Lucas Vidal has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Kidnapping Freddy Heineken. The film is directed by Daniel Alfredson (The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest) and stars Anthony Hopkins, Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington, Ryan Kwanten, Mark van Eeuwen and Tom Cocquerel. The movie chronicles the 1983 kidnapping of the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery and his driver who were released only after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid. William Brookfield (Rough Magic, Close Your Eyes) has written the screenplay based on Peter R. de Vries’ bestselling book. Judy Cairo (Crazy Heart, Hysteria) and Michael A. Simpson are producing the project for Informant Media along with Howard Meltzer for Informant Europe. Kidnapping Freddy Heineken is currenly in post-production. No word yet on a release date.
Vidal has also composed the music for the horror thriller The Quiet Ones, which will be released later this month by Lionsgate. Also coming up for the Spanish composer whose previous film scoring credits include such films as Fast & Furious 6, The Raven and The Cold Light of Day is the action thriller Tracers starring Taylor Lautner.
what style of score is it gonna be?