Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (born 23 August 1961) is a French film comp… Read Full Bio ↴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" (1992), "Family Express" (1992), "Regarde Les Hommes Tomber" (1994), "Les Péchés Mortels" (1995), César-nominated "Un Héros Très Discret" (1996), "Une Minute de Silence" (1998), "Sweet Revenge" (1998), "Le Château des Singes" (1999), "Home Sweet Home" (2001), "Reines d'un Jour" (2001), the César-nominated "Sur mes Lèvres" (2002), "Rire et Châtiment" (2003), "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (2010), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (2011) and "The Danish Girl" (2015).

Desplat has composed individual songs that have been sung in films by such artists as Akhenaton, Kate Beckinsale, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Valérie Lemercier, Miosotis, Catherine Ringer and Renée Fleming. He has also written music for the theatre, including pieces performed at the Comédie Française. Desplat has conducted performances of his music played by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Desplat has also given Master Classes at La Sorbonne in Paris and the Royal College of Music in London.

In 2007, he composed the scores for Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass", Zach Helm's directorial debut "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" with American composer Aaron Zigman and the Ang Lee movie "Lust, Caution". Prior to these break-out works, he contributed scores for "The Luzhin Defence", "Girl with a Pearl Earring", "Syriana", "Birth", "Hostage", "Firewall", "Casanova", "Nid de Guêpes" and "The Painted Veil", for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music, and the 2006 World Soundtrack Award. He won the 2007 BMI Film Music Award, 2007 World Soundtrack Award, 2007 European Film Award, and received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for "The Queen". He also won the Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Film Music in "De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté". In 2008 Desplat received his second Oscar nomination for David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Desplat received his third Oscar nomination and a BAFTA nomination for "Fantastic Mr. Fox" in 2010, both of which were won by Michael Giacchino for "Up".

Recently, Desplat has composed music for "Largo Winch", based on the Belgian comic; "Afterwards", a French-Canadian psychological thriller film directed by Gilles Bourdos in English; Anne Fontaine's "Coco avant Chanel" based on the life of designer Coco Chanel; Robert Guédiguian's "L'Armée du Crime"; "Chéri", reuniting him with director Stephen Frears, whom he collaborated with on "The Queen"; "Un Prophète" reuniting with director Jacques Audiard; "Julie & Julia" directed by Nora Ephron; "Fantastic Mr. Fox", directed by Wes Anderson and based on the novel by Roald Dahl; "The Twilight Saga: New Moon", directed by Chris Weitz; Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer"; "Tamara Drewe"; "The Special Relationship"; "The King's Speech", which earned Desplat his fourth Oscar nomination; and "Largo Winch II: The Burma Conspiracy".

In early 2011, Desplat began to write the music to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2". He reunited with director David Yates, who offered Desplat the opportunity to score the second part.
Desplat's upcoming projects include "The Tree of Life", directed by Terrence Malick (which he actually recorded in early 2010), "A Better Life" and "La Fille du Puisatier", Roman Polanski's "Carnage" and George Clooney's "The Ides of March".

Desplat started 2012 with "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" and continued with scores for "The Spider's House", the Florent Emilio Siri-directed biopic "Cloclo", Jacques Audiard's "De rouille et d'os", Ben Affleck's "Argo", DreamWorks Animation's "Rise of the Guardians", Matteo Garrone's "Reality", Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" and Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero dark Thirty".

ADRENALINE
Alexandre Desplat Lyrics

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Sweep this pain
you left me gravely still
im screaming out your name
see me fall
this forsaken love
erase my fears
im living a life alone

escape the rain
come to me, cradle me, yell for me
can you hear my cries
escape the rain
how do i escape...the rain

keep me alive
revive my love
I need you,whispering my name
break down this wall
unglad my day
help me breathe
dont give up on me love

escape the rain
run to me ,cradle me,yell for me
can you hear my cries
escape the rain
how do i escape ...the rain

can you heal this wound
from bleeding inside
inside x 3

escape the rain
run to me,cradle me,yell for me
can you hear my cries

escape the rain
how do i escape the rain

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Alexandre Desplat's song Adrenaline depict someone who is hurting from a failed relationship and is desperately seeking to escape the pain. The opening lines "Sweep this pain, you left me gravely still, I'm screaming out your name, see me fall, this forsaken love" suggest that the person feels abandoned and alone, and is struggling to come to terms with the breakup. The repeated phrase "escape the rain" represents the desire to find a way out of this emotional turmoil, to find some sort of safe haven in which to heal, and to move on from the heartache.

Throughout the song, the person is pleading for their lover to come back to them, to "keep me alive, revive my love", and to "break down this wall" that has formed between them. The lyrics suggest a deep sense of longing and desperation, as if the person is reaching out with everything they have to try and save the relationship. However, the repeated phrase "escape the rain, come to me, cradle me, yell for me, can you hear my cries" suggests that the person is aware on some level that their lover may never return, and is grappling with the reality of having to move on and find a way to live with the pain.

Overall, the lyrics to Adrenaline paint a vivid picture of emotional turmoil and the struggle to move on from a failed relationship. The repeated refrain of "escape the rain" beautifully captures the desire to find a way out of the pain and to move forward into a brighter, happier future.

Line by Line Meaning

Sweep this pain
Get rid of this feeling of pain

you left me gravely still
You're the reason I'm emotionally stuck and feeling numb

im screaming out your name
I'm calling for you, hoping you'll hear me

see me fall
Witness me succumbing to this heartbreak

this forsaken love
This once cherished relationship has now been abandoned

erase my fears
Help me overcome my anxieties

im living a life alone
I'm now living without the comfort and support of my former lover

escape the rain
Find a way to escape this current emotional turmoil

come to me, cradle me, yell for me
Come and hold me, shout out to me, let me know you're there

can you hear my cries
Are you attentive to my calls for help?

how do i escape...the rain
Is there a way to escape these negative thoughts and emotions?

keep me alive
Don't let this emotional pain consume me entirely

revive my love
Bring back the passion and affection we once shared

I need you, whispering my name
I need to feel the love and care you once provided

break down this wall
Break down these barriers that prevent us from embracing each other

unglad my day
Make me happy again

help me breathe
Help me stay afloat and not suffocate from the pain

dont give up on me love
Don't abandon me when I'm feeling lost and hopeless

can you heal this wound
Can you help me recover from this emotional trauma?

from bleeding inside
From all the hurt raging inside of me

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Pretentious_m8

12y↑13

You can feel the emotion pouring out of this song, the desperate longing for what has been taken away, the sickness of wanting it back than anything, the dark that swirls around as you struggle to feel whole again. Simple and beautiful.