Little Women (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Alexandre Desplat

• 1 Little Women 03:14
• 2 Plumfield 03:39
• 3 The Beach 02:49
• 4 Christmas Morning 02:53
• 5 Dance on the Porch 01:08
• 6 Ice Skating 02:14
• 7 The Book 03:37
• 8 Father Comes Home 03:18
• 9 Christmas Breakfast 02:34
• 10 Amy 01:26
• 11 Friedrich Dances with Jo 01:34
• 12 Telegram 01:50
• 13 Theatre in the Attic 02:28
• 14 Laurie Kisses Amy 01:23
• 15 Friedrich 01:33
• 16 Laurie and Jo on the Hill 01:02
• 17 Young Love 01:35
• 18 Meg's Dress 04:27
• 19 Carriage Ride 01:49
• 20 Laurie 00:56
• 21 The Letter 01:45
• 22 Snow in the Garden 02:40
• 23 Jo Writes 03:50
• 24 Amy, Fred, Meg & John 03:49
• 25 Dr March's Daughters 04:47
• 26 It's Romance 01:24
• Total Runtime 01:03:44

Info for Little Women (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Little Women explores the lives of the March sisters in 1860s New England, in the aftermath of the American Civil War. The prolific composer Alexandre Desplat, who has an incredible number of high-profile projects under his belt, composed the music for the movie. Overall, Desplat currently has 10 Oscar nominations in his career, with two wins ('The Shape of Water' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'). As some has stated his musical score is undoubtedly one of the best compositions of the year. According to one of it's producers, the new adaptation of Little Women focuses more on the sisters' young adult lives, particularly after Meg, Jo and Amy leave their family home. The film jumps back and forth in time and focuses more on themes rather than narrative. Little Women stars Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Meryl Streep and many more.

Of the soundtrack, composer Alexandre Desplat says, "To capture the life of these four young girls on their path to adulthood, I have called in the four hands of two pianists. They are surrounded by a chamber orchestra, which keeps us in the intimate world of these 'little women.' We recorded the score in New York City with the most wonderful musicians whose musicality and virtuosity went beyond my expectations."

"Working with him has been a dream," adds Greta Gerwig of working with Desplat on the score. "From the first sketches he sent me to listening to him record the glorious score with an orchestra in New York, every step of the process has been a joy. He has taught me how to work with a composer: how to listen, how to give notes, how to wait for it to develop, how to step away, how to dive in. I am a better filmmaker for having worked with him, and I sincerely hope that it is not the last time."

"For Little Women, Greta envisioned a musical without lyrics. From the beginning, Alexandre had to be the musical voice of the film," says Spring Aspers, President of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, Music. "The resulting score is both dynamic and intimate making it the perfect complement to this exquisite retelling. I can't wait for audiences to come together to experience this film."

Alexandre Desplat
Composer, orchestrator and conductor, two times Academy Award winner, Alexandre Desplat, eleven-times Academy Award Nominee, with over hundred scores and numerous awards to his credit is one of the most worthy heirs of the French film scoring masters.

A true cinephile, his approach to film composition is not only based on his strong musicality, but also on his understanding of Cinema, which allows him to intimately communicate with directors. Inspired by the works of Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota or Georges Delerue, he expressed his desire to compose for Cinema early on but really made his decision after listening to John Williams’s score to Star Wars.

Raised in a musical and cultural mix with a Greek mother and French father who studied and were married in California, he grew up listening to the French symphonists Ravel and Debussy, to World Music and to Jazz. He studied piano and trumpet before choosing the flute as main instrument and enriched his classical musical education by studying Brazilian and African Music, which later will lead him to record with Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema. While composing for Cinema and Television he started writing a lot for Theater companies such as La Comédie Française, which allowed him to understand the importance of dramaturgy and how to adapt carefully his music to actors performances.

During the recording of his first feature film, he met a rare violinist, Dominique "Solrey" Lemonnier, starting an exceptional artistic exchange. She became his favorite soloist, concertmaster and artistic director. With her special sense of interpretation and her creative spirit, she has inspired Desplat’s compositions, influencing his music at its core. Together they have created a new way of using for the strings in film music.

After scoring 50 European films, with legendary French directors such as Philippe de Broca or Francis Girod, he burst in 2003 onto the Hollywood scene with his evocative score to Peter Webber’s GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING which earned him nominations at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and European Film Awards. His singular and remarkable scores for the films of Jacques Audiard showed a new musical voice and his composition for THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED in 2005 earned him the Silver Bear at the Berlinale as well as his first César.

Alexandre Desplat then started to expand his U.S. career keeping his European collaborations by composing for Stephen Gaghan’s SYRIANA, Jonathan Glazer’s BIRTH, Florent Siri’s HOSTAGE, and Jacques Audiard’s A PROPHET.

In 2007 he received his first Academy Award nomination for Stephen Frears’ THE QUEEN which earned him his first European Film Award. The same year he won the Golden Globe, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award and the World Soundtrack Award for his score to John Curran’s THE PAINTED VEIL, performed by Lang Lang.

He composed in 2008 for Florent Siri’s INTIMATE ENEMY, Ang Lee’s LUST, CAUTION, and David Fincher’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, which earned him a second Oscar nomination and a fourth BAFTA and Golden Globe nomination.

With his score for Roman Polanski’s THE GHOST WRITER in 2010, starting an inspiring relationship, he won a second César and a second European Film Award. The same year, he wrote the music for TWILIGHT-NEW MOON by Chris Weitz, a platinum record, Anne Fontaine’s COCO BEFORE CHANEL and for Tom Hooper’s THE KING’S SPEECH for which he won the BAFTA, the Grammy Award and receives his fourth Academy Award nomination and his fifth Golden Globe nomination.

In 2010-2011 Alexandre Desplat scored David Yates films HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 1 and HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2, which became the third most successful movie of all time. As eclectic as prolific he wrote nine score in 2011 including Terence Malik’s TREE OF LIFE, Roman Polanski’s CARNAGE, Wes Anderson’s FANTASTIC MR FOX, Daniel Auteuil’s THE WELL’S DIGGER DAUGHTER and George Clooney’s THE IDES OF MARCH.

In 2012, keeping his artistic exchange with European directors, Alexandre Desplat collaborated with Kathryn Bigelow for ZERO DARK THIRTY, Matteo Garrone for REALITY, Gilles Bourdos for RENOIR, Jérôme Salle for ZULU, Wes Anderson for MOONRISE KINGDOM and Jacques Audiard for RUST AND BONE for which he won a third César. He also scored ARGO by Ben Affleck, which was awarded the Oscar for best film, and earned Alexandre Desplat a sixth nomination at BAFTA, as well as a fifth nomination at the Golden Globes and the Oscars.

He signed in 2013 the scores of THE MONUMENTS MEN by George Clooney, Roman Polanski’s VENUS IN FUR, Stephen Frears’ PHILOMENA, for which he received his seventh BAFTA and his fifth Oscar nominations.

In 2014 he scored Gareth Edwards’s blockbuster GODZILLA, and received a rare double Academy Award nomination for his scores of Morten Tyldum’s THE IMITATION GAME and Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, which earned him a BAFTA, a Grammy and his first Oscar.

Member of the jury at the Festival de Cannes 2012, he became the first composer President of the Jury at the Mostra di Venezia in 2014. Celebrating their longtime partnership he has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra for a concert of his works at the Barbican Theater in London in December 2014.

In 2018, Alexandre Desplat wons for Guillermo del Toro's THE SHAPE OF WATER his second Academy Award, second Golden Globe and third BAFTA. He was nominated in 2019 for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Wes Anderson's ISLE OF DOGS, and in 2020 for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Greta Gerwig's LITTLE WOMEN.

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