Joris de Man – Music Composer, South East

Member (3 years 6 months 3 days)
Screened Music Composer (3 years 4 months 12 days)

Joris de Man is a Dutch composer and sound designer living in the UK. Born in the Hague in 1972 into a musical family, his father was a professor at the Hague Royal Conservatory and a well known contemporary composer, his mother an internationally acclaimed Harpsichordist.

Joris' own passion for music started with the violin. He joined the Gymnasium Haganum’s School Orchestra a year before attending school there. He would later exchange the violin for a synthesizer and computer, embarking a search for musical identity which would lead Joris from hard edged industrial to ambient, electronica and everything in between, though never leaving his classical roots too far behind.

After a year’s course in Sonology at the Royal Conservatory he attended the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht studying Music Technology, leaving to pursue a career in music for Games.

A 1997 move to London led to working for various games companies, including The Bitmap Brothers. He returned to the Netherlands 3 years later to join startup company Guerrilla Games and was Musical Director there for over 6 years. It was during this time he developed the acclaimed Orchestral Score and sound design for Killzone, the Playstation 2 game developed exclusively for Sony, which sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Joris composed and orchestrated the score, which was recorded with the Prague Philharmonic and Chorus.

2005 took Joris to LA to attend the ASCAP Film and Television Scoring Workshop ; a prestigious one month course taught by industry professionals. He was fortunate to be selected for from over 300 entries with 14 other participants. Attendees were tasked to score a 3 minute cue to be performed live by a 40 piece Hollywood Studio Orchestra which they were to orchestrate and conduct. The resulting score was mixed by Armin Steiner and the workshop as a whole was an unforgettable experience.

Joris has worked with various composers as a sound designer or programmer; sound design for Alexander Knaifel’s Alice in Wonderland, the 2003 opening for the Stopera’s season, design of tape parts for Johan de Meij’s much lauded ‘Planet Earth’ Symphony in 2006. He has provided sound design and programming for contemporary composers such as Willem Jeths, Peter Eotveos and Louis Andriessen.

Other recent works include the music and sound design for the animated short Codehunters, for MTV’s Movie Awards in Asia; sound design 'Prince of Persia' TV spot for Ubisoft and score for Sony/Guerrilla’s much anticipated 'Killzone: Liberation' for the Playstation Portable.

Joris style has been described as epic, powerful, sweeping and grandiose in his orchestral based pieces; he enjoys writing for a live orchestra if the project permits, though he is equally versed in creating powerful and bombastic midi renditions.

Classification: Established
Profession: Composer
Primary Sequencer: Other
Operating System: PC and Mac
Projects: Games work - Killzone 2 - Playstation 3, N - Online, Killzone Liberation - Playstation Portable, Killzone 2 Playstation 3 (Game teaser), Killzone - Playstation 2, Steel Soldiers (Z2), Attack of The Saucer men, Z
Relevant Qualifications: Sonology - Royal Conservatory - The Hague

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Title	Moods	Genres	Posted	Comments	Recommendations
KZ3 - And Ever We Fight On	Dark Melancholy Epic	Orchestral Strings Brass	305 days ago	1	3
KZ3 - No Exit Strategy	Epic Dark Dramatic	Orchestral Strings Brass	305 days ago	1	3
KZ3 - I'll Get You Home	Suspense Dramatic Romantic	Orchestral	305 days ago	1	3
Birth of War	Atmospheric Epic Suspense	Orchestral Strings Choral	1276 days ago	6	11
Templar & Lugar	Romantic Epic Dramatic	Orchestral Strings Brass	717 days ago	2	3
Helghan Forever	Dramatic Energetic Epic	Orchestral Brass Strings	717 days ago	0	0
Visari's Lament & Conclusion - excerpt.	Epic Sentimental Dramatic	Orchestral Strings Brass	717 days ago	0	0
The Crying City	Dramatic Energetic Epic	Orchestral Strings World	681 days ago	0	0
Around the World in 80 Days	Cheerful Fun Energetic	Orchestral Brass Strings	717 days ago	8	21
N+ Main Theme	Cheerful Energetic Bright	Electronica Experimental Retro	716 days ago	1	3

Composing Genres

Joris composes in the following film and television music genres (bold = specialises in):

Ambient
Electronica
Experimental
Industrial
Orchestral
Piano
Strings
Woodwind
Brass

Music recommended by Joris de Man

Dropping The Bomb by Film & TV ComposerDaniel Pemberton

Great stuff! The build-up works very well with the driving percussion and I really like the dissonant sound design and how it complements the orchestra.
2 years 10 months 19 days

Rollers and Breakers by Film & TV ComposerRodney Newton

Sumptuous orchestration and a lovely 'jumpy' feel. Reminds me in places of works by Stravinsky and Korngold, but that is never a bad thing in my book and the skill on display here certainly is inspirational.
2 years 10 months 19 days

Solitary by Film & TV ComposerLila Senior

Lovely track, the live playing really adds to the quality and as a whole it has a wonderful mood to it that veers between romantic and melancholic.
1 years 10 months 6 days

Other Reviews by Joris de Man

Around the World in 80 Days by Film & TV ComposerJoris de Man

Wow, thanks so much for the kind comments guys, and your wonderfully supportive words Rodney! Means a lot to me coming from you, and though I'd love to do more TV and Film work, the games industry is not a bad place to be in at the moment:)
1 years 7 months 26 days

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Empty by Olivia Dixon

“Has a Paul Mounsey-esque quality to it - very compelling!!…”
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Police Drama by Tony Patterson

“Has an Edge of Darkness feel to it!! Like the track but I agree with Melody Xu.…”
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Battleground by Jules Bromley

“Love this track!! Thinking maybe would work for the latest Disney/Pixar space flick - whatever that is!!…”
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