some tracks I made for films or documentaries these past few years

music for films

Schemerland

Thielemans x Romaniuk
with special guest Erik Verhulst
recorded in 2022

Thxrxv Vogels van de Diepte

The guys have a fight over what to do with the boy ..

	samples, percussion, synthesizers, electronics : Jo Thielemans
	alto horns, cornetto : Jon Birdsong

Fighting

A magic moment where the boy plays with his stuffed elephant: the only reminder he has of the mother he misses.

	cornet : Jon Birdsong
	electronics : Jo Thielemans

Freddy

This is the opening track of the show:
A group of adolescents, who live in a hideout with no grownups around, discover the sleeping body of a boy.

	synthesizers, percussion : Jo Thielemans

Schemerlanding

A ritual to admit the boy to the group

synthesizer, percussion : Jo Thielemans

One of us

The kids prepare to venture out into the grownup world

percussion, xylophones, synthesizers, guitars : Jo Thielemans

Changing

The hideout is transformed into a place for sleeping.
We slip into a dream.

	samples, synthesizers, guitars : Jo Thielemans
	cornets : Jon Birdsong

Transformation Dream

They lost the boy!

Synthesizers : Jo Thielemans

Where is he

The group desintegrates
The stage is left empty

	horns : Jon Birdsong
	electronics : Jo Thielemans

Opening the Veils

The boy and his elephant reassure the group that they can belong.

	alto horns, cornets : Jon Birdsong
	synthesizer, electronics : Jo Thielemans

We'll do our Best

All's well that ends well

	synthesizers, guitars, percussion : Jo Thielemans
	cornets : Jon Birdsong

Blanket Finale

One of the guys is ill -- he has a knot in his belly 

	synthesizers : Jo Thielemans
	alto horns, cornets : Jon Birdsong

Untying the Knot

Elephants mourn their dead and bury them 

Percussion, synthesisers : Jo Thielemans

Elephant Burial

Good rituals require dancing!

percussion, synthesizers, guitars : Jo Thielemans

Atiqulah's Dance

4 Grensland martine in den auto

3 Grensland intro

1 GENERIEK Inburgering

made for a short piece about tattoos
using a recording of a tattoo needle
and a kick sample I found lying around

Tattoo 2

Discovery 3

2 Random Bits Chopped To Pieces 2

Jo Thielemans + Anthony Romaniuk
LIVE @ MixMass Festival, deSingel, Antwerp
4 January 2020

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