Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (23 August 1961) is a French film composer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water, and received nine additional Academy Award nominations, ten César nominations (winning three), ten BAFTA nominations (winning three), eleven Golden Globe Award nominations (winning two), and ten Grammy nominations (winning two).
Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as The Queen, The Golden Compass, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Harry Potter, and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 & Part 2, The King's Speech, The Danish Girl, Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Rise of the Guardians, Zero Dark Thirty, Godzilla, The Imitation Game, Unbroken, Little Women, The Secret Life of Pets, and Isle of Dogs.
Academy Awards
Best Original Score
Known For
Godzilla
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Little Women
(2019)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Unbroken
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Suburbicon
(2017)
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(2009)
Original Music Composer
The Imitation Game
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Asteroid City
(2023)
Original Music Composer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Rise of the Guardians
(2012)
Orchestrator and Original Music Composer
The Shape of Water
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
(2017)
Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Pets 2
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Operation Finale
(2018)
Original Music Composer
NYAD
(2023)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Family Express
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Sexes faibles!
(1992)
Music
The Hour of the Pig
(1993)
Original Music Composer
See How They Fall
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Dynamic Vienne
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Innocent Lies
(1995)
Music
Les Milles
(1995)
Music
Those Were the Days
(1995)
Music
Marie-Louise ou la permission
(1995)
Music
A Self-Made Hero
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Death in Therapy
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Tout ce qui brille
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Love, etc.
(1996)
Original Music Composer
La Femme du cosmonaute
(1997)
Music
Sous les pieds des femmes
(1997)
Music
The Revengers' Comedies
(1998)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
Atilano, presidente
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Half a Chance
(1998)
Music
Restons groupés
(1998)
Music
I Didn't Do It!
(1999)
Music
Monsieur Naphtali
(1999)
Music
A Monkey's Tale
(1999)
Original Music Composer
Toni
(1999)
Original Music Composer
Amazon
(2000)
Music
The Luzhin Defence
(2000)
Music
Empty Days
(2000)
Original Music Composer
Read My Lips
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Transfixed
(2001)
Music, Orchestrator, and Conductor
A Hell of a Day
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Another Woman
(2002)
Music
The Nest
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Girl with a Pearl Earring
(2003)
Original Music Composer
A Sight for Sore Eyes
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Eager Bodies
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Stormy Weather
(2003)
Original Music Composer
The Pact of Silence
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Birth
(2004)
Original Music Composer
The Corsican File
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Syriana
(2005)
Original Music Composer
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Hostage
(2005)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Upside of Anger
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Casanova
(2005)
Original Music Composer
The Queen
(2006)
Original Music Composer
Firewall
(2006)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
The Painted Veil
(2006)
Original Music Composer
The Alibi
(2006)
Original Music Composer
The Singer
(2006)
Original Music Composer
The Valet
(2006)
Music
The Golden Compass
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Intimate Enemies
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Lust, Caution
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Michou d'Auber
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Afterwards
(2008)
Original Music Composer
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
(2008)
Original Music Composer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Army of Crime
(2009)
Original Music Composer
A Prophet
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Julie & Julia
(2009)
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Chéri
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Orchestrator and Original Music Composer
Coco Before Chanel
(2009)
Original Music Composer
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(2010)
Original Music Composer
The King's Speech
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Tamara Drewe
(2010)
Original Music Composer
The Ghost Writer
(2010)
Original Music Composer
The Special Relationship
(2010)
Music and Conductor
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Largo Winch II
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Carnage
(2011)
Original Music Composer
The Tree of Life
(2011)
Original Music Composer
A Better Life
(2011)
Original Music Composer
The Ides of March
(2011)
Original Music Composer
My Week with Marilyn
(2011)
Main Title Theme Composer
The Well Digger's Daughter
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Argo
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Moonrise Kingdom
(2012)
Original Music Composer
My Way
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Rust and Bone
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Zero Dark Thirty
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Renoir
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
(2012)
Original Music Composer
A Therapy
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Rise of the Guardians
(2012)
Orchestrator and Original Music Composer
Reality
(2012)
Original Music Composer
Philomena
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Venus in Fur
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Fanny
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Malick: Fire & Water
(2013)
Music
Zulu
(2013)
Original Music Composer
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
Original Music Composer
The Monuments Men
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Godzilla
(2014)
Original Music Composer
The Imitation Game
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Wes Anderson: Centered
(2014)
Music
Unbroken
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Every Thing Will Be Fine
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Tale of Tales
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Suite Française
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Suffragette
(2015)
Original Music Composer
The Danish Girl
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
(2015)
Music
7:19
(2016)
Music
Heal the Living
(2016)
Original Music Composer
American Pastoral
(2016)
Original Music Composer, Conductor, and Orchestrator
The Light Between Oceans
(2016)
Original Music Composer
The Odyssey
(2016)
Music
Florence Foster Jenkins
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Les habitants
(2016)
Music
The Secret Life of Pets
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Alone in Berlin
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Endangered Species
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Suburbicon
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Based on a True Story
(2017)
Original Music Composer
12 Days
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Wes Anderson: From Above
(2017)
Music
The Shape of Water
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Original Music Composer
The Sisters Brothers
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Kursk
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
(2018)
Music and Conductor
Operation Finale
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Little Women
(2019)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Secret Life of Pets 2
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Adults in the Room
(2019)
Original Music Composer
An Officer and a Spy
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Look Within
(2019)
Original Music Composer
The Midnight Sky
(2020)
Original Music Composer
The French Dispatch
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Eiffel
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Him
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(2022)
Original Music Composer
The Outfit
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Final Cut
(2022)
Music
A Cooler Climate
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
(2022)
Music
The Lost King
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Asteroid City
(2023)
Original Music Composer
Father & Soldier
(2023)
Music
NYAD
(2023)
Original Music Composer
The Palace
(2023)
Original Music Composer
The Boys in the Boat
(2023)
Original Music Composer
Lee
(2024)
Original Music Composer
The Most Precious of Cargoes
(2024)
Music
Acting
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
(2009)
Self
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
(2011)
Self
The Monuments Men
(2014)
Émile
Score: A Film Music Documentary
(2017)
Self
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
(2018)
Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
(2020)
Self
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
(2020)
Self
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
(2021)
Self - Interviewee
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
(2022)
Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
(2022)
Self
Crew