Original score from the 2025 drama comedy feature film directed by Lionel Baier, starring Dominique Reymond, Michel Blanc and William Lebghil, produced by Bande a Part Films and released by Les Films du Losange (France) and Pathé Films (Switzerland).

THE STORY: A ten-year-old boy lives through the events of May 1968 hidden away at his grandparents’ house, surrounded by his uncles and great-grandmother, all bivouacked around a mysterious hideout.

THE SCORE: “The film always balances between quirky/strange and truthful/serious. After trying different music approaches, which always gave new ideas for tightening the edit, we ended with fast paced drum grooves complemented by jazzy soloists and in many parts only needing very reduced musical textures played by different live instruments. To amplify the fast pace of the edit and dialogue we recorded a variety of organic, moody jazz drum grooves. For the more intimate moments we searched for ways to be as close as possible to the protagonists. Instead of relying on electronics or a full orchestra, we decided to mainly work with wind instruments and asked the musicians to musically breathe along with the movement of the protagonists. Based on our musical arrangements and music notes we asked for interpretations and loose improvisations with trumpet, flute, bass flute, ocarina, clarinet, bass clarinet, double bass and piano. Bringing together the vibrant groovy drums with the intimate organic wind instruments, dressed in warm vintage plate reverbs gave this score a compelling 70’s vibe. Fun, pace and emotional textural live instruments give this score a human touch.” – Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg & Lionel Baldenweg

THE COMPOSERS: The siblings Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg & Lionel Baldenweg are a Swiss/Australian composer team. The Baldenwegs are a very versatile team and have composed unique scores for a wide range of different film genres. Their contemporary sound often blends theme based orchestral compositions with a palette of unique instruments and electronic sound scapes. Over 20 scores have been composed for films such as the world bestselling children’s book adaptation and box office hit The Little Witch, the international remake of Til Schweiger’s box office hit Head Full of Honey, the Oscar nominated La Femme et le TGV and, last year, the Irish Western In the Land of Saints and Sinners.

MMS25006 LA CACHE (The Safe House) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed by DIEGO BALDENWEG WITH NORA BALDENWEG & LIONEL BALDENWEG
Release date: March 19, 2025