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Pieter Van Dessel

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

01. Hurry to the hospital (from Undercover season 3)
02. Quiet (Marble Sounds)
03. Lampionnen (from Albatros)
04. Yussuf (from Undercover season 3)
05. Frikke sees the light (from Labyrinthus)
06. My Initial Intentions (Marble Sounds)
07. Kinderen van de migratie (opening titles)
08. Coral City (opening scene)
09. Catherine (theme)

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.