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− | '''Alexandre Desplat''' is a [[France|French]] film composer who scored both parts of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''<ref name="Desplat">[http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/daily/article.cfm/articleID/6408/The-2009-Top-Forty-Composer-Countdown-in-2010!-Part-Four/ Alexandre Desplat will score Part 1 of Deathly Hallows]</ref><ref>[http://mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/3191 Confirmed: Alexandre Desplat to compose Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1]</ref> |
+ | '''Alexandre Desplat''' is a [[France|French]] film composer who scored both parts of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''.<ref name="Desplat">[http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/daily/article.cfm/articleID/6408/The-2009-Top-Forty-Composer-Countdown-in-2010!-Part-Four/ Alexandre Desplat will score Part 1 of Deathly Hallows]</ref><ref>[http://mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/3191 Confirmed: Alexandre Desplat to compose Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1]</ref> |
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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===Before ''Potter''=== |
===Before ''Potter''=== |
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− | Alexandre Desplat has been scoring films since the mid-[[1980s]], but barely any of these films reached U.S. cinemas and the few that did ("The Advocate" and "The Luzhin Defense") went almost unnoticed. The English-language films that first gained him notice in Hollywood were "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "Birth". [[2006]]'s "The Queen" was his first major Oscar contender. Desplat also scored "The Golden Compass" in [[2007]]. While staying true to his roots in French cinema with projects such as the biopic ''Coco Before Chanel'' and the prison drama ''A Prophet'', he has also scored three major [[America]]n films -– "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Julie & Julia", and the second entry in the ''Twilight'' franchise, ''New Moon''. |
+ | Alexandre Desplat has been scoring films since the mid-[[1980s]], but barely any of these films reached U.S. cinemas and the few that did ("The Advocate" and "The Luzhin Defense") went almost unnoticed. The English-language films that first gained him notice in Hollywood were "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "Birth". [[2006]]'s "The Queen" was his first major Oscar contender. Desplat also scored "The Golden Compass" in [[2007]]. While staying true to his roots in French cinema with projects such as the biopic ''Coco Before Chanel'' and the prison drama ''A Prophet'', he has also scored three major [[America]]n films -– "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Julie & Julia", and the second entry in the ''Twilight'' franchise, ''New Moon''..<ref name="Desplat" /> |
===''Harry Potter'' films=== |
===''Harry Potter'' films=== |
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− | + | On [[18 January]], [[2009]], [http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/ Filmscoremonthly.com] published their fourth part article noting "The 2009 Top Forty Composer Countdown (in 2010!)". Composer Alexandre Desplat is in No. 3 and in the article, it said that the film scorer had already signed to score the soundtrack to Part I and Part 2 of the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''<ref name="Desplat" /> |
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Revision as of 06:56, 4 March 2015
Alexandre Desplat is a French film composer who scored both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.[1][2]
Biography
Before Potter
Alexandre Desplat has been scoring films since the mid-1980s, but barely any of these films reached U.S. cinemas and the few that did ("The Advocate" and "The Luzhin Defense") went almost unnoticed. The English-language films that first gained him notice in Hollywood were "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "Birth". 2006's "The Queen" was his first major Oscar contender. Desplat also scored "The Golden Compass" in 2007. While staying true to his roots in French cinema with projects such as the biopic Coco Before Chanel and the prison drama A Prophet, he has also scored three major American films -– "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Julie & Julia", and the second entry in the Twilight franchise, New Moon..[1]
Harry Potter films
On 18 January, 2009, Filmscoremonthly.com published their fourth part article noting "The 2009 Top Forty Composer Countdown (in 2010!)". Composer Alexandre Desplat is in No. 3 and in the article, it said that the film scorer had already signed to score the soundtrack to Part I and Part 2 of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows[1]
Filmography
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- The Golden Compass (2007)
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
- The Queen (2006)
- Firewall (2006)
- Syriana (2005)
- Casanova (2005)
- Hostage (2005)
- Birth (2004)