Scarlett Johansson recorded the song with Massive Attack

Study of Scarlett... Cover of record player in the song of Gershwin with Massive Attack. Photography: Jason Merritt/Getty/PR

Massive Attack have collaborated with actor Scarlett johansson on the soundtrack of a Mexican forthcoming thriller. Dias de Gracia (grace period), directed by Everardo gout, also original music by Atticus Ross, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis and Shigeru Umebayashi has.

Dias de Gracia is a tale of murder and kidnapping of split across three separate scenarios, with different composers marking each narrative thread. Each segment took place during a World Cup of different final in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Bad Seeds, Cave and Ellis scored the 2002 history after drop heard their work on the proposal and the assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. "They have created a piece that integrates superbly sounds, noises, urban environments and animals, which could only have been composed by them," said.

Ross, who won an Oscar in February for his work with Trent Reznor on the score of The Social Network, composed the soundtrack for the story of 2006. "He has worked on the feeling of apprehension for the most part," drop says, "something more visceral, more warm."

Umebayashi, a Japanese composer who has worked with Wong Kar - wai, wrote the "calm and sophisticated" music for the history of 2010.

The film uses also several versions of the classic jazz of George Gershwin, Summertime, performed by Janis Joplin and Nina Simone. The most unusual rendition is the last: a new approach to the standard of Johansson and Massive Attack of Bristol. Johansson, who does not appear in the film, released an album of Tom Waits covers in 2008 and has worked with Pete Yorn in 2009.

Dias de Gracia was presented this week at the Cannes film festival. It was a "sign of the status of cult [future] film", depending on the variety, which praised its "intense, bass-heavy score".