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".
Love Theme
Alexandre Desplat Lyrics
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Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!
Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said?
Lovers walking along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song
Half remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair!
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
As the images unwind, like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind!
The opening lines "Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel, never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel" in Alexandre Desplat's Love Theme describe the cyclical and never-ending nature of thoughts and memories. The lyrics take the listener on a journey through various examples of circular concepts such as snowballs rolling down hills or carousels revolving around a center point, creating a never-ending circular motion. The constant repetition of the circular imagery reveals the theme of the song as being the fleeting, ever-changing nature of thoughts and memories.
As the song progresses, the lyrics explore the idea of memories and thoughts being interconnected, like a "tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own." Memories are depicted as flowing from one to the next, with no clear beginning or end, and constantly twisting like a spiral. The final lines of the song bring the musical journey to a close, as the autumn leaves represent the end of a relationship, and the color of the leaves echoing the color of a loved one's hair.
Overall, this song is a poetic exploration of the way memories and thoughts flow through our minds, interconnected and ever-changing, like a never-ending spiral.
Line by Line Meaning
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Life is like a circle that goes round and round without an end; it is as if one step forward is also one step back.
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Life never really has a clear or definitive start or end, it just keeps going in a continuous loop.
Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon
Life can take different and unexpected paths; sometimes, it starts small but gradually builds up momentum over time.
Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
Life can be like a spinning carousel that eventually goes round and round without getting anywhere, leaving you feeling lost and disoriented.
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
Time is constantly moving forward, and we can't resist its unstoppable force.
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
The world is a small and insignificant part of the vast universe, spinning and turning with no apparent reason.
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!
Our thoughts can be like never-ending circles, going round and round without reaching a conclusion or resolution.
Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own
Sometimes, life can feel like a maze of never-ending tunnels that lead to yet more tunnels, with no clear way out.
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone
There can be dark and hidden parts of our inner selves that we never show to the world or acknowledge ourselves.
Like a door that keeps revolving in a half-forgotten dream
There can be missed opportunities and regrets that keep coming back to us in our dreams.
Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream
Small and seemingly insignificant actions can have lasting and far-reaching consequences.
Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head
Memories and unfinished thoughts can linger in your mind, making you feel both nostalgic and uneasy.
Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said?
Time passes by so fast that we often feel we haven't made the most of it or that we've missed out on something important.
Lovers walking along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand
Love can make us feel alive and leave permanent imprints on our hearts and minds.
Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?
Sometimes, what we perceive as an external reality might only exist in our minds or imagination.
Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song
Memories are fragile and often fragmented, like a picture or a song that evoke a certain place or moment in time.
Half-remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?
Memories can decay over time, leaving us with a sense of loss and confusion about who we used to be or who the people around us were.
When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware
Sometimes, we only become aware of something's true value once we've lost it and it's too late to bring it back.
That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair!
The passage of time can be bittersweet, as we realize that everything and everyone we love will eventually fade away into memories.
As the images unwind, like the circles that you find
Life can feel like a never-ending series of images and experiences that repeat over and over, leaving us feeling lost and bewildered.
In the windmills of your mind!
Our thoughts can sometimes be like windmills, endlessly spinning and churning without any clear purpose or direction.
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Who’s listening to this in 2023??
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Oh yeah for real x
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2024
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2022,2023,2024...
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Twilight will be forever young.
Anybody after 11 years -2020?
Edit : apparently many of you are in 2021 too 🥺✋🏻
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Never thought about that
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Me. Almost 2020
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2020
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Ayyyyyyyy
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Yaaas 🙋♀️