A collaboration that starts on the page
Dhont and Hadjadj met as students and developed a shared creative language across multiple projects. Variety says Hadjadj reads Dhont's scripts early and begins making music that responds to their tone rather than waiting for a locked picture.
What Coward asks of the music
Coward follows two Belgian soldiers who find tenderness behind the First World War front. Festival and credit pages identify Hadjadj as composer; reviews describe a restrained score, helping explain why the early script conversations matter to the finished film's intimate scale.
The Riders is a different kind of search
Berger's The Riders stars Brad Pitt as an Australian father crossing Europe with his daughter to find his missing wife. Volker Bertelmann is credited as composer, extending his collaboration with Berger into a psychological mystery rather than treating the score as an interchangeable prestige-film layer.
Update note: Original source-reviewed craft briefing connecting two distinct composer-director workflows without inventing details beyond the published discussion and official credits.
Original headline: Lukas Dhont, Valentin Hadjadj Discuss ‘Coward’ Score, and Edward Berger, Volker Bertelmann Talk About Music for ‘The Riders,’ Starring Brad Pitt
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September 30 craft report on the Dhont-Hadjadj and Berger-Bertelmann collaborations.
Official program confirming the Coward soundtrack discussion and participating filmmakers.
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