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Book Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat is a French composer and conductor who has written scores for some of the most celebrated films of the past two decades. He has won two Oscars for his original scores to The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water, plus three BAFTAs, a pair of Golden Globes and two Grammys, one of them the 2015 Grammy for score soundtrack for visual media. He earned Oscar nominations for The Queen and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, among other films. France has honored him as a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2011 and as an Officer of the National Order of Merit and a Commander of Arts and Letters, both in 2016, and he won the European Film Award for Best Composer in 2007 and 2010. Desplat pairs elegant orchestration with a distinctive, intimate touch, and he can lead a live orchestra in a concert of film music.
- Genres: theatrical
- Active since 1985
- Born in 20th arrondissement of Paris
- Honors: Academy Award, Grammy
- Category: Musician
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Milestones
- Received the European Film Award for Best Composer
- Appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Won the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media ("The King's Speech")
- Released the album Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
- Won the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media ("The Grand Budapest Hotel")
- Received the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Received the Academy Award for Best Original Score
- Received the Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Appointed Officer of the National Order of Merit
- Released the album Traffic Quintet Plays Alexandre Desplat
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What is the typical fee range for Alexandre Desplat?
Our estimate puts Alexandre Desplat in the $50K–$100K range (estimate).
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