Biography
Composer, orchestrator and conductor, two times Academy Award winner, Alexandre Desplat, eleven-times Academy Award Nominee, with over hundred scores and numerous awards to his credit is one of the most worthy heirs of the French film scoring masters.
A true cinephile, his approach to film composition is not only based on his strong musicality, but also on his understanding of Cinema, which allows him to intimately communicate with directors. Inspired by the works of Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota or Georges Delerue, he expressed his desire to compose for Cinema early on but really made his decision after listening to John Williams’s score to Star Wars.
Raised in a musical and cultural mix with a Greek mother and French father who studied and were married in California, he grew up listening to the French symphonists Ravel and Debussy, to World Music and to Jazz. He studied piano and trumpet before choosing the flute as main instrument and enriched his classical musical education by studying Brazilian and African Music, which later will lead him to record with Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema. While composing for Cinema and Television he started writing a lot for Theater companies such as La Comédie Française, which allowed him to understand the importance of dramaturgy and how to adapt carefully his music to actors performances.
During the recording of his first feature film, he met a rare violinist, Dominique "Solrey" Lemonnier, starting an exceptional artistic exchange. She became his favorite soloist, concertmaster and artistic director. With her special sense of interpretation and her creative spirit, she has inspired Desplat’s compositions, influencing his music at its core. Together they have created a new way of using for the strings in film music.
After scoring 50 European films, with legendary French directors such as Philippe de Broca or Francis Girod, he burst in 2003 onto the Hollywood scene with his evocative score to Peter Webber’s Girl with a Pearl Earring which earned him nominations at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and European Film Awards. His singular and remarkable scores for the films of Jacques Audiard showed a new musical voice and his composition for The Beat That My Heart Skipped in 2005 earned him the Silver Bear at the Berlinale as well as his first César.
Alexandre Desplat then started to expand his U.S. career keeping his European collaborations by composing for Stephen Gaghan’s Syriana, Jonathan Glazer’s Birth, Florent Siri’s Hostage, and Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet.
In 2007 he received his first Academy Award nomination for Stephen Frears’ The Queen which earned him his first European Film Award. The same year he won the Golden Globe, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award and the World Soundtrack Award for his score to John Curran’s The Painted Veil, performed by Lang Lang.
He composed in 2008 for Florent Siri’s Intimate Enemy, Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution, and David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which earned him a second Oscar nomination and a fourth BAFTA and Golden Globe nomination.
With his score for Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer in 2010, starting an inspiring relationship, he won a second César and a second European Film Award. The same year, he wrote the music for Twilight-New Moon by Chris Weitz, a platinum record, Anne Fontaine’s Coco Before Chanel and for Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech for which he won the BAFTA, the Grammy Award and receives his fourth Academy Award nomination and his fifth Golden Globe nomination.
In 2010-2011 Alexandre Desplat scored David Yates films Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2, which became the third most successful movie of all time. As eclectic as prolific he wrote nine score in 2011 including Terence Malik’s Tree of Life, Roman Polanski’s Carnage, Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox, Daniel Auteuil’s The Well’s Digger Daughter and George Clooney’s The Ides of March.
In 2012, keeping his artistic exchange with European directors, Alexandre Desplat collaborated with Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty, Matteo Garrone for Reality, Gilles Bourdos for Renoir, Jérôme Salle for Zulu, Wes Anderson for Moonrise Kingdom and Jacques Audiard for Rust And Bone for which he won a third César. He also scored Argo by Ben Affleck, which was awarded the Oscar for best film, and earned Alexandre Desplat a sixth nomination at BAFTA, as well as a fifth nomination at the Golden Globes and the Oscars.
He signed in 2013 the scores of The Monuments Men by George Clooney, Roman Polanski’s Venus in Fur, Stephen Frears’ Philomena, for which he received his seventh BAFTA and his fifth Oscar nominations.
In 2014 he scored Gareth Edwards’s blockbuster Godzilla, and received a rare double Academy Award nomination for his scores of Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which earned him a BAFTA, a Grammy and his first Oscar.
Member of the jury at the Festival de Cannes 2012, he became the first composer President of the Jury at the Mostra di Venezia in 2014. Celebrating their longtime partnership he has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra for a concert of his works at the Barbican Theater in London in December 2014.
In 2018, Alexandre Desplat wons for Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water his second Academy Award, second Golden Globe and third BAFTA. He was nominated in 2019 for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, and in 2020 for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Greta Gerwig's Little Women.
Main Awards
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Oscars
2020Little Women
2019Isle of Dogs
2018The Shape of Water
2015The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015The Imitation Game
2014Philomena
2013Argo
2011The King's Speech
2010Fantastic Mr Fox
2009The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2007The Queen
Golden Globes
2023Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022The French Dispatch
2021The Midnight Sky
2020Little Women
2019Isle of Dogs
2018The Shape of Water
2016The Danish Girl
2015The Imitation Game
2013Argo
2011The King's Speech
2009The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2007The Painted Veil
2006Syriana
2004Girl with a Pearl Earring
Baftas
2023Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2022The French Dispatch
2020Little Women
2019Isle of Dogs
2018The Shape of Water
2015The Grand Budapest Hotel
2013Argo
2011The King's Speech
2010Fantastic Mr Fox
2009The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2007The Queen
2004Girl with a Pearl Earring
Grammies
2021Plumfield from Little Women
2019The Shape of Water
2016The Imitation Game
2015The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Argo and Zero Dark Thirty
2012The King's Speech
2012Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2010The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Césars
2023 Final Cut (Coupez !)
2020An Officer and a Spy (J'accuse)
2019The Sisters Brothers (Les Frères Sisters)
2014Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure)
2013Rust and Bone (De Rouille et d'os)
2011The Ghost Writer
2010A Prophet (Un prophète)
2008Intimate Enemies (L'ennemi intime)
2006The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)
Awards
and Nominations
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2023
2023Gold Derby Film Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Gold Derby Film Award, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao,Papa, from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Award, 'Meilleure chanson écrite pour un film', for Ciao,Papa, from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Award, 'Meilleure musique écrite pour un film', pour Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023CinEuphoria Award (Portugal), 'Best Original Music', for Ciao,Papa, from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023CinEuphoria Award (Portugal), 'Meilleure musique originale', pour Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023International Film Music Critics Association, 'Best Original Score for a Comedy Film', for The Lost King
2023International Film Music Critics Association, 'Best Original Score for an Animated Film', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023International Film Music Critics Association, 'Composer of the Year'
2023César (France), 'Best Original Score', for Final Cut (Coupez !)
2023Annie Award, 'Best Music - Feature film', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Award (HCA), 'Best Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Houston Film Critics Society Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Houston Film Critics Society Award, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao,Papa from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023BAFTA, (British Academy Film Award), 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Society of Composers & Lyricists Award, 'Outstanding Song for a Musical/Comedy', for Ciao,Papa, from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Society of Composers & Lyricists Award, 'Outstanding Score for a Studio Film', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Chicago Indie Critics Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Chicago Indie Critics Award, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao,Papa, from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Iowa Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023Portland Film Critics Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Denver Film Critics Society Award, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023Golden Globe, 'Best Original Score for a Motion Picture', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Golden Globe, 'Best Original Song for a Motion Picture', for Ciao,Papa from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023North Dakota Film Society Award, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023North Dakota Film Society Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Georgia Film Critics Association, 'Best Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Georgia Film Critics Association, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Award (Italy), 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023DiscussingFilm Critics Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023DiscussingFilm Critics Award, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023Hawaii Film Critics Society Award, 'Best Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023Music City Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Music City Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023Columbus Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Score', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
2022Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2022Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Musical Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Critics Choice Association Award, 'Best Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2023Critics Choice Association Award, 'Best Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Phoenix Critics Circle Award, 'Best Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2022Chicago Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2022Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Sierra Award, 'Best Score', for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Sierra Award, 'Best Original Song', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Original Score', for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Sunset Circle Award, 'Best Score', for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Score for an Animated Film', for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Song for an Animated Film', for Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Score for an Independant Film', for The Outfit
2022Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Score for a Mobile Video Game', for Honor of Kings
2022Fantasia Film Festival Award (Québec), 'Best Score' (The Sandro Forte Award), for Final Cut (Coupez!)
2022International Press Academy’s Satellite Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2022BAFTA (British Academy Film Award), for The French Dispatch
2022Society of Composers and Lyricists Award, 'Original Score for a Studio Film', for The French Dispatch
2022Online Film and Television Association Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2022Hollywood Critics Association Award, 'Best Score', for The French Dispatch
2022International Film Music Critics Association Award, 'Best Original Score for a Comedy Film', for The French Dispatch
2022Paris Film Critics Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2022Online Film Critics Society Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2022Houston Film Critics Society Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2022Seattle Film Critics Society Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2022North Dakota Film Society Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2022Iowa Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Score', for The French Dispatch
2022San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2022Golden Globe (Hollywood Foreign Press Association), for The French Dispatch
2022Columbus Film Critics Award, 'Best Score', for The French Dispatch
2022DiscussingFilm Critics Association Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2021
2022Florida Film Critics Circle Award, 'Best Score', for The French Dispatch
2022Phoenix Critics Circle Award, 'Best Score', for The French Dispatch
2021Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA), for The French Dispatch
2022Chicago Film Critics Circle Award, 'Best Original Score', for The French Dispatch
2021Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award (LVFCS), for The French Dispatch
2021The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award, for The French Dispatch
2022Sunset Film Circle Award (IFMCA), 'Best Score', for The French Dispatch
2021The Transcendent Award at Coronado Island Film Festival
2021Critics Choice Movie Award (BFCA), for The Midnight Sky
2021Grammy Award, for Plumfield from Little Women
2021Hollywood Critics Association Award, for The Midnight Sky
2021Golden Globe (Hollywood Foreign Press Association), for The Midnight Sky
2021International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film', for The Midnight Sky
2021Satellite Award (International Press Academy), for The Midnight Sky
2021Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Award (GWNYFCA), for The Midnight Sky
2021Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Original Score – Feature Film', for The Midnight Sky
2021Houston Film Critics Society Award, for The Midnight Sky
2021Denver Film Critics Society Award, for The Midnight Sky
2021CinEuphoria Award (Portugal), 'Best Original Music - International Competition', for An Officer and a Spy (J'accuse) and Little Women
2021Hawaii Film Critics Society Award, for The Midnight Sky
2021Columbus Film Critics Association Award, for The Midnight Sky
2021Chicago Indie Critics Award (CIC), for The Midnight Sky
2020
2020Florida Film Critics Circle Award, for The Midnight Sky
2020World Soundtrack Award, 'Best Film Composer of the Year', for Little Women, An Officer and a Spy (J'accuse) and Adults in the Room (Ενήλικοι στην Αίθουσα)
2020Gold Derby Film Decade Award 2010-2019, 'Best Score of the Decade' for The Shape of Water
2020César, for An Officer and a Spy (J'accuse)
2020International Film Music Critics Association Award , 'Film Composer of the Year'
2020International Film Music Critics Association Award , 'Film Score of the Year' for Little Women
2020International Film Music Critics Association Award , 'Best Original Score for a Drama Film', for Little Women
2020Oscar (Academy Award), for Little Women
2020Gold Derby Film Award, for Little Women
2020Online Film & Television Association, for Little Women
2020BAFTA (British Academy Film Award), for Little Women
2020Lumière de la Presse Internationale (Académie des Lumières), for Adults in the Room (Ενήλικοι στην Αίθουσα)
2020North Dakota Film Society Award, for Little Women
2020Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Award, for Little Women
2020Denver Film Critics Society Award, for Little Women
2020Critics Choice Award (Broadcast Film Critics Association), for Little Women
2020Georgia Film Critics Association Award, for Little Women
2020Hollywood Critics Association Award (formerly L.A. Online Film Critics Association), for Little Women
2020Austin Film Critics Association Award, for Little Women
2020Online Film Critics Society Award, for Little Women
2020Golden Globe, for Little Women
2020Chicago Indie Critics Award, for Little Women
2020International Online Cinema Award, for Little Women
2020Columbus Film Critics Association Award, for Little Women
2020Award Circuit Community Award, for Little Women
2020Houston Film Critics Society Award, for Little Women
2019
2019Chicago Film Critics Association Award, for Little Women
2019Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Award, for Little Women
2019Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award, for Little Women
2019San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award, for Little Women
2019Indiana Film Journalists Association Film Award, for Little Women
2019Boston Society of Film Critics Award, for Little Women
2019Phoenix Critics Circle Award, for Little Women
2019The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award, for Little Women
2019Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Original Score for a Feature Film', for Little Women
2019Orły (Polish Film Award), for Based on a True Story (D'après une histoire vraie)
2019Oscar (Academy Award), for Isle of Dogs
2019International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), for Isle of Dogs
2019César, for The Sisters Brothers (Les Frères Sisters)
2019Satellite Award (International Press Academy), 'Best Original Score', for The Sisters Brothers (Les Frères Sisters)
2019International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Comedy Film', for The Sisters Brothers (Les Frères Sisters)
2019International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film', for Operation Finale
2019International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for an Animated film', for Isle of Dogs
2019Gold Derby Award, for Isle of Dogs
2019BAFTA (British Academy Film Award), for Isle of Dogs
2019Grammy Award, 'Best Score', 'Best Instrumental Composition' and 'Best Arrangement', for The Shape of Water
2019Lumières de la presse internationale, for The Sisters Brothers (Les Frères Sisters)
2019 Online Film & Television Association Award, for Isle of Dogs
2019Awards Circuit Community Award (ACCA), for Isle of Dogs
2019Denver Film Critics Society Award, for Isle of Dogs
2021Hawaii Film Critics Society Award, for Isle of Dogs
2019Critic's Choice Award (Broadcast Film Critics Association), for Isle of Dogs
2019Georgia Film Critics Association Award, for Isle of Dogs
2019France Musique – Sacem Film Music Award, Lifetime Achievement Award
2019Golden Globe, for Isle of Dogs
2019Iowa Film Critics Association Award, for Isle of Dogs
2019Houston Film Critics Society Award, for Isle of Dogs
2019Online Film Critics Society Award, for Isle of Dogs
2019CinEuphoria Award (Portugal), for Isle of Dogs
2018
2018Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award, for Isle of Dogs
2018Phoenix Critics Circle Award, for Isle of Dogs
2018San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, for Isle of Dogs
2018Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Award, for Isle of Dogs
2018Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Original Score for an Animated Film', for Isle of Dogs
2018Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Original Score for a Feature Film', for The Sisters Brothers (Les Frères Sisters)
2018World Soundtrack Award, 'Best Film Composer of the Year', for Endangered Species (Espèces menacées), Isle of Dogs, Suburbicon, The Shape of Water and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Valérian et la cité des mille planètes)
2018International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), 'Halfway Award', for Isle of Dogs
2018Saturn Award (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films), for The Shape of Water
2018Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Award), for the album The Shape of Water
2018BMI Film Music Award, for The Shape of Water
2018Golden Iris (Hellenic Film Academy), 'Honorary Award', for his contribution to the art of cinema
2018Oscar (Academy Award), for The Shape of Water
2018Gold Derby Award, for The Shape of Water
2018International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Composer of the Year'
2018International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Score of the Year', for The Shape of Water
2018International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film', for The Shape of Water and for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Valérian et la cité des mille planètes)
2018BAFTA (British Academy Film Award), for The Shape of Water
2018Online Film & Television Association, for The Shape of Water
2018Satellite Award (International Press Academy), for The Shape of Water
2018Awards Circuit Community Award (ACCA), for The Shape of Water
2018Annie Award (International Animated Film Society), 'Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production', for The Secret Life Of Pets
2018Annie Award (International Animated Film Society), 'Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production', for Trollhunters
2018Online Film & Television Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2018Movie Music UK Award, 'Film Composer of the Year'
2018Movie Music UK Award, 'Score of the Year' for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Valérian et la cité des mille planètes)
2018Movie Music UK Award, 'Best Fantasy/Sc-Fi/Horror Score' for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Valérian et la cité des mille planètes)
2018Denver Film Critics Society Award, for The Shape of Water
2018Hawaii Film Critics Society Award, for The Shape of Water
2018Critics' Choice Award (Broadcast Film Critics Association), for The Shape of Water
2018Iowa Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2018Austin Film Critics Award, for The Shape of Water
2018Golden Globe (Hollywood Foreign Press Association), for The Shape of Water
2018Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Award, for The Shape of Water
2018Houston Film Critics Society Award, for The Shape of Water
2018Columbus Film Critics Association Award, 'Best Score' for The Shape of Water
2018Variety Artisans Award (Santa Barbara International Film Festival), 'Best Score' for The Shape of Water
2018Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2017
2017Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Florida Film Critics Circle Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Sierra Award (Las Vegas Film Critics Society), for The Shape of Water
2017St. Louis Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Utah Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Indiana Film Journalists Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Phoenix Critics Circle Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Chicago Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2017New Mexico Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2017San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Boston Online Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2017Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association, for The Shape of Water
2017Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (LAFCA), for The Shape of Water
2017Hollywood Music in Media Award, 'Best Original Score — Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film', for The Shape of Water
2017Soundtrack Stars Award, 'Premio della Critica', at Venice International Film Festival, for The Shape of Water
2017International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Composer of the Year'
2017International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For A Drama Film', for The Light Between Oceans
2017International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Film', for The Secret Life Of Pets
2017International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Archival Release of an Existing Score - Compilation', together with Quincy Jones, Stéphane Lerouge and Toots Thielemans, for the album The Cinema of Quincy Jones
2017Georgia Film Critics Association Award, for The Shape of Water
2016
2016Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA), for The Secret Life Of Pets
2016Hollywood in Vienna (Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award)
2016Deutschen Filmpreis (Deutsche Filmakademie), for Every Thing Will Be Fine
2016Wojciech Kilar Award 'Lifetime Achievement' at Krakow Film Music Festival (Poland)
2016David di Donatello (Accademia del Cinema Italiano), for Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti)
2016Satellite Award (International Press Academy), for The Danish Girl
2016Grammy Award, for The Imitation Game
2016Golden Globe (Hollywood Foreign Press Association), for The Danish Girl
2015
2015Grand Prix du répertoire SACEM à l'export (France)
2015Hollywood Film Composer Award, for The Danish Girl and Suffragette
2015Siren Award (Music + Sound Award, Australia), for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015World Soundtrack Award, 'Film Composer of the Year', for Unbroken, The Imitation Game, Everything Will Be Fine and for Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti)
2015World Soundtrack Award, 'Best Original Film Score of the Year', for The Imitation Game
2015GoldSpirit Award (Espagne), 'Best Composer of the Year'
2015GoldSpirit Award (Espagne), 'Best Score for a Drama Film', for The Imitation Game
2015GoldSpirit Award (Espagne), 'Best Score for a Comedy Film', for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Saturn Award (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films), for Godzilla
2015Seattle Film Critics Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Italian Online Movie Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Cinema Bloggers Award (Portugal), for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015BMI Icon Award, 'for outstanding career achievement'
2015Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts, 'Gold Medal in the Arts'
2015Críticos de Cinema Online Portugueses Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Chlotrudis Award (Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film), for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Gold Derby Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Premio ColonneSonore (Italie), 'Migliore compositore straniero'
2015Premio ColonneSonore (Italie), 'Migliore musica per film straniero', for Godzilla, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and for The Monuments Men
2015International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Oscar (Academy Award), for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Oscar (Academy Award), for The Imitation Game
2015International Cinephile Society Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Composer of the Year'
2015International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Score Of the Year', for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For A Drama Film', for The Imitation Game and The Monuments Men
2015International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For A Comedy Film', for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For A Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film', for Godzilla
2015Satellite Award (International Press Academy), for The Imitation Game
2015Grammy Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015BAFTA (British Academy Film Award), for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Online Film & Television Association Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game
2015International Online Film Critics' Poll, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015International Online Film Critics' Poll, for The Imitation Game
2015Movie Music UK Award, 'Composer of the Year'
2015Denver Film Critics Society Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Critics' Choice Award, for The Imitation Game
2015Eda Award (Alliance of Women Film Journalists), for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Golden Globe, for The Imitation Game
2015Houston Film Critics Society Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Houston Film Critics Society Award, for The Imitation Game
2015Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015Iowa Film Critics Award, for The Imitation Game
2014
2014Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, for The Imitation Game
2014Chicago Film Critics Association Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game
2014IndieWire Critics' Poll, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Indiana Film Journalists Association Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014San Diego Film Critics Society Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game
2014St. Louis Film Critics Association Award, for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Sammy Award, 'Best New Film Score CD Release', for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Hollywood Film Composer Award, for The Imitation Game
2014Hollywood Music In Media Award, for The Imitation Game
2014World Soundtrack Award, 'Film Composer of the Year', for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, The Monuments Men, Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure), Philomena, Zulu, Marius
2014World Soundtrack Award, 'Best Original Film Score of the Year', for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Soundtrack Stars Award, 'Premio della Critica', au Festival International du Film de Venise
2014Orły (Polish Film Award), for Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure)
2014Oscar (Academy Award), for Philomena
2014Etoile d'Or du Cinema Français, for Renoir, Marius, Fanny, and Zulu
2014Premio ColonneSonore (Italie), for Godzilla, The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Monuments men
2014César (French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), for Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure)
2014Awards Circuit Community Award (ACCA), for The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Satellite Award (International Press Academy), for Philomena
2014International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Comedy Film', for Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure)
2014Online Film & Television Association Award, 'Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media', for Philomena
2014Grammy Award, for Argo and Zero Dark Thirty
2013
2013Prix France Musique - Sacem de la musique de film, for The Tree of Life
2013World Soundtrack Award, 'Film Composer of the Year', for Argo, Reality, Renoir, Rise of the Guardians, and Zero Dark Thirty
2013David di Donatello (Accademia del Cinema Italiano), for Reality
2013Italian Online Movie Award, for Argo, and Moonrise Kingdom
2013BMI Film Music Award, for Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Rise of the Guardians
2013Orły (Polish Film Award), for Carnage
2013Oscar (Academy Award), for Argo
2013César (French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), for Rust and Bone (De Rouille et d'os)
2013International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Composer of the Year', for Argo, Moonrise Kingdom, Rust and Bone (De Rouille et d'os), Rise of the Guardians, and Zero Dark Thirty
2013International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Comedy Film', for Moonrise Kingdom
2013International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film', for Zero dark Thirty
2013International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Film', for Rise of the Guardians
2013Etoile d'Or du Cinema Français, for Rust and Bone (De Rouille et d'os) and My Way (Cloclo)
2013International Cinephile Society Award (Accademia del Cinema Italiano), for Moonrise Kingdom
2013BAFTA (British Academy Film Award), for Argo
2013Annie Award (International Animated Film Society - Holywood), for Rise of the Guardians
2013Online Film & Television Association Award, for Argo, Moonrise Kingdom, and Zero Dark Thirty
2013Gold Derby Award, for Argo
2013London Critics Circle Film Award, for Rust and Bone (De Rouille et d'os)
2013Georgia Film Critics Association Award, for Argo
2013Golden Globe, for Argo
2013Critics' Choice Award, for Argo and Moonrise Kingdom
2013Denver Film Critics Society Award, for Argo
2013Eda Award (Alliance of Women Film Journalists), for Argo and Zero Dark Thirty
2013Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, for Moonrise Kingdom
2013Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, for Argo
2012
2012International Online Film Critics' Poll, for The King's Speech
2012IndieWire Critics' Poll (ICP), for Monrise Kingdom and Zero Dark Thirty
2012Satellite Award (International Press Academy), for Argo
2012Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Moonrise Kingdom
2012St Louis Film Critics Association Award, for Moonrise Kingdom
2012San Diego Film Critics Society Award, for Argo and Moonrise Kingdom
2012Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award, for Moonrise Kingdom
2012Sammy Film Music Award, 'Best New Film Score CD', for Rise of the Guardians
2012Sammy Film Music Award, 'Best New Film Song', for Still Dream du film Rise of the Guardians
2012World Soundtrack Award, 'Soundtrack Composer of the Year', for A Better Life, Carnage, The King's Speech, Rust and Bones (De rouille et d'os), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Ides of March
2012World Soundtrack Award, 'Best Original Soundtrack of the Year', for The Ides of March
2012BMI Film Music Award, for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2012Italian Online Movie Award (IOMA), for The Tree Of Life
2012International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Composer of the Year', for A Better Life, Carnage, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Ides of March, and The Tree of Life
2012International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For A Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film', for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2012Grammy Award, for The King's Speech
2012Grammy Award, for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2012Soundtrack Geek Award, for Moonrise Kingdom
2012Gold Derby Award, for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2012Award Circuit Community Award, for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2012Denver Film Critics Society Award, for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2012Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, for The Tree Of Life
2011
2011Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2011Satellite Award (International Press Academy), for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011San Diego Film Critics Award, for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011San Diego Film Critics Society Award, for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and The Tree Of Life
2011Houston Film Critics Society Award, for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011St. Louis Film Critics Association Award, for The Tree Of Life
2011Harry Warren Award (Sonora International Awards, Italie), for The King's Speech
2011European Film Award, for The King's Speech
2011Hollywood Music In Media Award, for The Ides Of March
2011Prix France Musique-Sacem de la musique de film, for The Ghost Writer
2011World Soundtrack Award, 'Soundtrack Composer of the Year'
2011World Soundtrack Award, 'Best Original Soundtrack of the Year', for The King's Speech
2011BMI London Award, for Harry Potter and les reliques de la mort: 1ere partie and for The King's Speech
2011Italian Online Movie Award, for The King's Speech
2011Etoile d'Or du Cinéma Français, for The Ghost Writer
2011Oscar (Academy Award), for The King's Speech
2011César (French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), for The Ghost Writer
2011International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Composer of the Year', for The Ghost Writer, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, The King's Speech, The Special Relationship, and Tamara Drewe
2011International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Score of the Year', for The King's Speech and for The Ghost Writer
2011International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For a Drama Film', for The King's Speech
2011International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film', for The Ghost Writer
2011International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For A Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film', for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2011International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Music Composition of the Year', for "The Truth About Ruth" from the film The Ghost Writer
2011International Cinephile Society Award, for The Ghost Writer
2011Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Award), for the album Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2011BAFTA (British Academy Film Award), for The King's Speech
2011International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), for The Ghost Writer
2011Online Film & Television Association Award, for The Ghost Writer
2011Gold Derby Award, for The Ghost Writer and The King's Speech
2011Awards Circuit Community Award (ACCA), for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
2011Movie Music UK Award, 'Composer of the Year'
2011Golden Globe, for The King's Speech
2011Critics' Choice Award (BFCA), for The King's Speech
2010
2010Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, for The Ghost Writer
2010Satellite Award (International Press Academy), for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010European Film Award, for The Ghost Writer
2010Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (LAFCA), for The Ghost Writer
2010Sammy Award, 'Best New Film Score CD', for The King's Speech
2010World Soundtrack Award, 'Best Original Soundtrack of the Year', for Fantastic Mr Fox
2010World Soundtrack Award, 'Soundtrack Composer of the Year', for Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Julie & Julia, and The Ghost Writer
2010Prix France Musique-Sacem de la musique de film, for The Army of Crime (L'armée du crime)
2010Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Award), for the album The Ghost Writer
2010BMI Film Music Award, pourFantastic Mr Fox, Julie & Julia, The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2010Etoile d'Or du Cinéma Français, for A Prophet (Un Prophète), The Army of Crime (L'armée du crime), Afterwards, Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel), and Chéri
2010Oscar (Academy Award), for Fantastic Mr Fox
2010César (French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), for A Prophet (Un Prophète)
2010BAFTA (British Academy Film Award), for Fantastic Mr Fox
2010International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Composer of the Year'
2010International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Score of the Year', for The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2010International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Comedy Film', for Julie & Julia
2010International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film', for The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2010International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score For An Animated Feature', for Fantastic Mr Fox
2010Gold Derby Award, for Fantastic Mr Fox
2010International Cinephile Society Award, for Fantastic Mr Fox
2010Grammy Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2010Movie Music UK Award, 'Composer of the Year'
2010CinEuphoria Award (Portugal), for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, and Intimate Enemies (L'ennemi intime)
2010Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing (Palm Springs International Film Festival), for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Intimate Enemies (L'ennemi intime)
2010Online Film Critics Society Award, for Fantastic Mr Fox
2010Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009
2009Houston Film Critics Society Award, for Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009Chicago Film Critics Association Award, for Fantastic Mr Fox
2009European Film Award, for Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel)
2009Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (LAFCA), for Fantastic Mr Fox
2009Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Award), for the album Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel)
2009Hollywood Film Festival Award
2009World Soundtrack Academy Award 'Best Film Score of the Year', for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009World Soundtrack Academy Award, 'Film Composer of the Year', for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel), Largo Winch, and Chéri
2009Saturn Award (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films), for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Award), for the album The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009BMI Film Music Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Golden Alexander at Thessalonique International Film Festival (Greece), 'Life Achievement Award'
2009Oscar (Academy Award), for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Composer of the Year'
2008International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Score of the Year', for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2008International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Drama Film', for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Movie Music UK Award, 'Composer of the Year'
2009Movie Music UK Award, 'Score of the Year', for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Movie Music UK Award, 'Best Score - Drama', for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Movie Music UK Award, 'Best Score – Thriller, Action or Adventure', for Largo Winch
2009Movie Music UK Award, 'Best score / fantasy, science fiction or horror' for Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium (with Aaron Zigman)
2009International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009BAFTA, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Gold Derby Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Online Film & Television Association Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009International Cinephile Society Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Award Circuit Community Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Golden Globe, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Critics' Choice Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Sammy Film Music Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2009Online Film Critics Society Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2008
20082e Houston Film Critics Society Award, 'Best Original Score', for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2008Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2008Chicago Film Critics Association Award, for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2008Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (LAFCA), for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2008World Soundtrack Award, 'Soundtrack Composer of the Year', for The Golden Compass
2008SACEM, 'Grand Prix de la Musique for l'Audiovisuel'
2008Asian Films Award, for Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)
2008César (French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), for Intimate Ennemies (L'ennemi intime)
2008International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Composer of the Year'
2008International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Score of the Year', for Lust, Caution (Se, jie), and for The Golden Compass
2008International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Drama Film', for Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)
2008International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Fantasy-Science Fiction Film', for The Golden Compass
2008International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film', for Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium (with Aaron Zigman)
2008International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Music Composition of the Year', for “Wong Chia Chi’s Theme” from the film Lust, Caution (Se, jie)
2008International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), for Lust, Caution (Se, jie)
2008Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Award), for the album Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)
2008Online Film & Television Association Award, for Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)
2008Gold Derby Award, for The Queen et for The Painted Veil
2008Etoile d'Or du Cinéma Français, for Intimate Ennemies (L'ennemi intime)
2008Movie Music UK Award), 'Composer of the Year'
2008Movie Music UK Award, 'Score of the Year', for The Golden Compass
2008Movie Music UK Award, 'Best Original Score Fantasy/Science Fiction', for The Golden Compass
2008Critics' Choice Award, for Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)
20081er Houston Film Critics Society Award, for Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)
2007
2007Chicago Film Critics Association Award, for Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)
2007European Film Award, for The Queen
2007Golden Horse Award (Taiwan), for Lust, Caution
2007World Soundtrack Award, 'Soundtrack Composer of the Year', for The Queen and The Painted Veil
2007Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Award), for the album The Queen
2007BMI London Film Music Award for The Queen and The Painted Veil
2007Oscar (Academy Award), for The Queen
2007International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Composer of the Year'
2007International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for a Drama Film', for The Painted Veil and The Queen
2005International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film', for Firewall
2007BAFTA (British Academy Award), for The Queen
2007International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), for The Painted Veil
2007International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), for The Queen
2007International Cinephile Society Award, for The Painted Veil
2007International Cinephile Society Award, for The Queen
2007Gold Derby Award, for The Queen, et The Painted Veil
2007Online Film & Television Association Award (OFTA), for Lust, Caution (Se, jie), et The Painted Veil
2007Movie Music UK Award, 'Film Composer of the Year'
2007Golden Globe, for The Painted Veil
2006
2006Chicago Film Critics Association Award, for The Queen
2006Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (LAFCA), for The Queen and The Painted Veil
2006Etoile D'Or (Académie de la Presse du Cinéma Français), for The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)
2006César, for The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)
2006International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Film Composer of the Year'
2006International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA), 'Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film', for Hostage
2006Golden Globe, for Syriana
2005
2005Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Award), for the album Birth
2005Ours d'Argent (Festival International du Film de Berlin), for The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)
2005International Online Cinema Award (INOCA), for Birth
2005Gold Derby Award, for Birth
2005International Cinephile Society Award, for Birth
2005Online Film & Television Association Award, for Birth
2005Online Film Critics Society Award, for Birth
2004
2004Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (LAFCA), for Birth
2004European Film Award, for Girl with a Pearl Earring
2004Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD), Nouveau Talent Musique
2004BAFTA (British Academy Award), for Girl with a Pearl Earring
2004Golden Globe, for Girl with a Pearl Earring
2002
2001César (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), for Read My Lips (Sur mes lèvres)
1997
1997César (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), for A Self-Made Hero (Un héros très discret)