Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 8/23/1961 (63 years old)
  • Place of birth: Paris, France
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
The Piano Lesson
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 58%
role:
Original Music Composer
2024

Drama

6.4
58%
Lee
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 71%
role:
Original Music Composer
2024

Drama

History

War & Politics

6.9
71%
Elyas
TMDB 62%
role:
Music
Not available
2024

Action

Thriller

62%
Not available
The Regime
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Original Music Composer
2024

Drama

6.1
69%
The Boys in the Boat
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 74%
role:
Original Music Composer
2023

Drama

History

7.0
74%
NYAD
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 71%
role:
Music
2023

Drama

History

7.1
71%
Barbie
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 70%
role:
Original Music Composer
2023

Comedy

6.8
70%
Asteroid City
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 65%
role:
Original Music Composer
2023

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
65%
2023

Drama

History

War & Politics

5.9
60%
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 82%
role:
Original Music Composer
2022

Animation

Drama

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
82%
2022

Comedy

Drama

6.7
77%
2022

Drama

History

7.6
81%
Final Cut
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 71%
role:
Music
2022

Comedy

Horror

6.4
71%
The Outfit
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Original Music Composer
2022

Crime

Drama

7.2
71%
The French Dispatch
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 72%
role:
Original Music Composer
2021

Comedy

Drama

7.1
72%
Eiffel
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 63%
role:
Original Music Composer
2021

Drama

History

6.2
63%
The Midnight Sky
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 58%
role:
Original Music Composer
2020

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
58%
Little Women
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 79%
role:
Conductor
2019

Drama

Romance

7.8
79%
Adults in the Room
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 66%
role:
Original Music Composer
2019

Drama

6.0
66%
An Officer and a Spy
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Original Music Composer
2019

Drama

History

Thriller

7.2
71%
The Secret Life of Pets 2
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 70%
role:
Original Music Composer
2019

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.4
70%
Kursk
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 67%
role:
Original Music Composer
2018

Action

Drama

History

Thriller

War & Politics

6.6
67%
The Sisters Brothers
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 68%
role:
Original Music Composer
2018

Adventure

Drama

Western

6.9
68%
2018

Drama

History

Thriller

6.6
67%
Isle of Dogs
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 78%
role:
Original Music Composer
2018

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

7.8
78%
2017

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
72%
Based on a True Story
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Original Music Composer
2017

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

5.7
57%
Suburbicon
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 59%
role:
Original Music Composer
2017

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

5.8
59%
Endangered Species
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 66%
role:
Original Music Composer
2017

Drama

6.3
66%
2017

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
66%
2017

Documentary

Music

7.5
73%
Heal the Living
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 64%
role:
Original Music Composer
2016

Drama

6.9
64%
American Pastoral
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Conductor & 2 more
2016

Crime

Drama

6.1
61%
The Odyssey
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 68%
role:
Music
2016

Adventure

Drama

6.6
68%
7:19
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 64%
role:
Music
2016

Drama

History

Thriller

5.8
64%
The Light Between Oceans
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Original Music Composer
2016

Drama

Romance

7.2
71%
The Secret Life of Pets
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 63%
role:
Original Music Composer
2016

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.5
63%
Florence Foster Jenkins
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 67%
role:
Original Music Composer
2016

Comedy

Drama

6.8
67%
2016

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

6.5
67%
Suffragette
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 73%
role:
Original Music Composer
2015

Drama

History

6.9
73%
Tale of Tales
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Original Music Composer
2015

Horror

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
64%
Suite Française
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 73%
role:
Original Music Composer
2015

Drama

Romance

War & Politics

7.0
73%
Every Thing Will Be Fine
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 55%
role:
Original Music Composer
2015

Drama

5.5
55%
The Danish Girl
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 76%
role:
Original Music Composer
2015

Drama

7.1
76%
Unbroken
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 75%
role:
Music
2014

Drama

War & Politics

7.2
75%
The Imitation Game
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 80%
role:
Original Music Composer
2014

Drama

History

Thriller

War & Politics

8.0
80%
Godzilla
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 63%
role:
Original Music Composer
2014

Action

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
63%
The Grand Budapest Hotel
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 81%
role:
Original Music Composer
2014

Comedy

Drama

8.1
81%
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Original Music Composer
2014

Documentary

7.1
67%
The Monuments Men
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
Original Music Composer & 1 more
2014

Action

Drama

History

War & Politics

6.1
60%
Zulu
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 67%
role:
Music
2013

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.7
67%
Philomena
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 74%
role:
Original Music Composer
2013

Drama

7.6
74%
Fanny
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Original Music Composer
2013

Drama

6.8
69%
Venus in Fur
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 73%
role:
Original Music Composer
2013

Drama

7.1
73%
Zero Dark Thirty
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 70%
role:
Original Music Composer
2012

Drama

History

Thriller

7.4
70%
Rise of the Guardians
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 74%
role:
Orchestrator & 1 more
2012

Action

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
74%
Renoir
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 63%
role:
Original Music Composer
2012

Drama

Romance

6.5
63%
A Therapy
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 54%
role:
Original Music Composer
2012

Comedy

6.1
54%
Rust and Bone
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Original Music Composer
2012

Drama

Romance

7.4
72%
Moonrise Kingdom
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 77%
role:
Original Music Composer
2012

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.8
77%
Argo
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
Original Music Composer
2012

Drama

Thriller

7.7
73%
My Way
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 64%
role:
Original Music Composer
2012

Drama

6.9
64%
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 70%
role:
Original Music Composer
2011

Drama

6.9
70%
My Week with Marilyn
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 67%
role:
Main Title Theme Composer
2011

Drama

6.9
67%
The Ides of March
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Original Music Composer
2011

Drama

7.1
67%
Carnage
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 72%
role:
Original Music Composer
2011

Comedy

Drama

7.1
72%
2011

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1
81%
A Better Life
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Original Music Composer
2011

Drama

7.2
71%
The Tree of Life
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 67%
role:
Original Music Composer
2011

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
67%
The Well Digger's Daughter
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 69%
role:
Original Music Composer
2011

Drama

Romance

7.0
69%
Largo Winch II
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 59%
role:
Original Music Composer
2011

Action

Adventure

Thriller

6.1
59%
The King's Speech
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 77%
role:
Original Music Composer
2010

Drama

History

8.0
77%
2010

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
77%
Tamara Drewe
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 58%
role:
Original Music Composer
2010

Comedy

Romance

6.2
58%
The Special Relationship
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 65%
role:
Conductor & 1 more
2010

Drama

History

TV Movie

6.7
65%
The Ghost Writer
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 68%
role:
Original Music Composer
2010

Mystery

Thriller

7.2
68%
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 60%
role:
Original Music Composer
2009

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.8
60%
Fantastic Mr. Fox
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 78%
role:
Orchestrator & 1 more
2009

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

7.9
78%
Army of Crime
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 64%
role:
Original Music Composer
2009

Drama

History

War & Politics

6.7
64%
A Prophet
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 76%
role:
Original Music Composer
2009

Crime

Drama

7.8
76%
Julie & Julia
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 67%
role:
Original Music Composer
2009

Drama

Romance

7.0
67%
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 64%
role:
Original Music Composer & 1 more
Not available
2009

Documentary

7.7
64%
Not available
Coco Before Chanel
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 69%
role:
Original Music Composer
2009

Drama

History

6.6
69%
Cheri
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Original Music Composer
2009

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.1
61%
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 76%
role:
Original Music Composer
2008

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
76%
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 60%
role:
Original Music Composer
2008

Action

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

6.4
60%
Afterwards
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 54%
role:
Original Music Composer
2008

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

5.7
54%
The Golden Compass
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
Original Music Composer
2007

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
60%
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 62%
role:
Original Music Composer
2007

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
62%
Intimate Enemies
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 67%
role:
Original Music Composer
2007

Drama

History

War & Politics

6.9
67%
Lust, Caution
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Original Music Composer & 1 more
2007

Action

Drama

Romance

Thriller

7.5
72%
The Queen
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
Original Music Composer
2006

Drama

History

7.3
70%
The Singer
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 59%
role:
Original Music Composer
2006

Drama

Romance

6.4
59%
The Valet
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 59%
role:
Music
2006

Comedy

6.6
59%
Firewall
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 58%
role:
Orchestrator & 1 more
2006

Thriller

5.8
58%
The Alibi
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 57%
role:
Original Music Composer
2006

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.3
57%
The Painted Veil
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 73%
role:
Original Music Composer
2006

Drama

Romance

7.4
73%
Casanova
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 65%
role:
Original Music Composer
2005

Comedy

Romance

6.5
65%
Syriana
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 64%
role:
Original Music Composer
2005

Drama

Thriller

6.9
64%
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Original Music Composer
2005

Crime

Drama

Music

7.2
70%
Hostage
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 63%
role:
Conductor & 1 more
2005

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.5
63%
The Upside of Anger
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 62%
role:
Original Music Composer
2005

Comedy

Drama

6.8
62%
Birth
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 59%
role:
Original Music Composer
2004

Drama

Mystery

Romance

6.3
59%
The Corsican File
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 60%
role:
Original Music Composer
2004

Comedy

5.8
60%
Girl with a Pearl Earring
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Original Music Composer
2003

Drama

Romance

6.9
66%
The Nest
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 63%
role:
Original Music Composer
2002

Action

Crime

6.7
63%
Read My Lips
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 71%
role:
Original Music Composer
2001

Crime

Drama

Romance

Thriller

7.3
71%
Amazon
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 39%
role:
Music
2000

Adventure

Comedy

Romance

4.8
39%
1998

Action

Adventure

Comedy

5.8
59%
Love, etc.
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 56%
role:
Original Music Composer
1996

Drama

Romance

6.2
56%
A Self-Made Hero
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 67%
role:
Original Music Composer
1996

Drama

War & Politics

7.2
67%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Alexandre Desplat are, for example, The Regime, The Boys in the Boat and NYAD.
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