Argo (soundtrack)

Argo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a score album composed by Alexandre Desplat to the Academy Award-winning historical drama thriller film Argo. The film was directed by Ben Affleck, from a screenplay written by Chris Terrio, which was adapted from U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative Antonio J. Mendez's eponymous novel released in 1999, his memoir The Master of Disguise, and the Wired article by Joshuah Bearman, "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" (2007); Affleck also starred in the lead role as Mendez. The score album was released on October 9, 2012, by WaterTower Music, three days ahead of the film's release.

Desplat's score received critical acclaim and was nominated at several ceremonies, including Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Grammy Awards, BAFTA Awards and Satellite Awards under the "Original Score" category, winning the latter.