Steve Willaert

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Name = Steve Willaert


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Origin = Belgium
Genre = Film scores, classic, pop, jazz, folk, experimental
Occupation = Composer, musician, conductor, producer
Instrument = guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer
Years_active = 1985–present
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Steve Willaert is a Belgian multi-faceted composer, arranger, musician and producer.

Biography

Since the eighties, Steve Willaert composed music for Belgian radio and television-shows. In 1993 he released a solo album called "Musical Regards". He wrote the score for the French movie "Le Golden Boy" (1996). A year later, he did the orchestrations and arrangements for the movie "When The Light Comes" (1997) by director Stijn Coninx ("Daens").

In his home country, he regularly is musical director of great television shows. Since 2001, he is VTM’s musical director for their annual "Christmas Parade". In 2003 he did orchestrations for "50 years TV", "Eurosong live on stage" in the Sportpalais Antwerp organized by the national broadcast (VRT). He toured as musical director and arranger with the Belgian artists Will Tura, Jo Lemaire, Axelle Red and Nathalia.

He did arrangements for major orchestras, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Beethoven Academy, Philharmonic orchestra of Prague and the Flemish Radio Orchestra (VRO). By his experience with these orchestras and the use of acoustic, electronic instruments and computers, Willaert had the opportunity to collaborate with international artists such as Francoise Hardy, Johnny Logan, Toots Thielemans, Zucchero, Youssou N'Dour, Ozark Henry, Leo Sayer and Helmut Lotti.

Recently, he is more and more active as a film score composer. He wrote music for the TV-series "Stille Waters", "Aspe", "Thuis" and "Katarakt". In 2003 Willaert won for his score to "Stille Waters" the "Prix Italia" and "Plateauprijs".

Meanwhile, he kept composing for film: Frank Van Mechelen’s "Indringer" (2005) and "De Hel van Tanger" (2006), as well as, "Vermist" (2007) by director Jan Verheyen (for which he also write the track "Waiting" with Michael Leahy) and the Dutch movie "Dunja en Desie in Marokko" (2008) by Dana Nechushtan.

Selected works

Music for film, series, theatre and musicals

* "Zoon van de Schrijnwerker" (with Will Tura) (1988) (Theatre)
* "Le Golden Boy" (1996) (French movie)
* "Stille Waters" (Tv-episode) (2002) Best sold Belgian soundtrack, Prix Italia
* "Aspe 1" (Tv-episodes) (2003–2004) based on the books of Pieter Aspe
* "Halleluja" (sitcom) (2005)
* "De Indringer" (2005) by Frank Van Mechelen
* "Halleluja 2" (2006)
* "Aspe 2" (2006)
* "Elisabeth" (Tv-serie) (2006)
* "De Hel van Tanger" (2006) by Frank Van Mechelen
* "Thuis" (Tv-soap) (2007)
* "Aspe 3" (2007)
* "Katarakt" (Tv-serie) (2007)
* "Vermist" by Jan Verheyen (2007)
* "Dunja en Desie in Marokko" (2008) (Dutch movie)

Arrangements

Musicals, movies, projects

* "Night Of The Proms" (1993)
* "Les Nuits Fantastiques" (1993)
* "Extasy-the opera" (1995) in Wenen
* "When The Light Comes" (1997) by Stijn Coninx
* Musicals by Studio 100: "Sneeuwwitje" (1999): "Assepoester" (1999): "Pinokkio" (2000): "Robin Hood" (2001): "Doornroosje" (2002): "3 biggetjes" (2003): "De Kleine Zeemeermin" (2004)
* "Kuifje en de zonnetempel" (2001)
* "Fishboy" by Laurent Michelet (2005)
* "Story Of Us" by Sandrine and “Opening Theme” for the soundtrack “Windkracht 10-koksijde rescue” (2007) by Hans Herbots
* "Songs In The Key of Love", project by singer Sofie and the Beethoven Academie with conductor Dirk Brossé.
* "Dank U Vlaanderen", project by Will Tura and the Flemish Radio Orchestra
* "Nekka 2000"

Albums
* "Love album" by Gunther Neefs (1998)
* "Ik Voel Me Goed" by Gunther Neefs (2000) (award of best Flemish production 2000)
* "Louis Neefs, 20 years later" (2000) (platinum award)
* "En Dans" by Clouseau (2002) (platinum award)
* "Swing Is The Thing" by Gunther Neefs (2002)
* "Jo prend la mer" by Jo Lemaire (2003)

Productions

* All studio/live- albums and singles by Will Tura from 1987–present (20 golden and platinum awards)
* Soundtrack "Stille Waters" (2001)
* "A Moment" (2002), full album by Severine Dore
* Songs by Natalia for the soundtrack "Team Spirit II" (2003) by Jan Verheyen
* "This Time" (2003), full album by Natalia (platinum award)
* "I've only begun to fight" (2004), single by Natalia (golden award)
* "Higher Than The Sun" (2004), single by Natalia (co-production with Vincent Pierins)
* Soundtrack "Aspe" (2004) with single “Wees van mij” by Gene Thomas
* "Back for more" (2004) by Natalia (double platinum) and singles “Sisters are doin it for themselves” (2005) and “Rid of You” (2006).

External links

* [http://www.stevewillaert.be/steveW1_content.html Official site]
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