Anatomy of a Cue #3: Matthijs Kieboom - Pirates down the street
The Dutch film composer Matthijs Kieboom analyses in detail his music for a specific action scene from the film Pirates Down The Street. He demonstates the basic material on the piano, gives insights in the score, shows the final orchestral recordings, and he discusses his considerations while composing this cue. All in all, a very interesting and in-depth look at the creative process of Matthijs Kieboom.
Matthijs Kieboom - Film composer
Matthijs Kieboom is one of the most sought after and well established film composers in the Netherlands. Despite his relatively young age, he has been a fulltime composer for more than a decade and has recently become the head of the Film Music department in one of Holland’s leading conservatories.
In 2017, after scoring numerous feature films and tv series, Matthijs ventured into his first big feature documentary, "Wild", a film about the captivating Dutch nature and wildlife. The film was a big box-office success, had 1,5 million views on TV (over a population of 17 Million) and it was the first soundtrack of Matthijs to be released on CD. The score earned him multiple nominations including the one for International Film Music Critics Association Award (“Best Original Score For a Documentary”).
Awards
Young Composer - Transatlantyk Festival (2011)
Film & Television Music Award - ASCAP (2012)
Young Talent Award - Krakow Film Music Festival (2013)
Filmmusic Award - BUMA Awards (2013)
Best Documentary Music 2019 - BUMA Awards (nominated)
Best Original Score For a Documentary 2019 - AFMCA Awards (nominated)
Apart from being a respected film composer on his own, Matthijs Kieboom is known to collaborate with a lot of different musicians and composers, taking on different roles varying from co-composer to arranger/orchestrator and score producer. In 2013 he collaborated with renowned DJ Armin van Buuren on co-composing the score for “Verliefd op Ibiza”, the top selling Dutch movie of the year (2013). And since 2015 he has been a frequent collaborator with well known Spanish conductor/composer Diego Navarro.
Matthijs is, apart from composing, very active on the education and promotion of film music. In 2019 he became the head of Filmmusic composition department at the conservatory in Enschede, the conservatory well known for schooling Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL. Over the years, Matthijs has been a frequent guest on multiple radio and tv shows, talking about the art of film music.
©willemjandebruin fotografie
Composing media music is about making things. In the Anatomy of a Cue series, composers show how they do it. Focusing on just one piece (the cue) these in-depth videos dissect the music in detail: what's in there? Where did it come from? What was the creative process like - and what's that weird sound in the background?
All “Piraten van Hiernaast” images/video: © Nijenhuis & Co.
Directed by Pim van Hoeve
Additional footage © Matthijs Kieboom
Music Composed by Matthijs Kieboom
Orchestrations by: Thomas Bryla & Matthijs Kieboom
Anatomy of a Cue
Created by: Matthijs Kieboom
Editing: Sebastiaan Donders
Producer: Ivo Witteveen
