His career-capping, infamous head-butt aside, Zinedine Zidane had an historic run as an all-world French footballer (that's world-speak for "soccer player"), and Glaswegian director Douglas Gordon has set his story to film in the Cannes-loved, "experimental documentary" Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait.
To aid with the drama (and the "experimental"), Gordon enlisted fellow Glaswegians Mogwai to record the film's soundtrack, an affecting, cinematic affair that'll make fans of the Scottish post-rockers swoon. Building to subtle crescendos rather than distort-assaults, the tracks actually make us wanna see a movie about soccer!
Mogwai - "7:25" (MP3 Link Expired)
Mogwai - "Black Spider" (MP3 Link Expired)
Check the film's trailer here. They best set that head-butt to some seriously overdriven Braithwaite guitars.
Mogwai's soundtrack to Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is out 10/30 on PIAS Recordings.
