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Alexandre Desplat
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Alexandre Desplat was born in Paris in 1961 and plays the flute himself. In France he long worked with the director Jacques Audiard, on films including Un héros très discret (1996) and Sur mes lèvres (2001). His international breakthrough was Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). Desplat writes precisely and transparently, with plenty of woodwinds, harp, piano and small percussion patterns. He often lets rhythm and tone colour matter more than a big theme. For Wes Anderson he used cimbalom, balalaikas and organ in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). That score won an Oscar, as did The Shape of Water (2017) by Guillermo del Toro.
Listening
Listening tip. Notice the clear, rhythmic patterns in flute, harp and piano, and the unusual folk instruments in The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Griet's Theme · Alexandre Desplat, 2003
Mr. Moustafa · Alexandre Desplat, 2014
The Shape of Water · Alexandre Desplat, 2017
Discography
Studio albums
- 1994Regarde les hommes tomber (soundtrack)
- 1995Les Milles : Le Train de la liberté (soundtrack)
- 1995Marie-Louise ou la permission (soundtrack)
- 1996Les péchés mortels (soundtrack)
- 1996Love etc. (soundtrack)
- 1996Un héros très discret (soundtrack)
- 1997La Femme du cosmonaute (soundtrack)
- 1997Sous les pieds des femmes (soundtrack)
- 19981 chance sur 2 (soundtrack)
- 1998Restons groupés (soundtrack)
- 1999C'est pas ma faute ! (soundtrack)
- 1999Le château des singes (soundtrack)
- 1999Toni (soundtrack)
- 2000Amazone (soundtrack)
- 2000The Luzhin Defence (soundtrack)
- 2001Les Portes de la Gloire (soundtrack)
- 2001Reines d'un jour (soundtrack)
- 2002Nid de guêpes (soundtrack)
- 2004Birth (soundtrack)
- 2004Girl With a Pearl Earring (soundtrack)
- 2004Inquiétudes (soundtrack)
- 2004L’Enquête Corse (soundtrack)
- 2004Les Corps impatients (soundtrack)
- 2004The Upside of Anger (soundtrack)
- 2005Casanova (soundtrack)
- 2005Hostage (soundtrack)
- 2005Syriana: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2006Firewall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2006The Painted Veil (soundtrack)
- 2006The Queen (soundtrack)
- 2007L'Ennemi intime (soundtrack)
- 2007Lust, Caution (soundtrack)
- 2007Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (soundtrack)
- 2007The Golden Compass (soundtrack)
- 2008Largo Winch (soundtrack)
- 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2009Afterwards (soundtrack)
- 2009Chéri (soundtrack)
- 2009Coco avant Chanel (soundtrack)
- 2009Fantastic Mr. Fox (soundtrack)
- 2009Julie & Julia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2009L'armée du crime (soundtrack)
- 2009The Twilight Saga: New Moon (soundtrack)
- 2009Un prophète (soundtrack)
- 2010Fantastic Mr. Fox (Additional Music from the Original Score) [The Abbey Road Mixes] (soundtrack)
- 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2010Tamara Drewe (soundtrack)
- 2010The Ghost Writer: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2010The King's Speech (soundtrack)
- 2010The Special Relationship (soundtrack)
- 2011A Better Life (soundtrack)
- 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2011La Fille du puisatier (soundtrack)
- 2011Largo Winch II (soundtrack)
- 2011The Ides of March (soundtrack)
- 2011The Tree of Life (soundtrack)
- 2012Argo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2012Cloclo (soundtrack)
- 2012De rouille et d'os (soundtrack)
- 2012Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (soundtrack)
- 2012Moonrise Kingdom: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2012Reality (soundtrack)
- 2012Rise of the Guardians (soundtrack)
- 2012Zero Dark Thirty: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2013La Vénus à la fourrure (soundtrack)
- 2013Philomena (soundtrack)
- 2014Godzilla: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2014Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
- 2014The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2014The Imitation Game (soundtrack)
- 2014The Monuments Men: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2014Unbroken: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2015Every Thing Will Be Fine (soundtrack)
- 2015Suffragette (soundtrack)
- 2015The Danish Girl (soundtrack)
- 2016American Pastoral (soundtrack)
- 2016Florence Foster Jenkins (soundtrack)
- 2016L'Odyssée (soundtrack)
- 2016Les Habitants (soundtrack)
- 2016Marseille: A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2016The Light Between Oceans (soundtrack)
- 2016The Secret Life of Pets: Original Motion Picture Sountrack (soundtrack)
- 2016Traffic Quintet Plays Alexandre Desplat
- 2017Suburbicon (soundtrack)
- 2017The Shape of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (soundtrack)
- 2018Isle of Dogs: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2018Les frères Sisters (soundtrack)
- 2018Operation Finale (soundtrack)
- 2019Adults In The Room : Bande Originale (soundtrack)
- 2019J'accuse (soundtrack)
- 2019Little Women (soundtrack)
- 2019Little Women (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2019The Secret Life of Pets 2 (soundtrack)
- 2020Airlines
- 2020The Midnight Sky (soundtrack)
- 2021The French Dispatch: Original Score (soundtrack)
- 2022Coupez! - キャメラを止めるな! : Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2022Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Soundtrack From the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
- 2022The Lost King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2022The Outfit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2023Asteroid City: Original Score (soundtrack)
- 2023Eiffel (soundtrack)
- 2023NYAD: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
- 2023The Boys in the Boat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2023Tirailleurs (soundtrack)
- 2024La plus précieuse des marchandises (soundtrack)
- 2024The Piano Lesson: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
- 2024The Regime: Soundtrack from the HBO® Original Series (soundtrack)
- 2025Frankenstein: Soundtrack From the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
- 2025Jurassic World Rebirth: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2025L'homme qui rétrécit (soundtrack)
- 2025Lee: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2025Les Aigles de la République: Bande originale du film
- 2025My Cinematic Autumn
- 2025Paris - Hollywood
- 2025The Phoenician Scheme (soundtrack)
- 2025Unstoppable: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2026Frankenstein (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2026The Social Reckoning: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2026Winter Walking: Soundtracks for Cold Days
Other work
- 2001Sur mes lèvres
- 2014The Grand Budapest Hotel
- 2017The Shape of Water
- 2010–2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3NL Reader