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title: "3 Composing Quotes By Alexandre Desplat"
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> [Composing is to think. It is to have your mind trying to find what is the best sound that the movie is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/composing-is-to-think-it-is-to-have-your-mind-trying-to-find-what-is/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d8/alexandre-desplat-4905_best_composing-is-to-think-it-is-to-have-your_886985.png)

> [That's why I'm so passionate about making music for movies because you dive in and find the best ideas to bring tolife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/that-s-why-i-m-so-passionate-about-making-music-for-movies-because/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/alexandre-desplat-4905_art_that-s-why-i-m-so-passionate-about-makin_1573706.jpg)

> [I always tend to think that composing is not playing an instrument, composing is having something in your head that's steaming and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/i-always-tend-to-think-that-composing-is-not-playing-an-instrument/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

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## Other authors on Composing

## More by Alexandre Desplat

> [When synthesizers appeared everyone was a composer suddenly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/when-synthesizers-appeared-everyone-was-a-composer-suddenly/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [I've been pretty lucky to work with directors who were quite influenced by European cinema.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/i-ve-been-pretty-lucky-to-work-with-directors-who-were-quite/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [I guess the passion I have for cinema is as strong as the one that I have for music. And I've always tried to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/i-guess-the-passion-i-have-for-cinema-is-as-strong-as-the-one-that-i/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [That's the main lesson I've learned from working in the theater: respect the dramaturgy. I don't want to overwhelm everything with music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/that-s-the-main-lesson-i-ve-learned-from-working-in-the-theater/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [I'm not a script composer. I'm a film composer and my brain is excited by images and moving elements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/i-m-not-a-script-composer-i-m-a-film-composer-and-my-brain-is-excited/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [There are some moments in your life and in your career when you meet a movie and the director that suddenly just turns you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/there-are-some-moments-in-your-life-and-in-your-career-when-you-meet/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [I never thought the orchestra should be big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/i-never-thought-the-orchestra-should-be-big/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [The main difference I'd say is that European cinema has always used less music than American cinema for historical reasons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/the-main-difference-i-d-say-is-that-european-cinema-has-always-used/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [Mozart for me is the No. 1 composer. His music is not just joy or sadness. It's deep emotion with a touch of lightness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/mozart-for-me-is-the-no-1-composer-his-music-is-not-just-joy-or/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [I liked 'The Darjeeling Limited' very much. There was a melancholy about that film that I liked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/i-liked-the-darjeeling-limited-very-much-there-was-a-melancholy-about/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [When you work on animation, the music has a great task: to create a sound and melodies and mood and atmosphere and energy dedicated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/when-you-work-on-animation-the-music-has-a-great-task-to-create-a/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [My parents had a lot of movie soundtracks that they brought back from the States. So very early on I heard film music at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/my-parents-had-a-lot-of-movie-soundtracks-that-they-brought-back-from/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [It's very hard to understand what's happening in someone's brain and what goes into their experience and their death, and the music has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/it-s-very-hard-to-understand-what-s-happening-in-someone-s-brain-and/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [It's not easy to write an understated score over a loud one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/it-s-not-easy-to-write-an-understated-score-over-a-loud-one/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

> [As a child brought up in Paris, I dreamed of America, that lost world my parents had left behind - it was in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/as-a-child-brought-up-in-paris-i-dreamed-of-america-that-lost-world/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

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