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Alexandre Desplat
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Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer, of Greek descent. He has won two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water, and received eight additional Academy Award nominations, eight César nominations (winning three), nine BAFTA nominations (winning three), ten Golden Globe Award nominations (winning two), and six 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, The Secret Life of Pets, and Isle of Dogs. Desplat was born in Paris to a French father and a Greek mother. At the age of five, he began playing piano. He also became proficient on trumpet and flute. He studied with Claude Ballif and Iannis Xenakis in France and Jack Hayes in the U.S. Desplat's musical interests were wide, and he was also influenced by South American and African artists and teachers, among whom were Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema. Desplat has composed extensively for films, in France and in Hollywood - scores and incidental music for over 100 films including "Lapse of Memory" (1
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Little Women (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Lust, Caution
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The King's Speech OST
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Original Soundtrack)
The Danish Girl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Harry Potter - The Deathly Hallows Part II
The Twilight Saga: New Moon