The Dutch & Belgian Composer Thread

Together with Guus96 we discussed that there is so little albums/work available of Dutch and Belgian composers. So we came with the idea to start a thread just solely to share albums of Dutch and Belgian composers. Guus96 and I will kick of with some great albums.

So i would invite everybody who has some works of Dutch composers to share it here with us.

Following

My first share are the albums of Rogier van Otterloo a famous Dutch Composer:

Collage (1994)(FLAC & MP3)
Concerto (1977)
Film & Friends Collage (1999)(FLAC & MP3)
Geluckig Is Het Land (1980)(FLAC & MP3) –> Together with Thijs van Leer & Louis van Dijk
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (1986) –> Together with Rita Reys
KLM presents – First in the Air (1984)
Made In Holland (1987)(FLAC)
Musica Per La Notte Di Natale (1976)(FLAC) –> Together with Thijs van Leer & Louis van Dijk
Music-All-In (1985)(FLAC) –> Together with Pim Jacobs
My Romance – A Tribute To The Arranger (1986)(FLAC)
On The Move The French Collection (2011)(FLAC)
Sophisticated Lady (2001)(FLAC) –> Together with Pim Jacobs
Telepathy (1973)
Tin Pan Alley (1978)
Turks Fruit (1973)(FLAC)
Verzameld Werk (3-CD)(2003)

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This is indeed a fun idea we came up with together, since we are both Dutch ourselves.
Here is my share of some more albums from the wonderful composer/arranger Rogier van Otterloo:

Films:
Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight, by Paul Verhoeven) (1973) (FLAC)
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange, by Paul Verhoeven) (1977) (FLAC)
Grijpstra & De Gier (1979) (FLAC)
Op Hoop van Zegen (1986) (FLAC)

Other:
Verzameld Werk (Collected Works) (3CD) (2003) (FLAC)

(All except "Turks Fruit" & "Verzameld Werk" were only released on vinyl back in the day, but these have been carefully ripped from their vinyl release and put on CD by a music label, which sounds really good to my ears.
So occasionally you’ll might hear some clicks and pops along the way, but it’s not distracting at all I think.
All are ripped by me, so they all include .log and .cue files)

Feel free to send me a PM if you’d like any if these albums.

Big thumb up !

Link received! Thank you, Crunch75!

Link received with thanks.

Can we request things here too? I’d love some Studio 100 musicals in good quality (JOhan Van Den Ede) and the soundtrack to In Flanders Fields by Jef Neve.

This is indeed a fun idea we came up with together, since we are both Dutch ourselves.
Here is my share of some more albums from the wonderful composer/arranger Rogier van Otterloo:

Films:
Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight, by Paul Verhoeven) (1973) (FLAC)
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange, by Paul Verhoeven) (1977) (FLAC)
Grijpstra & De Gier (1979) (FLAC)
Op Hoop van Zegen (1986) (FLAC)

Other:
Verzameld Werk (Collected Works) (3CD) (2003) (FLAC)

(All except "Turks Fruit" & "Verzameld Werk" were only released on vinyl back in the day, but these have been carefully ripped from their vinyl release and put on CD by a music label, which sounds really good to my ears.
So occasionally you’ll might hear some clicks and pops along the way, but it’s not distracting at all I think.
All are ripped by me, so they all include .log and .cue files)

Feel free to send me a PM if you’d like any if these albums.

Many thanks for the links, Guus! 😉

ontvangen, zeer indrukwekkend, heel erg bedankt !
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Dutch?

Link received, dank je wel!

EXCELLENT!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

What a great thread!

Rogier Van Otterlo, just like Gary McFarland; died too young… he had such an incredible talent as melodist and arranger… we miss him…

Many thanks, Crunch75 & Guus96, for your generosity.

I’ve got "Visions" (1974) from Van Otterloo, but only 320.
If somebody is interested, let me know

great idea guys!!!

this is great, thank you. rep added

My first share are the albums of Rogier van Otterloo a famous Dutch Composer:

Collage (1994)(FLAC & MP3)
Concerto (1977)
Film & Friends Collage (1999)(FLAC & MP3)
Geluckig Is Het Land (1980)(FLAC & MP3) –> Together with Thijs van Leer & Louis van Dijk
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (1986) –> Together with Rita Reys
KLM presents – First in the Air (1984)
Made In Holland (1987)(FLAC)
Musica Per La Notte Di Natale (1976)(FLAC) –> Together with Thijs van Leer & Louis van Dijk
Music-All-In (1985)(FLAC) –> Together with Pim Jacobs
My Romance – A Tribute To The Arranger (1986)(FLAC)
On The Move The French Collection (2011)(FLAC)
Sophisticated Lady (2001)(FLAC) –> Together with Pim Jacobs
Telepathy (1973)
Tin Pan Alley (1978)
Turks Fruit (1973)(FLAC)
Verzameld Werk (3-CD)(2003)

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LINKS VERY WELL RECEIVED!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Many, many thanks for these wonderful albums!!!

Links received! Great! Thank you so much Crunch & Guus

Henny Vrienten has done some amazing work as well, The discovery of Heaven still stands as one of my fav Dutch scores of all time.

And then you have Dirk Bross� and Wim Mertens on the Belgian side, which are pretty well known for their works too. (not only soundtracks)

REP added THANKS

Here my contribution. I’ve made a translation from the liner notes (to the best of my ability) :

After viewing Marc Didden�s film ‘Sailors don�t cry�, I knew for sure. It was that one returning and captivating song that time and time again, drove a wedge between the two lovers in the story. In the heroic but tender score from ‘Daens� by Dirk Bross�, you can hear that Father Daens is only human, often falling victim to doubts too. And after seeing, and hearing Robbe de Hert�s two-parter ‘Blueberry Hill� and ‘Brylcream Boulevard�, I couldn�t understand why we in Flanders didn�t produce a Buddy Holly or Phil Spector or even the likes of the Beatles.
These are just a few of the magical movie moments, where music, image and story create a perfect match. And for those who weren�t on to it, we�re talking about Flemish film music history. When Roel Van Bambost en myself put our heads together to compile this CD and the Radio 1 series of the same name, we were gathered round a small stack of dusty vinyl albums and a modest pile of cd�s. Because when you�re aware of the fact that the running time of the soap The Bold and the Beautiful is longer than the entire Flemish movie history, and the Flemish films, where there was enough creativity, taste and most important, funding to create a big score , are very few� We both soon headed in the same direction. And so, "Cinema Musica, The Best of Flemish movie history" became the ultimate CD, with our apologies to the music that didn�t make the cut in the last moment. Unless Mr. S. Spielberg plans to pump a huge amount of money in the Flemish movie industry, there won�t be a sequel very soon. This to point out that the film songs and -themes, you can hear here, neatly divided between these two CD�s, are among the very best in film music in Flanders. Furthermore you will notice the big names in who�s company you�re dwelling. Try imagining how it must have been behind the editing bay with creative minds as the likes of Robbe De Hert, Stijn Coninx, Hugo Claus or Frank Van Passel on the one side, and Raymond Van Het Groenewoud, Frederic Devreese, Jan Leyers or Stijn Meuris on the other. Musicians who could dabble a bit in a different world, and gratefully let themselves be inspired. By the way we yet have to meet the first musician who wasn�t happy with his outing in the film world. And that�s what we’d like for you while listening to this CD.
Jos Vandervelden – Producer Radio 1

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tracklist
1-1 �Noordkaap -Ik Hou Van U
1-2 �The Blueberry Hillbillies -In Love
1-3 �Liesbeth List -Zonder Jou
1-4 �Eric Andersen -Movin’ With The Wind
1-5 �Sara Beth & Frankie Miller -Why Don’t You Try Me
1-6 �Ann Christy -Een Woord van Liefde
1-7 �Raymond van het Groenewoud -Brussels By Night
1-8 �Jan Leyers -Hanging On To Memories
1-9 �Wannes Van De Velde -‘k Wil Deze Nacht In de Straten Verdwalen
1-10 �Elsje & Raymond -Sailors Don’t Cry
1-11 �Sara Beth -I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
1-12 �Noordkaap -Stealing Song
1-13 �Arno Hintjens -Give Me The Gift
1-14 �Raymond van het Groenewoud -Twee Meisjes
1-15 �Roland -A Man Needs A Plan
1-16 �Dani Klein -When You Were Sweet Sixteen
1-17 �The Radios -Dreaming Wild
1-18 �Johan Verminnen -Cinemalief

2-1 �Dirk Bross� -Main Theme "Daens"
2-2 �Wim Mertens -4 Mains
2-3 �Laurens van Rooyen – Otto And Eline
2-4 �Frederik Devreese -Valse Sacree
2-5 �Dirk Bross� -Main Theme "boerenpsalm"
2-6 �Raymond van het Groenewoud -Het Walsje Van Marie – Viool
2-7 �Theo Nijland -Tango di Fruta
2-8 �Dirk Bross� -Main Theme "Light"
2-9 �Jean Blaute -Cafeetje
2-10 �Michel Herr & Archie Shepp -Song For Lucy (Quartet Version)
2-11 �Frederik Devreese -Tango
2-12 �Vlaams Radio Orkest -"De Vlaamse Filmkes" Suite

CD 1 contains songs composed for Flemish (= Belgian) movies. CD 2 are instrumental scores.
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Monsieur Maurice

Here new additions to my list:

Rogier van Otterloo (& Pim Jacobs)
Music-All-In (1974)(MP3)
Music-All-In 2 (1976)
Nuages (1973)
On The Move (1975)
Visions (1974)

Pim Jacobs
How High The Moon (2001)(FLAC)

Others
Christmas Party (1991)

If you have received a link for my first list than you can reuse the link. If not then please send me a PM.

This is indeed a fun idea we came up with together, since we are both Dutch ourselves.
Here is my share of some more albums from the wonderful composer/arranger Rogier van Otterloo:

Films:
Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight, by Paul Verhoeven) (1973) (FLAC)
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange, by Paul Verhoeven) (1977) (FLAC)
Grijpstra & De Gier (1979) (FLAC)
Op Hoop van Zegen (1986) (FLAC)

Other:
Verzameld Werk (Collected Works) (3CD) (2003) (FLAC)

(All except "Turks Fruit" & "Verzameld Werk" were only released on vinyl back in the day, but these have been carefully ripped from their vinyl release and put on CD by a music label, which sounds really good to my ears.
So occasionally you’ll might hear some clicks and pops along the way, but it’s not distracting at all I think.
All are ripped by me, so they all include .log and .cue files)

Feel free to send me a PM if you’d like any if these albums.

LINKS RECEIVED!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Thank you, dear Guus96, for sharing such jewels of film music by one of the best word-wide arrangers and composers of his time!

ALL THE BEST!

Links received, thank you very much Crunch & Guus.

I like very much Rogier Van Otterloo (and also his friends Wim Overgaauw, Thijs Van Leer, Louis Van Dyke) and the beautiful renditions of Turk Fruits by Toots.

I was waitng for "Soldaat van Oranje", great movie and wonderful score.

Thank you very much! 🙂

Thank you MonsieurMaurice for sharing that "Cinema Musica" album with us! 🙂
I appreciate it a lot and I hope there are many more albums to come from other people.

Again thanks for your generosity!!!

thank you guys!!

Could anybody help me with Frederic Devreese�s "La partie d�echecs"? Thanks in advance

thanks for the great composer otterloo!!!!!!!

Not all film related, but one hell of a composer.

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01 Struggle For Pleasure
02 Birds For The Mind
03 Close Cover
04 Their Duet
05 Humility
06 Often A Bird
07 4 Mains
08 No Testament
09 Iris
10 Hors Nature
11 Maximizing The Audience
12 The Scene

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Monsieur Maurice

I wonder, if someday the ORIGINAL-RECORDINGS of Van Otterloos great scores will appear?!

For example: The LPs of TURKS FRUITS and GRJIPSTRA AND DE GIER are defenetly re-recordings and nearly all music of Verhoeven`s KEETJE TIPPLE was never released at all.

The original recordings seem to exist somewhere and as far as i know, there is a Van Otterloo estate in Holland founded by his brother (or his son), and there are many fans out there of van Otterloos work, so maybe there is some hope.

Let`s just pray, someone will release those gems someday!

thank you so much!

Is there interest in the Thijs Van Leer ‘Introspection’ records ?
They are not exactly movie related, but 3 of them are arranged by Rogier Van Otterloo. All of them contain, among classical compositions by various composers, also some original compositions by Rogier Van Otterloo and Thijs Van Leer.
If so, give a shout out and I will post them.

Monsieur Maurice

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Introspection – Thijs Van Leer – 1972

Side 1
01 Pavan Op. 50 – G. Faur�
02 Rondo – R. Van Otterloo
03 Agnus Dei from : "Mass in B min", BWV 232" – J.S. Bach
04 Focus I – T. Van Leer

Side 2
01 Erbarme Dich from : "St Matthew Passion", BWV 244 – J.S Bach
02 Focus II – T. Van Leer
03 Introspection – R. Van Otterloo

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Introspection 2 – Thijs Van Leer – 1975

Side 1
01 Goyescas N� IV from : "Queja � La Maja Y El Ruisenor" – E Granados
02 Rondo II – T . Van Leer
03 Introduction – D. Cimarosa
04 Siciliano – J.S. Bach
05 Focus III – T. Van Leer

Side 2
01 Larghetto & Allegro – G. F. H�ndel
02 Introspection II – R. Van Otterloo
03 Sheep May Safely Graze – J. S. Bach
04 Mild Wild Rose – T. Van Leer
05 Bist Du Bei Mir – G. H. St�lzel / J. S. Bach
06 Carmen Elysium – T. Van Leer

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Introspection 3 – Thijs Van Leer – 1977

Side 1
01 Reigen Seliger Geister – from :"Orfeo ed Euridice"- C.W. Gluck
02 Rondeau – from : "Abdelazer" – H. Purcell
03 Adagio – T. Albinoni – R. Giazotto
04 Brother – T. Van Leer – R. Van Leer

Side 2
01 Sicilienne – from : "Pell�as et M�lissande" – G. Faur�
02 Rondo III – R. Van Otterloo
03 He Shall Feed His Flock – from : "Messiah – G. F. H�ndel
04 Focus V – T. Van Leer

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Thijs van Leer ‎� Introspection 4 – 1979

01 Arcangelo (Gigue From Sonata Op. 5 No. 9) � Arcangelo Corelli
02 Introspection 4 � Rogier van Otterloo
03 Rondeau Des Enfants � Thijs van Leer
04 Grave, Allegro Adagio, Allegro (Sonate In E Min.) � Georg Friedrich H�ndel
05 Le Tango – Thijs van Leer – Roselie van Leer
06 Air � Georg Philipp Telemann
07 Pastorale � Domenico Scarlatti
08 Largo E Dolce � Johann Sebastian Bach
09 Siciliano, Allegro � Georg Friedrich H�ndel
10 Song For Eva (Theme from Exit 7) � Thijs van Leer – Bert Ruiter

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Introspection 92 – Thijs Van Leer – 1992

01 I Dreamed A Dream – C.M. Sch�nberg / A Boubil
02 Wachet Auf – J.S. Bach
03 Introspecton 5 – T. Van Leer
04 Go On Forever (We zullen doorgaan) – R. Shaffy
05 Cavatina (Theme from ‘The Deerhunter’) – S. Meyers
06 Sarabande – G. F H�ndel
07 Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring (from : Cantata 147) – J.S. Bach
08 O, Thou That Tellest – G. F. H�ndel
09 Air – J. S Bach
10 Rondo ’92 – W. A. Mozart
11 Impromptu Nr. 3 – F. Shubert
12 Ennio Morricone Collage
-Les Deux Saisons De La Vie
– The Untouchables
-Novo Cento
13 Barcarolle – J. Offenbach
14 In Dulce Jubilo
15 Old And Wise

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Monsieur Maurice

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Kaleidoskoop – Laurens Van Rooyen – 1976

Side 1
01 Emmanuel
(Michel Colubier – Laurens Van Rooyen)
02 Barricades mist�rieuses
(Fran�ois Couperin – Bewerking : Laurens Van Rooyen)
03 R�verie
(Claude Debussy – Bewerking : Laurens Van Rooyen)
04 Voor jou van mij
(Laurens Van Rooyen)
05 Gigue (uit : Partita N�1)
(Johann Sebastian Bach)
06 Adagio (uit : Symfonie N� 3 "Orgelsymfonie")
(Camille Saint-Sa�ns – Bewerking : Laurens Van Rooyen)

Side 2
01 Pr�lude
(Laurens Van Rooyen)
02 De Spinse (uit : Introductie van gelijknamig toneelstuk)
(Herman Van Veen – Laurens Van Rooyen)
03 Sonata (Non presto, ma in tempo di ballo)
(Domenico Scarlatti)
04 Menuet (uit : Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)
(Jean Baptiste Lully – Bewerking : Laurens Van Rooyen)
05 Vocalise
(Sergei Rachmaninoff – Bewerking : Laurens Van Rooyen)

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Collage – Laurens Van Rooyen – 1980

Side 1
01 Love Theme (from : Mysteries)
(L. Van Rooyen)
02 Martha
(L. Van Rooyen)
03 Cavatina
(S. Myers)
04 Memory Of Jacoba
(L. Van Rooyen)
05 From Me To You
(L. Van Rooyen)
06 I’m Hopelessly In Love
(L. Van Rooyen)

Side 2
01 Emmanuel
(M. Colubier – L. Van Rooyen)
02 Pr�lude
(L. Van Rooyen)
03 Adagio (from : Symfonie N� 3 )
(C. Saint-Sa�ns – Arr : L.Van Rooyen)
04 Gymnopedie I
(E. Satie)
05 Pastorale
(Scarlatti – Adapt & Arr : L. Van Rooyen)
06 Andante
(Scarlatti – Adapt & Arr : L. Van Rooyen)
07 Vocalise
(S.Rachmaninoff – Arr : L. Van Rooyen)
(Wanda Stellaard : Voice)

MP3 @ 320 kbps
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Monsieur Maurice

Does someone have Daens by Dirk Bross� from the movie directed by Stijn Conincx?

Crush,

Thanks so much for Soldier of Orange and Turks Fruit!!!! Rep points given with pleasure!:)
Eric

Hi Crunch75 and Guus96, I’m very interested in your beautiful collection of Rogier van Otterloo Flac-albums. Is it possible to receive a link? I tried to sent you a PM, but somehow it doesn’t seem to work. Thanks en bedankt!

Hi Crunch75 and Guus96, I’m very interested in your beautiful collection of Rogier van Otterloo Flac-albums. Is it possible to receive a link? I tried to sent you a PM, but somehow it doesn’t seem to work. Thanks en bedankt!

Hi, as Onion Kid, you need to have about 10 posts before you can PM. It’s to prevent bots. Veel plezier hier!

Hey HenryBourbon, hartelijk dank! Dat gaat helemaal goed komen! En dat is goed om te weten… Anders had ik waarschijnlijk nog veel berichten voor noppes verstuurd! xD