08/23/1961
Paris, France:
Alexandre Desplat est un compositeur de musiques de films français, né le 23 août 1961 à Paris. Composant pour des films et téléfilms français depuis 1985, il se fait remarquer au niveau international en 2003 avec la bande originale de La Jeune Fille à la perle. Il est alors de plus en plus demandé à l'étranger, notamment par le cinéma américain, et se met à travailler pour de grands réalisateurs et sur des films à gros budget. Il est le compositeur régulier de nombreux réalisateurs tels que Jacques Audiard, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski et Stephen Frears, George Clooney et Guillermo del Toro. Il a également écrit la musique de documentaires, de pièces de théâtre et de spectacles, et a composé une symphonie concertante. Il a reçu de nombreux prix pour son travail, dont deux Oscars (The Grand Budapest Hotel, La Forme de l'eau), trois Césars (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté, The Ghost Writer, De rouille et d'os), deux BAFTA Awards (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Le Discours d'un roi), deux Golden Globes (Le Voile des illusions, La Forme de l'eau), deux Grammy Awards (Le Discours d'un roi, The Grand Budapest Hotel) et huit World Soundtrack Awards. Alexandre Desplat naît le 23 août 1961 à Paris d'un père français originaire de Sarlat, Jacques Joseph Desplat, ingénieur, commissaire de bord à la TWA, également docteur en philosophie, et d'une mère grecque, Katie Ladopoulou, poète, qui se sont rencontrés lors de leurs études à l'université de Californie à Berkeley aux États-Unis. Ils se marient à San Francisco avant de revenir s'installer en France. Il grandit «dans un tourbillon musical», du jazz à la bossa nova en passant par les musiques grecque, arabe et les symphonistes français comme Maurice Ravel ou Claude Debussy. Il apprend le piano dès l'âge de cinq ans avant de choisir la trompette puis la flûte traversière. Il complète sa formation en étudiant l'analyse musicale auprès de Claude Ballif au Conservatoire de Paris, puis l'orchestration avec Jack Hayes à Los Angeles (États-Unis). Il enrichit également son éducation musicale classique en étudiant les musiques brésiliennes et africaines. Cinéphile passionné de musique de film, il est inspiré par les compositions de Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota et Georges Delerue. Mais c'est après avoir entendu en 1977 la partition de John Williams pour Star Wars, épisode IV: Un nouvel espoir qu'il décide de composer exclusivement pour le grand écran. À 20 ans, il entre dans une troupe de théâtre itinérante pour laquelle il compose et joue de la musique. Lorsqu'un des acteurs réalise un court-métrage, il réalise la bande originale. En 1985, Alexandre Desplat compose ses premières musiques de film pour Ki lo sa? de Robert Guédiguian et Le Souffleur de Franck Le Witta. À partir de 1987, il collabore avec Karl Zéro dans ses émissions sur Canal+. Il compose les chansons Oh! Mon bateau, Je suis le torero de l'Amour et Ramon et Pedro pour Éric Morena, et Songs for cabriolets et Tu rentres chez toi tu travailles pour le film Le Tronc de Karl Zéro. ... Source: Article "Alexandre Desplat" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson (2025) as Self - Composer |
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Alexandre Desplat – Le Concert symphonique au cinéma (2025) as Himself |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) as Self |
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Killing Me Softly with His Songs (2022) as Self |
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Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur (2021) as Self - Interviewee |
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Bandes Originales: Alexandre Desplat (2020) as Self |
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In The Tracks Of - Special Edition (2020) as Self |
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Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat (2018) as Self |
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Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017) as Self |
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The Monuments Men (2014) as Émile |
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Exploring 'The Tree of Life' (2011) as Self |
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button (2009) as Self |
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Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano () as |
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Nino () as Self - film music composer |
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The Social Reckoning (2026) Original Music Composer |
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Les Chaillées de l'Enfer (2026) Music |
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L'Homme qui rétrécit (2025) Original Music Composer |
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Frankenstein (2025) Original Music Composer |
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Frankenstein (2025) Conductor |
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Alexandre Desplat – Le Concert symphonique au cinéma (2025) Original Music Composer |
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Alexandre Desplat – Le Concert symphonique au cinéma (2025) Conductor |
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نسور الجمهورية (2025) Original Music Composer |
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Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Original Music Composer |
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Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Conductor |
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The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Original Music Composer |
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Unstoppable (2024) Original Music Composer |
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Unstoppable (2024) Orchestrator |
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La Plus Précieuse des marchandises (2024) Music |
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La Plus Précieuse des marchandises (2024) Original Music Composer |
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The Piano Lesson (2024) Original Music Composer |
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Lee (2024) Original Music Composer |
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Elyas (2024) Original Music Composer |
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The Boys in the Boat (2023) Original Music Composer |
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NYAD (2023) Original Music Composer |
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The Palace (2023) Original Music Composer |
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Asteroid City (2023) Original Music Composer |
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Tirailleurs (2023) Original Music Composer |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) Original Music Composer |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) Songs |
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A Cooler Climate (2022) Original Music Composer |
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The Lost King (2022) Original Music Composer |
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Argentina 1985 (2022) Thanks |
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Coupez ! (2022) Original Music Composer |
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The Outfit (2022) Original Music Composer |
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Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite (2022) Music |
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Lui (2021) Original Music Composer |
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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) Original Music Composer |
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Eiffel (2021) Original Music Composer |
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The Midnight Sky (2020) Original Music Composer |
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Little Women (2019) Original Music Composer |
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Little Women (2019) Conductor |
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Adults in the Room (2019) Original Music Composer |
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J'accuse (2019) Original Music Composer |
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The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) Original Music Composer |
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Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat (2018) Conductor |
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Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat (2018) Music |
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Kursk (2018) Original Music Composer |
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The Sisters Brothers (2018) Original Music Composer |
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Operation Finale (2018) Original Music Composer |
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Isle of Dogs (2018) Original Music Composer |
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The Shape of Water (2017) Original Music Composer |
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12 jours (2017) Original Music Composer |
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D'après une histoire vraie (2017) Original Music Composer |
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Suburbicon (2017) Original Music Composer |
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Espèces menacées (2017) Original Music Composer |
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Original Music Composer |
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Wes Anderson // From Above (2017) Music |
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Réparer les vivants (2016) Original Music Composer |
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American Pastoral (2016) Original Music Composer |
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American Pastoral (2016) Conductor |
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American Pastoral (2016) Orchestrator |
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L'Odyssée (2016) Original Music Composer |
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7:19 (2016) Original Music Composer |
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The Light Between Oceans (2016) Original Music Composer |
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The Secret Life of Pets (2016) Original Music Composer |
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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) Original Music Composer |
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Les Habitants (2016) Music |
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Alone in Berlin (2016) Original Music Composer |
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The Danish Girl (2015) Original Music Composer |
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Une histoire de fou (2015) Original Music Composer |
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Suffragette (2015) Original Music Composer |
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Il racconto dei racconti (2015) Original Music Composer |
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Il racconto dei racconti (2015) Conductor |
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Il racconto dei racconti (2015) Orchestrator |
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Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) Original Music Composer |
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Suite Française (2015) Original Music Composer |
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Unbroken (2014) Original Music Composer |
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The Imitation Game (2014) Original Music Composer |
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Godzilla (2014) Original Music Composer |
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Wes Anderson: Centered (2014) Music |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Original Music Composer |
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The Monuments Men (2014) Original Music Composer |
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Zulu (2013) Original Music Composer |
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Philomena (2013) Original Music Composer |
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Fanny (2013) Original Music Composer |
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Marius (2013) Original Music Composer |
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La Vénus à la fourrure (2013) Original Music Composer |
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Malick: Fire & Water (2013) Music |
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Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Original Music Composer |
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Rise of the Guardians (2012) Original Music Composer |
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Rise of the Guardians (2012) Orchestrator |
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Argo (2012) Original Music Composer |
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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2012) Original Music Composer |
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Renoir (2012) Original Music Composer |
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De rouille et d'os (2012) Original Music Composer |
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Original Music Composer |
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Reality (2012) Original Music Composer |
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Cloclo (2012) Original Music Composer |
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) Original Music Composer |
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My Week with Marilyn (2011) Main Title Theme Composer |
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The Ides of March (2011) Original Music Composer |
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Carnage (2011) Original Music Composer |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) Original Music Composer |
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A Better Life (2011) Original Music Composer |
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The Tree of Life (2011) Original Music Composer |
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La Fille du puisatier (2011) Original Music Composer |
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Largo Winch II (2011) Original Music Composer |
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The King's Speech (2010) Original Music Composer |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) Original Music Composer |
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Tamara Drewe (2010) Original Music Composer |
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The Special Relationship (2010) Conductor |
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The Special Relationship (2010) Original Music Composer |
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The Ghost Writer (2010) Original Music Composer |
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) Original Music Composer |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Orchestrator |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Original Music Composer |
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L'Armée du crime (2009) Original Music Composer |
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Un prophète (2009) Original Music Composer |
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Julie & Julia (2009) Original Music Composer |
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button (2009) Original Music Composer |
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Coco avant Chanel (2009) Original Music Composer |
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Chéri (2009) Original Music Composer |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Original Music Composer |
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Largo Winch (2008) Original Music Composer |
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Afterwards (2008) Original Music Composer |
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The Golden Compass (2007) Original Music Composer |
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) Original Music Composer |
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L'Ennemi intime (2007) Original Music Composer |
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色‧戒 (2007) Original Music Composer |
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Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... (2007) Original Music Composer |
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Michou d'Auber (2007) Original Music Composer |
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The Painted Veil (2006) Original Music Composer |
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The Queen (2006) Original Music Composer |
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Quand j'étais chanteur (2006) Original Music Composer |
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La Doublure (2006) Original Music Composer |
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Firewall (2006) Original Music Composer |
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Firewall (2006) Orchestrator |
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The Alibi (2006) Original Music Composer |
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Casanova (2005) Original Music Composer |
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Syriana (2005) Original Music Composer |
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Une aventure (2005) Original Music Composer |
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De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (2005) Original Music Composer |
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The Upside of Anger (2005) Original Music Composer |
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Hostage (2005) Original Music Composer |
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Hostage (2005) Conductor |
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Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte (2005) Original Music Composer |
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Birth (2004) Original Music Composer |
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Birth (2004) Conductor |
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Birth (2004) Orchestrator |
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L'Enquête corse (2004) Original Music Composer |
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Le pays des enfants perdus (2004) Original Music Composer |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Inquiétudes (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Les beaux jours (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Stormviðri (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Virus au paradis (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Tristan (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Les Corps impatients (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Le Pacte du silence (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Les baisers des autres (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Rire et Châtiment (2003) Original Music Composer |
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Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002) Original Music Composer |
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Le passage du bac (2002) Original Music Composer |
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Une autre femme (2002) Music |
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Nid de guêpes (2002) Original Music Composer |
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Madame Sans-Gêne (2002) Original Music Composer |
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Reines d'un jour (2001) Original Music Composer |
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Sur mes lèvres (2001) Original Music Composer |
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Mauvais genres (2001) Conductor |
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Mauvais genres (2001) Orchestrator |
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Mauvais genres (2001) Original Music Composer |
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Les portes de la gloire (2001) Music |
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Les portes de la gloire (2001) Original Music Composer |
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Home Sweet Home (2001) Original Music Composer |
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Barnie et ses petites contrariétés (2001) Original Music Composer |
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The Luzhin Defence (2000) Original Music Composer |
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Amazone (2000) Original Music Composer |
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Rien à faire (2000) Original Music Composer |
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Vive nous! (2000) Original Music Composer |
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Les ritaliens (2000) Original Music Composer |
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Monsieur Naphtali (1999) Music |
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Le Château des singes (1999) Original Music Composer |
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C'est pas ma faute ! (1999) Original Music Composer |
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Retour à Fonteyne (1999) Original Music Composer |
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Toni (1999) Original Music Composer |
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Juliette (1999) Original Music Composer |
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Une minute de silence (1998) Original Music Composer |
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Atilano, presidente (1998) Original Music Composer |
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Restons groupés (1998) Original Music Composer |
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The Revengers' Comedies (1998) Original Music Composer |
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The Revengers' Comedies (1998) Orchestrator |
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Une chance sur deux (1998) Original Music Composer |
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La Femme du cosmonaute (1997) Original Music Composer |
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Sous les pieds des femmes (1997) Original Music Composer |
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Un petit grain de folie (1997) Original Music Composer |
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La Voisine (1997) Original Music Composer |
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Love, etc. (1996) Original Music Composer |
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Passage à l'acte (1996) Original Music Composer |
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Tout ce qui brille (1996) Original Music Composer |
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Le Cri de la soie (1996) Original Music Composer |
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Le Montreur de boxe (1996) Original Music Composer |
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Un héros très discret (1996) Original Music Composer |
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Le fils de Paul (1995) Original Music Composer |
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Le plus bel âge (1995) Music |
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Les Milles (1995) Original Music Composer |
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Innocent Lies (1995) Original Music Composer |
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Marie-Louise ou la permission (1995) Original Music Composer |
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Regarde les hommes tomber (1994) Original Music Composer |
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Le paradis absolument (1994) Original Music Composer |
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La Vienne Dynamique (1994) Original Music Composer |
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The Hour of the Pig (1993) Original Music Composer |
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Le Tronc (1993) Original Music Composer |
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Papa veut pas que je t'épouse (1992) Original Music Composer |
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Sexes faibles ! (1992) Music |
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Au nom du père et du fils (1992) Original Music Composer |
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Family Express (1991) Original Music Composer |
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Lapse of Memory (1991) Original Music Composer |
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Ki lo sa? (1986) Original Music Composer |
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The Land of William Tell () Music |
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Le souffleur () Music |