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This year has certainly proven the most notable in terms of the number of high-profile films Desplat has been assigned to score. I was very disappointed that his 2007 output didn't result in an Oscar nomination, but hopefully 2009 will be different. My prediction is that "Chéri" will be the one to get him the nomination (my preference would be "Coco Avant Chanel", but as it's a foreign film I doubt it will happen).
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"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was one of the most hyped movies of its year. "Coco Avant Chanel" hasn't had anywhere near the same recognition. For that reason, it won't get Desplat a nomination.
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I would agree. COCO is a lovely thing in a nice film. CHERI is one of the rare essential things in a pretty unessential film. And I wouldn't be surprised if UN PROPHETE proved to be an integral thing in a fine film.
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After GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING, I was most impressed with M.Desplat's work. Since then, however, I haven't heard a lot of his work that has impressed me, with the exception of THE PAINTED VEIL, which I liked very much, and which was sadly much underrated in its original release.
Can anyone here recommend scores of his? I bought a few, though I can't now recall the titles, and just wasn't impressed with them...
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After GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING, I was most impressed with M.Desplat's work. Since then, however, I haven't heard a lot of his work that has impressed me, with the exception of THE PAINTED VEIL, which I liked very much, and which was sadly much underrated in its original release.
Can anyone here recommend scores of his? I bought a few, though I can't now recall the titles, and just wasn't impressed with them...
You should check out BIRTH (his masterpiece IMO).
Also: LOVE ETC. / THE QUEEN / THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON / THE GOLDEN COMPASS / AFTERWARDS
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Can anyone here recommend scores of his?
LUST, CAUTION is my favorite of his scores, a big, sweepingly thematic, romantic score. The main theme was stuck in my head for weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH68kH2ajdA
It had been years since that had happened.
Probably my favorite score of the last five years, if not more.
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My favorite Desplat score (so far) is LUST, CAUTION with GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING coming in a close, close second.
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After the experience Horner had with Malick on "The New World", I expect Desplat to be similarly screwed over. Certainly, if he thinks the score as written is going to appear in the film, then he's an idiot. I just hope that, whatever changes are made to the film, Desplat's score still fits. It's already bad enough that his score will be tampered with, but for it to be thrown out entirely would be very unfortunate indeed.
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If Malick makes a great film, and the composer gets a great album out of it - as had happened the last three times - then we should be happy.
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Well, yes, if Desplat's score is preserved on album I'll be happy.
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Now that I think about it, they could release that album now, since it's all already done.
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