Johan Arthur Van Barel (born 3 October 1964, Bornem, Belgium) is a Belgian composer, producer and digital artist. He wrote and produced music for movies and games, drawing inspiration from romantic classics and film noir themes. Over the years, he has collaborated with emerging directors and game creators.
Collaborations
DateEvent01/01/2011Japanese television NTV broadcasts a short documentary about the gnu called The Ford by Andrzej Olesiak. Footage was taken in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania in 2010. Several orchestral pieces were licensed for the soundtrack.01/07/2010The Alberni Project, a tribute to the men who served on HMCS(Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) Alberni (1941–1944) during World War II, licenses the orchestral music Big Bang and Autumn Evenings.01/10/2009Coproduction Komodo by underwater photographer Filip Staes wins the first price for best musical adaptation at the famous World Festival of Underwater Images 2009 in Marseille in the category diaporama. The Komodo media production is a photo presentation from a diving journey he made in Komodo, Indonesia.
Filip Staes is an international renowned underwater photographer who has won several prizes with his photo-projects fi. he won the first prize in 2007 at the famous Antibes World Festival of Underwater Images.06/11/2008Cooperation with New York based avantgarde video artist G.H. Hovagimyan resulted in a film project called Plazaville. This project contains a series of 31 shortfilms. Death March, Shadows, Struggle For Life, Target Zero and Agent FX were licensed for this project.
Plazaville is a new media video artwork based on the classic 1965 movie Alphaville by Jean Luc Godard. It is a noir/sci-fi, "no budget" movie set in 21st Century New York City. Scenes from the original Alphaville are re-enacted, interpreted and improvised by artists, actors and videographers, directed by G.H. Hovagimyan, and shot in HD video. Video artist Christina McPhee films the ambient POPS (publicly owned private plazas) of Wall Street, then remixes with retro punk sounds plus "Alpha60" computer voice-overs.
Plazaville is a 2009 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site made possible with funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support for Plazaville came from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Swing Space program, created with lead support from the September 11th Fund and space donated by The Sapir Organization. The Hudson River Park Trust, The Emily Harvey Foundation, School of Visual Arts and Truth & Pride Inc. also contributed to the making of Plazaville.
Exhibitions: 2009 Art Cologne (DE), 2009 Pace Digital Gallery NYC (USA)10/09/2008Italian video producer Marcello Pizzi was granted a music license for his touristic video animation aimed at a junior audience for the Italian region called Molise (DVD).26/06/2008India film director Gajendra Shrotriya was granted a license agreement to use some tracks in his film projects.27/05/2008The piece Veerle's Ballad was licensed in a commercial for a video software product from Singular Software.22/03/2008Coproduction with German composer Jean Sevriens for end-mastering of his harp concerto called Tanghetto.31/01/2008Hungarian Animation artist Kisantal Tibor has released his 3D animation project Götepeték. The pieces Sky Dream and Forgive were licensed. The full animation can be viewed here.22/08/2007Coproduction with German composer Jean Sevriens for digital rendering and end-mastering of his piano composition called Spanjaard.10/08/2006Brass arrangement for a piece called Stem Voor Mij by Fritz Van den Heuvel aka Joris Vermassen, a Belgian visual artist and cartoonist.08/08/2006French-Canadian brickfilms animation artist Marc André (aka Bob Page) was granted a music license for Struggle For Life and Agent FX for use in his newest stop-motion animation named Worst Case Scenario III.01/07/2006The music composed and arranged for the film Twee Vrienden Maken Een Boek was completed. The film was ordered by the city of Temse and directed by Walter Dierick. VRT speaker Lies Martens created the lyrics. The film will be performed during the exhibition Honderd En Meer Verhalen Zien, showing a 10 year overview of the best works by Flemish Illustrator Marijke Meersman. The exhibition runs from juli 1 until september 24 2006 in AC De Zaat in Temse. In 2007, a DVD of the film was released.28/06/2006The film Pirates of the Drachtstervaart receives an honourable mention at Expose Your Talent, a film contest for young talented filmmakers. Junior director Jürgen Visser was granted a license for Target Zero and Struggle For Life in his film.26/04/2006Belgian singer-song writer, musician and multi-talented performer Dirk Blanchart asks for orchestral arrangements for 2 songs for his newest music album Pretty Dark Album appearing in September 2006. The pieces are Pre-Millennium Friend and Gates Of Heaven.22/03/2006Evo Devo – Tribal Brass Orchestral Remix for The Terms Remix Contest released.
"I immediately recognized the enormous animal power that goes from this song by The Terms. That is why I wanted to enhance this feeling of primitive tribal energy. I started by building an African style primitive tribal percussion spine. Then I underlined the energetic accents with a huge orchestral big band arrangement. I mastered with some extra incremented excitement in the highs to make it sparkle."12/03/2006Coproduction with Veteran Club DJ, producer, Singer-Songwriter, Musician David Floodstrand on an orchestral arrangement for his jazz song called "Universe". Floodstrand comments on his collaboration: "Johan is a brilliant arranger, and composer. I had the opportunity to work with him on an orchestral arrangement of one of my compositions co-written with Ulli Fassbender entitled "Uni-verse" for my Criterion International label. I would recommend Johan for any project that needs scoring, and/or orchestral arranging. He prefers to work with "real" instrument sounds, if you cannot afford to hire a full orchestra, Johan is the next best thing."29/09/2005Film director Nitin Bal Chauhan was granted a license to use Autumn Evenings and Tired Of Sleeping in his newest documentary "Lost Or Found" that was nominated for best cinematography at The Art House in Singapore as part of the Asian Festival of First Films 2006 and officially selected for screening at the New York Film Festival 2007.13/09/2005Animation artist Lewis Chen has released his newest Brickfilms stop-motion animation Repent. The pieces Agent FX and Forgive were licensed.02/07/2005Junior film director and VFX artist Perry Kroll was granted a license to use several orchestral works in his early film projects.16/02/2005Finnish Art Student Jari Koljonen uses the piece Missing Him for his short-film Kun Vuosi Jäi Vajaaksi.21/04/2004Spanish film director Aitor Gaizka was granted a license agreement to use some orchestral works in his newest film project.21/08/2003The piece Tired Of Sleeping was used in the game Neverwinter Nights by Uraj Studios (aka Elegia Eternum) and Assassins of the Night by Arid Productions.04/07/2003Tired Of Sleeping was remastered by Ricky Castro, Kenji Uchiyama and John Mestesk.
Discography Singles TitleDateISRCUPCPure Yasemin2024/07/12DKD3Z00151395715766002315Ripples Of Reflection2024/07/23DKD3Z00157605715766004449Eternal Entanglement2024/07/30DKD3Z00162515715766006405Capriccio Fantasia2024/08/03DKD3Z00167445715766008102Mystic Odyssey2024/08/09DKD3Z00169575715766009031Adagio Lamentoso2024/08/14DKD3Z00172195715766010297Whispers Of The Fallen2024/08/17DKD3Z00174225715766011263Ancient Discovery2024/09/02DKD3Z00180655715766014554Silent Revelation2024/09/13DKD3Z00184655715766016350Epic Chase2024/09/20DKD3Z00186755715766017586Capriccio Tempestoso2024/09/23DKD3Z00188175715766018316Onde Ondeggianti2024/10/07DKD3Z00193325715766020302Drifting Away2024/10/12DKD3Z00196515715766021163Celebrating Hope2024/10/16DKD3Z00199805715766021910Echoes Of Enchantment2024/10/28DKD3Z00200205715766022191Heroic Journey2024/11/04DKD3Z00201605715766022627Tango Solitaire2024/11/11DKD3Z00201915715766022771Soaring Fate2024/11/18DKD3Z00202855715766023037Audacious Modulations2024/11/25DKD3Z00207465715766024447Autumn Reverie2024/12/02DKD3Z00210925715766025451New Horizons2024/12/09DKD3Z00216815715766027608Fearless Spirit2024/12/16DKD3Z00219045715766028292Slavonic Soul2024/12/23DKD3Z00220885715766028742Tribal Resonance2024/12/30DKD3Z00223375715766029442Miniature Intermezzo2025/01/06DKD3Z00229525715766030950Tiny Spark2025/02/04DKD3Z00246155715766035771Glistening Reminiscence2025/05/05DKD3Z00254835715766039069Transylvanian Revenants2025/05/08DKD3Z00255305715766039281Lingering Lament2025/05/18DKD3Z00256445715766039571Chasing Shadows2025/05/26DKD3Z00258445715766040096Great Expectations2025/05/29DKD3Z00254155715766038833Arcadian Utopia2025/06/05DKD3Z00259725715766040560Crystal Shimmering2025/06/14DKD3Z00261655715766041109Dwindling Presence2025/06/24DKD3Z00264695715766041956Spellbound Passage2025/07/22DKD3Z00270355715766043806Cascading Time2025/07/28DKD3Z00271885715766044063Faded Frame2025/11/10DKD3Z00290755715766049372
Album: Impressions (Release Date:1/12/2020 – UPC: 0616293831285 – Label: Amuse) TrackTitle1Scavenger Hunt2Strange Behaviour3Cadenza For Strings4Intricate Deception5Fighting The Disease6Don't Look Back7Villain Chase8Fletcher9Tired Of Sleeping10Komodo11Twee Vrienden Maken Een Boek12Shadows13Coming Home14Struggle For Life15Agent FX16Missing Him Album: Rachmaninov (Release Date:11/03/2021 – UPC: 7316211054439 – Label: Amuse) TrackTitle1Prelude Op.3 No.2.wav2Prelude Op.23 No.2.wav3Prelude Op.23 No.3.wav4Prelude Op.23 No.4.wav5Prelude Op.23 No.5.wav6Prelude Op.23 No.6.wav7Prelude Op.23 No.7.wav88. Prelude Op.23 No.8.wav9Prelude Op.23 No.9.wav10Prelude Op.23 No.10.wav11Prelude Op.32 No.5.wav12Prelude Op.32 No.12.wav13Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.1.wav14Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.2.wav15Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.3.wav16Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.4.wav17Elegie Op.3 No.1.wav18Etude-Tableau Op.33 No.2.wav19Etude-Tableau Op.33 No.3.wav20Etude-Tableau Op.33 No.5.wav21Etude-Tableau Op.33 No.7.wav22Etude-Tableau Op.39 No.1.wav23Etude-Tableau Op.39 No.5.wav24Etude-Tableau Op.39 No.6.wav
References
External links Homepage: https://vanbarel.eu.org Instagram (Art): https://instagram.com/johan.vanbarel.art Instagram (Photos): https://instagram.com/johan.vanbarel
Sources ISNI Registration: https://isni.org/isni/0000000517791889 Kunstendatabank Belgium: https://kg.kunsten.be/wiki/Nederlands:Johan_Van_Barel_(Q543613) Metason Artist Info: https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Johan%20Van%20Barel AcademiaLab: https://academia-lab.com/enciclopedia/lista-de-compositores-por-nacionalidad/ MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b2195fd4-2c8e-4eee-b5bc-b086fa140fcf Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FHgYR3Y9ke9s07HhkDSDN/discography/all AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/johan-van-barel/1538950819 YoutubeMusic 1: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mJBPcpa6-N5yZXgWaiLtwQvNXc72qgGQ8 YoutubeMusic 2: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_k9GuvwrHX2c8MfDwYzp9OruKx6-dG4w Shazam: https://www.shazam.com/artist/johan-van-barel/1538950819 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanbarel/details/experience/