Film music for The Gold of the Sun!

Vincent van Eigenbaard Producties' crowdfunding has been successfully completed. Now music will actually be composed for his documentary about Robin Wood!

And so film composer Alfredo Sirica came to the Netherlands last weekend to get acquainted and gain inspiration.

Alfredo was one of more than fifty composers who responded to Vincent's call on an online platform, looking for someone to write music for his film.

Alfredo was immediately Vincent's favorite, and mine too, because the atmosphere he manages to create in his music is exactly what Vincent was looking for.

A beautiful braid

A week earlier Vincent showed me the entire documentary for the first time. The editing had to be completely finished before the composer would start on it.

And what a job he made of it! The editing was a huge complex challenge, the filming itself the least of it.

It is the very first time that my own work is shown in its entirety, with so much feeling and attention to detail. Just as I work with wood, Vincent works with Film.

He has created an incredibly original and beautiful interweaving of storylines, in which all aspects of my work are highlighted, not only the production process but also the philosophy behind it, which is reflected in words and images.

For me, wood is the raw material from which I make beautiful pieces. Now I was the raw material for Vincent, who made his own artwork from it. I am already eternally grateful to him! It is a completely autonomous work of his, not an assignment from me, and yet he has always involved me in the process and is open to feedback.

Film composer through and through

And now it's up to Alfredo, who in turn will use all this as the raw material that will inspire him, and immerse it in a musical bath that will be a work of art in itself, at least that's what I see coming.

Alfredo has been playing music since he was 10 years old, and almost immediately he discovered the joy of composing and improvising himself, a few years later he sends his creations to TV, Film and Game Makers. From the age of 16 he receives professional assignments and starts his career as a film composer. Now he is 25 and the music he has already composed is quite impressive for his age! Just look here on Wikipedia.

Immersion in Utrecht

It is a great honor that he will be making the music for this documentary, and he himself is so enthusiastic about the project that a close friendship with Vincent developed almost immediately. And that is how it happened that he even came to the Netherlands for it, something that rarely happens with other assignments, he says himself.

Last Sunday was for him one big immersion in the warm atmosphere of Utrecht, a day full of music! Of course we visited my shop, and went by bike to the workshop while the carillons filled the air with melodies. In the workshop Alfredo listened to my work vitamins and smelled a piece of cedar wood, what a perfume that is!

But we also visited Museum Speelklok (with a unique collection of mechanical musical instruments) and the cinema where the documentary will probably premiere.

Transforming words into music

In the cinema café in Parisian atmosphere Alfredo asked me what a typical music box making day looks like. And while I tell him, he looks at me, but in his ears he did not hear my voice, but music! The first theme was born!

He played it right there and then on the virtual piano on his phone! That look on his face reminded me of a scene from 'Amadeus' where Mozart, listening to his mother-in-law's chatter, hears the aria of the Queen of the Night coming into being!

Alfredo is now back in Orvieto, Italy, and has started on the music. He will be working on it full-time for over a month. I am so curious to see what will come of this!

In the meantime, Vincent continues to work on the 'soundscape' and the colour editing of the film, scene by scene, also a few weeks of work!

And I promised to paint the poster for the movie, in between making the boxes. In my imagination it is already finished but actually I only have the background in blue and a start for THE SUN!

It feels like we are a golden triangle that is creating a work of art together, each bringing in their unique talent that will merge into one whole, or better said: Into a Bomb of Joy and Wonder!

Would you like to stay informed about the progress of the process? Vincent will occasionally publish on the page of this project on Voordekunst updates