“In 'Secret Life of Pets,' it's a huge orchestra - really, really big.” — Alexandre Desplat Quote

In 'Secret Life of Pets,' it's a huge orchestra - really, really big.

When synthesizers appeared everyone was a composer suddenly.

There are some moments in your life and in your career when you meet a movie and the director that suddenly just turns you to another dimension.

Music can make you go from sadness to an immense sadness. There is a limit; if you go too far, it becomes schmaltzy.

I remember my sisters, they loved a movie called 'The Naked Island.' And the flute was actually playing the main theme. A Japanese movie. A beautiful movie from 1961. I remember hearing this music with a flute many, many times a day at home.

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

In many ways, I think about the possibility that there could still be a Yes in 100 or 200 years from now, just like a live symphony orchestra.

To me, my guitar has always been my orchestra.

Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.