Alexandre Desplat

·         He is a professional composer, orchestrator and conductor.

·         His father was Greek and his mother French. Desplat was born in Paris on 23^rd of August 1961. He is the younger of two boys. At the age of five, Alexandre began playing the piano and soon after he became highly skilled on the trumpet and flute.

·         He has written the score for The Painted Veil, The King’s Speech, The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Golden Compass, New Moon, Fantastic Mr. Fox and  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 and many other movies.

·         Although trained in classical music, Desplat grew up with American jazz and Hollywood movie scores. These styles have influenced his music and it has resulted in a fresh and unique movie music style.

·         Alexandre first came onto the movie music scene after his work on the 2003 film, Girl with the Pearl Earring. This score earned him Golden Globe, BAFTA and European Film Award nominations.

·         His name in movie music was cemented after his composition work on the films, Birth, The Upside of Anger, Hostage and Syriana (earned him another Golden Globe nomination).

·         In 2007, he won his first Academy Award nomination for the film, Queen and in the same year he won his first Golden Globe Award for his work on The Painted Veil.

·         Although, his name is well-known for scoring Hollywood films, Desplat still finds time to compose the score for many European films. His most recent being De Battre Mon Coeur S’est Arrete (The Beat that My Heart Skipped).

·         He has received 4 academy award nominations, 5 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television) nominations and 5 Golden Globe nominations, one of which he won for his work on The Painted Veil in 2006.

·         In 2011, he won his first BAFTA Award for The King’s Speech score.

Awards:

• "Prix de la Meilleure Musique de Film" at 22nd Lourdes Art & Cinema Festival (France) for "The King's Speech" 2011
• Etoiles d'Or du Cinéma Français: "Film Music Composer": Alexandre Desplat for "The Ghost Writer"
• International Film Music Critics' 2010 Awards: Alexandre Desplat "Film Composer Of The Year", "Best Original Score For a Drama Film" for "The King's Speech" and "Best Original Score For an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film" for "The Ghost Writer"
• 2011 César Award (France), "Best Music Written for a Film" for "The Ghost Writer"
• Sammy Award for film music CD of 2010, "Best New Film Score CD: The King's Speech, Music by Alexandre Desplat (Decca)"
• "Best Film Music" at 2011 British Academy Film Award (BAFTA), for "The King's Speech"
• Best Original Score of the Year for "Fantastic Mr Fox", and Soundtrack Composer of the Year for "The Ghost Writer", "Fantastic Mr Fox", "The Twilight Saga - New Moon" and "Julie and Julia" at 2010 World Soundtrack Awards
• Etoile D'Or du Compositeur de Musique Originale de Films Français 2010, Académie de la Presse du Cinéma Français (France), for "A Prophet", "The Army Of Crime", "Afterwards", "Coco Before Chanel" and "Chéri"
• Best Music Score for "The Ghost Writer" at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2010
• Best European Composer at 2010 European Film Awards for "The Ghost Writer"
• Alexandre Desplat receives the Golden Alexander for his career in film music at 2009 Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece)
• 2009 BMI Film Music Award for "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button"
• Hollywood Film Composer Award at 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards
• Alexandre Desplat Film Composer of the Year and Best Film Score of the Year for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" at the 2009 World Soundtrack Academy Awards
• Best New Film Score for "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" at the 21st Annual Sammy Awards
• Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing at 20th Palm Springs International Film Festival
• Best Original Score for "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" at the 7th Annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
• 2008 Best Original Score for "The Curious Case Of Benjamion Button", Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
• 2008 Grand Prix de la musique pour l'audiovisuel, SACEM (France)
• 2007 Film Composer of the Year, Movie Music UK Awards
• 2007 Score of the Year and Best Original Score Fantasy/Science Fiction for "The Golden Compass", Movie Music UK Awards
• 2007 Film Composer of the Year and Best Original Score for Fantasy-Science Fiction for "The Golden Compass" Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA)
• 2007 Best Film Music by Soundtracks.pl for "Lust, Caution"
• 2007 Best Original Film Score at the 44e Golden Horse Awards Competition (Taiwan) for "Lust, Caution"
• 2007 European Composer by European Film Academy (EFA) for "The Queen"
• 2007 Film Composer of the Year at the Ghent Film Festival for "The Queen" and "The Painted Veil"
• 2007 BMI London Film Music Awards for "The Queen" and "The Painted Veil"
• 2007 Golden Globe Award, Best Original Score for "The Painted Veil"
• 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Best Music for "The Queen" and "The Painted Veil"
• 2006 César (France) for "The Beat My Heart Skipped"
• Etoile D'Or du Compositeur de Musique Originale de Films Français 2006, Académie de la Presse du Cinéma Français, (France) for "The Beat My Heart Skipped"
• 2005 Silver Bear for Best Score at the Berlin Film Festival for "The Beat My Heart Skipped"