Johan Arthur Van Barel (born 3 Oktober 1964, Bornem, Belgium) is a Belgian composer, producer and digital artist. He wrote and produced music for movies and games, drawing inspiration from romantic classics and film noir themes. Over the years, he has collaborated with emerging directors and game creators.

Johan Van Barel
Background information
Birth nameJohan Arthur Van Barel
Born (1964-10-03) 3 October 1964 (age 60)
OriginBornem, Belgium
Genres
Occupations
Instruments
Years active1998–present
Websitevanbarel.eu.org

Collaborations

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Date Event
01/01/2011 Japanese television NTV broadcasts a short documentary about the gnu called The Ford[1] by Andrzej Olesiak.[2] Footage was taken in the Serengeti national park in Tanzania in 2010. Several orchestral pieces were licensed for the soundtrack.
01/07/2010 The Alberni Project,[3] a tribute to the men who served on HMCS(Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) Alberni (1941-1944) during World War II, licenses the orchestral music Big Bang[4] and Autumn Evenings.[5]
01/10/2009 Coproduction Komodo[6] by underwater photographer Filip Staes[7] wins the first price for best musical adaptation at the famous World Festival of Underwater Images 2009[8] in Marseille in the category diaporama. The Komodo[9] media production is a photo presentation from a diving journey he made in Komodo, Indonesia.

Filip Staes is an international renowned underwater photographer who has won several prizes with his photo-projects fi. he won the first prize in 2007 at the famous Antibes World Festival of Underwater Images.

06/11/2008 Cooperation with New York based avantgarde video artist G.H. Hovagimyan resulted in a film project called Plazaville.[10] This project contains a series of 31 shortfilms. Death March,[11] Shadows,[12] Struggle For Life,[13] Target Zero[14] and Agent FX[15] were licensed for this project.

Plazaville is a new media video artwork based on the classic 1965 movie Alphaville by Jean Luc Godard. It is a noir/sci-fi, "no budget" movie set in 21st Century New York City. Scenes from the original Alphaville are re-enacted, interpreted and improvised by artists, actors and videographers, directed by G.H. Hovagimyan, and shot in HD video. Video artist Christina McPhee films the ambient POPS (publicly-owned private plazas) of Wall Street, then remixes with retro punk sounds plus "Alpha60" computer voice-overs.

Plazaville is a 2009 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site made possible with funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support for Plazaville came from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Swing Space program, created with lead support from the September 11th Fund and space donated by The Sapir Organization. The Hudson River Park Trust, The Emily Harvey Foundation, School of Visual Arts and Truth & Pride Inc. also contributed to the making of Plazaville.

Exhibitions: 2009 Art Cologne (DE), 2009 Pace Digital Gallery NYC (USA)

10/09/2008 Italian video producer Marcello Pizzi was granted a music license for his touristic video animation aimed at a junior audience for the Italian region called Molise (DVD).
26/06/2008 India film director Gajendra Shrotriya was granted a license agreement to use some tracks in his film projects.
27/05/2008 The piece Veerle's Ballad[16] was licensed in a commercial for a video software product from Singular Software.[17]
22/03/2008 Coproduction with German composer Jean Sevriens[18] for end-mastering of his harp concerto called Tanghetto.
31/01/2008 Hungarian Animation artist Kisantal Tibor[19] has released his 3D animation project Götepeték.[20] The pieces Sky Dream[21] and Forgive[22] were licensed. The full animation can be viewed here.[23]
22/08/2007 Coproduction with German composer Jean Sevriens[24] for digital rendering and end-mastering of his piano composition called Spanjaard.
10/08/2006 Brass arrangement for a piece called Stem Voor Mij[25] by Fritz Van den Heuvel aka Joris Vermassen, a Belgian visual artist and cartoonist.
08/08/2006 French-Canadian brickfilms animation artist Marc André (aka Bob Page) was granted a music license for Struggle For Life[26] and Agent FX[27] for use in his newest stop-motion animation named Worst Case Scenario III.[28]
01/07/2006 The music composed and arranged for the film Twee Vrienden Maken Een Boek[29] was completed. The film was ordered by the city of Temse and directed by Walter Dierick. VRT speaker Lies Martens created the lyrics. The film will be performed during the exhibition Honderd En Meer Verhalen Zien,[30] showing a 10 year overview of the best works by Flemish Illustrator Marijke Meersman.[31] The exhibition runs from juli 1 until september 24 2006 in AC De Zaat in Temse.
28/06/2006 The film Pirates Of The Drachtstervaart receives an honourable mention at Expose Your Talent, a film contest for young talented filmmakers. Junior director Jürgen Visser was granted a license for Target Zero[32] and Struggle For Life[33] in his film.
26/04/2006 Belgian singer-song writer, musician and multi-talented performer Dirk Blanchart asks for orchestral arrangements for 2 songs for his newest music album Pretty Dark Album[34] appearing in September 2006. The pieces are Pre-Millennium Friend[35] and Gates Of Heaven.[36]
22/03/2006 Evo Devo - Tribal Brass Orchestral Remix for The Terms Remix Contest released.

"I immediately recognized the enormous animal power that goes from this song by The Terms. That is why I wanted to enhance this feeling of primitive tribal energy. I started by building an African style primitive tribal percussion spine. Then I underlined the energetic accents with a huge orchestral big band arrangement. I mastered with some extra incremented excitement in the highs to make it sparkle."

12/03/2006 Coproduction with Veteran Club DJ, Producer, Singer/Songwriter, Musician David Floodstrand[37] on an orchestral arrangement for his jazz song called “Universe”. Floodstrand comments on his collaboration: "Johan is a brilliant arranger, and composer. I had the opportunity to work with him on an orchestral arrangement of one of my compositions co-written with Ulli Fassbender entitled "Uni-verse" for my Criterion International label. I would recommend Johan for any project that needs scoring, and/or orchestral arranging. He prefers to work with "real" instrument sounds, if you cannot afford to hire a full orchestra, Johan is the next best thing."[38]
29/09/2005 Film director Nitin Bal Chauhan[39] was granted a license to use Autumn Evenings[40] and Tired Of Sleeping[41] in his newest documentary “Lost Or Found” that was nominated for best cinematography at The Art House in Singapore as part of the Asian Festival of First Films 2006 and officially selected for screening at the New York Film Festival 2007.
13/09/2005 Animation artist Lewis Chen[42] has released his newest BrickFilms stop-motion animation Repent.[43] The pieces Agent FX[44] and Forgive[45] were licensed.
02/07/2005 Junior film director and VFX artist Perry Kroll[46] was granted a license to use several orchestral works in his early film projects.
16/02/2005 Finnish Art Student Jari Koljonen[47] uses the piece Missing Him[48] for his short-film Kun Vuosi Jäi Vajaaksi.
21/04/2004 Spannish film director Aitor Gaizka was granted a license agreement to use some orchestral works in his newest film project.
21/08/2003 The piece Tired Of Sleeping[49] was used in the game Neverwinter Nights by Uraj Studios (aka Elegia Eternum) and Assassins of the Night by Arid Productions.
04/07/2003 Tired Of Sleeping[50] was remastered by Ricky Castro, Kenji Uchiyama and John Mestesk.

Discography

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Singles

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Title Date ISRC UPC
Pure Yasemin 2024/07/12 DKD3Z0015139 5715766002315
Ripples Of Reflection 2024/07/23 DKD3Z0015760 5715766004449
Eternal Entanglement 2024/07/30 DKD3Z0016251 5715766006405
Capriccio Fantasia 2024/08/03 DKD3Z0016744 5715766008102
Mystic Odyssey 2024/08/09 DKD3Z0016957 5715766009031
Adagio Lamentoso 2024/08/14 DKD3Z0017219 5715766010297
Whispers Of The Fallen 2024/08/17 DKD3Z0017422 5715766011263
Ancient Discovery 2024/09/02 DKD3Z0018065 5715766014554
Silent Revelation 2024/09/13 DKD3Z0018465 5715766016350
Epic Chase 2024/09/20 DKD3Z0018675 5715766017586
Capriccio Tempestoso 2024/09/23 DKD3Z0018817 5715766018316
Onde Ondeggianti 2024/10/07 DKD3Z0019332 5715766020302

Album: Impressions[51][52][53] (Release Date:1/12/2020 - UPC: 0616293831285 - Label: Amuse)

Track Title
1 Scavenger Hunt
2 Strange Behaviour
3 Cadenza For Strings
4 Intricate Deception
5 Fighting The Disease
6 Don't Look Back
7 Villain Chase
8 Fletcher
9 Tired Of Sleeping
10 Komodo
11 Twee Vrienden Maken Een Boek
12 Shadows
13 Coming Home
14 Struggle For Life
15 Agent FX
16 Missing Him

Album: Rachmaninov[54][55][56] (Release Date:11/03/2021 - UPC: 7316211054439 - Label: Amuse)

Track Title
1 Prelude Op.3 No.2.wav
2 Prelude Op.23 No.2.wav
3 Prelude Op.23 No.3.wav
4 Prelude Op.23 No.4.wav
5 Prelude Op.23 No.5.wav
6 Prelude Op.23 No.6.wav
7 Prelude Op.23 No.7.wav
8 8. Prelude Op.23 No.8.wav
9 Prelude Op.23 No.9.wav
10 Prelude Op.23 No.10.wav
11 Prelude Op.32 No.5.wav
12 Prelude Op.32 No.12.wav
13 Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.1.wav
14 Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.2.wav
15 Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.3.wav
16 Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.4.wav
17 Elegie Op.3 No.1.wav
18 Etude-Tableau Op.33 No.2.wav
19 Etude-Tableau Op.33 No.3.wav
20 Etude-Tableau Op.33 No.5.wav
21 Etude-Tableau Op.33 No.7.wav
22 Etude-Tableau Op.39 No.1.wav
23 Etude-Tableau Op.39 No.5.wav
24 Etude-Tableau Op.39 No.6.wav

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  2. ^ "andrzej olesiak". Vimeo. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  3. ^ "The Alberini Project". 2023-03-14. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
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  7. ^ "Filip Staes Fotografie". Filip Staes Fotografie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  8. ^ "Festival mondial de l'image sous-marine et de l'environnement marin", Wikipédia (in French), 2024-09-05, retrieved 2024-09-30
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  13. ^ "Johan Van Barel - Struggle For Life". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
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  20. ^ "Newt Eggs | Gőtepeték". gotepete.netpositive.hu. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
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  22. ^ Johan Van Barel - Music (2019-07-15). Johan Van Barel - Forgive. Retrieved 2024-09-30 – via YouTube.
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  31. ^ "Marijke Meersman illustrator | Marijke Meersman illustrator". 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
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  35. ^ "Dirk Blanchart - Pre-Millennium Friend". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  36. ^ "Dirk Blanchart - Gates Of Heaven". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
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  39. ^ "Nitin Bal Chauhan | Virtual Voyage Indore". 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
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  45. ^ Johan Van Barel - Music (2019-07-15). Johan Van Barel - Forgive. Retrieved 2024-09-30 – via YouTube.
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