Alexandre Desplat
b. Alexandre Michel Grard Desplat, 23 August 1961, Paris, France. Desplat's parents, French father and Greek mother, met while students in California, USA. After their marriage they moved to France where he was born. At the age of five, he began playing piano and also became proficient on trumpet and flute. He studied with Claude Ballif and Iannis Xenakis in France and with Jack Hayes in the USA. Desplat's musical interests were wide and he was also influenced by South American and African artists and teachers, among whom were Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema.
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Albums
- (2006) The Queen
- (2005) Birth - Original Score
- (2005) Upside Of Anger - Original Score
- (2005) Syriana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Top Tracks
- Syriana
- Syriana (Piano Solo)
- The Queen
- Hills of Scotland
- Driving in Geneva
Related Artists
- John Williams
- Hans Zimmer
- James Newton Howard
- James Horner
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Alan Silvestri
- Danny Elfman
- Jerry Goldsmith
- John Barry
- Lord Of The Rings 2 - The Two Towers
- Ennio Morricone
- Carter Burwell
- Trevor Rabin
- John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra
- Original Soundtrack
- Yvonne S. Moriarty [Orchestrator]
- Thomas Newman
- Howard Shore
- Harry Potter Soundtrack
- Lord Of The Rings 3 Soundtrack-The Return Of The King
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