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Pieter Van Dessel

Welcome to my portfolio of music for film, TV and commercials

Whether living in the UK, Canada or Belgium, I have always called music home.

A multi-instrumentalist and composer, I studied audio production in London back in 2001 and got into scoring when I moved to Montreal in 2006 and started working on short films and commercials.

Uninhibited by musical genres or boundaries, I have an endless curiosity to master instruments including the piano, guitar, flute, ukulele, mandolin and the bass guitar. I combine this with an unassuming but steely passion to always seek out and explore and develop new sounds.

Now residing in Brussels, in addition to scoring I am the singer-songwriter behind Marble Sounds, a 6 piece indie band, known for its melancholic melodies and wistful take on modern life. To date we have released 5 studio and 1 live albums (Concertgebouw Bruges), the latter combining my orchestral work and songwriting. In 2013, I released the song “Leave a light on” with my band, which still features regularly in polls of “best Belgian songs ever”.

With a mission to always ensure a director’s vision is translated to music, in 2008, I founded A Sound Scenario, focused on scoring music across a number of different visual media. My approach and passion have seen me score a series of Films and Prime Time television shows in the Benelux, as well as for a number of commercials for some of the world‘s biggest brands.

Films

  • Ferry 2 (De Mensen) - 2024

  • Wind-Up Doll // Forough Farrokhzad (Maxime Coton) - 2024

  • Coral City (Charlotte De Cort & Camille Ghekiere) - 2024

  • BIM (Tom Van Gestel) - 2023 (with Joris Hermy)

  • Catherine by Britt Raes, produced by Creative Conspiracy – 2016

  • Labyrinthus, a feature film directed by Douglas Boswell (Savage/Eyeworks) – 2014

  • Piss & Vinegar, a short directed by Tatyana Beloy and Dirk Domen – 2014

  • In Cold Love, a short directed by Franck Blaess – 2009

  • Je Sais, a short directed by Franck Blaess – 2007

  • Deaddolls, a short directed by Jean-François Pilon – 2007

TV

  • Louise Lives Large (RTÉ, Ketnet and WildBrain) - 2024

  • De Club (VRT) - 2023

  • Undercover Season 3 (De Mensen) - 2021

  • Kinderen van de migratie (VRT Canvas) - 2021

  • Albatros (De Wereldvrede / Canvas) - 2020 (with Lennert Coorevits)

  • Gevoel voor Tumor / Sense of Tumour (VRT/Sylvester) – 2018

  • It’s showtime by Bart De Pauw (Koeken Troef!) – 2017

  • Iedereen Beroemd Opening credits - (VRT) – 2016

  • Altijd Prijs by Douglas BosweII (Eyeworks) VTM-series – 2015

Awards

  • Ensors nominee 2021 with the soundtrack for “Albatros”, together with Lennert Coorevits

  • Gold for the commercial ”The Third Cup’ (Douwe Egberts) at CCB Awards 2015.

  • “Best Soundtrack” at the Grand Prix Advertising Stragies 2014 with his score for Bialetti.

  • Second finalist at the Boards Awards in 2007.