Godzilla’ took two months because it required a two-hour-plus score. ‘Imitation Game’ was three weeks. Alexandre Desplat Read Quote
The main difference I’d say is that European cinema has always used less music than American cinema for historical reasons. Alexandre Desplat Read Quote
A film is a film and it has to be good to be inspired. That’s number one. It can be Italian, French, German, American. It’s moving images in front of you and with a strong director who injects his point of view and artistry. Alexandre Desplat Read Quote
I don’t think I would deliver the best work if I would do several projects at the same time. So it’s one at a time, but I work a lot. I work nonstop actually, but that’s what I like. Alexandre Desplat Read Quote
I’ve been very lucky early on to be surrounded when I was a child by music from various countries. My parents would listen to a lot of music coming from other universes. Alexandre Desplat Read Quote
I’ve always been a film lover – that’s why I’ve always wanted to write music for films. Alexandre Desplat Read Quote
I have no favorite museum, but it could be the National Gallery in London; it could be the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Every city has a great museum. Alexandre Desplat Read Quote
The first thing is, you can’t write movie music if you don’t know how to write quickly. Alexandre Desplat Read Quote