Yea, there is no way you can get away from critics. It's all over the net. Sometimes it's useful to read things, good or bad. Sometimes it's painful. Sometimes it stupid because they say stupid things. — 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
