JORIS HERMY

Even before Joris Hermy entered this world he was already tapping his fingers and feet to the sound of Doris Day who gave birth to his musical talent. That is how his film music was born simultaneously with him on July 5th 1979 in Bruges (Belgium).

During his youth it were the nuns near his school who delicately touched the snares of his soul and set fire to his passion for choir music. But neither the Flemish surroundings nor the nuns could awake the (film) composer in him. Other more obscure and powerful forces were needed here.

Altogether it didn’t take Joris Hermy very long to switch from the sacred to the more profane and even infernal. He sold his soul to Darth Vader! While listening to ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ he knew that these were the compositions that had been echoing in his body and soul all that time. John Williams appeared to be the translator of his own internal symphony.

The unknown ‘Force’ of John Williams’ brass section, timpani strokens and choirs stupefied his hearing and initially absorbed him completely. Now this still is the unshakable musical base under all his own compositions. His earplugs fell out though when he moved to the musical melting pot of Antwerp. During and between his sculpting classes at the Academy of Fine Arts he finally decided to explore his musical path. That was the moment when he sold his favourite Star Wars collectables to buy a new keyboard.

Since then no genre is dissonant in his hungry surge for inspiration. Like an orchestrated butterfly Joris Hermy flies from bebop, blues, filmmusic and contemporary instrumental music. With the notes, chords and timbre that trigger something inside him, Joris Hermy composes his own typical harmonic stories, his rhythmic reveries. But besides that, also the largest range of films thrives him as a young composer towards the making of his own compositions. To Joris Hermy music and images are ultimately and eternally intertwined.

Drs. R.B.H. Locht, pataphysicist

Influences: John Williams, Bernard Herrman, Ennio Morricone, Danny Elfman, Nino Rota, Patrick Doyle, Elliot Goldenthal, Jerry Goldsmith, Thomas Newman, Frederik Devreese, Sergei Prokofiev, Carl Orff, Alexander Borodin, Zbigniew Preisner, Woijech Kilar, Erik Satie ea…and many others.


E-mail: Subscribe Unsubscribe	Even before Joris Hermy entered this world he was already tapping his fingers and feet to the sound of Doris Day who gave birth to his musical talent. That is how his film music was born simultaneously with him on July 5th 1979 in Bruges (Belgium). During his youth it were the nuns near his school who delicately touched the snares of his soul and set fire to his passion for choir music. But neither the Flemish surroundings nor the nuns could awake the (film) composer in him. Other more obscure and powerful forces were needed here. Altogether it didn’t take Joris Hermy very long to switch from the sacred to the more profane and even infernal. He sold his soul to Darth Vader! While listening to ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ he knew that these were the compositions that had been echoing in his body and soul all that time. John Williams appeared to be the translator of his own internal symphony. The unknown ‘Force’ of John Williams’ brass section, timpani strokens and choirs stupefied his hearing and initially absorbed him completely. Now this still is the unshakable musical base under all his own compositions. His earplugs fell out though when he moved to the musical melting pot of Antwerp. During and between his sculpting classes at the Academy of Fine Arts he finally decided to explore his musical path. That was the moment when he sold his favourite Star Wars collectables to buy a new keyboard. Since then no genre is dissonant in his hungry surge for inspiration. Like an orchestrated butterfly Joris Hermy flies from bebop, blues, filmmusic and contemporary instrumental music. With the notes, chords and timbre that trigger something inside him, Joris Hermy composes his own typical harmonic stories, his rhythmic reveries. But besides that, also the largest range of films thrives him as a young composer towards the making of his own compositions. To Joris Hermy music and images are ultimately and eternally intertwined. Drs. R.B.H. Locht, pataphysicist Influences: John Williams, Bernard Herrman, Ennio Morricone, Danny Elfman, Nino Rota, Patrick Doyle, Elliot Goldenthal, Jerry Goldsmith, Thomas Newman, Frederik Devreese, Sergei Prokofiev, Carl Orff, Alexander Borodin, Zbigniew Preisner, Woijech Kilar, Erik Satie ea…and many others.