The international film music industry is growing considerably. In the US, composers tend to work with both a talent agent and a publicist. Nevertheless, as budgets for EU productions are rather moderate and their composers rather modest, EU-based composers are not always very familiar with the concept of ‘publicity & PR’. What can PR mean for a screen composer and how can they take advantage of it? Valerie from Post Bills is happy to share some insights and hands-on tips & tricks.
Valerie studied Iberian linguistics & literature as well as Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at the Ghent University in Belgium. In 2007 Valerie started working at the guest office of Film Fest Gent, where she, between 2010 and 2019, coordinates the music and sound projects (concert productions, masterclasses, composition contest, the annual World Soundtrack Awards, album recording, industry events, international collaborations,..) and loves establishing the necessary platform to both established and young & upcoming film (music) talent. Valerie has worked with several renowned composers such as Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, Elliot Goldenthal, James Newton Howard, Alberto Iglesias, Giorgio Moroder and Alexandre Desplat. Since 2017 Valerie joined Post Bills, a Brussels-based Press & Communication Agency, specializing in PR for film, TV & film music projects.
Hannes de Maeyer
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Hannes is one of Belgium's most versatile composers, best known for his collaboration with director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Gangsta, Black). His scores range from pure electronic to impressive symphonic instrumentation, as well as everything in between. After obtaining his Master's degree in 'Music Production' at the School of Arts of University College Ghent, Hannes started working as composer assistant to Steve Willaert, one of Belgium's most prolific screen composer, and starts composing for several project produced by A Team Productions such as Land of the Heroes and Baghdad Messi by worldwide praised director Sahim Omar Kalifa. When Hannes meets the talented Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, they decide to collaborate for their first feature Image, quickly followed by Black, awarded with the Discovery Awards during the 40th edition of TIFF in 2015. For El Arbi & Fallah's flashy third feature Gangsta (Patser), De Maeyer created the perfect musical power shot, full of games vibes an
Joeri de Graaf
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Nineyards Audio
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composer
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I'm a musician and composer. I have been playing music professionally for almost 20 years now. Over the last decade my career has evolved from playing mostly 'live' to writing for film and theater. I co-founded Nineyards Audio together with music producer Rex Adriaansz and sound designer Max Sombroek. Together we create audio for all kinds of media, including (feature) film, animation, video, online content and theatrical performances.
Maartje Glas
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Buma Cultuur
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General Manager BMIM
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Stavros Markonis
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Cinemble
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Film Composer/Music Producer
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Born in 1988 and raised in Athens, Stavros Markonis is a Greek freelance film composer also specializing in composing for television, theater, dancetheater, video games and other music related projects.
He has studied Contemporary Composition in the Ionian University (Greece) and University of York (UK) and Composition for Film in the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Nederlandse Film Academy (Netherlands). His rock/electronic background shows in the variety of tools he uses throughout his various projects while it defines his musical approach and style.
Since 2017 he is a member of the European Film Academy and the European Talent Network.
Arend Bruijn
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Arend Bruijn
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thijs de vlieger
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noisia / thys
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composer
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Federico Solazzo
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Federico Solazzo
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Music composer
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http://www.federicosolazzo.com/portfolio
Experienced, fast, reliable, hard-working and smile-on-guy, Federico Solazzo is an Italian composer for film, TV and games based in The Netherlands.
Federico's recent work includes music for the opening ceremony of the upcoming World Expo 2020 Dubai (UAE), for the feature film Eyes Wide Open (KR), the TV series Mocro Maffia (NL) and for the short film Alles komt goed (NL). He also composes music for advertising music agencies including Sizzer (Amsterdam) and Birdbrain (London), working on projects for clients like Diesel, Visa, Nestlè, IKEA, Amazon. Teaming up with fellow composer Dario Vero, Federico is also currently working with the international studio Audio Workshop for clients like Ubisoft and Netflix.
Always fascinated by the combination of music and technology, he’s currently developing new tools and ways to tell immersive stories and experiences through music together with Future Phonic Studios (10.1 Auro-3D facility in Wisselord Studios).
After an ex
Thomas van der Burg
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Film & Media Composer
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Composing for Films, TV, Games and Music Libraries
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Thomas van der Burg (1995) is a Dutch film and media composer. He attended the Rockacademie in Tilburg from 2014 to 2018 and was an intern for the upcoming Los Angeles-based composer Joep Sporck, assisting him on the feature film "Sinterklaas en het Gouden Hoefijzer". In 2019 he composed the music for Dutch talk show "Jacobine". Now he is working as an independent composer working on various interesting projects, in both the TV, film and commercial sectors.
Rene Ahoud
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The Johnny Raw Studio
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Composer - Engineer - Producer
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Music and sound for image and art projects. 3D music and sound, Immersive and mind state music and sound experiences.
About me
Making music for choreography, sound experiments and sonology at the Conservatory in The Hague lead to a sound engineering course at the School of Audio Engineering, work in life sound , audio-post production and radio&TV work, culminating in the birth of the Johnny Raw Studio in 2006.
The core of my work lies in the synergy between image and sound. Original music & sound design with a focus on atmosphere and cinematic storytelling. Supporting the experience and putting a distinctive sound-image relation centerstage.
MISSION:
Contributing to a new form of sound awareness, especially in relation to moving image.
Jordy Nijenkamp
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United & Baritoon Music
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Sound Engineer & Music Composer
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Sound Design & Music Composition
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Johan van der Voet
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Soundgram Post
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Film/TV Composer
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johanvandervoet.com
https://soundgram.com
Sebastian Pecznik
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www.sebastianpecznik.com
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Composer & Arranger
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Media Composer
Arranger & Orchestrator
Concert & Session Guitarist
Marco Bakkenhoven
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Side and Chain
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Composer
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Michel Rumpff
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Auris Media
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Composer
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Music, Film, Television, Games
About me
I am a composer at Auris Media, a team of 5 composers & sound designers who share a passion for music and sound design for film, television and games. We are capable of composing in a big variety of styles, from adventurous (hybrid) orchestral to the most relaxing jazz or high-intensity Breakbeat. Our sound designers have worked on a wide range of projects, from commercials and animations and games to feature films and series broadcasted on online streaming services like Netflix. You can check out our lead sound designer's IMDB page here (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10920096/).
We are experienced with UE4 and Unity, using tools such as FMOD and Wwise.
Have a look at our portfolio:
https://www.auris-media.com/
If you're interested in collaborating with us, feel free to get in touch.
Daan Hofman
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Composer
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Film
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Since 2018 Amsterdam based composer Daan Hofman mainly focuses on composing for film and has written music for 15 short films. Two of his soundtracks were nominated for 'Best Musical Score' on the 48h film projects and he won in Rotterdam.
In September 2019, Daan was admitted to a master's program in Media Composition at Chichester University (UK) and he wrote the music for the BNNVara documentary 'De schrijver, de moordenaar & zijn vrouw', broadcasted on Dutch television. In 2020 he won the BMIM 'New Talent Award', with his orchestral soundtrack to the short film 'Danny & the Wild Bunch' by Robert Rugan.
In addition, it was recently announced that he has won the 2nd prize at the CAIFF with his score for the short film 'I'll Be Here' by Tiffany Murray.
Gijs van Amelsvoort
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Gijs van Amelsvoort Music
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Composer for film & TV
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Discovering, Networking, Learning, Catching up
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First off; Hi there! I'm a composer (graduated at the HKU in 2013). After working as a composer assistant for Oliver Davis in London, I've been writing commissioned music for documentaries (BBC's Grizzly Bear Cubs & Me), short films (Dag Max), and advertising (Land Rover) . I've also written library music for over 8 years for diverse publishers (BMG, Intervox, Deep East).
My work was nominated at i.a. the Soundtrack_Cologne European Talent Award in 2012, and this year I've been very lucky winning 2nd place at the international GEMS ScoreLive competition, being judged by i.a. Gary Schyman, Pete Anthony, and Christopher Young. Recently I've won 3th place at the Film Music Festival in Krakow.
I am always looking to connect with new people (could be other composers, filmmakers, editors, producers) and see what they are up to, what their story is.
Andrew Campbell
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Steam Music Management, Publishing & Creative Services
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Managing Director
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Working as a Radio Plugger since the early 90's I founded Steam Music Management, Publishing & Creative Services in 2013, becoming an active music publisher and sync agent with a worldwide focus on motion pictures, advertisement and games.
Maurits Handlogten
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Maurits Handlogten - Music & Sound design
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Composer/Sound designer
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Matthieu Brismontier
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HIFI/LOFI Records & Publishing
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Music Producer & Label Manager
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Sync, Music Production
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Matthieu Brismontier, aka Franz Matthews, is a Berlin-based composer & music producer who runs the music production studio MOWD, as well as HIFI/LOFI Records & Publishing.
Through his MOWD studio, he focuses on composing music for synch and producing various artists. His HIFI/LOFI Records & Publishing boutique focuses on developing artists that are close to the worlds of electronic music, indie disco, french pop, spiced up with a little touch of world music.
As a musician & DJ under his aliases Franz Matthews , he released music on imprints such as Eskimo Recordings, Nettwerk or Days of Being Wild.
Ron van de Kerkhof
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The Collective Studio Publishing
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co-founder
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Jeffrey van Rossum
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Jeffrey van Rossum Music
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Composer
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Studied Composition for the Media. Graduated in 2010. Did some work for other composers, scored "Soof De Serie" for 2 seasons and scored "De Kuthoer" in 2019. Loves film music from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Likes acoustic music, symphonic music, jazz music, pop music, music that sticks with you.
Ikaros van Duppen
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Buma Cultuur / inJazz
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general manager
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Merlijn Snitker
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Studio Merlijn Snitker
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Composer
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Tjeerd Nijhof
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Tjeerd Nijhof Music
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Composer
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Birger Clausen
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Birger Clausen Filmmusik
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Film composer
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Jesper Ankarfeldt
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JA Sounds
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Film Composer
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Tom Willebrords
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Tom Willebrords
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Composer
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Nainita Desai
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Soundology
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Composer
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Vanessa Voight
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Julie Mendez
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Casper Corba
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SPOOK
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Composer/Audio-Post producer
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http://www.spook.fm
Justin Hendrik
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Maktub Media
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Publisher
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Joanna Pichola
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Krakow Film Music Festival
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Festival Manager
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