The great directors, I've learned, have a great sense of rhythm. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
When you work on animation, the music has a great task: to create a sound and melodies and mood and atmosphere and… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I'm being offered great movies by great directors and that's what I love, that's what I've dreamed to do, and that's what… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I usually like to introduce the film and the music with the opening titles. It's a great help for a composer to… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I always try to develop a good relationship with the director on any film and make sure that we want the same… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I have no favorite museum, but it could be the National Gallery in London; it could be the Palais de Tokyo in… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I can't watch a movie where the actors are great and the photography sucks. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I think great scores have to be noticed, but they're wrong when you hear the music come in. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
Music for films allow a great deal of diversity and the more you widen your skills, the better you become. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
Even when he transposes Roald Dahl's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' he injects so much of his own personality and his own world that… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
It could be sci-fi, love story, historical drama what counts for me is the fact that they're made by great directors with… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I've been pretty lucky to work with directors who were quite influenced by European cinema. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
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… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
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. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I'm not a script composer. I'm a film composer and my brain is excited by images and moving elements. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
There are some moments in your life and in your career when you meet a movie and the director that suddenly just turns you… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
The main difference I'd say is that European cinema has always used less music than American cinema for historical reasons. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
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,… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I liked 'The Darjeeling Limited' very much. There was a melancholy about that film that I liked. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
When you work on animation, the music has a great task: to create a sound and melodies and mood and atmosphere and energy dedicated… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
My parents had a lot of movie soundtracks that they brought back from the States. So very early on I heard film music at… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
