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Steve Willaert | |
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| Origin | Belgium |
| Genres | Film scores, classic, pop, jazz, folk, experimental |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, conductor, producer |
| Instrument(s) | guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Steve Willaert is a Belgian composer, arranger, musician and producer.
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 Françoise 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, and the Belgian films The Verdict (2013) [1] and Belgian Rhapsody (2015). [2]
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