Descripción de The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat (BAFTA 2011 winner for Original Music):

Source: http://www.facebook.com/m.soundtracks Soundtrack: My Kingdom, My Rules Composed by Alexandre Desplat Director: Tom Hooper Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter Genres: Drama | History Country: UK | Australia | USA Release Date: 7 January 2011 Budget: $15,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend: $355,450 (USA) Runtime: 118 min Storyline Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war. Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer. He has scored several successful films in the late 2000s, including The Golden Compass, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He won a Golden Globe for The Painted Veil. He has received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA nominations, and five Golden Globe nominations, winning the latter award for his work on The Painted Veil in 2006. Desplat has composed extensively for films, in France and in Hollywood—scores and incidental music for over 100 films including Lapse of Memory (1992), Family Express (1992), Regarde Les Hommes Tomber (1994), Les Péchés Mortels (1995), César-nominated Un Héros Très Discret (1996), Une Minute de Silence (1998), Sweet Revenge (1998), Le Château des Singes (1999), Home Sweet Home (2001), Reines d'un Jour (2001), the César-nominated Sur mes Lèvres (2002), Rire et Châtiment (2003), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010). Recently, Desplat has composed music for Largo Winch, based on the Belgian comic; Afterwards a French-Canadian psychological thriller film directed by Gilles Bourdos in English; Anne Fontaine's Coco avant Chanel based on the life of designer Coco Chanel; Robert Guédiguian's L'Armée du Crime; Cheri, reuniting him with director Stephen Frears, whom he collaborated with on The Queen; Un Prophète reuniting with director Jacques Audiard; Julie & Julia directed by Nora Ephron; Fantastic Mr. Fox, directed by Wes Anderson and based on the novel by Roald Dahl; New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz; Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (film); Tamara Drewe; The Special Relationship; and The King's Speech which earned Desplat his fourth Oscar nomination.