Sid Barnhoorn - Film Composer

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  • Siddhartha Barnhoorn

  • 28 / Male
  • Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, NL
  • Last Login: 12/24/2009

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  • General



    ::..Film composers..::

    John Williams
    Toru Takemitsu
    Joe Hisaishi
    Alberto Iglesias
    Fumio Hayasaka
    Marasu Satoh
    Jerry Goldsmith
    James Horner
    Thomas Newman
    Alexandre Desplat
    Miklos Rozsa
    Alex North
    Bernard Herrmann
    Jerome Moross
    and alot more...

    ::..Concert composers..::

    Jurriaan Andriessen
    Louis Andriessen
    Theo Loevendie
    Gyorgy Ligeti
    Béla Bartók
    Igor F. Stravinski
    Alexander Scriabin
    Claude Debussy
    Maurice Ravel
    Gustav Holst
    Giacinto Scelsi
    Richard Wagner
    Dimitri Shostakovich
    Einojuhani Rautavaara
    Per Nørgård
    John Adams
    and alot more...

    ::..Bands..::

    Camel
    Pink Floyd
    Ayreon
    King Crimson
    Kula Shaker
    Dream Theater
    Opeth
    Porcupine Tree
    IQ
    and much more...

    ::..Guitarists..::

    Andrew Latimer
    David Gilmour
    André Olbrich
    John Petrucci
    Steve Vai
    Joe Satriani

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Zodiac Sign: Aries

Status and Mood

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About me:


IMDB page - Music website - Download Sid's Vcard - Email Sid

PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY.. Composer Siddhartha Barnhoorn got into music when he was 17 years old. His first instrument was an old electric guitar. He learned to play by himself but playing along with the music of bands like Camel, Pink Floyd and Blind Guardian. After a year he started composing his own music using the guitar as his main instrument. In the first few years the main styles he composed in were rock and metal mixed with orchestral elements. He took a great interest in working with samples. With these samples he could create the sound of an orchestra. His main influences came from bands like Camel, Pink Floyd, Blind Guardian but also filmcomposers like John Williams, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith and more.

Having worked with samples for a while, Sid composed his first concert piece in 2003: "Space Suite - The Undiscovered Journey". This was his first big epic orchestral piece which had a film music feel to it. After hearing a lot of comments about his music sounding like film and game music, he started thinking about actually composing for film. A friend of his got him into contact with an animator and gave him the idea to study music in Hilversum.

In 2004 Sid started his studies of Composition in Context, at the Utrecht School of the Arts, Faculty of Art, Media & Design in Hilversum. In August 2008 Sid graduates with the title, Master of Composition in Context.

In the early years of his studies Sid was confronted with various new ways of composing and various music that was new to him, encountering electronic soundscapes, counterpoint, the Twelve-Tone System, the polytonal / contemporary techniques of Stravinski, Ligeti and Bartok, the beautiful sound of the Javanese Gamelan, African polyrhythmic music and medieval, other ethnic music and renaissance vocal music. The music of György Ligeti made a great impact on him even before he started his study. Ligeti’s instrumental soundscapes inspired Sid to compose very atonal music, using clusters. Experimenting with these techniques gave him a wider knowledge of form, structure and sonic detail. His concertwork can be described as evolving piece of music.

Sid took a great interest in ethnic music, especially traditional Japanese music. Through this music he decided to learn the shakuhachi, the Japanese bamboo flute. He took lessons from shakuhachi teacher and musician Kees Kort. Aside from the shakuhachi, Sid also took interest in various other instruments like the Armenian Duduk, the bouzouki (8-string lute), Turkish Ney and Soprano Sax to name a few.

Aside from composing for film and other media, Sid also composes his own (prog)rock albums and works in collaboration with other musicians and composers. His rock albums are usually mixed with electronica, orchestral and ethnic elements.

..PROFESSIONAL BIO.. In 2004 Sid scored his first short film “Temple Tumble” by Niels Philipsen. After that he scored a number of short films that same year, one of which made it on national television (Netherlands). One of the most important projects came in 2005, when Sid got in contact with the award-winning director Jeremy Haccoun to score his shortfilm, "Paradox". After this Sid was introduced to conductor Lex Veelo of the Hofstads Jeugd Orkest, the oldest Youth Orchestra in the world. He got commissioned to write a concertpiece for them to perform at the National Youth Orchestra Contest. The concertpiece is called "Overture to the Snow Goose".

2006 was one of the busiest years for Sid, scoring up to fourteen short films aside from trailers, commercials and school projects. One of those short films, “Heart’s Atlantis” by Drew MacDonald, was nominated for Best Score in Australia. He took on a lot of different genres and styles, ranging from drama to horror, thriller/suspense to adventure to comedy to sci-fi / experimental film. His skills evolved and grew by doing all these various films, as did his knowledge of the business.

In 2007 Sid a lot of interesting films among which “In Midair” by Robert L. Arnott, which was a personal breakthrough for him in terms of composition and style. This was also the year he scored his first feature film “Clear” by Eddie Lebron, a futuristic psychological thriller. Side projects for this year include: a composition for the New York rockband Electric Kompany and a composition for large ensemble.

For more information about Sid and his projects, visit his official website:

www.sidbarnhoorn.com

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Comments

Displaying 25 of 545 comments
  • Dec 22 2009 12:20 PM

    Hi Sid,

    Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Holiday!

    All the best for 2010! 

    Hugs from the USA,

    Janet

    PS - Just downloaded James Horner's score - incredible!
  • Dec 17 2009 12:48 PM

    Hey you :) Have a fabulous day!
  • Dec 11 2009 5:52 PM


    You too Sid and much success to you.

    kisses

    Danni
  • Dec 2 2009 9:43 PM

    Hey,

    Thank you for acceptance of invitation,

    Wish you quiet and creative week.


    Greetings
    Damian
  • Nov 12 2009 4:18 PM

    Hey!

    Thanks for request!
    I just wanted to let you know that my first artist album " Outside the box " is out now!



    You can buy the album here:

    BEATPORT | AUDIOJELLY

    Cheers
    Marcus
  • Nov 9 2009 8:11 PM

    Hi!

    Thanks for your friendship

    Greetings from PARIS

    Jean-Philippe

  • Ten

    Nov 2 2009 9:32 PM

    Thank you for finding me!!
  • Nov 2 2009 3:07 PM

    Thanks!  things are going very well, me and the Red are staying busy! http://www.liftedthemovie.net/ is the latest thing I shot!
  • Fran Casanova Online Now!

    Oct 24 2009 12:09 AM

    Hi Sid!

    Now I..m working in the edition of THE HEART OF THE DRAGON my next short film and writing a new script.

    Enjoy this weekend! and a hug from Spain
  • Sep 25 2009 4:00 PM

    Maaike Peterse,Violoncello Kingfisher Sky
  • Sep 25 2009 4:00 PM

    Hey Sid,

    Ook hier vriendjes :)

    Hoop dat alles okee is. Hoe vind je de muziek?

  • Sep 8 2009 1:09 PM

    Ohhhh man, I don't know how this ended up happening, but I was listening to Dinky's Strange Day on your website's sample page then opened your myspace and played the same song but the way it overlapped was so perfect that I felt as though i would be cheating you not to tell you to at least to try to overlap them and listen. I'm telling you, it sounded like it was meant to be! I've done it twice now. If you set that same song exactly 23 seconds ahead of the other one to where the seconds on the players are changing at the same exact time, it creates an entirely new experience and sounds awesome!!! There's only one hitch in it all: piano part at approximately 6:50 collides quite dissonantly and incongruently with the part 23 seconds ahead...but kind of creates an eery vibe for a bit before going back into working well again. It even carries into the next track, but the coincidental goodness starts to wear thin at times in the second track. I will say it is very interesting and fun to listen to the two players simultaneously. Try it if you get bored. I bet you'll be intrigued by the new entity presented to you! Sorry for the long message, but I felt compelled to share.
  • Aug 31 2009 12:09 PM

    Hi Sid,

    Just wanted to say hello and listen to your music
    once again!

    Hope you are having many creative moments writing music!

    I'm still working on a western film score - lots of fun!

    Happiness and harmony,
    Janet
  • Jul 26 2009 10:29 PM

    Bedankt voor het toevoegen en welkom op mijn space. Groeten en prog on, PRF.
  • Jul 13 2009 12:54 PM

    Thanks for the add.
    Merci pour l'ajout.


  • Fran Casanova Online Now!

    Jul 12 2009 12:39 PM

    Thanks for you words and nice music!
  • Fran Casanova Online Now!

    Jul 8 2009 10:56 AM

    Hi and thanks for the request.

    I wish all the best for you from Spain!

    First 2 min of INDIANA JONES and the Search for the Lost Idol!!! from Fran Casanova on Vimeo.



    www.francasanova.com
  • NickNick MostlyPink Online Now!

    Jul 6 2009 7:01 AM


    Hallo Sid,
    Fijn weekend gehad?
    Al plannen voor vakantie, festivals, gigjes of gewoon ff nix met deze hitte?


    Voor mij is het nu rustig, pas in Augustus, de 16de; The Bad Shepherds (punk covers met fluit & uillian pipes (met Troy Donockley)) in Eindhoven
    en 3 September Ulysses
    & Sons of Seasons in de nieuwe Nor (een mix van stevige Prog, Jazz en metal met leden van Kamelot,
    Blaze, Doro Metalium).

    Fiets voorzichtig &
    een mooie zomer toegewenst,
    Nick from the lovely South of the Netherlands
    @ MostlyPink.nl.

    PS
    Nieuwe interviews met Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion) & Robin Beck zijn  online +
    cd competities; Mostly Autumn (dé Celtic Floyd)(3 cd box) + Riverside + Mangrove (schitterende Nederlandse Prog) + Troy Donockley (review @ Progwereld)
    + gratis kaartjes. En believe me geen spam geen nothing just free!

  • Jun 29 2009 2:44 PM

    Hallo,

    Bedankt voor de vriendschap.
    Fantastisch knap werk dat ik hier te horen krijg!!
    Echt top klasse!

    Keep'm coming!
  • Jun 25 2009 10:30 PM

    Thanks for the request and your interest in our project!
    Hope you will join us on our musical and visual journey to planet Wave World :-)
    Greetings Gert, Harry and Rolf, from Wave World
  • Jun 17 2009 7:33 AM

    Thanks, likewise!
  • Jun 16 2009 5:59 PM

    Thanks for adding me & sharing your page  wonderful stuff mate

    Geoff (Electrocelt)
  • Jun 16 2009 7:04 AM

    Dag Sid, mooie muziek man. Ik hoor de golfslag daar waar de Oude Rijn in zee stroomt.
  • Jun 16 2009 3:26 AM

    Greetings Sid,

    Thank you for the friend invitation!

    I enjoyed listening to your music -
    Quite impressive, Sid!

    Wishing you continued success and inspiration,
    Janet
  • Jun 15 2009 9:51 PM

    hello Sid
    Thanks for add
    great composer !!

    one embrance from Barcelona
    Jorge Edo