As some of you may know, Alexandre Desplat won an oscar of best original score in Wes Anderson’s film, The Grand Budapest Hotel (Anderson, 2014). Although Desplat was nominated twice in this category, this NPR segment of All Things Considered explains why this award was well deserved.
The Grand Budapest Hotel takes place in a fictional central European country, “The Former Republic of Zubrowka”, therefore while spotting the film with Anderson, it was Desplat’s job to not only score music that complimented each character, but also to score music that depicted the culture of Zubrowka’s people.
I won’t give the NPR segment away, but Desplat and Anderson put in a ton of effort to find the perfect score for the sound bridge that the viewers experience in the very first scene of the film. An fascinating process and an interesting article!