Edo Van Breemen

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Edo Van Breemen is a Canadian musician and composer from Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] He is most noted for his work on the film Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew , for which he and his frequent collaborator Johannes Winkler received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Music in a Documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [2]

Previously associated with the band Brasstronaut, [3] he had his first major film score credit on the 2013 horror film Afflicted . [1] His other credits have included the films Fractured Land , Hello Destroyer , At First Light , Hollow in the Land and Someone Like Me .

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References

  1. 1 2 Adrian Mack, "Edo Van Breemen bites into Afflicted soundtrack". The Georgia Straight , April 3, 2014.
  2. Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View , February 22, 2023.
  3. Mike Devlin, "Brasstronaut shines with visual inspiration". Calgary Herald , June 5, 2012.