[William Goldenberg]] ||
|-
| 2025 || ''[[Frankenstein (2025 film)|Frankenstein]]'' || Guillermo del Toro (3) || Post-production
|}

===Television series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Notes
|-
|2016 || ''[[Marseille (TV series)|Marseille]]'' || [[Florent-Emilio Siri]]<br />{{ill|Thomas Gilou|fr|Thomas Gilou}}<br />Laïla Marrakchi || TV series
|-
|2016 || ''[[Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia]]'' || Various || TV series; "Hero Theme", "Dark Theme" with [[Tim Davies (musician)|Tim Davies]]
|-
|2024 || ''[[The Regime (miniseries)|The Regime]]'' || [[Stephen Frears]]<br />[[Jessica Hobbs]] || miniseries
|-
|}

== Accolades ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Alexandre Desplat}}

Desplat has received many awards and nominations for his work including two [[Academy Awards]], three [[BAFTA Awards]] and two [[Golden Globe Awards]].

=== Decorations ===
* Officer of the [[Ordre national du Mérite]] (2016)<ref>{{Légifrance|base=JORF|numéro=PREX1631888D|texte=Décret du 14 novembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination }}</ref>
* Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]] (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2016 |title=Arrêté du 10 février 2016 portant nomination et promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres |date=31 March 2016 |access-date=29 January 2020 |archive-date=6 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006192346/https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Chevalier of the [[Légion d’Honneur|Legion of Honour]] (2011)<ref>{{Légifrance|base=JORF|numéro=PREX1116822D|texte=Décret du 13 juillet 2011 portant promotion et nomination}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Alexandre Desplat}}
* [http://www.alexandredesplat.net/ Alexandre Desplat, official website] {{in lang|fr|en}}
* {{IMDb name|6035|Alexandre Desplat}}

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