To a long-time reader, it might be no surprise that we here at The Playlist love Sonic Youth. The rockers, whose last (and 15th!) album was The Eternal, an excellent reminder of the legacy of noise rock’s key founders, are now confirmed to have scored Fabrice Gobert’s Un Certain Regard Cannes entry “Simon Werner a Disparu.” or “Lights Out,” its English title. The synopsis, courtesy of TF 1 International, is below:
March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol fueled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless.
Two weeks earlier. Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, has not shown up for class. Blood stains are found in a class-room. Run-away, kidnap, suicide, murder?
A few days later, Laetitia, a student from the same class goes missing without her parents knowing where she has gone. A young girl with no dark background or connection to Simon. The next day, Jean-Baptiste, a third student, also disappears. Rumors start to spread. The psychosis begins…
Word that Sonic Youth was scoring something trickled out late last year, but they clammed up on details surrounding the project. We’re definitely intrigued and wonder how the band approached this one — and also whether the soundtrack will be released as a standalone album any time soon (hey Thurston, want to drop us a line?). For now, we can only eagerly await Cannes, which we hope will drop some more details on the film (which until Sonic Youth’s involvement didn’t sound particularly interesting) and the score.
