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Alexandre Desplat

French film composer · France · On the map · Musicians · Born 1961 · age 65

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards.

Alexandre Desplat is read about 511 times a day, in 49 languages.

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2026

Readers a day, 8 September 2026 to 6 November 2026, highest on 7 October 2026.

Around the same time: The Social Reckoning, read 4.3× more than usual that day.,
2018Academy Award for Best Original ScoreAward2016Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAwardOfficer of the National Order of MeritAward2015Academy Award for Best Original ScoreAwardGrammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual MediaAward2011Knight of the Legion of HonourAward2010European Film Award for Best ComposerAward2007European Film Award for Best ComposerAward1961Born23 August 1961

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Awards

Academy Award for Best Original Score2018
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres2016
Officer of the National Order of Merit2016
Academy Award for Best Original Score2015
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media2015
Knight of the Legion of Honour2011
European Film Award for Best Composer2010
European Film Award for Best Composer2007

About this person

Desplat was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016.

Country
France
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65

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