Steve Willaert is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 multi-faceted composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, arranger

Arranger

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, musician and producer

Record producer

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Biography

Since the eighties, Steve Willaert composed music for Belgian radio and television-shows. In 1993 he released a solo album called Musical Regards. He wrote the score for the French movie Le Golden Boy (1996). A year later, he did the orchestrations and arrangements for the movie When The Light Comes (1997) by director Stijn Coninx

Stijn Coninx

Stijn, Baron Coninx is a Belgian film director best known for the movie Daens. He was made a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium...

 (Daens

Daens (film)

Daens is a 1992 Belgian film directed by Stijn Coninx. This 1992 drama starring Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck and Michael Pas, tells the true story of Adolf Daens, a Catholic priest in Aalst who strives to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories...

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In his home country, he regularly is musical director of great television shows. Since 2001, he is VTM

VTM

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's musical director for their annual Christmas Parade. In 2003 he did orchestrations for 50 years TV, Eurosong live on stage in the Sportpalais Antwerp organized by the national broadcast (VRT

Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep

The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie , or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders ....

). He toured as musical director and arranger with the Belgian artists Will Tura

Will Tura

Will Tura is the stage name of Arthur Achiel Albert, Knight Blanckaert, a Belgian artist famous in Flanders and the Netherlands. Tura is a singer, musician , composer and songwriter...

, Jo Lemaire, Axelle Red

Axelle Red

Axelle Red is a Belgian singer-songwriter.-Biography:She was born at Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, the daughter of Roland Demal, a solicitor in Hasselt and Councillor for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats in the City Council.Nowadays a committed artist and a militant humanist, back in 1993 Axelle...

 and Nathalia.

He did arrangements for major orchestras, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

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, the National Orchestra of Belgium

National Orchestra of Belgium

The Nationaal Orkest van België or Orchestre National de Belgique is the oldest of two major orchestras now in Belgium, along with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège....

, the Beethoven Academy, Philharmonic orchestra of Prague

Prague

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 and the Flemish

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 Radio Orchestra (VRO). By his experience with these orchestras and the use of acoustic

Acoustic music

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, electronic instruments and computers, Willaert had the opportunity to collaborate with international artists such as Françoise Hardy

Françoise Hardy

Françoise Madeleine Hardy is a French singer, actress and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music and style. She is married to the singer and movie actor Jacques Dutronc.-Biography:...

, Johnny Logan

Johnny Logan (singer)

Johnny Logan , is an Australian-born Irish singer and composer. He is regarded as "Mister Eurovision", having participated in the Eurovision Song Contest many times since the 1970s, and, since 1992, has been the most successful artist in Eurovision history.Logan has won the international contest on...

, Toots Thielemans

Toots Thielemans

Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...

, Zucchero

Zucchero

Adelmo Fornaciari, Commander , more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.Zucchero is the...

, Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive." He helped develop a style of popular music in Senegal, known in the Serer language as mbalax, a type of music...

, Ozark Henry

Ozark Henry

Piet Goddaer is a Belgian musician, better known by his stage name Ozark Henry.-Biography:In his early life, Piet Goddaer was involved in several local bands...

, Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s...

 and Helmut Lotti

Helmut Lotti

Helmut Lotti , is a Flemish Belgian tenor and singer-songwriter. Lotti performs in several styles and languages: Once an Elvis impersonator, he has sung African and Latino hit records, and he crossed over into classical music in the 1990s.-Life and music:The son of Luc Lotigiers and Rita Lagrou,...

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Recently, he is more and more active as a film score composer. He wrote music for the TV-series Stille Waters, Aspe, Thuis and Katarakt. In 2003 Willaert won for his score to Stille Waters the Prix Italia

Prix Italia

The Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...

and Plateauprijs.

Meanwhile, he kept composing for film: Frank Van Mechelen's Indringer (2005) and De Hel van Tanger (2006), as well as, Vermist (2007) by director Jan Verheyen (for which he also write the track Waiting with Michael Leahy) and the Dutch

Netherlands

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 movie Dunja en Desie in Marokko (2008) by Dana Nechushtan.

Music for film, series, theatre and musicals

• Zoon van de Schrijnwerker (with Will Tura) (1988) (Theatre)
• Le Golden Boy (1996) (French movie)
• Stille Waters (Tv-episode) (2002) Best sold Belgian soundtrack, Prix Italia
  Prix Italia
  The Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...
  
  
• Aspe 1 (Tv-episodes) (2003–2004) based on the books of Pieter Aspe
• Halleluja (sitcom) (2005)
• De Indringer (2005) by Frank Van Mechelen
• Halleluja 2 (2006)
• Aspe 2 (2006)
• Elisabeth (Tv-serie) (2006)
• De Hel van Tanger (2006) by Frank Van Mechelen
• Thuis (Tv-soap) (2007)
• Aspe 3 (2007)
• Katarakt (Tv-serie) (2007)
• Vermist by Jan Verheyen (2007)
• Dunja en Desie in Marokko (2008) (Dutch movie)

Arrangements

Musicals, movies, projects

• Night Of The Proms (1993)
• Les Nuits Fantastiques (1993)
• Extasy-the opera (1995) in Wenen
• When The Light Comes (1997) by Stijn Coninx
  Stijn Coninx
  Stijn, Baron Coninx is a Belgian film director best known for the movie Daens. He was made a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium...
  
  
• Musicals by Studio 100
  Studio 100
  Studio 100 is a Flemish company that produces popular children's television series and owns five amusement parks and four musical ensembles.-History:Studio 100 was founded in 1996 by Gert Verhulst, Danny Verbiest, and Hans Bourlon...
  
  

Sneeuwwitje (1999)

Assepoester (1999)

Pinokkio (2000)

Robin Hood (2001)

Doornroosje (2002)

3 biggetjes (2003)

De Kleine Zeemeermin (2004)

• Kuifje en de zonnetempel (2001)
• Fishboy by Laurent Michelet (2005)
• Story Of Us by Sandrine and "Opening Theme" for the soundtrack "Windkracht 10-koksijde rescue" (2007) by Hans Herbots
• Songs In The Key of Love, project by singer Sofie and the Beethoven Academie with conductor Dirk Brossé
  Dirk Brossé
  Dirk Brossé is a Flemish Belgian composer and conductor. He’s one of Europe's most talented composers. Since 1999 Brossé is Musical Host of the International Flanders Film Festival in Ghent and he held also the title of Music Director of the Tokyo International Music Festival.Brossé is best known...
  
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• Dank U Vlaanderen, project by Will Tura
  Will Tura
  Will Tura is the stage name of Arthur Achiel Albert, Knight Blanckaert, a Belgian artist famous in Flanders and the Netherlands. Tura is a singer, musician , composer and songwriter...
  
   and the Flemish Radio Orchestra
• Nekka 2000

Albums

• Love album by Gunther Neefs (1998)
• Ik Voel Me Goed by Gunther Neefs (2000) (award of best Flemish production 2000)
• Louis Neefs, 20 years later (2000) (platinum award)
• En Dans by Clouseau (2002) (platinum award)
• Swing Is The Thing by Gunther Neefs (2002)
• Jo prend la mer by Jo Lemaire (2003)

Productions

• All studio/live- albums and singles by Will Tura
  Will Tura
  Will Tura is the stage name of Arthur Achiel Albert, Knight Blanckaert, a Belgian artist famous in Flanders and the Netherlands. Tura is a singer, musician , composer and songwriter...
  
   from 1987–present (20 golden and platinum awards)
• Soundtrack Stille Waters (2001)
• A Moment (2002), full album by Severine Dore
• Songs by Natalia for the soundtrack Team Spirit II (2003) by Jan Verheyen
• This Time (2003), full album by Natalia (platinum award)
• I've only begun to fight (2004), single by Natalia (golden award)
• Higher Than The Sun (2004), single by Natalia (co-production with Vincent Pierins)
• Soundtrack Aspe (2004) with single "Wees van mij" by Gene Thomas
  Gene Thomas
  Eugene "Gene" Warren Thomas is a former American football fullback and halfback in the American Football League and played in Super Bowl I. He attended North High School in Akron, Ohio and played college football at Florida A&M University. His pro-career was spent with both the Kansas City Chiefs...
  
  
• Back for more (2004) by Natalia (double platinum) and singles "Sisters are doin it for themselves" (2005) and "Rid of You" (2006).

External links

• Official site