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".
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".
Romeo & Juliet
Alexandre Desplat Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Romeo & Juliet' by these artists:
Alec Costandinos & the Syncophonic Orchestra Two households both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where w…
Black Diamond You were all I ever wanted, forever is what we…
Blue System I´m not your Juliet, and you´re not Romeo But I will…
Bob Well, if I spell it out, if I yell it…
Catherine Corelli This song contains depictions and allegories To binary relat…
Christian Campbell & Kristen Bell Jim: Forsooth fair Juliet, wouldst thou likest yon hot choco…
Countdown Singers It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta'…
Daddex Yeah, aye She a bad bitch, yeah, she so clean And she…
Dire Straits A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Dire Straits/The Gary Tesca Orchestra A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Dire Straits;Mark Knopfler A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets of serenade Laying eve…
dIRE sTRATS A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsuss serenade Laying everyb…
Fadin' Colours Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wa…
Fey My dream It's feeling soo real I see You're crying tell m…
G.S.O [Chorus] It's a lot like Romeo and Juliet It feels like …
Green Beaks Take a look inside of me, cause silently my love…
Happy Campers Born without a chance in hell condemned from the womb on a…
Hey! Say! JUMP Boku wa Romeo Boku mo Romeo Boku ga Romeo Kimi ni ai wo…
Hobo Johnson It feels so good Oh that's my shit right there That's the…
Indigo Girls A love struck romeo Sings the streets a serenade Now he's la…
JOHNNY DRILLE Johnny Drille Mavin Love is a beautiful thing This love na f…
JYONGRI 危ない恋が好きで、 恋に落ち危ないの ルール違反の君に 惚れちゃったみたい Love at first sight 信じ…
Lex I was don't know about love 'cause I was living lonely…
Lolita Romeo and Juliet Forever and together, I love you babe Romeo…
Loredana Ey, Juliet, Juliet, ich bin Romeo Du bist Gangster, doch süß…
Love & Kisses / Alec Costandinos & the Syncophonic Orchestra Two households both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where w…
Mark Knopfler So your lovestruck Romeo has got his serenade Laying everybo…
Mental As Anything Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Mickey Avalon It's Mickey Avalon here. Leading lambs to water. Ha. A lit…
MILANO SUN Day after day I’m trying to find something to say But nothin…
Monte Montgomery A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade Laying everybo…
Movetron The only way I can live my life is pain, since I…
Muck And The Mires Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Neptunica You can be like my Romeo I’ll be your Juliet I see…
Nino de Angelo Wir wussten beide nicht Wohin der Weg uns führt (wohin der…
PAS Band Inikah kisah yang terus bersemi Dua manusia yang mengikat ja…
Passenger A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsuss a serenade Laying ever…
Peter McPoland Someday, down the road, I hope to be your Romeo I′ll…
Peter's Faces Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Poetry N Motion Yea, this is the story about Love! This is the…
Pru ฉันและเธอ ที่จริงเรารักกัน แม้ว่าใจเราเองต่างรู้ดี ว่าความจร…
Reefer Madness Jimmy I need words to tell you 'bout my pou…
Reflections (Ooh, ooh, oop) Finding a job tomorrow morning Got a little…
Reflections [The] Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wa…
S.E.F. It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
S.O.A.P. [Chorus] It's a lot like Romeo and Juliet It feels like Som…
Sabrina Starke Verse: Now tet me start from the beginning I'm caught up in…
Sha Na Na Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Sheffer Dicono di stare a casa Per poi domani continuare a vivere É…
Silk E. Fyne It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Silk-E. Fyne It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Smokie I don′t want to see you down again I don't want…
Soap [Chorus] It's a lot like Romeo and Juliet It feels like …
Stacy Earl With The Wild Pair Ooh (Romeo and Juliet) Baby, don't ever …
Starke Sabrina And let me start from the beginning I'm caught up in…
Sylk It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Sylk E. Fyne It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Sylk-E. Fyne It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
The Fadin' Colours Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wa…
The Honeys Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
The Racket Squad Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wa…
The Reflections (Ooh, ooh, oop) Finding a job tomorrow morning Got a little…
Trippie Redd Love scars, skrrt You, love letter to you Baby your love is…
Ultimate Spinach Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Vilano Romeo and Juliet I'm falling faster than I ever have Our for…
田中ロウマ 触れたいならその唇に今 迷わずに抱いて重なり合ってしまえばいいのに 息が出来ず 寄り添うのが怖くて 小心な自分が悔しくて…
BLUE SYSTEM I´m not your Juliet, and you´re not Romeo But I will…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Alexandre Desplat:
Adrenaline Sweep this pain you left me gravely still im screaming…
Break Up I crawl out of sight for you, dear I melt…
Edward Leaves If I stayed with you I would live a lie For you…
Great Harrowsford Square Boggis, Bunce and Bean Boggis, Bunce and Bean Boggis, Bunce …
Love Theme Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel…
Lyra Where are our lives? If there is no dream Where is our…
Memories The sweet sweet memories you gave-a me You can't beat the…
Miracles From up above I heard The angels sing to me these…
New Moon Strip this pain you left me with crave me still im screa…
On The Street Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take a…
Seduction Where did she go I do not know, And which…
The Lovers The sky was blue And high above The moon was new And so…
Victoria The first part Jacob come to the house of Bella Second part…
Volturi Waltz EDWARD The Volturi are a very old, very powerful family. I…
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