40-450: The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the official soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: New Moon . The score for The Twilight Saga: New Moon was composed by Alexandre Desplat while the rest of the soundtrack was chosen by music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas , who also produced the Twilight soundtrack . The New Moon – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album
80-792: A BAFTA nomination for Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2010, both of which were won by Michael Giacchino for Up . 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
120-458: A physical release to be included. From 5 November 2007, the eligibility rules were widened so that singles only available digitally could chart, and " Apologize " by Timbaland was the first single to enter the chart purely on digital sales. In February 2008, " Don't Stop the Music " by Rihanna became the first single to reach number one on digital sales alone. In May 2006, it was announced that
160-666: A teen and eventually decided to pursue a career as a film composer after hearing John Williams 's Star Wars score in 1977. Other early sources of Desplat's inspiration include the music of Maurice Jarre , Nino Rota and Georges Delerue . Desplat studied at the Royal College of Music and the Conservatoire de Paris under Claude Ballif . During this period, he also took a summer course under Iannis Xenakis . Desplat also studied under Jack Hayes in Los Angeles. When recording
200-749: A wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters , such as The Golden Compass (2007), Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2008), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) & Part 2 (2011), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Godzilla (2014), Unbroken (2014), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), The Midnight Sky (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022). He has collaborated with several directors such as Wes Anderson , Chris Weitz , George Clooney , and Roman Polanski . Alexandre Desplat
240-508: Is featured on Spanish language versions of the soundtrack, with the song "Frente al Mar" (" In front of the Sea "). Initial critical response to the New Moon soundtrack was generally favorable. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 70, based on 11 reviews. The soundtrack debuted at number two on
280-604: The Billboard 200 albums chart, and climbed to number one a week later after selling 153,000 copies in its first full week of release. It made history as the first time ever a soundtrack and its sequel have both reached the #1 spot on the chart. The album was certified Platinum by RIAA , and has sold 1,305,000 copies in the US as of August 2013. In New Zealand, it was certified Gold on October 18, 2009, selling over 7,500 copies in its first two days of release. The album debuted at number two and
320-514: The Countdown chart, was dated the week ending 10 July 1983. ARIA began compiling its charts in-house from the chart survey dated 13 June 1988, corresponding with the printed top 50 charts dated the week ending 26 June 1988. Various artists' compilation albums were initially included in the albums chart, as they had been on the Kent Report chart, until 2 July 1989, when a separate Compilations chart
360-627: The 54th Annual Grammy Awards . He reunited with director David Yates , who offered Desplat the opportunity to score the second part after his work on the Part 1 soundtrack in 2010 "enchanted everyone in the control room". Desplat's soundtrack sequel to the 2008 film Largo Winch was released in 2011 and was well received. Desplat's 2011 projects included The Tree of Life , directed by Terrence Malick (which he actually recorded in early 2010), A Better Life , La Fille du Puisatier , Roman Polanski's Carnage , George Clooney 's Ides of March , and
400-619: The ARIA Chart Show was a radio program launched on the Nova network and broadcast throughout Australia, playing the official ARIA top 50 singles. The live music program was hosted by Jabba each Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm. From 1 June 2013 to 3 September 2016, the Take 40 Australia radio program broadcast the official ARIA top 40 singles on Saturday afternoons, typically from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, on each state's Hit Network -owned radio station. The show
440-565: The Ang Lee movie Lust, Caution . Prior to these break-out works, he contributed scores for The Luzhin Defence , Girl with a Pearl Earring , Syriana , Birth , Hostage , Casanova and The Nest . For The Painted Veil , he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music, and the 2006 World Soundtrack Award. He won
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#1732885029730480-686: The 2007 BMI Film Music Award, 2007 World Soundtrack Award, 2007 European Film Award, and received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for The Queen . He also won the Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Film Music in The Beat that My Heart Skipped . In 2008, Desplat received his second Oscar nomination for David Fincher 's Curious Case of Benjamin Button . Desplat received his third Oscar nomination and
520-613: The Bartman " by The Simpsons was the first single to reach No. 1 in Australia that was not available on 7-inch vinyl , but cassingle only. In April 2006, ARIA began publishing the Digital Tracks Chart, counting download sales data from providers such as iTunes and BigPond Music . Starting from 9 October 2006, digital sales data was integrated into the singles chart alongside physical sales, although singles were required to have
560-665: The Brazin retailing group, comprising HMV , Sanity and Virgin Megastore outlets, would no longer contribute sales data to the ARIA charts. However, after a five-month absence, Brazin reportedly re-commenced contributing sales figures on 26 November 2006. On 10 December 2012, ARIA launched the Streaming Tracks Chart, tracking audio streaming data from services such as Spotify , and later Apple Music . ARIA introduced streaming data into
600-793: The César-nominated Sur mes lèvres (2002), Rire et Châtiment (2003), Syriana (2005), the César -winner The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), The Queen (2006), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), The Ghost Writer (2010), Daniel Auteuil 's remake of La Fille du Puisatier (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Desplat has composed individual songs that have been sung in films by such artists as Akhenaton , Kate Beckinsale , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Valérie Lemercier , Miosotis and Catherine Ringer . He has also written music for
640-560: The Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent , also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded
680-523: The Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire conducted by John Axelrod. His Trois Etudes for piano originally written for pianist Lang Lang had its U.S. premiere in October 2013 played by pianist Gloria Cheng. He received a sixth Oscar nomination for his score to Philomena , which marked his fourth collaboration with director Stephen Frears . On 23 June 2014, it was announced that Desplat would head
720-453: The Third Kind ) in 1978, and only the seventh time overall ( Alfred Newman , Bernard Herrmann , Max Steiner , Miklos Rozsa and Johnny Green are the only other composers to achieve this). On 16 March 2015, It was announced that Desplat would be composing the first anthology film of the new Disney Star Wars films, called Rogue One . In September 2016, he stepped down due to reshoots of
760-568: The United States hosted New Moon soundtrack listening parties on the release date, October 16, where fans were able to listen to the entire soundtrack and hear special messages from the featured bands. The album's CD booklet folds out into a New Moon poster. International versions of the soundtrack are available in certain countries, featuring bonus tracks from "local" artists. For example, Mexican Grammy and Latin Grammy nominee Ximena Sariñana
800-641: The film, and was then replaced by Michael Giacchino . In 2018, he won his second Academy Award for The Shape of Water and premiered a new work for solo flute played by Emmanuel Pahud. Desplat is married to violinist Dominique "Solre" Lemmonier. They have two daughters, Antonia and Ninon. Desplat has studios both in Los Angeles and Paris and makes his home in the latter city. Desplat has received many awards and nominations for his work including two Academy Awards , three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards . ARIA Charts The ARIA Charts are
840-401: The following Friday, they would be releasing weekly chart figures at 5pm AEST each Friday, replacing the previous method of releasing them each Saturday evening. On 1 March 2022, the association announced that chart figures would incorporate YouTube streaming data from logged-in users from 4 March onwards. The ARIA website publishes the top 50 singles and albums charts (truncated from
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#1732885029730880-400: The jury at the 71st Venice International Film Festival . He wrote five major scores during 2014, with The Grand Budapest Hotel winning him his first Academy Award. His score for The Imitation Game was also nominated, and his win therefore marked the first time a composer had won against another of their own scores since John Williams won for Star Wars (beating Close Encounters of
920-731: The logo for the French film company StudioCanal . Desplat started 2012 with Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close , the Florent Emilio Siri-directed biopic Cloclo , and DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians . His other scores of 2013 included Rust and Bone , Zero Dark Thirty , and Argo , the latter of which earned him Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. In June 2013, Desplat's first Concerto for Flute & Orchestra premiered in France with flautist Jean Ferrandis and
960-766: The main Australian music sales charts , issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association . The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report , which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. The Go-Set charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding Go-Set ,
1000-503: The main characters." The music video for "Meet Me on the Equinox" premiered on October 7, 2009, and includes clips from the movie. The English rock band Muse contributed a remix of their song " I Belong to You ", which appears in its original form on their 2009 album The Resistance . St. Vincent collaborated with Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon to create a song called "Rosyln". When describing
1040-549: The main chart after five weeks inside the chart, caused by the success of the film. In the UK, the album debuted at number one on the compilations chart. Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (The Score) was composed by Alexandre Desplat and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra . He replaced Carter Burwell , who wrote
1080-783: The music for his first film, he met violinist Dominique Lemonnier, who became his favorite soloist and artistic director. They later married. Desplat has worked on many films since the 1990s. His big Hollywood break came in 2003 with the soundtrack for the film Girl with a Pearl Earring , a drama set in 17th-century Delft exploring a fictional muse of Vermeer . Desplat has composed extensively for French cinema , Hollywood, 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), Reines d'un Jour (2001),
1120-432: The novel by Roald Dahl ; New Moon , directed by Chris Weitz ; Roman Polanski 's Ghost Writer ; Tamara Drewe ; The Special Relationship ; and The King's Speech which earned Desplat his fourth Oscar nomination. In early 2011, Desplat began to write the music to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 , which would earn him a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at
1160-442: The piano at the age of five. He later picked up the trumpet, before switching to flute at nine. Desplat's musical interests were wide, ranging from French composers such as Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy , to jazz and world music. He developed an early appreciation for film music, courtesy of the movie soundtracks his parents brought back from the United States. He began collecting Bernard Herrmann 's Hitchcock soundtracks as
1200-652: The score for the previous film, Twilight (2008). Weitz has a working relationship with Desplat, who scored one of his previous films, The Golden Compass (2007). The score has received critical acclaim from many film music critics. Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat ( French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ dɛspla] ; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades throughout his career spanning over four decades, including, two Academy Awards , three British Academy Film Awards , three César Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , and two Grammy Awards . Desplat
1240-411: The singles chart on 24 November 2014, and the albums chart on 15 May 2017. In October 2018, ARIA changed the methodology to give greater emphasis to paid subscription streams over ad-supported streams. As of July 2023 , an album-equivalent unit is worth the same as 170 streams on a paid subscription service, or 420 streams on an ad-supported service. On 15 March 2021, ARIA announced that as of
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1280-427: The song, she said, "[Justin] sings in his beautiful falsetto and I'm actually singing very, very low... I think there's something vampirey and creepy about the two of us singing together. It's a simple, stripped-down kind of song." The soundtrack originally had a release date of October 20, 2009, but the date was moved up four days to October 16 due to "overwhelming and unprecedented demand". Hot Topic locations across
1320-529: The soundtrack's lead single, a song written specifically for the film called " Meet Me on the Equinox ", which debuted September 13 during the MTV Video Music Awards . Bassist Nick Harmer says, "We wrote 'Meet Me On the Equinox' to reflect the celestial themes and motifs that run throughout the Twilight series and we wanted to capture that desperate feeling of endings and beginnings that so strongly affect
1360-840: The theatre, including pieces performed at the Comédie Française . Desplat has conducted performances of his music played by the London Symphony Orchestra , the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Munich Symphony Orchestra . Desplat has also given Master Classes at La Sorbonne in Paris and the Royal College of Music in London . In 2007, he composed the scores for Philip Pullman 's Golden Compass ; Zach Helm 's BAFTA nominated directorial debut Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium with American composer Aaron Zigman ; and
1400-517: The top 100), top 40 digital tracks chart (truncated from the top 50), and top 20 dance singles chart (truncated from the top 25). The ARIA Report lists all charts in full and is available via paid e-mail subscription each week. These reports are uploaded to the Pandora Archive periodically. The top 50 singles and albums charts are also published by online industry magazine The Music Network , along with various other charts. On 5 February 2006,
1440-641: Was born in Paris . His father, Jacques Desplat, was a Frenchman originally from Sarlat-la-Canéda . His mother, Katie Ladopoulou, is a Greek poet originally from Athens . Desplat's parents had met in the United States while they were both students at the University of California, Berkeley . They married in San Francisco and returned to France, settling in Paris. Alexandre has two older sisters, Marie-Christine (also known as Kiki) and Rosalinda. Desplat began playing
1480-493: Was certified Platinum after its first week of release, selling over 15,000 copies. In Australia, the soundtrack rose to number one on the iTunes Store and has largely stayed in the top five since its release. It debuted at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart in the week beginning October 26, 2009, and was certified Platinum in its first week. In Mexico, the album is jumped to No. 1 on the international album charts and No. 4 on
1520-514: Was created. The ARIA Report , detailing the top 100 singles and albums charts, was first available via subscription in January 1990. The printed top 50 charts ceased publication in June 1998, but resumed publication later in the year. The printed top 50 charts again ceased publication at the end of 2000. Since 17 February 1997, all physical sales data contributing towards the chart has been recorded electronically at point of sale. In March 1991, " Do
1560-646: Was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016. Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2017). He also received nominations for his work on The Queen (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Argo (2012), Philomena (2013), The Imitation Game (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), and Little Women (2019). Desplat has composed scores for
1600-437: Was released on October 16, 2009 by Patsavas' Chop Shop label, in conjunction with Atlantic Records . New Moon 's soundtrack comprises songs that are all original and exclusive to the soundtrack and are performed by various indie rock and alternative rock artists. New Moon director Chris Weitz stated that the soundtrack would feature songs from Radiohead , Muse , and Band of Skulls . Death Cab for Cutie contributed
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