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However, Desplat has devoted the brunt of his quarantine to another Netflix movie: Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio.” And it’s giving him a fresh challenge just when he needs it most: Songs. “Guillermo is very excited about the project, and what I’ve seen of the stop-motion animation is just beautiful,” Desplat said. “But for me it was really nice to be able to write songs for him. I wrote a lot of songs in France between 1985 and 2004 when I started doing movies in America, but after that I never had the opportunity. So this is a great film for me because there were seven or eight songs to write — it’s very difficult, but it helps when you have actors who can sing.” The cast includes Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton.