Although Desplat is a relative newcomer to Hollywood, he has been scoring French films since 1985. He first got attention in the US for his scores to Girl With a Pearl Earring, The Painted Veil, The Queen, and Ang Lee's Lust, Caution. He has been extremely busy since then, scoring David Fincher's Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Ghost Writer, Tamara Drewe, Julie & Julia,
The King's Speech,
Argo, and the 2014 Godzilla reboot. His relationship with idiosyncratic
director Wes Anderson has yielded eclectic scores for Fantastic Mr. Fox,
Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Desplat's orchestral style is always crystal-clear, and each instrumental section can be heard. He is best at subtle and delicate music, and has a penchant for waltzes. His one-of-a-kind approach to action is shown in films like Largo Winch, Firewall, and Hostage. Lately, he has effectively scored fantasies like The Golden Compass and Twilight: New Moon. He became the first composer not from Hans Zimmer's MV/RC outfit to score a DreamWorks Animation film, providing Rise of the Guardians with robust, enchanting, and swashbuckling music that is among his finest work. His most high-profile assignment has been for the two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. While the scores aren't up to the heights of John Williams's original three, they are a distinct improvement over the bland scores to Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince. Desplat's music can be polarizing-- some accuse it of having no emotion, while others find him the most exciting composer working today. I think his music is fine, and it will be interesting to see how his style evolves.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Firewall
Ghost Writer
Godzilla*
The Golden Compass*
The Grand Budapest Hotel*
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hostage
The Imitation Game
Largo Winch
The Light Between Oceans
Monuments Men
Moonrise Kingdom
Rise of the Guardians*
The Shape of Water
Suburbicon
Unbroken
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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