Pierre van Dormael

Pierre van Dormael

  • Birthday: 1952-05-24
  • Deathday: 2008-09-03
  • Place of birth: Bruxelles, Belgium

Biography

Pierre Van Dormael (24 May 1952 – 3 September 2008) was a Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. In 1988, he played in the James Baldwin Project with David Linx and Deborah Brown (vocalists), Slide Hampton (trombone), Diederik Wissels (piano), Bob Stewart (tuba), and Michel Hatzigeorgiou (bass guitar). Van Dormael was also a member of Nasa Na Band, a jazz band known as the precursor of Aka Moon. He recorded soundtracks for films directed by his brother Jaco Van Dormael (Toto le Héros, Le Huitième Jour, Mr. Nobody). In 2007, he received the Belgian Golden Django Award. Posthumously he received the Magritte Award for Best Original Score for his work in the movie Mr. Nobody. He died from cancer at age 56 on 3 September 2008. Source: Article "Pierre Van Dormael" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Production

Mr. Nobody

2009

As Original Music Composer

The Eighth Day

1996

As Original Music Composer

Toto the Hero

1991

As Original Music Composer

Try Me

2006

As Original Music Composer

Maedeli the Breach

1979

As Music

Maedeli the Breach

1979

As Musician

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