#alexandre desplat

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discovering Alexandre Desplat chose to compose Pinocchio’s soundtrack solely using wood instruments touched my soul so deeply

that’s what life is about

[everdeenxmellark]

“you can’t wake up if you don’t fall asleep”

- asteroid city

[mad-girlslove-song]

hans zimmer son or alexandre desplat daughter

[genevieveetguy]

- What are you doing? - I'm looking at my wife.

Birth, Jonathan Glazer (2004)

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Andrei Tarkovsky: Ivan's Childhood / Alexandre Desplat: Childhood

The land swallows itself wholeand nuzzles the heavens,patches up its memory’s holeswith grasses and a man. Arseny Tarkovsky

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Alexandre Desplat - Main Theme to Asteroid City (2023)

Last night I went out to the movies with friends and we saw the new Wes Anderson picture, Asteroid City. This is the first time in a long time that I've seen a film in a theater and I do have a lot to say about the movie and the unique way that it shows the kind of crisis and anxiety that artists have in the creative process. But from the first moment I fell in love with the score by the acclaimed film composer Alexandre Desplat. Just as Anderson uses picturesque scenes and stock characters of Atomic-Age Americana to evoke a nostalgia for this idealized past we can only experience as artificial recreations, So Desplat turn to post-war American music to capture not only an atmosphere of the era but also of the American Sublime. There are only a few moments that his score comes through mixed with retro country western tracks. The opening of this “suite” holds us with a high-pitched note held over a melody in the lower register of the piano. This distinct “Americana” sound feels that way because it is reminiscent of Copland’s orchestral writing. But then the oscillating xylophone and bells brings in a pulse that makes me think of American minimalism with the likes of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Little wind arpeggios come in to heavily emphasize Philip Glass' style of “minimalism”, which can be heard throughout his scores. And this nod to Glass ends with a long held organ pedal point in the bass, reminding us of his iconic score for Koyaanisqatsi (1982). Then, unexpectedly, the held note which opened the score is revealed to be the opening to the serene and otherworldly prelude to Wagner’s Lohengrin (or at least a short pastiche). Why reference Wagner here? I'm going to guess that this is related to the Wagnerian sound of heroism, triumph, and the sublime all being paired with the reminiscent love for the cowboys of the Old West. And these long held notes, and evoking the repetitive and potentially endless sounds of looping American minimalism come together to create a musical depiction of the American Sublime of endless Horizons and expansive nature and the quiet beauty that places like the Southwest has. I might be reading a lot into it and I don't want to argue that this is what Alexander Desplat had in mind when he decided to write in an American musical style for matching aesthetics, but I think this adds a nice little cherry of a detail on top of an already complicated and multi-layered film.

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Producers: We're doing a biopic of a 20th century scientist.

Composers:

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The tree of life (2011)

[kellythepitiablefangirl]

new moon score won the 2010 oscar for best original score in MY heart

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(Archive) Animated movie of the day: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

Originally posted: January 1st, 2023 I think the original novella by Carlo Collodi needs no introduction: a cautionary tale about disobedience in the face of authority, where a wooden boy can earn his humanity only by "behaving well". Obeying means doing good, and good will come back to you as a result. It stands to reason we should strive for perfection after all, right?

Well, Guillermo del Toro has a problem with this. What makes us humans but those little imperfect quirks we carry with us?

A passion project that took 15 years to see the light of day, this film is the result of a dream team of talents coming together. Co-directed by Mark Gustafson who directed the animation of Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009), and co-written by Patrick McHale of Over the Garden Wall(2014) fame, the pedigree of everyone involved speaks for itself. A second animation Unit in Mexico with the participation of René Castillo? A cast involving Ewan Mc Gregor and Cate Blanchett? Alexandre Desplat as the music composer? Oh yes, and all of them reunited for a movie that is… messy.

Heartbreakingly, beautifully, intentionally messy.

Unsurprisingly, the film is an antithesis to the novella. It's not about the importance of obedience but disobedience in the face of tyranny, denouncing fascism without a shred of respect. It decries perfection and embraces our flaws, questioning what means to be "a real boy". And it asks what it means to love and what it means to live, exploring how death gives meaning and beauty to life. And it's not adults who teach the child, but viceversa.

And yet, all of it comes from a place of genuine appreciation for the titular character. It may reject the original message but embraces the spirit of the tale, creating what's arguably the most touching adaptation of this literary classic ever put to film in the process. Beautifully animated and scored with equal finesse, it stands out in a postmodern era by it's unabashed romanticism.

[hayleylovesjessica]

I love Alexandre Desplat's theme music for The Regime. It's like he was given the brief of writing a loving little homage to Shostakovich at his most festive and jaunty.

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Christoph Waltz, Alexandre Desplat and Andrew Garfield attend Netflix's Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Los Angeles Tastemaker Screening at ROSS HOUSE on November 06, 2022 in Los Angeles, California

[hogwartscastle]

"Statues" is one of the best pieces of music from the Harry Potter series.

Don’t fight me on this!

[hobbitinthetardis]

thank u alexandre desplat i owe u my life