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How Alexandre Desplat Crafted the Score for Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ — With a Nod to Stravinsky
'The Phoenician Scheme' composer Alexandre Desplat breaks down how Stravinsky shaped the score for the Wes Anderson film.
The story follows business magnate Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) as he embarks on an ambitious venture with his estranged daughter — a nun named Liesl (Mia Threapleton) — and her entomology tutor, Bjorn (Michael Cera). Despite the film’s eclectic cast — from Cera’s quirky Norwegian insect specialist to Korda’s devious, bushy-browed half-brother, Uncle Nubar (Benedict Cumberbatch) — Desplat chose not to compose distinct themes for individual characters. Desplat has been a longtime collaborator of Anderson’s, first working with the visionary auteur on the 2009 stop-motion comedy “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Since then, he’s contributed to “Moonrise Kingdom” (2012), “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014), “Isle of Dogs” (2018), “The French Dispatch” (2021) and “Asteroid City” (2023).
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