Lars Janssen / Rêvasser Films

Captain Hook: The Cursed Tides

Tick-tock
Herman Witkam

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Recent score releases

Lisanne Sweere / CineSud

Blootje

Nieuw gezinnetje
Herman Witkam

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Jean-Pierre Améris / Escazal Films / choreographer: Irene van Zeeland

Danse ta vie

Cubalkan
Herman Witkam

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Barbara Bredero / IJswater Films

Project Herbert

Verhuizen
Herman Witkam

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Free works

Album, composed, performed & produced by Herman Witkam, feat. Dutch String Collective.

desolate island
Herman Witkam

Album, composed, performed & produced by Herman Witkam

winter dunes
Herman Witkam
 

Interviews

Herman was interviewed in 2021 by Alexa Rodrigues of Shortcutz Amsterdam for online film music & composer magazine Private Kitchen.

Favorite instruments

Instruments with a story

Examples

Modern dance

Featured projects

Music for the TV ad for the 2024 Holland Dance Festival

Full project list is available on IMDb.

Bio

Herman Witkam is a film composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound designer based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Since first enrolling in the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht composition program in 2004, he has composed scores for numerous feature films, television series and documentaries, as well as for games, commercials and theater projects.

Not only does Witkam compose the music for his projects, he plays and records most of the instruments heard in his scores himself. Of the more than 100 instruments he’s mastered, the Japanese shakuhachi and Armenian duduk may be the most notable. Witkam collects instruments from all over the world and combines them with innovative composing techniques to create a unique sound for every score.

More music

Jonathan Smit / Cabin Content

Doodeng
Herman Witkam

Lars Janssen / Rêvasser Films

underground
Herman Witkam
Samantha Janssen, Charlotte Rietbergen

De Swarte Krie / Samantha Janssen, Charlotte Rietbergen

Dag beppe
Herman Witkam

Albert Jan van Rees / IJswater Films

Prelude
Herman Witkam

Sophie van de Pol / IJswater Films

Beach Blues
Herman Witkam

Sander Blom / Sander Blom Films, feat. Nicole Jordan

Cornelia
Herman Witkam

Carolina Kzan / Irene van Zeeland

Visible
Herman Witkam

Barbara Bredero / Lemming FIlm

I can see your house...
Herman Witkam

Kerst bij Koosje / dir. Barbara Bredero / Fiction Valley

Encounter
Herman Witkam

Hamartía / dir. Rudolf van den Berg / Interakt

Hamartía
Herman Witkam

De prijs van de waarheid / dir. Danyael Sugawara

Oscillation
Herman Witkam

App / dir. Bobby Boermans

Anna has a hangover
Herman Witkam

Spijt! / dir. Dave Schram / Shooting Star

Regret
Herman Witkam

Mees Kees op kamp / dir. Barbara Bredero / PV Pictures

The Attic
Herman Witkam

Blijf! / dir. Lourens Blok / Shooting Star

The Hague
Herman Witkam

Shewi Hisab (Night of Judgement) / dir. Hussain Sewdin

Lament
Herman Witkam

Studio & instruments

Contact

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Photography credits: portrait by Maja Silver, Danse ta vie still by Caroline Bottaro.