Hollywood dreams
It was Peter Webber’s film Girl With a Pearl Earring that first exposed many people to Alexandre Desplat; his music created an atmosphere of curious beauty and earned him BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. That 2003 film marked the beginning of a meteoric rise in the field of Hollywood film music, but it wasn’t the beginning for Desplat, who was in his mid-forties when he embarked on what would be the most high-profile period of his career. It was a long time coming.
‘That was my 50th score for cinema, so it was about time that I had opportunities
