Steve Willaert is a Belgian

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, musician and producer.

Biography

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

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('' Daens''). In his home country, he regularly is

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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

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organized by the national broadcast ( VRT). He toured as musical director and arranger with the Belgian artists

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, Jo Lemaire,

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and

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. He did arrangements for major orchestras, including the

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, the

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, the Beethoven Academy, Philharmonic orchestra of

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and the

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Radio Orchestra (VRO). By his experience with these orchestras and the use of acoustic,

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and computers, Willaert had the opportunity to collaborate with international artists such as

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. 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 ''

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'' 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

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movie '' Dunja en Desie in Marokko'' (2008) by Dana Nechushtan, and the Belgian films ''

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'' (2013) and ''Belgian Rhapsody'' (2015).

Selected works

Music for film, series, theatre and musicals

* ''Zoon van de Schrijnwerker'' (with Will Tura) (1988) (Theatre) * ''Le Golden Boy'' (1996) (French movie) * ''Stille Waters'' (TV-episode) (2002) Best sold Belgian soundtrack,

* ''Aspe 1'' (TV-episodes) (2003–2004) based on the books of Pieter Aspe * ''Halleluja'' (sitcom) (2005) * ''De Indringer'' (2005) by Frank Van Mechelen * ''Halleluja 2'' (2006) * ''Aspe 2'' (2006) * ''Elisabeth'' (TV-serie) (2006) * ''De Hel van Tanger'' (2006) by Frank Van Mechelen * ''Thuis'' (TV-soap) (2007) * ''Aspe 3'' (2007) * ''Katarakt'' (TV-serie) (2007) * ''Vermist'' by Jan Verheyen (2007) * '' Dunja en Desie in Marokko'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Belgian Rhapsody'' (2014) * '' Memory Lane'' (2024)

Arrangements

Musicals, movies, projects * ''Night of the Proms'' (1993) * ''Les Nuits Fantastiques'' (1993) * ''Extasy-the opera'' (1995) in Wenen * ''When The Light Comes'' (1997) by

* Musicals by

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: ''Sneeuwwitje'' (1999) : ''Assepoester'' (1999) : ''Pinokkio'' (2000) : ''Robin Hood'' (2001) : ''Doornroosje'' (2002) : ''3 biggetjes'' (2003) : ''De Kleine Zeemeermin'' (2004) * ''Kuifje en de zonnetempel'' (2001) * ''Fishboy'' by Laurent Michelet (2005) * ''Story of Us'' by Sandrine and "Opening Theme" for the soundtrack "Windkracht 10-koksijde rescue" (2007) by Hans Herbots * ''Songs in the Key of Love'', project by singer Sofie and the Beethoven Academie with conductor

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. * ''Dank U Vlaanderen'', project by

and the Flemish Radio Orchestra * ''Nekka 2000'' Albums * ''Love album'' by Gunther Neefs (1998) * ''Ik Voel Me Goed'' by Gunther Neefs (2000) (award of best Flemish production 2000) * ''Louis Neefs, 20 years later'' (2000) (platinum award) * ''En Dans'' by

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(2002) (platinum award) * ''Swing Is The Thing'' by Gunther Neefs (2002) * ''Jo prend la mer'' by Jo Lemaire (2003)

Productions

* All studio/live- albums and singles by

from 1987–present (20 golden and platinum awards) * Soundtrack ''Stille Waters'' (2001) * ''A Moment'' (2002), full album by Severine Dore * Songs by Natalia for the soundtrack ''Team Spirit II'' (2003) by Jan Verheyen * ''This Time'' (2003), full album by Natalia (platinum award) * ''I've only begun to fight'' (2004), single by Natalia (golden award) * ''Higher Than The Sun'' (2004), single by Natalia (co-production with Vincent Pierins) * Soundtrack ''Aspe'' (2004) with single "Wees van mij" by

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* ''Back for more'' (2004) by Natalia (double platinum) and singles "Sisters are doin it for themselves" (2005) and "Rid of You" (2006).

References

External links

Official site
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Page about the track "Waiting"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Willaert, Steve 1960 births Living people 20th-century Belgian classical composers Belgian musicians 21st-century Belgian classical composers Belgian film score composers Belgian male film score composers Belgian male conductors (music) 20th-century Belgian conductors (music) 21st-century Belgian conductors (music) 20th-century Belgian male musicians 21st-century Belgian male musicians