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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat

31/12/2012

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat discusses music in filmmaking and collaborating with great directors.

Composer Alexandre Desplat on the role of music in filmmaking and why he loves collaborating with great directors.

Alexandre Desplat is one of the most prolific film composers working today, and almost every year his work is nominated for an Oscar, a Bafta or a César. 

His films include The King’s Speech, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Fantastic Mr Fox and Rise of the Guardians. 

He talks to Harriett Gilbert about the role of music in filmmaking and why he loves collaborating with great directors.

Photo: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images.

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