How I make film music

To me, composing is a lively artistic collaboration with the director. It puts this invisible actor to the service of the story. My artistic intention is to combine electronic music composition principles (timber research and evolution, new sonic textures, spacialization), to combine it with the emotional and melodic power of classical orchestrations and to blend it with rich jazz harmonies.

Unlike a “score” approach to composition which remains abstract for a long time and is expensive in studio recordings, I like to suggest a musical universe to the director up-front to co-construct the musical narration of the film together (I produce and mix in my studio with my instruments - DAW, concert flute, drum machines, synthesizers, guitars …). This unique musical language aims to reach a wide audience with its emotional warmth, without falling into the clichés of commercial music, nor into music reserved for rare informed amateurs.

I had the pleasure of winning the award for Best Original Music at the Marseille Web Fest 2022 for my first series soundtrack, Frangine$.

Original soundtracks

  • Frangine$
    Directed by Laurent Dryon (RTBF series)
  • In Utero
    Written and directed by Jean-Julien Collette (feature film in development)
  • Whispers in the wind
    Directed by Martin Kraft (documentary film in development)
  • Ne subissons pas !
    By Léo Brisot (documentary, synchronization)
  • Quand les Anges Dominaient le Monde
    Written and directed by Jean-Julien Collette (partial feature film)
  • Oikos
    Written and directed by Chiara Scalise (short movie)
  • Mujer Fatale
    Directed by Jean-Julien Collette (short movie)
  • Oxymore Bar
    Directed by Robin Andelfinger (short movie)
  • Dancing Grey
    Directed by Rolando Guerrieri (short movie)
  • Ici – Ailleurs Permanence Fugacité
    Written and directed by Jean-Louis Colot et Françoise Schein (short movie)
  • Télé-Réalités
    Written and directed by l'Atelier Contraste (short movie)

Composition and means of production

Studio
Studio
Present-day composition
Concert flute
Concert flute
Soprano, alto, beatbox
Drum machines
Drum machines
Hardware, software
Synthesizers
Synthesizers
Analogic, digital
Micros
Micros
Takes, sound design
Guitars & bass
Guitars & bass
Electric, acoustic
Monitors
Monitors
Treated acoustics
Ableton Live
Ableton Live
DAW, professional plugins
And...
And...
Many other stuff

Musical background

2021 Certificate in audio mastering, « I will teach you to master », Streaky

2020 Masterclass « Film music, the hidden narration », Fondation Focal, Benoit Basirico, Rob and Béatrice Thiriet

2011 Jazz composition masterclass with Octurn, Les Lundis d’Hortense, Brussels

2007-2016 Jazz au Vert, 10 thematic masterclass of a week organised by Les Lundis d’Hortense at La Marlagne with:

  • Bo Van der Werf – jazz composition et modes of limited transposition
  • Pierre Bernard – jazz concert flute
  • Fabrice Alleman – jazz concert flute
  • Natascha Roth – jazz singing
  • Richard Rousselet – jazz concert flute

2001-2016 Royale Académie Internationale d’Eté de Wallonie, more than 10 thematic masterclass of a week at Libramont with:

  • Alain Pierre – jazz composition
  • Pierre Bernard – free improvisation
  • Toine Thys and Patrick Dorcean – electro-jazz groove
  • Pierre Viana and Bart Defoort – soprano saxophone and jazz concert flute
  • Fabien Degryse – jazz guitar
  • Marc Lelangue – blues guitar

1993-2006 Académie de musique de Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels

  • 2004-2005 Jazz orchestra – Daniel Stockart
  • 1999-2003 Classical guitar
  • 1998-1999 Jazz harmony
  • 1997-1998 Classical orchestra
  • 1996-1997 Jazz orchestra
  • 1995-1997 Chorale
  • 1995-1996 Junior orchestra
  • 1993-2006 Classical concert flute – Michel Moinil
  • 1993-1998 Classical music theory

Other background

2002-2007 Master in Engineering, Applied Physics, Ecole Polytechnique de Brussels, Université Libre de Brussels

2007-2009 Master in management, Solvay Business School, Université Libre de Brussels

2007-2009 Master interdisciplinaire en études européennes, Institut d’Études Européennes, Université Libre de Brussels

2011 Practitioner of the Neurocognitive Approach, Institut de Neurocognitivisme, Brussels

Bands, collectives and research

2021-… Belgian Screen Composers Guild, member

2020-… Olivier Colot, avant-garde solo electronic project, see releases

2014-… multiphoniques.com, co-founder of the directory of multiphonic sounds for the concert flute

2014-… FTRSND, co-founder of the Brussels’ electronic music collective

2014-2019 Blackcolors, electronic music band, composition and performance

2010-2015 LCG, improviseed electro-jazz duo, composition, concert flute, beatbox, machines

2004-2009 Les Courgettes Givrées, jazz quintet, composition, concert flute, saxophone

Explorations & research (in French)