Varese Sarabande Records will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming adventure thriller Largo Winch II. The album includes 20 tracks of Alexandre Desplat’s score for the movie. Also known as The Burma Conspiracy, the film is a sequel to the 2008 thriller Largo Winch, which also featured a score by Desplat and is available […]
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‘Largo Winch II’ Soundtrack details
Posted: February 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Largo Winch II, score, Soundtrack, The Burma Conspiracy
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Alexandre Desplat wins BAFTA for ‘The King’s Speech’
Posted: February 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Awards, BAFTA, The King's Speech
Alexandre Desplat has won the Orange British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) in the Original Music category for his score for The King’s Speech. The award was presented to him by singer/songwriter Paul McCartney. Desplat’s competitors in the category were A.R. Rahman for 127 Hours, Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, John Powell for How to […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 26, 2011)
Posted: November 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Alexandre Desplat, Burlesque, Christophe Beck, Clint Mansell, Faster, James Newton Howard, Love and Other Drugs, Tangled, The King's Speech
Four new movies are opening wide over Thanksgiving weekend: Walt Disney Pictures’ Tangled features songs and score by Alan Menken. Check out our previous article announcing the soundtrack album. A short video interview on the score has been uploaded on YouTube. To listen to lenghty audio interviews with Menken talking about his work on Tangled, […]
Desplat talking about Harry Potter score
Posted: November 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part1
A number of interviews with composer Alexandre Desplat on his score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 have been published over the last couple of days. AinItCoolNews conducted an interview with the composer talking in detail on how he got involved in the project and his approach to the movie’s score. Daniel […]
The King’s Speech soundtrack album details
Posted: November 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Soundtrack, The King's Speech
Alexandre Desplat’s score for The King’s Speech will be released by Decca Records on November 22. The soundtrack album features about 30 minutes of score, plus two classical pieces by Beethoven which have been specifically recorded for the movie. To listen to audio clips from the album and order the CD, visit Amazon. Also check […]
Alexandre Desplat to finish Harry Potter series
Posted: November 8, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, John Williams
Warner Bros has officially confirmed that Alexandre Desplat will be back as the composer for the last installment in the Harry Potter series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. While Desplat’s attachment to the project has been expected given his involvement in the first part of the final book adaptation, there has been […]
Alexandre Desplat to score The Gardener
Posted: October 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, La fille du puisatier, The Burma Conspiracy, The Gardener, The King's Speech, The Tree of Life
UPDATE (February 24, 2011): The Gardener has recently received a new title: A Better Life. Alexandre Desplat has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Gardener. In the movie, a gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for […]
Expanded Fantastic Mr. Fox score released
Posted: March 3, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
ABKCO Records just released an expanded version of Alexandre Desplat’s score from Fantastic Mr. Fox (The Abbey Road Mixes). The album includes 47 minutes of the Academy-Award nominated score. The release comes as a surprise, especially since 24 minutes of the score has already been released on the official soundtrack including the songs featured in the […]
