Original score from the 2014 crime drama feature film The Killer of Flanders Fields directed by Frank van Mechelen, starring Hubert Damen, Lucas Van den Eynde and Mark Irons, produced and released by Skyline Entertainment (Belgium) and Polyband (Germany).

THE STORY: Witse returns to his hometown to find his niece’s murderer. It doesn’t take long before Witse gets in trouble with local police authorities. While conducting his investigation, old family issues are starting to surface.

THE SCORE: W. – Witse de Film is the feature-length conclusion of the popular Belgian detective series of the same name. Johan Hoogewijs’ music for W. marks an impressive branching out from the medium of television into the medium of film. As the main composer of the show, Hoogewijs was allowed to adapt and conclude his own themes in a satisfying manner as Witse has to solve his toughest case yet. Album highlights include the passionate “Between the Crosses” and “A Bridge Too Far” which contains the score’s hallmark of nervous string patterns. The recording features live strings conducted by Marc Steylaerts, piano solos by Kim Van den Brempt, timpani by Carlo Willems with synths and additional piano parts performed by the composer himself.

THE COMPOSER: Johan Hoogewijs, born 1957, is a Belgian composer specializing in film and television scores. He trained as an assistant director at the RITS School of Arts in Brussels, while simultaneously studying the piano at the Conservatory of Leuven. Since his musical taste and talent have always extended beyond the purely classical, Hoogewijs complemented his classical education with several jazz-workshops at the Conservatory of Liege. As a composer, Hoogewijs is an autodidact. He composed the scores to many feature films, short movies and documentaries, but he is best known for the immensely popular signature tunes he wrote to successful Belgian and Dutch drama series such as Langs de Kade, Niet voor publicatie, Heterdaad and Witse.  Apart from his television and film scores, Hoogewijs composed for several modern choreographers, and he created hundreds of jingles for the public Belgian broadcasting networks.

MMS14017 W. – WITSE THE FILM (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed by JOHAN HOOGEWIJS
Release date (digital): March 18, 2014