Christophe Chassol (Asylum Blackout, Sex, Love & Therapy, Dark Touch, Lamb) has signed on to score the upcoming World War II heist movie Le Faux Soir. The film is directed by Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead, The Drop) and stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Mélanie Thierry, Karim Leklou, Mara Taquin, Julien Frison, Bouli Lanners and François Damiens. The movie is set in German-occupied Belgium in late 1943 and inspired by wartime events surrounding Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir, which came under Nazi Germany’s control following its invasion of the country in 1940.
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‘Racer and the Jailbird’ Soundtrack Released
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for Michael R. Roskam’s crime drama Racer and the Jaibird. The album features the film’s original music composed by Raf Keunen (Bullhead, Just a Sigh). Also included is the song Lettre d’un Taulard performed by Viktor Lazlo. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Racer and the Jailbird is co-written and directed by Roskam and stars Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The movie is set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels and focuses on the relationship between a high-flying gangster and a young racing driver with very upper-class root.
Raf Keunen Scoring ‘Racer and the Jailbird’
Raf Keunen is reuniting with director Michael Roskam (The Drop) on the upcoming crime drama Racer and the Jailbird. The film starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos is set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels and centers on a gangster who meets and falls for a young racing driver with very upper-class roots. Roskam also wrote the screenplay with Thomas Bidegain (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) and Noé Debré (Dheepan). Bart Van Langendonck (The Ardennes) is producing the project for Savage Film, alongside Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (Hitman, Grace of Monaco) for Stone Angels.
Raf Keunen Scoring Michael Roskam’s ‘Animal Rescue’
Raf Keunen is reteaming with director Michael R. Roskam to score the upcoming crime thriller Animal Rescue. The film stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Gandolfini and John Ortiz. The movie is based on a short story by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island) and follows a lonely Boston bartender who rescues a puppy from a garbage can and becomes the target of the dog’s abusive and mentally unstable former owner. Lehane has also written the screenplay and Peter Chernin & Dylan Clark (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion) are producing the project for Chernin Entertainment, alongside Mike Larocca. Keunen has previously collaborated with Roskam on his previous directorial effort Bullhead.