What is the best Alexandre Desplat film score?

By YPB Team

Alexandre Desplat has become one of cinema's most prolific and honored composers, with two Oscar wins and countless memorable scores. Which is his finest work?

  1. The Grand Budapest Hotel — ranked #11
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    The 2014 Academy Award-winning score using balalaika and Alpine folk textures in comic miniature.
    1000pts
  2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — ranked #22
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The 2008 melancholy, time-bending score using music box and flowing strings.
    692pts
  3. Isle of Dogs — ranked #33
    Isle of Dogs
    The 2018 Wes Anderson score featuring Taiko drumming and Japanese folk influences.
    605pts
  4. Little Women — ranked #44
    Little Women
    The 2019 score blending period dance music with intimate chamber warmth.
    304pts
  5. Birth — ranked #55
    Birth
    The 2004 score whose glacial piano figures match the film's unnerving meditation on grief and identity.
    304pts
  6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 — ranked #66
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
    The 2010 darker, more intimate score marking the series' shift into mature emotional territory.
    304pts
  7. The King's Speech — ranked #77
    The King's Speech
    The 2010 BAFTA-winning score of restrained emotional power built around a royal stammer.
    304pts
  8. The Imitation Game — ranked #88
    The Imitation Game
    The 2014 score evoking Alan Turing's mathematical genius through ticking and interlocking motifs.
    196pts
  9. The Shape of Water — ranked #99
    The Shape of Water
    The 2017 Academy Award-winning score creating an underwater fairy-tale atmosphere.
    196pts
  10. Moonrise Kingdom — ranked #1010
    Moonrise Kingdom
    The 2012 Wes Anderson score weaving Benjamin Britten orchestrations with whimsical chamber music.
    56pts
  11. Fantastic Mr Fox — ranked #1111
    Fantastic Mr Fox
    The 2009 Wes Anderson score mixing Burl Ives folk tunes with playful original compositions.
    56pts
  12. The Queen — ranked #1212
    The Queen
    The 2006 score mirroring Elizabeth II's composed public dignity with restrained orchestral elegance.
    1pts
  13. Argo — ranked #1313
    Argo
    The 2012 thriller score capturing 1970s Iran hostage tension with period-appropriate textures.
    1pts

Comments

Alexandre Desplat holds two Academy Awards for small, precise work, and both halves of Deathly Hallows are the largest canvas he has had: https://youpick.best/articles/harry-potter-ranked-many-ways

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