André Ettema - Composer, synthesizer programmer and Chief Soloist
André is founder of The Solos, a company with members worldwide, specialising in music and creative sounddesign for movie trailers, advertising campaigns and music software.
Recent credits include the blockbusters Once upon a time in Hollywood, 1917, Mad Max Fury Road, Black Panther and Godzilla King of the Monsters, and TV spots for British Airways, Nike and Audi.
Prior to The Solos, André collaborated on records for a diverse range of artists like Madonna, Scissor Sisters, Junkie XL and Depeche Mode as composer and synthesizer programmer.
In 2006 André started AME Music, an Amsterdam based company that specialised in music and creative sounddesign for film, advertising and trailers. AME Music’s portfolio included work for Native Instruments, EA Games, Lexus and Citizen amongst others. AME Music was dissolved into The Solos in early 2016.
For his music for the Alien Covenant campaign André won a Buma Award for Best Music in Advertising 2017. Present, André is also partner in Prolody, a company which develops AI software applications for the analysis and synthesis of emotive speech.
More with André Ettema
André informs us about the differences between European and American movie trailers
André talks about the (im)possibilities of NFT’s (non-fungible tokens) for the music industry
André talks about finances, author rights, licenses and sync fees within the movie trailer industry
Composing for movie trailers is the main job of André and his company The Solos
André Ettema is a world wide operating composer, synthesizer programmer and founder and chief of The Solos.
