Meet the Brilliant Belgians Behind ‘The Social Network’ Trailer Choir, Scala & Kolacny Brother

Steven and Stijn Kolacny were just a couple of Belgians doing
a cool thing — namely, arranging, recording and performing a mix
of original songs and pop and rock covers with their 238-member
girls’ choir, Scala & Kolacny Brothers.

Then David Fincher tapped Scala’s take on Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
for ‘The Social Network’ trailer and, a few million enthusiastic
YouTube streams later, things changed a little. Billboard reported
the choir had landed an American record deal after their haunting
tune helped shoot the clip into viral legend. (Face it — best
movie trailer of 2010, and the song is a huge reason why.)

“Mostly you never have a trailer with two minutes and 30 seconds
of music; it was almost like a video clip for us,” says Steven
Kolacny, 41, the group’s arranger, composer and pianist. “It was
like asking David Fincher to make a clip for Scala. It was
astonishing.”

Conductor brother Stijn, 35, says: “I think it’s incredible for
us on the Internet — it attracts all kinds of people, of course to
the movie, but also to our music.”