Photo: Sanna Anemaet
RESUME
30 March 2024
Name: Leo Anemaet
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: Composer and sound designer
Leo Anemaet was a solo guitarist before he started making music with computers. He played the lead guitar in various Dutch bands between 1975-1989. After buying an Atari computer in 1987, he not only became a sound engineer but created one of the world’s first House music hits Yaaah/Techno Trance (D-Shake).
With 120 titles under his belt, Leo has made versatile music and sound composition for installations, animation, film, television and theatre.
High point: Composing with my son for Mother Land
Low point: Making music for a peanut butter advertisement
BANDS & DISCOGRAPHY (selection)
2015 HAUSMAGGER | Lead guitar
2014 HET ONDERSTE UIT DE MAN | Hausmagger | Original music & guitar
1990 YAAAH/TECHNO | Original music & engineering | D-Shake | Go Bang! Records
1989 SAVE THE ROBOTS | Original music & lead guitar
1987 FUNKY STUFF | Candy Dulfer | Lead guitar
1986 DOJOJI | Band | Lead guitar | 1984-1986
1986 PALEIS VAN BOEM | Band | Lead guitar | 1984-1986
DOCUMENTARY (selection)
2023 ISRAEL | Director | Original music | Documentary series | BNNVARA
2022 IT’S RAINING WOMEN | Mari Soppela | Original music and sound design | Feature documentary | LPMA (FI)
2021 MOTHER LAND | Mari Soppela | Original music and sound design | Feature documentary | LPMA (FI)
2015 WHO THE DEVIL CAN SEE IN THE DARK | Mari Soppela | Original music and sound design | Feature documentary | LPMA | Yle1 (FI)
2015 HARRY, TINY EN SONJA | Maartje Nevejan | Original music and music design | TV Documentary | Cerutti Film | Human TV
2015 FASHION HOUSE MARGA WEIMANS | Maria Visser | Sound design | TV Documentary | Neon Media | Rijnmond TV
2014 SLAAPKAMERS | Pieter Kramer | Music and sound design | TV Documentary series | De Familie | VPRO
2012 MIJN LEVEN ALS DEELDER | Bob Visser | Music and sound design | TV Documentary | Neonmedia | VPRO
2012 WRONG TIME WRONG PLACE | John Appel | Original music | Feature documentary | Cobos Films
2012 DE MAN MET 100 KINDEREN | Vuc Janic | Music design | TV Documentary | Keydocs | NCRV
2009 THE VIAGRAMAN | Michael Schaap | Original music | Feature documentary | Submarine | VPRO |
2008 HOME RECORDINGS | Mari Soppela | Original music and sound design | Feature documentary | LPMA | Yle FIN | SF Schweizer Fernsehen (CH)
2003 VIRTUELE VADERLANDEN | Maartje Nevejan | Music and sound design | TV Documentary | IDTV
2002 FAMILY FILES | Mari Soppela | Original music and sound design | Feature documentary | The Kasander Film Company
1997 LAGRIMAS NEGRAS | Sonia Herman Dolz | Feature documentary | Music consultancy | Kees Ryninks
1993 ROMANCE DE VALENCIA | Sonia Herman Dolz | Original music | Feature documentary | Kees Ryninks
FICTION FILM (selection)
2024 PRATEN MET DE NACHTWACHT | Theu Boermans | Music design | Out of Office Productions
2016 ASCENT | Fiona Tan | Original music | Art film | Izu Photo Museum
2015 HISTORY’S FUTURE | Fiona Tan | Original music and music design | Drama | Family Affair Films
2014 BANNEBROEKS GOT TALENT | Pieter Kramer | Music design | Comedy | Hazazah Pictures | VPRO
2010 LANG & GELUKKIG | Pieter Kramer | Music consultancy | Comedy | NL film
2007 HET ZUSJE VAN KATIA | Mijke de Jong | Original music | Drama | Keyman Film
2004 ELLIS IN GLAMOURLAND | Pieter Kramer | Music consultancy | Comedy | Burny Bos
2002 YES NURSE! NO NURSE! | Pieter Kramer | Music consultancy | Musical comedy | Burny Bos
1989 THEO EN THEA EN HET TENENKAAS EMPERIUM | Pieter Kramer | Original music and music design | Comedy | The Kasander Film Company
1987 PLAN DELTA | Bob Visser | Original music | Drama | Neon Film
ANIMATION (selection)
2007 HUMMI MUMMI | Mascha Halberstad | Music and sound design | TV Animation series | VPRO | 2005-2007
2005 EEFJE WENTELTEEFJE | Jeroen de Leijer | Sound design | TV Animation series | VPRO | 2004-2005
2002 DE VERHALEN VAN DE BOZE HEKS | Didi Hovingh | Original music and sound design | TV Animation series | VPRO | 1993-2002
1999 IK | Jola Hesselberth | Gerard Prent | Music and sound design | TV Animation series | VPRO
1997 PURNO DE PURNO | Hootchie Cootchie | Original music | TV Animation series | VPRO
INSTALLATION (selection)
2021 JEWISH LIFE IN THE NETHERLANDS | Tungstenpro Amsterdam | Music | Photography installation | Jewish Cultural Quarter
2020 DOWN TO EARTH | TungstenStudio Amsterdam | Original music and sound design | Video installation | The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
2020 DRESS UP | TungstenStudio Amsterdam | Original music and sound design | Video installation | The Gemeente Museum Den Haag
2018 WONDER ROOMS 3.0 | Tungstenpro Amsterdam | Original music and sound design | Introduction video | The Gemeente Museum Den Haag
2016 PARADEMUSEUM | Tungstenpro Amsterdam | Music mix | Photography installation | Nederlands Fotomuseum
2016 DE LAATSTE KABINETSVERGARDERING | Stegging@stegging | Sound design | Video installation | Museum Fort 1881
2015 EARTH and BLACK | Tungstenpro Amsterdam | Original music and sound design | All-around-video-experience | Continium Design Museum
2014 STUNNA FRAMES | Rineke Dijkstra | Sound design | Video installation
2013 WONDER ROOMS | Tungstenpro Amsterdam | Music design | Interactive installation | The Gemeente Museum Den Haag
2013 DEAD SEA SCROLLS | Tungstenpro Amsterdam | Music and sound design | Video installation | The Drents Museum, Assen
2013 THE PORTUGUESE JEWISH IN AMSTERDAM | Tungstenpro Amsterdam | Sound design | Video installation | The Jewish Historcial Museum Amsterdam
2011 NATURALIS | Tungsten | Sound design | Installation | National Museum for Natural History
2010 VOYAGE AT SEA | Tungsten | Tinker | Original music and sound design | 8-room-all-around-experience | Het Scheepvaartmuseum
2009 KRAZY HOUSE | Rineke Dijkstra | Sound design | Video installation
2006 MATTHÄUS PASSION – EXTENDED REMIX | Gerald van der Kaap | Sound design | Installation
2006 VERDIEPING VAN NEDERLAND | Tungsten | Original music and sound design | Installation | National Library Den Haag
NEW MEDIA
1998 FAMILY FILES | Mari Soppela | Original music and sound design | CDROM | Mediamatic
1994 DOORS OF PERCEPTION 1 | Mediamatic | Music and sound design | CDROM | The Netherlands Design Institute
1993 BLINDROM | Gerald van der Kaap | Original music and sound design | CDROM | The Blind Trust
THEATER PLAY
2022 WOLFGANG HET WONDERJONG | Pieter Kramer | Music consultancy | Play | Theater Oostpool
2016 SNORRO | Pieter Kramer | Music and sound mix | Play | Ro Theater
2016 DE GELAARSDE POES | Pieter Kramer | Music and sound mix | Play | Ro Theater
2016 IN DE BAN VAN BROADWAY | Pieter Kramer | Music consultancy | Play | DeLaMar Theater
2009 TOCHT | Alice van Zandwijk | Arjan Ederveen | Jack Wouterse | Original music | Play | Ro-theater
2005 ECHT IETS OM NAAR TOE TE LEVEN | Arjan Ederveen | Joop Admiraal | Original music and sound design | Play | RO-theater
2004 DE WENSPUT| Arjan Ederveen | Beppie Melissen | Original music | Play | Leidse Schouburg
2001 VERDWIJNTRUC | Arjan Ederveen | Kees Prins | Original music | Play | De Toko
1997 FLY AWAY | Matthijs Rumcke | Arjan Ederveen | Original music and sound design | Play | De Toko | Nieuwe de la Mar
1986 MERLIJN| Paleis van Boem | Original music | Play | Ro-theater
TV CHILDREN (selection)
2004 TEKEN MEE AVEC RENE | Theo Wesselo | Original music and sound design | TV Children’s series | VPRO
2001 EN TOEN | Various directors | Music and sound design | TV Children’s series | Neon Media | VPRO
2001 OHJAJO | Theo Wesselo | Original music and sound design | TV Children’s series | VPRO
1998 REMBO&REMBO | Maxim Hartman | Theo Wesselo | Original music and sound design | TV Children’s series | VPRO | 1993-1996
1996 KREATIEF MET KURK | Pieter Kramer | Original music and sound design | TV Children’s series | VPRO | 1993-1994
1991 KO DE BOSWACHTER SHOW | Burny Bos | Original music and sound design | TV Children’s series | AVRO
TV DRAMA (selection)
2011 RO TV | Pieter Kramer | Music and sound design | Docudrama series | Rijnmond-TV | 2007-2011
2006 KOEFNOEN | Pieter Kramer | Music and sound design | TV Comedy series | AVRO | 2004-2006
2001 25 MINUTEN | Pieter Kramer | Arjan Ederveen | Music and sound design | TV drama series | VPRO
1999 HERTENKAMP | Pieter Kramer | Jonathan Herman | Antoinette Beumer | Original music and sound design | TV Drama series | VPRO
1995 30 MINUTEN | Pieter Kramer | Arjan Ederveen | Music and sound design | TV drama series | VPRO
MISCELLANEOUS (selection)
2005 JULES UNLIMITED | Maarten Hidskes | Original music | TV Popular science series | VARA |
2006 KOKEN OP ZEE | Bob Visser | Music and sound design | TV Cooking | VPRO | 2003-2006
1988 RABOTNIK TV | Gerald van der Kaap | Original music and sound design | Amsterdam cable television | 1987-1988