Loek Dikker (born ) is a Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer. Dikker is known for his scores for the films '' The Fourth Man'', '' Body Parts'', and ''Rosenstraße'', among others.

Biography

After training as a classical pianist, Dikker became a jazz musician after seeing a 1959 televised performance by

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, and with American instrumentalists

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. In the mid-1970s, he founded his Waterland Ensemble. He wrote his first film score in 1981, and has scored over sixty films. Dikker is the founder and chairman of Muziekinstituut MultiMedia, an organization founded in 2006 to promote and encourage collaboration among multimedia composers. He is also a board member of FFACE, the Federation of Film and Audiovisual Composers of Europe. Dikker's sister, , is a screenwriter and director.

Filmography (as composer)

*'' (1981) *'' The Fourth Man'' (1983) *''Peaceful Days'' (1984) *''De droomproducenten'' (1984) – documentary *''Het bittere kruid'' (1985) *''Passage: A Richard Erdman Sculpture'' (1985) – documentary *'' Slow Burn'' (1986) – television movie *''

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'' (1987) *'' Pascali's Island'' (1988) *''Een scherzo furioso'' (1990) *''Dilemma'' (1990) *'' Body Parts'' (1991) *''Nie wieder schlafen'' (1992) *''

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'' (1993) *''Prinzenbad'' (1993) *'' De tussentijd'' (1993) *'' The Babysitter'' (1995) *'' The Commissioner'' (1998) *''

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'' (1998) – television movie *''Kinderland ist abgebrannt'' (1998) – documentary *'' Diva Dolorosa'' (1999) – documentary *'' Führer Ex'' (2002) *''

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'' (2002) * ''Rosenstraße'' (2003) *''Giacomo Casanova'' (2004) – television movie *''Wolfsbergen'' (2004) *''Der junge Beethoven'' (2007)

Musical recordings

Jazz

*''Love Cry and Super Nimbus'' (1970) *''Tan Tango'' (1975) *''Domesticated Doomsday'' (1978) *''The Waterland Big Band Is hot! Part 1 / Part 2'' (1979) *''Mayhem in our Streets'' (1980) *''Summer Suite'' (1982)

Classical

*''To Paul Desmond'' (1991) *''Overijssels Volkslied'' (2000) *''South Side Ground Zero Boogie Blues'' (2004)

Awards

*1983: Silver Desk for Best Dutch film music, for ''The Fourth Man'' *1990:

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, for his body of work from 1985–1990 *1991:

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, for ''Body Parts'' *2004: Ravello Cinemusica (Italy), for Best European film music, for ''Rosenstraße''

References

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