Dutch harpist Remy van Kesteren is on tour in The Netherlands. The 2022 Spring dates will feature his Analogue Robot Orchestra (ARO). Van Kesteren felt the need to for an extra percussive layer when performing, hence the use of the "orchestra" for beats and providing the loops. His Record Store Day single has two ARO enhanced live tracks.
Dutch harpist Remy van Kesteren will provide live accompaniment for a screening of The Red Turtle, the animated fantasy film directed and written by Michael Dudok de Wit, at Trianon in Leiden, The Netherlands on June 5, 2021. He released An alternative soundtrack to the motion picture The Red Turtle earlier this year and the screening had to be cancelled due to the pandemic.
HCTF review of An alternative soundtrack to the motion picture The Red Turtle.
Dutch harpist Remy van Kesteren has made a new soundtrack for The Red Turtle, the animated fantasy film directed and written by Michael Dudok de Wit. He follows the story of man who is shipwrecked on island - the same notes appear over and over on the album as a reminder of his confinement. The progtagonist builds rafts in order to esacpe, but those are subsequently destroyed by a giant red turtle. He kills the animal by turning it over and smashing its shield. As it ia a fairytale the deceased animal transforms into a very much alive woman and they have a son, who leaves island when he is a young grownup. The couple ages and the man dies on the beach in his sleep. The woman is turned into a giant turtle once more and swims away.
Van Kesteren followed the story closely and picked stand-out scenes for his accompanying music. With his harp he conjures up barely contained anger, despair, and joy. He has found a way to support the images in a respectful, but fulfilling and compelling way. His soundtrack can be enjoyed as a standalone piece, a neo-classical suite of pieces that flow together seamlessly. There are not that many harpists around who write their own material, but Van Kesteren knows his instrument inside out and has the composing skills to make it sing and weep like very few people can.
Dutch harpist Remy van Kesteren has released amber, the second singel pf his alternate soundtrack for The Red Turtle, the animated fantasy film directed and written by director Michael Dudok de Wit. The album will be released on the 30th of October via Snowstar Records and is available for pre-order (red vinyl, CD, digital). The cover art of the album is a still from the movie, with liner notes from Dudok de Wit.
Dutch harpist Remy van Kesteren has made a new soundtrack for The Red Turtle, the animated fantasy film directed and written by director Michael Dudok de Wit. The album will be released on the 30th of October via Snowstar Records and is available for pre-order (red vinyl, CD, digital). The cover art is a still from the movie, with liner notes from Dudok de Wit.
