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Composer Alexandre Desplat

What do Argo , Zero Dark Thirty , Moonrise Kingdom , Rise of the Guardians and Rust and Bone have in common? Composer Alexandre Desplat. He wrote the music for these and a few more films this year.

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By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

What do Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Moonrise Kingdom, Rise of the Guardians and Rust and Bone have in common? Composer Alexandre Desplat. He wrote the music for these and a few more films this year. He talks with The Business producer Darby Maloney about his love of this lonely work he does, and how the greatest moment of joy is when he stands in front of the musicians to conduct and hears the music that until that point has only been in his head. He also weighs in on the value of awards.

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    Darby Maloney

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    Alexandre Desplat

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