Willem Rogier van Otterloo (11 December 1941 – 29 January 1988) was a Dutch composer and conductor.

Biography

Van Otterloo was the eldest son of the conductor

Willem van Otterloo Jan Willem van Otterloo (27 December 190727 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer. Biography Van Otterloo was born in Winterswijk, Gelderland, in the Netherlands, the son of William Frederik van Otterloo, a railway inspector, a ...

, in

Bilthoven Bilthoven is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt. It has a railway station with connections to Utrecht, Amersfoort and Baarn. It is home to the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health a ...

, Netherlands. He composed several soundtracks for Dutch films and in 1980 became conductor of the

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for

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music in

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. He conducted five Dutch entries in

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s: "

" (1980), " Het is een wonder" (1981), "

Jij en ik The Netherlands was represented by Bill van Dijk, with the song "Jij en ik", at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Harrogate, England on 24 April. The song and performer were chosen independently of each other at the Dutch nati ...

" (1982), "

Ik hou van jou The Netherlands was represented by Maribelle, with the song "Ik hou van jou", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Luxembourg City on 5 May. Maribelle was the winner of the Dutch national final for the contest, held on 14 Marc ...

" (1984) and " Rechtop in de wind" (1987). He has also composed

music. He died from mesothelioma in

in 1988.

Discography

* ' Turks Fruit' 1973 * 'Visions' 1974 * 'Lets Go To Randstad/Randstad Reflection' 1974 * 'Munich 74' 1974 * 'On The Move' 1976 * 'Moods' 1976 * 'The French Collection' 1976 * 'Heartbeat/Farewell Song' 1976 * '

Soldaat van Oranje ''Soldier of Orange'' ( nl, Soldaat van Oranje, ) is a 1977 Dutch romance-thriller film directed and co-written by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé. The film is set around the German occupation of ...

' 1977 * 'Tin Pan Alley' 1978 * 'Wereldsuccessen' 1978 * 'Juliana 70' 1979 * 'Grijpstra en de Gier'1979 * 'Collage' 1980 * 'First In The Air' 1984 * 'Silver Selection' 1985 * 'Verzameld Werk' 2005

Filmography

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'' (1973) * ' (1974) * '' Help, de dokter verzuipt!'' (1974) * ''

Keetje Tippel ''Katie Tippel'' (Dutch title: ''Keetje Tippel'') is a 1975 film by Paul Verhoeven. The film is based on the memoirs of Neel Doff (1858–1942) and was the most expensive Dutch film produced up to that time. The film was a box office success, bei ...

'' (1975) * ''

'' (1977) * ''

Grijpstra & De Gier ''Grijpstra & De Gier'' is a 1979 Dutch crime film directed by Wim Verstappen. It is based on the eponymous novel series by Jan Willem van de Wetering (although his name is usually styled Janwillem van de Wetering), specifically ''Het lijk in d ...

'' (1979) * '' Vrijdag'' (1981) * '' Te Gek Om Los te Lopen'' (1981) * ''

De Vlaschaard ''De vlaschaard'' (''The Flaxfield'') is a 1907 novel in Dutch by Stijn Streuvels. It became his best-known novel, sold more than 200,000 copies and was turned into a movie twice, in 1943 and 1983. Creation Stijn Streuvels was married in 1905 and ...

'' (1983) * ''

Op hoop van zegen '' The Good Hope (''from Dutch: ''Op Hoop van Zegen''; more literally: ''Hoping for the best)'' is a Dutch play written by Herman Heijermans in 1900/1901. It takes place in a fishing village, with the conflict between the fishermen and their em ...

'' (1986)

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