104 Quotes by Alexandre Desplat

In 'Secret Life of Pets,' it's a huge orchestra - really, really big.

In a time when directors did not fear composers with a strong voice, Morricone wrote scores like operas or symphonies, with passion, scope, bravura and intelligence.

Certainly 'Zero Dark Thirty' is not for children!

Every film is a human encounter. It's people trying to collaborate and create something together.

When Wes has a new a project, you know that it's going to be something as different as the previous was from the previous one. Each time, he tries to take you to a country, or a land that is unknown for you and for him, and reinvent this land. That's what he did with 'Darjeeling,' with 'Mr. Fox,' with 'Moonrise Kingdom.'

I'm a flutist so I know what they can deliver in terms of texture and sound and blurriness and softness. It's a very soft instrument.

I knew how incredibly rich 'Valerian' was visually and the adventures the heroes go through. They are one of a kind. They have nothing that you can compare with DC or Marvel. They're not superheroes they're just heroes but they're also human beings. And there was also something there that I always liked. In these novels, there was a lot of humor.

It's not about what's a good or bad score at the Oscars, rather what's exposed to the ears more.

I never dreamed of writing for concert or opera. I always dreamed, if I was a composer, to write music for films.