Happy 50th Birthday, Alexandre Desplat
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 2:06PM 
Robert G here from Sketchy Details wishing a Happy Birthday to the most in demand film composer of our time.
Can you believe that Alexandre Desplat has scored 128 separate film and television projects since 1985? How about how a year hasn't gone by since 1991 where he didn't score at least three different TV or film productions? He has had quite the successful career in France and has started to work consistently in America in the past eight or so years.
Desplat has been nominated for Best Original Score four times at the Academy Awards: The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The King's Speech. He's clearly doing something right to get the Music Branch's attention. His work is especially noticeable for not being the super flashy film scoring that demands attention. He does what needs to be done to set the right tone and lets the film be the focus.
Indeed, every year he lost the Oscar, he lost to a film with a far flashier or more pronounced score...