Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (* 23. August 1961 in Paris) is a French composer. A name made itself it particularly as a music composer from so far over ninety film and TV - for productions.

1 biography
- 1,1 childhood and training
- 1,2 international break-through
2 Filmmusiken (selection)
3 honors
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biography

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childhood and training

Alexandre Desplat saw 1961 into of Paris the light of the world. Its French father and his nut/mother, a Greek, had become acquainted with themselves during their study at the US-American Berkeley college. Desplat, that in two languages buildup, received already in recent years music instruction. With six years it received piano hours, with eight and/or. ten years trumpets - and flute instruction. At the same time Desplat began to compose first own music pieces. Its training continued it at the Conservatoire de Paris under Claude Ballifs as well as at the Le studio UPIC von Iannis Xenakis . Desplat studied the further Orchestrierung in Los Angeles with Jack Hayes. Its fascination for American jazz and Scores from Hollywoodfilmen flowed later into its work.

Parall to its classical music training succeeded to collect it Alexandre Desplat also with the Brazilian Carlinhos Brown and the Zairer Ray Lema experience. Its first film core wrote it 1985 for Robert Guédiguian comedy AI lo to SA?. Since that time Desplat made itself primarily a name as a composer from so far over fifty film compositions. He worked and. A. for as renowned European directors as Jacques AUDI pool of broadcasting corporations, Marleen Gorris and Patrice Leconte. For its film compositions in Audiards films the life: A lie (1996) and Sur of mes levrès (2001) it was nominated for the renowned French film price César. In the year 2002 the title melody for the episode film followed itself 11 ' 09 " 01 - Septembers 11 into several directors from different countries with the assassination attempt on the towers of the World trade of center in New York at the 11. September 2001 argue. Filmsongs wrote Desplat and. A. for Catherine Ringer, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Gambon, Nadia Farès and John Hurt. In addition it created the melodies for Karl Zeros album “Songs for Cabriolets” and Eric Morenas “Ô mon Bateau” and/or. “Ever suis le Torero de l' Amour”. Further it composed also theatre music for André angel of the Comédie Française and Philippe Genty, as well as ballet - performances.

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international break-through

in the year 2003 created Alexandre Desplat the film music for Peter Webbers history drama the girl with the bead ear ring with Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth in the main roles. The sense-pregnant film core, that it and. A. Nominating for golden the Globe, BAFTA Award and the European film price brought in, marked his international break-through as a film composer and left it also in Hollywood admits to become. Again by critics it was praised one year later for co-operation at Jonathan Glazers to controversially taken up drama Birth with NIC oils Kidman, with whose disturbing Score it strengthened its place in the Riege of the Hollywood composers. Today Desplat is considered particularly as voice for fresh and singular music pieces, is however still also active for European productions. 2005 co-operated Desplat again with Jacques AUDI pool of broadcasting corporations. For the film music to Audiards drama the wild impact of my heart, oriented by works Johann Sebastian of brook , received the film composer in the same year with the film festivals from Berlin and 2006 the César to the silver bears. A further golden Globe nominating followed 2006 for the film music in Stephen Gaghans Politdrama Syriana with George Clooney. At present the Frenchman cooperates in the film music to the Actionfilm Firewall and. A. Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany and Virginia Madsen.

As a conductor Alexandre Desplat and worked. A. at London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Concert Hall and Munich symphony orchestras. Further it gives instruction at that Paris Sorbonne and at the Royal to college OF music in London. As an actor completed Desplat an appearance in Josiane Balaskos comedy my life is hell (1991), at the side of Daniel Auteuil.

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