Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat [ ˌ alɛksɑndʀ ( ə ) ˌ de pla ] ( born August 23, 1961 in Paris ) is a French composer. He made a name for himself as a music composer of far more than 100 film and television productions.

2.1 Published soundtracks
2.2 Unpublished film music (excerpt)
2.3 Compilations

3.1 Oscar
3.2 Golden Globe Award
3.3 British Academy Film Award
3.4 César
3.5 More

Biography

Childhood and education

Alexandre Desplat was born in Paris in 1961. His French father and his mother, a Greek had met while studying in the U.S. Berkeley College. Desplat, who grew up bilingual, at an early age took music lessons. At six years old he received piano lessons, with eight or ten years, trumpet and flute lessons. At the same time, Desplat began to compose first own songs. He continued his education at the Conservatoire de Paris under Claude Ballif and continued at Le Atelier UPIC by Xenakis. Desplat studied further orchestration in Los Angeles at Jack Hayes. His fascination with American jazz and scores of Hollywood films later flowed into his work.

In addition to his classical training, Alexandre Desplat also managed to gain experience at the Brazilian Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema Zairians. His first film score he wrote in 1985 for Robert Guédiguians Comedy Ki lo sa? . Since then, Desplat has made principally as a composer of far more than fifty film compositions. He has worked for such renowned European directors such as Jacques Audiard, Marleen Gorris and Patrice Leconte. For his film compositions in Audiard's films Life: A Lie ( 1996) and lip (2001) he was nominated for the prestigious French film award César. In 2002, the theme song for the omnibus film 11'09 "01 followed - September 11 in the deal several directors from different countries with the attack on the towers of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001 movie songs wrote Desplat among others. Catherine Ringer, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Gambon, Nadia Farès and John Hurt. Moreover, he created the melodies for Karl Zero's album songs for Cabriolets and Eric Morenas Ô mon bateau or Je suis le Torero de l' Amour. Moreover composed he also theater music for André Engel from the Comédie Française and Philippe Genty and ballet performances.

International breakthrough

In 2003, Alexandre Desplat created the soundtrack for Peter Webber's historical drama The Girl with a Pearl Earring starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth in the lead roles. The evocative film score, which earned him, among other nominations for the Golden Globe Award, the British Academy Film Award and European Film Award, marked his international breakthrough as a film composer and made him well known in Hollywood. He was again praised by critics for cooperation to Jonathan Glazer's controversial nature Drama Birth with Nicole Kidman, with its unsettling score, he cemented his place in the ranks of the Hollywood composers a year later. Today Desplat is especially true as the voice for fresh and unique pieces of music, he is still working well for European productions. 2005 Desplat reunited with Jacques Audiard. For the inspired works of Johann Sebastian Bach's score to Audiard's drama The Beat That My Heart film composer was awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and the 2006 César in the same year. Two more Golden Globe nominations followed in 2006 and 2007 for the film music of Stephen Gaghan's political drama Syriana (2005) and the romantic drama The Painted Veil with Naomi Watts, Edward Norton and Liev Schreiber, for which he received the prize ultimately. Desplat was honored with an Oscar nomination and the European Film Award for his compositions in Stephen Frears ' Elizabeth II Biography The Queen also in 2007. Each another Oscar nomination he received for his work on David Fincher's film adaptation The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008 ) and Wes Anderson's animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox ( 2009).

As a conductor Alexandre Desplat worked among others at the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Munich Symphony Orchestra. He also teaches classes at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Royal College of Music in London. As an actor Desplat completed an appearance in Josiane Balaskos comedy My life is hell (1991 ) on the side of Daniel Auteuil.

2010 Desplat worked on the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He replaced the previous composer Nicholas Hooper. In the same year he was appointed to the jury of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. It was followed by The King's Speech, for which he has already received his fourth Oscar nomination within five years.

Works

Published soundtracks

Unpublished film music (excerpt)

Compilations

2006: Alexandre Desplat - Jacques Audiard

Awards

Oscar

2007: nominated for Best Original Score for The Queen
2009: nominated for Best Original Score for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010: nominated for Best Original Score for The Fantastic Mr. Fox
2011: nominated for Best Original Score for The King 's Speech
2013: nominated for best film music for Argo

Golden Globe Award

2004: nominated for Best Film Music in The Girl with a Pearl Earring
2006: nominated for best film music in Syriana
2007: Best Film Music in The Painted Veil
2009: nominated for Best Film Music in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2011: nominated for Best Film Music in The King's Speech

British Academy Film Award

2004: nominated for Best Film Music in The Girl with a Pearl Earring
2007: nominated for Best Film Music in The Queen
2009: nominated for Best Film Music in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010: nominated for Best Film Music in The Fantastic Mr. Fox
2011: Best Film Music in The King's Speech

César

International Film Festival Berlin

2005: Silver Bear for Best Film Music in The Beat That My Heart

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2006: nominated for Best Film Music in The Queen

Étoile d'Or

2006: Best Film Music in The Wild beat of my heart
2008: nominated for Best Film Music in Intimate Enemies

European Film Awards

2004: nominated for best film composer for The Girl with a Pearl Earring
2007: Best Film Composer for The Queen
2009: nominated for Best Film Composer for Coco Chanel
2010: Best Film Composer for The Ghost Writer
2011: nominated for best film composer for The King 's Speech

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

2006: Best Film Music in The Painted Veil and The Queen

World Soundtrack Award

2007: Composer of the Year for The Queen and The Painted Veil
2008: nominated for Film Composer of the Year for The Golden Compass
2009: Film Composer of the Year for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chérie Coco Chanel and Largo Winch as well as Best Film Score of the Year for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010: Composer of the Year for Julie & Julia, Fantastic Mr Fox, New Moon - Bis (s ) at noon and The Ghost Writer, and Best Film Score of the Year for The Fantastic Mr. Fox

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