Alexandre Desplat is set to reteam with director Stephen Frears on the upcoming comedy drama Florence Foster Jenkins. The film stars Meryl Streep in the title role, alongside Hugh Grant as her partner St Clair Bayfield, as well as Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson and Nina Arianda. The movie tells the true story of the legendary New York heiress and socialite who […]
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Alexandre Desplat to Score Stephen Frears’ ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
Posted: June 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Florence Foster Jenkins, Stephen Frears
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Alexandre Desplat to Score Tom Hooper’s ‘The Danish Girl’
Posted: May 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, The Danish Girl, Tom Hooper
Alexandre Desplat is officially set to reunite with Tom Hooper on the upcoming drama The Danish Girl. The film stars Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw and Amber Heard. The movie is inspired by the lives of artists Einar and Gerda Wegener, whose marriage and work are cast into the unknown when Einar begins […]
Video Highlights From 2015 BMI Film & TV Awards
Posted: May 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, BMI Film & TV Awards, Chris Montan
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published a number of video clips from the organization’s 2015 BMI Film & TV Awards gala, which was held last week at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out the acceptance speech of this year’s recipient of the BMI Icon Award, Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff ‘Rogue One’
Posted: March 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Gareth Edwards, Rogue One, Star Wars
Alexandre Desplat revealed in an interview on Radio Classique’s Culture Club that he will be reuniting with director Gareth Edwards on the upcoming Star Wars spinoff feature Rogue One. Felicity Jones is attached to star in the film, which is scripted by Chris Weitz (Cinderella, The Golden Compass). No plot details have been revealed yet, but the movie is […]
Alexandre Desplat Scoring ‘Don’t Tell Me the Boy Was Mad’
Posted: February 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad, Robert Guédiguian, Une histoire de fou
Alexandre Desplat is currently scoring the upcoming French drama Don’t Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (Une histoire de fou). The film is directed by Robert Guédiguian (The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Marius and Jeannette) and stars Simon Abkarian, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Serge Avédikian and Syrus Shahidi. The movie follows a young man from Marseilles of Armenian origin […]
Video Highlights from 87th Academy Awards
Posted: February 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Common, John Legend
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and ABC have published some of the music-related highlights of the 87th Academy Awards ceremony online. Check out the acceptance speeches of Alexandre Desplat who won the Oscar for his music for The Grand Budapest Hotel and John Legend & Common who won the award for the song Glory from Selma after the jump. Also embedded is the backstage […]
Alexandre Desplat Wins Oscar for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Posted: February 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Destplat has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. The composer was previously nominated six time before and also received another nod this year for his score for The Imitation Game. The other contenders in the category were Johann Johannsspn […]
SCL Hosts Reception for Academy Award-Nominated Composers and Songwriters
Posted: February 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Common, Danielle Brisebois, Diane Warren, Gary Yershon, Gregg Alexander, Johann Johannsson, Julian Raymond, SCL, Shawn Patterson
Yesterday afternoon, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Academy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song category at the Cafe La Boheme in West Hollywood. Following a speech by Academy Music Branch Governor Charles Bernstein, SCL president Ashley Irwin introduced the nominees […]
