The album is a soundtrack for an imaginary French film, and pays homage to the great European film directors of the late 1950s and 1960s such as François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.[4] It includes guest performances from the French multi-instrumentalist SoKo and Italian actress, singer and director Asia Argento. Musique de Film Imaginé was recorded in Berlin in August 2014.[5]