The Revenge of The Soundtracks:
John Williams - James Horner - Bernard Herrman - Nino Rota - Patrick Doyle - Elliot Goldenthal - Ennio Morricone - Jerry Goldsmith - Thomas Newman - Danny Elfman - Frédérik Devreese - Wojiech Kilar - Joe Hisaishi - Zbigniew Preisner - Raymond Scott...
The unbearable lightness of Pop:
Rufus Wainwright - Goldfrapp - Absynthe Minded - Röyksopp - Sigur Ros - The Scissor Sisters - Mika - El Tatoo del Tigre - Nick Drake - Antony & the Johnsons - Cat Power - Stevie Wonder...
And All That Jazz:
Nina Simone - Wes Montgomery - Diane Krall - Peter Cincotti...
Music from around the Globe:
Cesaria Evora - Lhasa...
Even before Joris Hermy entered this world he was already tapping his fingers and feet to the sound of Doris Day who gave birth to his musical talent. That is how his film music was born simultaneously with him on July 5th 1979 in Bruges (Belgium).
During his youth it were the nuns near his school who delicately touched the snares of his soul and set fire to his passion for choir music. But neither the Flemish surroundings nor the nuns could awake the (film) composer in him. Other more obscure and powerful forces were needed here.
Altogether it didn’t take Joris Hermy very long to switch from the sacred to the more profane and even infernal. He sold his soul to Darth Vader! While listening to ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ he knew that these were the compositions that had been echoing in his body and soul all that time. John Williams appeared to be the translator of his own internal symphony.
The unknown ‘Force’ of John Williams’ brass section, timpani strokens and choirs stupefied his hearing and initially absorbed him completely. Now this still is the unshakable musical base under all his own compositions. His earplugs fell out though when he moved to the musical melting pot of Antwerp. During and between his sculpting classes at the Academy of Fine Arts he finally decided to explore his musical path. That was the moment when he sold his favourite Star Wars collectables to buy a new keyboard.
Since then no genre is dissonant in his hungry surge for inspiration. Like an orchestrated butterfly Joris Hermy flies from bebop, blues through filmmusic Classical Music and even spheric soundscapes. With the notes, chords and timbre that trigger something inside him, Joris Hermy composes his own typical harmonic stories, his rhythmic reveries. But besides that, also the largest range of films thrives him as a young composer towards the making of his own compositions. To Joris Hermy music and images are ultimately and eternally intertwined.
I agree with Stephen on Frenzy. It indeed sounds like something Tarantino would use in his movies. It sounds like Tarantino meeting Rodriguez put to music. It makes me wanna light a cigarette, drive around for miles with nothing to see but I’m full of anticipation for what’s to come around the bend…
Agitato: images come to mind ... rain, dark alleys, black and white, a look, a feeling, a shiver… a woman running, trying to get away from something or someone… if Hitchcock was still alive, he would dial ‘J’ for the music,... always a pleasure dd
