Daan Hofman - Film Composer/Songwriter
Daan Hofman studied acting at the University of Fine Arts Utrecht (HKU) and music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (CvA). For years Daan toured with a band, performing his own songs. He wrote two albums with a mix of chanson, blues and dutch lyrics: Fakkels van suiker (2008), Frederic & de katoenvelden (2014).
In addition to his songwriting, Daan wrote instrumental music for the stage and worked with theater groups such as Orkater, tgEcho and Amsterdamse Bos Theater. In 2015 things fell into place when Daan started composing for film. He won the BMIM Best New Talent Award 2020 with his orchestral re-score of Danny and the wild bunch. Followed by a winning award at the CAIFF Scoring Competition California (US) with his score of I'll Be Here by Tiffany Murray. In 2022 he got a master degree in Media Composition at the University of Chichester (UK) and became a sought after film composer in the Netherlands and abroad.
He worked on more than 30 films and documentaries, among which Gush! (Juliette van Ardenne), The Receder (Raymon Hillman), The Trap (Threes Anna) and The Lions by the River Tigris (Zaradasht Achmed), Blue Rain (Jet Kragt).
He worked closely with director Jörgen Scholtens on three of his films, Muze and the feature films Fathers & Sons, and Little Amsterdam. Muze was the worldwide winner of the 48h competition at Lolapalooza in Washington (US). With the score for Little Amsterdam, Daan was nominated for BMIM Award Best Original Score for short film 2022.
Daan lives with his wife and two sons near the Dutch seashore.
Daan Hofman - Musika Peripherika Web Docs - Episode 5
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Daan Hofman is a film composer/songwriter who won the BMIM Best New Talent Award 2020 followed by a winning award at the CAIFF Scoring Competition California.
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