Oklou Scores Animated Film In Waves, Soundtrack Due December 11

Oklou has composed the score for In Waves, an animated feature film scheduled for release on Netflix, Pitchfork reported on 11 November.

The official soundtrack has 23 songs and is scheduled for release on December 11, the same day as the film. Oklou made the music with French artist ROB. A soundtrack is the collection of songs and background music written for a film, and it is often released as an album.

The first song to be made public from the record is "The Swirl Ahead," which arrived as a preview. It is track 8 on the full soundtrack.

The film was directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen. It is adapted from AJ Dungo's 2019 graphic memoir of the same name, a true story told in comic-book form. Dungo's book follows the author's own life, and the film carries that story onto the screen as an animated work.

In Waves premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France. It was the first animated film chosen to open Critics' Week, a programme that runs alongside the festival's main competition and gives a showcase to new filmmakers.

For music fans, the timing means the score and the film will reach audiences in the same month. The soundtrack gives listeners a way into the film before they sit down to watch it, and the single already out offers a first taste of how the record sounds.

Netflix has not, in the material reported so far, announced a specific date for the film's arrival on the streaming service beyond the scheduled release. Fans who want to follow the rollout can watch for the soundtrack's December 11 date and the film's listing on the platform.