Villeneuve Pironi
(Digital)

Sky Music presents a soundtrack for the Sky documentary Villeneuve Pironi. The album contains the music composed by Nainita Desai.

Sky Music presents a soundtrack for the Sky documentary Villeneuve Pironi. The album contains the music composed by Nainita Desai.

The soundtrack is available on all digital music services to download,

Villeneuve Pironi is directed by Torquil Jones.

The documentary tells the story of a friendship turned feud between Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, which preceded their untimely deaths.

Featuring interviews with the families of both drivers, the documentary is centred around the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, during which a contentious incident saw the sudden breakdown of their relationship..

More info at: Official Web Site Sky

More info at: Composer Nainita Desai Official Site

Sky Music is excited to announce the release of Villeneuve Pironi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) with music by Emmy-winning composer Nainita Desai. The 26-track album is available since March 17, to stream on digital platforms.

Sky Music is excited to announce the release of Villeneuve Pironi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) with music by Emmy-winning composer Nainita Desai. The 26-track album is available since March 17, to stream on digital platforms.

Nainita speaks about the music, “At its heart, the score had to have huge emotion and drama. There are four main overarching themes and ideas I wanted to explore in the film; Passion and Friendship, Betrayal, Fear and tragedy, and love and spirituality, all underpinned with a sense of intrigue.

The drivers are both incredibly driven and live life to the full on and off the track, so I tried to mirror that with propelling energetic moments such as in Gille’s Passion that draws you into their world, but also inject fun 70’s influenced music in tracks such as Didier and Racing Legends, that illustrates the hedonistic craziness of their world.

I also needed to represent the relationships with their families and the emotional trying times they went through, so there are several key moments of reflection, heartache and the coming to terms with loss in pieces such as Torn Apart which I tried to handle with a restrained, delicate touch.

The major shift in their story comes to a head with The Betrayal - End Credits. It is the emotional culmination of their friendship with a dramatic twist that tales place over the course of a thrilling race.

On top of the energy, propulsive earthy percussion floats a strong melody that has gravitas and elegance followed by a counter melody that eventually takes over taking you on a roller coaster of a journey and emulates the real-life rivalry between Gilles and Didier and the tragic outcome of the race.”

The score was recorded at Abbey Road.

About The Film
Villeneuve Pironi tells the story of two supremely gifted Ferrari F1 drivers, forever torn apart by a historic and hugely controversial moment in time. Friendship, duplicity, ambition, and honour all collide at racing speeds in this epic story. Told through compelling interviews by both the Villeneuve and Pironi families, a friendship becomes a rivalry, and a rivalry becomes a tragedy in this Shakespearean tale of two Formula 1 giants, told, for the very first time, by those who were closest to the men involved.


( - White Bear PR – Sky Music - )

More info at: Official Web Site Sky