The Oscar-winning composer looks back on the collaboration that started it all.
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WhenThe French Dispatchhits theaters this Friday, it will commemorate the fifth collaboration between writer-directorWes Andersonand composerAlexandre Desplat.
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ still.
That’s where we started."
The next order of business was the melody.
It’s something that you’ve got the option to make a scene with," Desplat explains.
Wes Anderson (left) and Alexandre Desplat.Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images
The other issue to sort out in the early stages was the size of the orchestra.
And that’s where we started."
And so that’s the kind of work we do with Wes."
There used to be in the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s sometimes.
Again, it’s part of the fun and the childlike nature of the film."
It also comes from a place of trust between the two creators.
Desplat likens it to painting a blank canvas with any color he likes.
Wes wants me to try things that we have not experienced yet.
That’s the goal, to have fun experimenting together," he says.
Desplat says his other goal forMr.
Foxwas to create a sound never before heard in an animated picture, which he believes he accomplished.
It was also the beginning of a wonderful friendship.
