Rutger Hoedemaekers (born 1976) is a Dutch composer and producer.

Career

Early life and career

Hoedemaekers' interest in music was first sparked when he started making electronic compositions on a Commodore Amiga 500 as a pre-teen and became part of the demoscene. A few years later, he worked as an ambient and techno producer within the emerging Dutch electronic music scene. He subsequently enrolled in the

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, but left after one year and started working with rock bands instead, gaining experience in writing and producing.

2006–2011: About, Voicst and move to Berlin

Hoedemaekers' first solo project came in the form of ''About'', an indie electro-pop act. About's debut album ''Bongo'' was released on Jason Forrest's Cock Rock Disco label in 2006. For live shows, Hoedemaekers was joined on stage by Marg van Eenbergen. In 2007, Hoedemaekers co-produced an album for a indie rock band

Voicst Voicst are a three-piece indie rock band hailing from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. "Voicst" was the name of a stray cat at the band's very first practice space in Amsterdam. Band members * Tjeerd Bomhof (lead vocals/guitar) * Sven Woodside (bas ...

alongside Peter Katis (

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, The National) and joined the band as a keyboard player. In the same year, Rutger moved to Berlin to start a modular studio in

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together with two friends. This studio became a creative hub for composers like

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and Hildur Gudnadottir. He collaborated with a number of artists during that time, such as New York-based

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for

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2011–2015: Bart Constant

In Berlin, Rutger started his second solo project under the name ''Bart Constant.'' His debut ''Tell Yourself Whatever You Have To'' was released on PIAS Recordings in 2011 to critical acclaim. His video for the single ''Do Better'', featuring

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, won Best Music Video at the Netherlands Film Festival that same year.

2015–present: Film and TV score work

While still performing as Bart Constant, Hoedemaekers started working as a composer under his own name for film and TV. In 2015,

asked him to co-compose the score for Icelandic crime series '' Trapped'' (

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, France 2,

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), together with Hildur Gudnadottir. Their

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for the series was awarded with an

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for Best Music in 2016. Hoedemaekers also worked with Jóhannsson on Darren Aronofsky's mother! and James Marsh's ''

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,'' for which he composed additional music. In 2018, Hoedemaekers scored his first feature as a solo composer for German production '' The Last Berliner'', which won Best Feature at the Manchester Film Festival. He subsequently created the original score for

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and ARTE production ''No Man's Land'', which premiered in 2020. In 2020, Hoedemaekers signed with FatCat Records's imprint

130701 FatCat Records is an English independent record label based in Brighton. The label's output reaches into many styles including experimental rock, electronica, psychedelic folk, contemporary classical, noise and post-punk. Notable artists that ...

. His debut record on the label, ''The Age of Oddities'', was released on March 5, 2021. In 2022, he contributed eight original pieces to Ed Perkins' HBO documentary ''The Princess'', alongside a score by

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. Hoedemaekers went on to create the original score for ''Shangri-La, Paradise Under Construction'', which premiered at 2022 edition of IDFA. Hoedemaekers also created the score for Angeline Jolie-directed feature Without Blood, starring

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and

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, which is set to premiere at the

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in September 2024.

Discography

Studio albums * ''The Age of Oddities'' (2021, FatCat Records/130701) Soundtrack albums *'' Trapped'' (2019, Milan Records) *''The Last Berliner'' (2019, Nouveau Goût) *''No Man's Land'' (2020,

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) *''Shangri-La, Paradise Under Construction'' (2023, Nouveau Goût)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoedemaekers, Rutger 1976 births People from Nijmegen Living people Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni 20th-century Dutch composers 20th-century Dutch male musicians 21st-century Dutch composers 21st-century male musicians Dutch film score composers Dutch record producers Dutch male film score composers Male composers