Leo Anemaet
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. In the past decade, he has made music and sound composition for permanent exhibitions in various national libraries and museums in The Netherlands.
Leo’s website
High point: Composing with my son for Mother Land
Low point: Making music for a peanut butter ad
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