Mark Kuypers
composer
recent work
MASA 2024 Award Winner:
Best original Composition
In A Video Game (Cinematics)
Thrilled and honored to receive the
2024 Music+Sound Award for best
original composition in a video game. Shared with Yoon Ho Kim, Xiaonan Yan and my good friend Seiji Hotta.
Andy Hill
Director of Studies at the Film Scoring Academy of Europe, author and former vice-president of music production at Walt Disney Pictures
"Mark Kuypers is a bright star on the Dutch horizon, a composer with a mature vision, and equipped with both the musical technique and dramatic insight demanded by contemporary filmmakers."
listen
created for
'music that moves you
hearing it the first time
and rewards you
hearing it the next time''
my vision: the goldilocks zone
The zone around a star where the temperature is just right...
A fitting metaphor for my approach to writing film music:
• create a familiar sound and still be completely original
• know how to take directions and still take initiative
• always respect the deadline and still deliver quality
about me
My love for soundtracks started when I was a kid. The lush and rich music in Star Wars, West Side Story, E.T. and Back To The Future drove me to start composing myself.
Recording a big symphony orchestra surely gets my blood pumping. Nothing can beat a live performance. However, for smaller projects I can still make it work; my virtual orchestra will get any job done.