Alexandre Desplat

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composer conductor film composer human

Alexandre Desplat is an acclaimed French film composer known for his elegant, emotionally nuanced scores for movies such as The King’s Speech, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Shape of Water.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composer → conductor → film composer → human →
activeInField	film industry →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Score → BAFTA Award for Best Film Music → César Award for Best Music Written for a Film → Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score → Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media →
awardReceivedForWork	Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel → Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Shape of Water →
citizenship	France →
countryOfBirth	France →
dateOfBirth	1961-08-23 →
educatedAt	Conservatoire de Paris →
familyName	Desplat →
genre	classical music → contemporary classical music → film score →
givenName	Alexandre →
hasWebsite	http://www.alexandredesplat.net/ →
influencedBy	Claude Debussy → Georges Delerue → Maurice Ravel → Nino Rota →
knownFor	elegant film scores → emotionally nuanced orchestration →
languageSpoken	English → French →
name	Alexandre Desplat →
nationality	French →
notableWork	Argo → Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 → Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button → The Grand Budapest Hotel → The Grand Budapest Hotel (score) → The Imitation Game → The King’s Speech → The Queen → The Shape of Water → The Shape of Water (score) →
occupation	composer → conductor → film composer →
placeOfBirth	Paris →
workLocation	Los Angeles → Paris →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Air (2023 film) → Argo → Godzilla (2014 film) → Harry Potter film series → Julie & Julia → March of the Penguins → Syriana → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button → The Grand Budapest Hotel → The Imitation Game →	musicBy
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio → Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 → Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 → The King’s Speech → The Queen → The Shape of Water → The Tree of Life →	composer
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music → Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score →	notableRecipient
Alexandre Desplat ("Desplat") →	familyName
Wes Anderson →	frequentCollaborator
Alexandre Desplat →	name