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Alexandre Desplat - Jacques Audiard's films (Read My Lips · A Self-Made Hero · See How They Fall · The Beat That My Heart Skipped)

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Alexandre Desplat has quietly been writing some of the best film scores in recnet years. His French work is little known in the States and this recording gives an excellent introduction to the composer for THE PAINTED VEIL, THE QUEEN and LUST, CAUTION. Look up his work and indulge.

I've been buying Alexandre Desplat movie scores on Amazon and I've only seen two movies he's scored! My introduction to the wonderful world of his music was for the movie The Ghost Writer. I was immediately entranced. Then I noticed he had done the music to The Queen which I enjoyed immensely. This CD of music from what I believe is a series of French movies is quite diverse in range and all of the songs are beautiful, drawing you into a place where you can watch your own internal movies. You can guess at what might happen, what danger lies ahead, what memory will rush to the surface, or what delight is in the moment. Desplat is quickly becoming my favorite cinematic music writer and these pieces just keep adding to that tally. As others have noted on other music releases of his, the music fits together as a cohesive whole even without the movie and with more musical range than dare I say, Bernard Herrmann, which is an astounding feat.