Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (with the subtitle An Original Soundtrack by Mogwai) is a film score

Film score

A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...

 by Mogwai

Mogwai

The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...

, for the documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait is a documentary film in which the main subject is French football player Zinedine Zidane.The film is a documentary focused purely on Zidane during the Spanish Liga Real Madrid vs. Villarreal CF game on April 23, 2005 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and was filmed...

.

Overview

In late 2005, Douglas Gordon

Douglas Gordon

Douglas Gordon is a Scottish artist; he won the Turner Prize in 1996 and the following year he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale...

 asked Mogwai if they would record a score for his documentary, Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle. After seeing some footage of the film with a remix of "Mogwai Fear Satan

Mogwai Fear Satan

"Mogwai Fear Satan" is a song by Scottish post-rock group Mogwai, which ends their 1997 debut studio album, Mogwai Young Team.-Overview:...

" playing in the background, they agreed to do it. The band weren't given any direction as to what the album should sound like and didn't have a lot of time to structure the music, so some songs on the album have an improvised

Musical improvisation

Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians...

 feel. The album's sound is a departure from the more straightforward rock songs on Mr. Beast and a return of the slow, experimental style of Come on Die Young

Come On Die Young

Come On Die Young , is the second full-length studio album by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 29 March 1999 by Chemikal Underground.-Overview:...

. It features darker, slower songs with haunting piano and gentle guitar melodies, as well as ambient noise. There is an untitled hidden track after "Black Spider 2", which lasts for more than 20 minutes. Two of the songs are outtakes from previous Mogwai releases, rerecorded: "Black Spider" (originally titled "Big E") and "7:25" from Rock Action

Rock Action (album)

Rock Action is the third full-length studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai.-Overview:Rock Action brought with it some changes to Mogwai's sound that they would continue to develop later, including the use of electronic instruments...

and Come on Die Young

Come On Die Young

Come On Die Young , is the second full-length studio album by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 29 March 1999 by Chemikal Underground.-Overview:...

, respectively. It is the first Mogwai release to feature a hidden track.

Track listing

All songs were written by Mogwai.

1. "Black Spider" – 5:02
2. "Terrific Speech 2" – 4:06
3. "Wake Up and Go Berserk" – 4:45
4. "Terrific Speech" – 4:45
5. "7:25" – 5:11
6. "Half Time" – 6:49
7. "I Do Have Weapons" – 4:15
8. "Time and a Half" – 5:56
9. "It Would Have Happened Anyway" – 2:34
10. "Black Spider 2" – 4:12
11. "Untitled [Hidden Track]" – 23:02

Personnel

• Stuart Braithwaite – guitar
• Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
• Martin Bulloch – drums
• John Cummings – guitar
• Barry Burns – piano, guitar, organ
• Tony Doogan – producer