I S I D O R T E N H O O V E N
It Must Be the Timing Belt
by Daniel Siegersma
Project
Short Film
Role
Composer | Producer | Instrumentalist
Release Date
March 2024
An experimental short film by Daniël Siegersma about the bureaucracy of complex inheritance tax after a loved one dies. The actors, who did not learn the script, inhabit the role more and more over time to depict the absurdity of rereading those difficult letters under the cloak of grief, slowly trying to understand what they mean. After the movie’s edit, I locked myself up, recording myself playing multiple instruments to convey a feeling of pressure, exhaustion and isolation.
Credits
Directed by Daniël Siegersma
Written by Daniël Siegersma
Produced by Iris-sanne van der Aar
Executive produced by Daniël Siegersma
Director of Photography - Lester Kamstra
Music by Isidor ten Hooven
Lighting Assistant - Stef Bulten
On Set Translator - Tobias Keunecke
Production Assistant - Tobias Keunecke, Josje van Stekelenburg
Edit & Sound Design - Jonas Van Impe
Color Grade - Lester Kamstra
Titel animation & Graphic Design by Celine Hurka
Script Translation German - Tobias Keunecke
Script Translation Plattdeutsch - Tim Kruithoff
Additional Foley - Lester Kamstra
Stills Photography - Filippo Maria Ciriani
CAST
Helga Koch - Driver
Tanja Inhoven - Red headed person
Manfred Rosenboom - Passenger seat person
Sascha Goldenstein - Back pushing person
Dietmar Groenhagen - Backseat person
Erika Zimmermann - Radio
by Patsy Kroonenberg
Bovenbuurvrouw, fietsenmaker, sportschooljuf
Project
Documentary
Role
Co-composer | Keyboard
Date
November 2022
A whimsical Dutch documentary by Patsy Kroonenburg in which she interviews her upstairs neighbour, bike repairer and the fitness instructor to get to know them better. Everyone has these people in their lives that are actually quite close to you, but you don’t necessarily get to know. This was an interesting composing process, in which I created a lot of material at home in Glasgow, and Ard Kok created the final soundtrack in Utrecht around my material.
Credits
Director - Patsy Kroonenberg
Director of Photography - Djoewe Walta
Edit - Marte Bosma
Music (composing and producing) - Ard Kok & Isidor ten Hooven
Colour grading - Huub van den Akker
FEATURING
Diny Jansen
Nuri Otay
Annemiek Janssen
This film has been made possible by Viering Utrecht 900 Jaar
BrainTwistastix
Project
Music Theatre
Role
Composer-producer | Artistic Director | Performer
Date
April 2022
This music-theatre show was a teleshopping commercial losing track of itself. The BrainTwistastix is a device that fights the thoughts in your busy brain, so you can be more present in the moment without having to think about it. The piece contained irony, surrealism, and a dash of dark reality and was realised thanks to a group of collaborators and performers, whose creative contributions have been invaluable. Two years later, the recordings have been converted into a conceptual EP, which you can find under Music.
Credits
Composition / production / script - Isidor ten Hooven
PERFORMERS
Sara Almohalla
Bishop May Down
Isidor ten Hooven
Sophie Suliman
Louise van Tassel
Voiceover - Michael Maftean
Musical contribution - Joram Heijmans
Artistical Contribution - Gabriel Stenborg
Live recording - Ollie Hawker & Tim Cooper
Film - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Audio mix (post performance) - Ard Kok
I. Straus: Only Breakfast & Dinner
– Pub Edition
Project
Music Theatre
Role
Composer | Artistic Director | Performer
Date
March 2020
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Photo: Danique Kivit
A music-theatre show by my collective I. Straus, specifically written for Café Theatre Festival Utrecht, which converted the city’s pubs and bars into temporary theatres for the weekend. Reinventing the words and music from I. Straus’ EP, released the year before, we created a punk mass, reflecting on morality, primitive drifts and the sober basics of life.
Credits
Artistic Director & Composer - Isidor ten Hooven
Director - Doris Vervuurt
Co-writers - Joram Heijmans & Lucas Kloosterboer
Musicians / Performers:
Anton Doornekamp
Joram Heijmans
Isidor ten Hooven
Lucas Kloosterboer
Joost Koevoets
Luc Laport
Special thanks to:
Café Theater Festival - Utrecht
’t Oude Pothuys
Koen Zinnemers
I. Straus: release party
Project
Music Concert
Role
Composer | Bassist, Pianist, Vocalist | Organiser
Date
April 2019
Video: Luuk ten Hoor, Leo van Heijningen (XPOZRS)
Before moving to the UK, I set up a collaborative group I. Straus. In 2019, we organised a fully self run event to celebrate the release of our EP Only Breakfast & Dinner (listen here). During this event we played a versatile program reaching from progressive and experimental punkrock to gritty arrangements of classical pieces by Schubert and Rachmaninoff. To create a unique feel to the concert, we set up our own stage, sound and lighting within an empty building that used to be an old train depot.
Credits
Artistic Directing & Composing - Isidor ten Hooven
Co-Writers - Joram Heijmans, Joost Koevoets & Ard Kok
Musicians:
Joram Heijmans
Joost Koevoets
Ard Kok
Guest musicians:
Rogier Hornman
Lucas Kerkyras
Danique Carmen Kivit
Luc Laport
Technical & Production Support:
Luuk ten Hoor
Daan Jonkers
Lucas Kloosterboer
Rob Kooymans
Paul van Laar
Marleen Lansink
Waaihoofd
by 7Volt & Amuze
Project
Music Theatre
Role
MD | Pianist, Guitarist
Date
October 2019
A theatre show full of dialogue, dance, songs and music. A show about cloudy brains with small big fears, about having knotted thoughts or just about being a giraffe. Most of all, a show filled with joyful stress reduction.
For this show I made arrangements of existing music and improvised soundscapes to enhance the mood of the scenes together with Paul van Laar. We used a little set up with bass, guitar, keys and a drum computer to accompany the most whimsical, funny and real show that was Waaihoofd.
Credits
Directed by Ragnhild van den Reek
Musical Director - Isidor te Hooven
Musical Accompaniment - Paul van Laar
Vocal Coach - Frank Irving
Dance Coach - Kristel van der Heijden
Scenography - Lotte Vergeer & Lotte van der Mark
PERFORMERS
Luuk Slooter
Stefan Hoogland
Rozemarijn Plante
Annabel Niessen
Anette de Nie
Berend van Eerde
Rob van Leeuwen
Technician - Michiel Heuveling / VOF Check One Two
With words from Jet Wiechers, Jannemieke Caspers & Saskia de Haas
