OSCARS: Alexandre Desplat Hoping Sixth Time Is The Charm With ‘Philomena’ Nomination (Video)

EXCLUSIVE: Alexandre Desplat earned his sixth Academy Award nomination for his lilting score to Philomena, but is the sixth time the charm for this most in-demand of film composers?  He’s never won even though his previous nominations generally all came with high profile films including two Best Picture winners, The King’s Speech and Argo as well as Best Pic nominees The Queen and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Another nomination came for the animated Wes Anderson film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The prolific musician is currently represented on screen with The Monuments Men (in which he also displays his acting chops in a small supporting role) and Anderson’s upcoming The Grand Budapest Hotel which just won a major prize at the Berlin Film Festival. He starts recording the score for the May release, Godzilla in a couple of weeks. How does he do it all?  Here is a look at the working process of Desplat as he went about creating the score for Philomena: