His Dark Media
Twilight Saga
SherlockChronicles.orgAlexandre Desplat (Composer)
Biography
Alexandre Desplat (born August 23, 1961 in Paris, France) is a highly acclaimed composer. Alexandre played piano, flute and trumpet as a child before studying music composition at the Conservatoire de Paris. He has since gone on to be a prolific composer in the French film industry and has more recently been recognized internationally for his soundtracks to “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and “Syriana”, both of which received Golden Globe nominations. In 2006 he won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score for “The Painted Veil” and received an Academy Award nomination for his soundtrack to “The Queen”.
Selected filmography
- (2007) His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
- (2006) The Painted Veil
- (2006) The Queen
- (2006) Firewall
- (2005) Syriana
- (2005) Casanova
- (2004) Birth
- (2003) Girl with a Pearl Earring
- (2000) The Luzhin Defence
Full filmography: IMDb