Adapting a beloved novel for the screen is one thing. Finding a musical world for it is another.
For Joe Speedboot, Sam de Jong’s adaptation of Tommy Wieringa’s novel, composers Anne Teikari and Job de Jong created a score that moves in a distinctive way with the energy, vulnerability and imagination of the story. In this session, Anne opens up the creative process behind the soundtrack. How do you find the right tone for characters that already exist in the minds of so many readers? How do you give bravado, friendship and quiet sorrow a sound of their own? And how do you make sure the music doesn’t just support the film, but opens up its world even further?
Through scenes and musical fragments, Anne takes you through the choices behind the score; from sound world and timing to collaboration and emotion. A behind-the-scenes session about the search for music that allows a familiar story to breathe again.
Anne Teikari
Film composer, NLAnne Teikari is a Finnish film composer based in the Netherlands. A graduate of the Conservatory of Amsterdam’s film music master’s programme, she previously worked as a musicologist and music journalist in Finland. Her work explores human interaction through music and the intimacy of musical performance in films. Alongside composing for film, she develops “invisible films,” narrative works built entirely through sound and text. In 2024, Anne received the New Talent Award at the MIMAs for the documentary Black Joy. In 2026, she composed the score for her first feature film, Joe Speedboot, with Job de Jong.