The nominated composers in the Best Original Score category have for the most part been here before: Ludwig Göransson ...

Alexandre Desplat has established himself as one of the greatest film composers working in Hollywood, as well as one of the most prolific. He has worked with a number of interesting directors, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer Alexandre Desplat, photographed at London's AIR Studios in June. (Jennifer McCord / For The Times) An enormous shadow ...

The filmmaker has navigated the awards campaign for 'Frankenstein' to the tune of 'F— AI.' Oscar nominees Mike Hill, Tamara ...

As Guillermo del Toro’s go-to composer, Alexandre Desplat knew about the filmmaker’s desire to tell his version of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” While del Toro loved the story, Desplat admits his own ...

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What do several of this year’s Oscar contenders have in common? Scores by Alexandre Desplat, who composed for “Moonrise Kingdom,” “Argo,” “Rust and Bone,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” and “Rise of the ...

It’s impossible to talk about Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio without considering the music. Del Toro’s Netflix adaptation of the Carlo Collodi story takes place in 1930s Italy, during the Fascist ...

Darkness was bound to find its way into Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. The tale of the long-nosed wooden puppet who wants to become a boy is one for all times. But in an era when truth is once again ...

How George Clooney and Alexandre Desplat avoided space film cliches to create the sound of Netflix's 'The Midnight Sky.' By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Desplat’s score for the film, which ...

The subject matter hit home. For his first opera, Alexandre Desplat chose to adapt “Silence” — a short story by the late Yasunari Kawabata about an aged writer who can no longer communicate because of ...

With six scores to his credit this year, Desplat may land his fourth Oscar nom in as many years. “I’m a composer, and it could be on my Vespa, in my car, when I’m swimming,” said Desplat, who ...