Composer, orchestrator and conductor, Academy Award winner, Alexandre Desplat, eight-time Academy Award Nominee, with over hundred scores and numerous awards to his credit is one of the most worthy heirs of the French film scoring masters.

 

A true cinephile, his approach to film composition is not only based on his strong musicality, but also on his understanding of Cinema, which allows him to intimately communicate with directors. Inspired by the works of Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota or Georges Delerue, he expressed his desire to compose for Cinema early on but really made his decision after listening to John Williams’s score to Star Wars.

 

 

Conductor: Alexandre Desplat
Artistic Director: Solrey
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

 

Un héros très discret (Jacques Audiard, 1996) 6’
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Peter Webber, 2003) 6’
Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro, 2017) 12’
The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski, 2010) 10’
Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, 2015) 5’
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014) 4’

-Intermission -

 

Godzilla (Gareth Edwards, 2014) 3’
The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2011) 4’
Sinfonia Concertante for Flute and Orchestra, inspired by Pélléas et Mélisande of Mæterlinck, 2013 22’
Lust, Caution (Ang Lee, 2008) 2’
Birth (Jonathan Glazer, 2004) 8’
Harry Potter (David Yates, 2011) 10’