The Dream of the Haunted Hero mixes a deep Pink Floyd vibe with a cinematic broad classical sound. Terence Malick’s Tree of Life was definitely a big inspiration!

#pinkfloyd #instrumental

The Dream Of The Haunted Hero

Time Scraps

Tree Power

Ride East

PodWalk Veere

self   composed  track. a mixture of jazz/blues

Your Like Lightning

Brothers is a rockreggae about the difficulties you may face when growing up. It is sad and hopefull, with some real loud blues halfway through. Enjoy!

Brothers Remix 2023

'Zyzz of the Mind’ is a tribute to the Aziz Sergeyevich Shavershian. This video serves as my expression of gratitude towards Zyzz and his brother, Chestbrah, acknowledging the profound impact they have had on a lot of peoples lives. Forever mirin

I hope you guys like it!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7rQtvLlWslGQNCQx0CHhVU?si=fe5bcedb4f0940c3
Youtube: https://youtu.be/tZxzitIaI-A

Zyzz Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gdFDA9mjLOk?si=rMo1--0RxnR5WeWu

Ru-Style - Zyzz Of The Mind

Draft of a theme for piano, acoustic guitar, Hammond and bass
recorded May 2013

Paper Skin Theme (May 2013)

Full video https://youtu.be/Ftrc8BdPM98
 
One Time (God and the angels) is the second part of a trilogy of songs about brotherhood. It deals with reconciliation and loss. The importance of identifying what is - after all is said and done - still the bond between brothers. Part one of the trilogy was Brothers, the song and animation video, that came out in 2023. We are totally thrilled and thankful that Jurgen Veenstra (Wh^rl; Avery Plains; Moan) agreed to sing for us. These are such stellar lead vocals! He is truly an artist. Many thanks also to Ruud Slingerland (Dia del Mercado; Wh^rl; Rudy and his fascinators) who recorded Jurgens vocals. Hovius Hepbeat (formerly known as JoPie) is a longtime cooperation and friendship between Noud Hovius and Chris Hepbeat. We have grey beards now, but still write, perform, record and produce our music in our attic, in which place we’ve reached for the stars (and world domination of course). The video is our second animated short made by Noud. The medium of hand drawn story telling seems to add more then just images to our songs. Hope you enjoy, let us know what you think!

One Time

Theme from the Schaftkip feature film Morf (Directed by Rene Houwen)
Written, recorded and produced by Ruud Slingerland
Fons Sluijter: cello
Ruud Slingerland: piano
©2017 Schaftkip films
©2017 Root & Branch recordings

Ruud Slingerland - Morf - Movie trailer theme: 'the revelation'

Big Boys was written some fourty years ago by Noud Hovius, under almost similar societal circumstances. 
Makes you think, don’t it?
It’s about racism and love people. Let’s do something, let’s vote sensible. OK? Thanks!

#getmoreplays

Big Boys Are Here Again

Together with my friend Chris Hepbeat I am part of the two piece band  Hovius Hepbeat, formerly known as JoPie.

We’re on youtube:
https://youtube.com/user/JoPie2men.

New track: Brothers is a rockreggae melange, that talks about difficulties you may encounter as you grow up. It is sad and hopeful, and has us playing the blues quite loud. Hope you enjoy! 
We will also publish an animation video to this song on Youtube soon, keep an eye on our channel!

The Dream Of The Haunted Hero is a rock instrumental inspired by the strange times we live in. The sound was influenced by Pink Floyd and Brückner. The imagery is based on dreams after watching films like Terence Malick's "Tree Of Life", as well as  "Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle"  by the incomparable Hayo Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. 
The building used as the viewers' mighty opponent in this video is the wooden tower outside of Westhove Castle at Oostkapelle, The Netherlands.

Hovius Hepbeat wishes you great days to come!

Our track “Trippin’” was a first for us, an instrumental song that captures the different emotions that came with the pandemic. I hope it can be of some comfort. Let us know what you think! Tell your friends! Stay safe! 

We have also been working on the Lovepeace project based on lyrics and music by myself (http://www.facebook.com/noud.hovius)
Its goal is to to make music and videos reflecting upon love as the true startingpoint for peace. 
It also might be helpful if more people sing or whistle a tune about peace and love again.

Soon I’ll publish some more! Thanks for listening.

The Dream Of The Haunted Hero

Noud Hovius

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