I always try to do movies that are different from the ones I've done before. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
The first thing is, you can't write movie music if you don't know how to write quickly. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
You do movies because you love movies and you write music because you love writing music, and sometimes there's this magic combination. — 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… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
On 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' I must insist that the sounds of the instrumentation are crucial to reflect what the movie should… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I'm scared each time I start a movie, believe me. There's always a moment of panic when you're not sure if you're… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I remember my sisters, they loved a movie called 'The Naked Island.' And the flute was actually playing the main theme. A… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
Composing is to think. It is to have your mind trying to find what is the best sound that the movie is… — 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
Some films that I love, I love them also because of the music. 'Vertigo,' for example, is a movie where the music… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I've scored all the movies that Jacques Audiard has directed. It's a long love story between us, trying to find a voice… — 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
