What is the best Alexandre Desplat film score?

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

The 2014 Academy Award-winning score using balalaika and Alpine folk textures in comic miniature.

1000pts

2

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The 2008 melancholy, time-bending score using music box and flowing strings.

778pts

3

Isle of Dogs

The 2018 Wes Anderson score featuring Taiko drumming and Japanese folk influences.

715pts

4

The King's Speech

The 2010 BAFTA-winning score of restrained emotional power built around a royal stammer.

499pts

5

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

The 2010 darker, more intimate score marking the series' shift into mature emotional territory.

499pts

6

Little Women

The 2019 score blending period dance music with intimate chamber warmth.

499pts

7

Birth

The 2004 score whose glacial piano figures match the film's unnerving meditation on grief and identity.

499pts

8

The Imitation Game

The 2014 score evoking Alan Turing's mathematical genius through ticking and interlocking motifs.

421pts

9

The Shape of Water

The 2017 Academy Award-winning score creating an underwater fairy-tale atmosphere.

421pts

10

Moonrise Kingdom

The 2012 Wes Anderson score weaving Benjamin Britten orchestrations with whimsical chamber music.

321pts

11

Fantastic Mr Fox

The 2009 Wes Anderson score mixing Burl Ives folk tunes with playful original compositions.

321pts

12

Argo

The 2012 thriller score capturing 1970s Iran hostage tension with period-appropriate textures.

187pts

13

The Queen

The 2006 score mirroring Elizabeth II's composed public dignity with restrained orchestral elegance.

187pts