Pierre Desprats
With more than twenty feature film scores to his name, Pierre Desprats has, over the years, established a distinctive musical voice and a singular creative approach. Originally a drummer in hardcore bands in Toulouse, he first discovered cinema through sound engineering. After graduating from the Louis-Lumière School, he worked as a boom operator while continuing to explore experimental music and write songs. A multi-instrumentalist, he approaches composition through performance and physical gesture, allowing the writing process and the unique sonic identity of his scores to emerge organically.
Pierre's work first gained widespread recognition in 2017 with his original score for The Wild Boys (Les Garçons Sauvages). In this rich and eclectic soundtrack, he masterfully deconstructs and reshapes his compositions to accompany Bertrand Mandico's hallucinatory and exuberant cinematic universe. He has continued his collaboration with Mandico ever since, most notably composing the score for CONANN, which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. He has also worked closely with filmmakers Lucie Borleteau (À mon seul désir, Chanson douce), Élie Grappe (Olga, selected for Critics' Week in 2021), and theatre director and visual artist Théo Mercier.
A sought-after collaborator for a new generation of filmmakers, Pierre has composed the scores for seven debut feature films over the past two years alone. These include Alexe Poukine's Kika (Critics' Week 2025), which earned him a nomination for the France Musique–SACEM Audience Award, and Alexis Langlois' Queens of Drama (Les Reines du drame), presented at Critics' Week in 2024. Alongside composing original songs—including Fistée jusqu'au cœur—he embraces a more classical, distinctly orchestral style, drawing on Hitchcockian influences to underscore the film's dramatic tension with remarkable precision.
Most recently, Pierre reunited with Bertrand Mandico for the visionary Roma Elastica, starring Marion Cotillard and Noémie Merlant, which premiered in the Official Selection of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
‘Mon coeur ne bat pour personne’ (documentaire) de Diane Sara. Sortie prochaine.
‘+10k‘ (court-métrage cinéma) de Gala Hernandez Lopez. En production.
‘Wonderwall’ (court-métrage cinéma) de Roisin Burns. En production. ‘Kika’ (long-métrage cinéma) de Alexe Poukine. En production.
2024 : ‘Les Reines du Drame’ by Alexis Langlois
2024 : ‘Fario’ by Lucie Prost
2024 : ‘L’Esprit Coubertin’ by Jérémie Sein
2023 : 'Conann la Barbare' by Bertrand Mandico
2023 : 'La Vaca Que Canto Una Cancion Sobre El Futuro' by Francisca Alegria
2023 : 'A mon seul désir' by Lucie Borleteau
2023 : 'L’Eden' by Andrés Ramírez Pulido. Grand Price and SACD award Semaine de la Critique, Cannes film festival 2022
2022 : 'Paradis sale / After Blue' by Bertrand Mandico. Prix FIPRESCI de la Critique Internationale - Locarno 2021
2021 : 'Olga' by Elie Grappe - Semaine de la Critique, Cannes film festival 2021
2021 : 'Rouge' by Farid Bentoumi
2020 : 'Une mère incroyable' by Franco Lolli - Semaine de la critique, Cannes 2019 - Additional score
2019 : 'Chanson douce' by Lucie Borleteau
2017 : 'Les garçons sauvages' by Bertrand Mandico
2016 : 'White Noise' by Antoine d’Aggata
2015 : 'Théo & Hugo dans le même bateau' (co-composer) by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
2013 : 'Eidolon' by Balthazar Auxietre
2023 : 'Partie de campagne' (Animation 52x13’ - France 2) by Romain Borel
2021 : 'Mortel - season 2' (Netflix) by Fred Garcia
2019-2021 : 'Têtard - Saison 1 & 2' (15x5’ - Canal +) by Jérémie Sein and Lola Roqueplo
2023 : ‘The Last Cartoon: Nonsense, Optimistic, Pessimistic’ by Bertrand Mandico
2023 : ‘Rainer, a Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley’ by Bertrand Mandico
2022 : 'Des jeunes filles enterrent leur vie' by Maïté Sonnet. Quinzaine des réalisateurs, Cannes film festival 2022
2019 : 'Champ de bosses' de Anne Brouillet 2018 : 'Massacre' de Maïté Sonnet 2018 : 'Ultra pulpe' de Bertrand Mandico 2018 : 'De passage' de Julia Colin 2018 : 'Viking' de Camille Polet 2017 : 'Têtard' de Jérémie Sein 2017 : 'Vacances de merde' de Louise Groult 2016 : 'Encarnacion' de Chloé Bourges Rey 2017 : 'Goal volant' de Jérémy Sein 2016 : 'Bête noire' de Maxime Gillier 2016 : 'Gibraltar' de Juliette Barat 2016 : 'Return to Providence' de Benjamin Hameury, Maxime Martinot et Pierre Desprats 2015 : 'Suspendu' de Elie Grappe 2015 : '489 Years' de Hayoun Kwon 2015 : 'Villeneuve' de Agathe Poche 2014 : 'Ouest' de Victor Praud 2014 : 'Les voisins' de Benjamin Hameury 2014 : 'L’escapade' de Louise Groult 2013 : 'Staub' de Léo Richard 2013 : 'Toi mon toit' de Camille Polet 2011 : 'Play' de Jonathan Vinel et Benjamin Hameury THÉÂTRE 2024 : ‘Skinless’ - Théo Mercier 2022 : ‘Outremondes III The Sleeping Chapters’ - Théo Mercier 2022 : ‘Outremondes II Dream Hunters’ - Théo Mercier 2021 : ‘Outremondes I’ - Théo Mercier 2020 : ‘Big Sisters’ - Steven Michel et Théo Mercier 2018 : 'Crash Park' - Philippe Quesne | CDN Nanterre Les Amandiers 2018 : 'Le secret du rocher' - Philippe Quesne | Nuit Blanche 2018 : 'Affordable Solution for Better Living' - Théo Mercier | CDN Nanterre Les Amandiers - Moi la mort je l’aime comme vous aimez la vie | Yohan Manca | CDN de Rouen 2017 : 'L’Oiseleuse' | Installation | Hayoun Kwon | Innerspace 2017 : 'Lourdes' | Pièce écrite et mise en scène Paul Toucang | Théâtre National de la Colline 2016 - Mots d’ados | Installation d’Irvin Anneix | Narrative 2015 : 'DMZ' | Installation | Hayoun Kwon | Innerspace 2010 : 'Petit paysage panoramique' | Vidéo d'Art | Clémence Diard – Marie Drouet