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.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 4, 2018)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the thriller Bad Samaritan directed by Dean Devlin and starring David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero, Jacqueline Byers, Tracey Heggins and Robert P. Nagle. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph LoDuca (The Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Ash vs Evil Dead). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the romantic comedy Overboard directed by Rob Greenberg & Bob Fisher and starring Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, Eva Longoria, John Hannah and Cecilia Suarez. Lyle Workman (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Superbad, Love, Crashing, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) has composed the film’s original score. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music (click here for the full album details). The label has also released a separate album featuring the songs from the movie by artists such as Bomba Estéreo, Jacob Forever, Gerardo Ortíz & more (click here for more information).
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.