Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “No, never, never think about horror,” the aghast French composer winner said at a recent music showcase for guild and Oscar ...

Composer Alexandre Desplat tells Tiffany Pritchard about bringing Alan Turing’s frenetic mind to life through his score for The Imitation Game. Alexandre Desplat is no stranger to working on film ...

Acclaimed composer Alexandre Desplat talks about the challenges of covering a wide range of moods in his score for Rise of the Guardians. By Katherine Krueger. But even the famously prolific composer ...

When Clooney rejected the original idea from the two-time Oscar winner, Desplat conceived of an original blend for the 90-minute score. “So I used a large string orchestra for the core of the sounds — ...

Composer Alexandre Desplat plays “Happy Birthday to You” on his keyboard — but with a twist: the final note on “you” is higher than in the traditional melody. It’s Igor Stravinsky’s “Greeting Prelude, ...

Alexandre Desplat has picked up the film composer of the year award at the 9th World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday (October 17). The event closed the 36th Ghent International Film Festival. Desplat, a ...

An enormous shadow hovers over the characters in “Jurassic World: Rebirth,” and it’s the same one that has been dogging composer Alexandre Desplat ever since he was a teenager in Paris. That shadow?

With multiple Oscar wins and awards under his belt, WSA guest of honour Alexandre Desplat has become one of the most celebrated, and prolific, modern composers. There can be few Holly­wood composers ...

Director Olivier Assayas, producer Patrick Wachsberger and composer Alexandre Desplat are among the seven-strong committee appointed by France’s Centre National du Cinema (CNC) to select the country’s ...

Awards will take place on the closing night of the Gent Film Festival on Oct 25. Hans Zimmer and Alexandre Desplat are among the nominees for this year’s World Soundtrack Awards. Zimmer and Desplat ...