Maarten Spruijt - composer for film

Productions

The Seven of Daran: The Battle of Pareo Rock
MOTION PICTURE

GENRE: FAMILY
RELEASE: 18 SEPTEMBER 2009
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/DUTCH
LENGTH: 89 MINUTES
STATUS: FINISHED

SCORE NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN CALF 2008 BEST MUSIC
Netherlands Film Festival

Score recorded with The City of Prague Philharmonic

The Battle of Pareo Rock tells the story of Jimmy, an 11-year old European boy who goes to Africa with his mother, a busy executive charged with establishing a golf resort. One day Jimmy gets lost in the town market where he encounters a mysterious speaking giraffe named Seraf. Seraf tells Jimmy about the war situation between rival indigenous tribes fighting over the land. Seraf tells Jimmy that he cannot easily avoid this tribal battle. Together with Charita, a poor African girl, Jimmy embarks on an adventurous and magical trip through the African jungle, where they must overcome many obstacles. Fortunately they have help, not only from Seraf, but also from a precious medallion. Throughout their trip, they discover that they can only achieve their goal if they truly believe in themselves and dont let anybody or anything get in their way.
Trailer (English version)
Opening Scene
End Credits (fragment)
Kapitein Rob en het Geheim van Professor Lupardi
MOTION PICTURE

GENRE: ADVENTURE
RELEASE: 29 NOVEMBER 2007
LANGUAGE: DUTCH
LENGTH: 105 MINUTES
STATUS: FINISHED

COMPOSED IN COOPERATION WITH FRED VOGELS

Kapitein Rob (Thijs Römer) is een echte Hollandse held in de traditionele zin van het woord. Samen met zijn trouwe metgezel, de viervoeter Skipper, vaart hij het ganse land af om de rechterlijke macht, indien nodig, een helpende hand toe te steken. Hij mag dan wat ouderwets ogen, maar hij beschikt over een rijk arsenaal aan geavanceerde 'gadgets', die zelfs James Bond niet zouden misstaan. (bron: Filmfocus.nl)

Trailer (Dutch)
"Kom, boeven vangen"
Opening Titles
A Timeless Mystery
To be released

SHORT FILM
Length: 15'

Director: Pieter-Rim de Kroon

Score recorded with The City of Prague Philharmonic
Conducted by Adam Klemens
Music mixed by Hans Ravenstein

A short international film about the romance and riches of human endeavour - secrets as old as mankind.
Opening Scene
End Credits
Paultje en de Draak
SHORT ANIMATION

GENRE: FAMILY/EDUCATIVE
RELEASE: 2008
LANGUAGE: N/A
LENGTH: 15 MINUTES
STATUS: FINISHED

Paul & The Dragon is a short animated film for children with cancer and their parents. The movie gives support to the children and their parents in the battle against this disease.

Trailer
Paultje Fights the Dragon
End Titles
Epic Score Music Tracks
Series of trailer music tracks composed for Epic Score

Year: 2007
Producer: Epic Score
Publisher: ATM Music
Official website: www.epicscore.com www.apmmusic.com

Epic Action & Adventure 2: Tracks 1-11 explore the Adventure side of trailers: big orchestra, percussion and choir, but with a little more storytelling. Tracks 12-16 are mid-tempo action cues with modern orchestration and rumbling percussion. You’ll find many tracks with pauses for easy editing. All the tracks move towards unavoidable, big climaxes.

Orbit Around the Sun
From High Above
Adventure Like No Other
ProjectSAM Music Demos
Music Demos for ProjectSAM Cinematic Sampling

A sample library development company run by Maarten Spruijt, Vincent Beijer & Marco Deegenaars

www.projectsam.com
Assimilation
Two-Faced Clown
To Vega and Back
Concert piece for fanfare orchestra
Commissioned by the Gelders Fanfare Orkest

Length: 8'

Dutch description:
"De ster Vega staat op 25 lichtjaar van de aarde. Dit betekent dat het licht er 25 jaar over doet om ons te bereiken en de ster die wij nu aan de hemel zien een beeltenis is van Vega uit het jaar 1981. Dit ongelooflijke kosmische feit was de inspiratiebron voor de compositie To Vega and Back, geschreven in opdracht van het Gelders Fanfareorkest. Het stuk beschrijft een reis naar de ster Vega en terug en voert de luisteraar door verschillende stadia: de triomfantelijke lancering, de schijnbare leegte van de ruimte, de versnelling, de aankomst bij Vega, de gevaarlijke hindernissen onderweg en uiteindelijk... de terugkomst op planeet aarde."

A live recording of To Vega and Back is available on the CD "Legendary" by fanfare orchestra De Hoop. More information here.
Live performance by De Hoop
Live performance by GFO
Boks
TELEVISION SERIES
Release: 2006-2007
Episodes: 11
Genre: police/drama

MUSIC COMPOSED IN COOPERATION WITH FRED VOGELS

Jazz ensemble recorded in Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum

Starring Maarten Spanjer, Joost Prinsen

Written by Simon de Waal
Directed by Hans Pos, Bobby Eerhart, Gijs van der Lelij
Producer by Shooting Star
Distributor: Talpa

"Boks is the name of cop, who works at an Amsterdam precinct and who solves crimes in his very unusual way." (source: IMDB.com)

Boks Title Sequence
Crime scene
Micky's smile
Veilig Amsterdam
"Amsterdam rekent af met agressie tegen medewerkers"

COMMERCIAL
Length: 30"

Director: Tim Klaase
Producer: Shooting Star
Sound: Danny Rosendahl

Promotional campaign to stop agression towards civil servants

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Sinterklaas en de Verdwenen Pakjesboot
MOTION PICTURE

GENRE: FAMILY
RELEASE: 7 OCTOBER 2009
LANGUAGE: DUTCH
LENGTH: 95 MINUTES
STATUS: FINISHED

Starring: Wim Rijken, Aad van Toor, Pamela Teves, Hetty Heyting, Gerard Joling, Frans Bauer

In cinemas 7 October 2009

Score by Maarten Spruijt (including trailer)
Title song by Diego
Cinematic trailer
Short End Titles
Lover of Loser
MOTION PICTURE

GENRE: DRAMA, FAMILY
RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 2009
LANGUAGE: DUTCH
STATUS: FINISHED
TAGLINE: "HOW CAN YOU DEAL WITH IRRESISTIBLE LOVE?"

Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Gaite Jansen, Ruud Feltkamp, Susan Visser, Thomas Acda

In cinemas 23 September 2009

Trailer music not composed by Maarten
Eva & Mees theme
At Ricardo's House
Cinematic trailer
Various portfolio
A selection of various music compositions by Maarten Spruijt, related or unrelated to any project.

Please use the playback functionality below to listen to the tracks.

Tracks are performed by live orchestra.
Reminiscing Theme (live)
Eva & Mees (live)
Golden Passage Way (live)
Little Quentin
SHORT ANIMATION

GENRE: FILM NOIR
RELEASE: OCTOBER 2009
LANGUAGE: N/A
LENGTH: 9'30
STATUS: FINISHED

Little Quentin tells the story of an oversexed bunny, a murder, a coverup and the discovery of a terrible secret. This is the only film where you wish it was only a dream, but no.. it is all fantasy!
Fragment 1
Fragment 2

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