Silence of the Tides

SILENCE OF THE TIDES is a cinematic portrait for international cinema about the Unesco World Heritage Site, the Wadden Sea, one of the largest wetlands, tidal and coastal systems in the world.

Special jury mention at IDFA 2020

“Wonderfully shot, and with masterful editing and sound design, it achieves a deeply cinematic experience.”

Sound format: Dolby Atmos
Sound Studio: Posta Amsterdam

Director: Pieter-Rim de Kroon
Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel
Sound Design: Lawrence Horne
Production Sound: Victor Dekker

Worldwide Loudness Delivery Standards

Information taken from RTW.com.

More detailed information can be found here.

A good year (Een goed jaar)

Een goed jaar

A story about two men who accidentally find a cellar with weapons and wine from the Second World War in the Ardennes. They both urgently need money and pretend to have found Hitler’s wine cellar. Their scammer story is getting out of hand.

Sound format: Surround 5.1 television
Client: Posta Amsterdam

Director: Kadir Ferati Balci
Re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor: Danny van Spreuwel
Sound design: Lawrence Horne
Dialogue editor: Dave Ashton
Foley artist: Daimo da Costa

More info on IMDb.

Tatooinemedia.nl is online!

A place where media and knowledge are king.

Tatooine is the centerpiece of our sound team. A shared environment where media and communication come together. It’s a collaborative way of sharing knowledge, sessions and assets.

Tatooine has multiple applications. With Drive you can store, share and send media with other team members or guests outside our team. If needed password protected.

Chat is used to communicate with the team. In a secure environment you can send messages or media links to different members or departments.

Calendar is used to keep track of important data in our workflow.

All accessible through a web interface or a mobile app.

Visit Tatooine and try it for yourself as John Doe (Beourguest123).

Studio update for 7.1 and Dolby Atmos premix productions

Recently my studio in The Hague has been updated to mix 7.1 soundtracks. With this update soundtracks for Dolby 7.1 and Dolby Atmos premix can be produced. Both for television, streaming platforms and cinema.

Speaker monitoring: Genelec 8351 “The Ones” and Genelec 8330
Workstation: Pro Tools Ultimate

Baantjer het Begin

Amsterdam, 1980. It is the time of major social change. Amidst the squatters’ riots and demonstrations, the idealistic young detective Jurre de Cock starts on the Warmoesstraat desk.

From Monday, December 30, weekly on RTL4 and in full on Videoland.

Sound format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Sound Studio: Posta Amsterdam

Directors: Arne Toonen and Lourens Blok
Producer: Rachel van Bommel (Millstreet Films)
Sound Supervisor and Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel
Sound Design: Lawrence Horne

“Perfect Cadeau” premieres in Paris at the European Independent Film Festival

An awkward reunion dinner between three flawed brothers who all have a hidden agenda descends into chaos when the woman they all love announces her pregnancy without revealing the father’s identity.

“Perfect Cadeau” (Perfect Present) will have its premiere in Paris at the European Independent Film Festival on April 7th.

Director: Martijn Hullegie
Sound Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel
Sound Studio: Warnier-Posta

Full credits Cast & Crew

“Kees & Co” after 13 years back on television

The dutch sitcom is back after 13 years! Played before a live studio audience.

First episode will be broadcast on RTL 4 on March 30. At the same time the whole season can been seen on the streaming platform Videoland.

Update: 1,5 million viewers watched the first episode. That’s an amazing start!

Director: Hans de Korte
Production Company: MediaLane
Picture Editer: Tim Wijbenga
Sound Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel
Sound Studio: Warnier-Posta

A new milestone

A new milestone in my career as a sound re-recording mixer has been reached!

After many years mixing in Dolby 5.1 now Dolby Atmos can be added to my resume. This formats opens up new creative possibilities and I can’t wait to do many more features in this format.

See what Dolby Atmos can do in this video: Dolby Atmos Explained

“Desert Dash” to be shown at Toronto Film Festival

Gracie Otto to show Desert Dash at TIFFF.

On the outskirts of Australia, Opals are now the currency for survival in the game of Desert Dash. When a feisty heroine gets the opportunity to ‘level up’ there is no choice but to win. Game On.

Trailer

Director: Gracie Otto
Music: Stavros Markonis
Sound Design: Lawrence Horne
Sound Re-recording Mixer: Danny van Spreuwel
Mixed at Warnier Posta

Ik weet wie je bent

De nieuwe psychologische thrillerserie.

Een verlaten weg midden in het bos. Aan zijn gescheurde kleding en gezicht vol schrammen en bloed is te zien dat hij een ongeluk heeft gehad. Maar de succesvolle strafrechtadvocaat Daniel Elias (Daan Schuurmans) kan zich volstrekt niet meer herinneren wie hij is en hoe hij daar terecht is gekomen.

Vanaf zondag 26 augustus te zien bij KRO-NCRV op NPO 3.

Cast: Daan Schuurmans, Sophie van Winden, Ariane Schluter en Gaite Jansen
Directors: Hanro Smitsman / Thomas Korthals Altes
Production Company: Column Film
Sound Design: Lawrence Horne
Sound Re-recording Mixer: Danny van Spreuwel

Feel good moments in “De Matchmaker”

As a stock photographer, Chris travels the world and fully enjoys his life. When new orders become scarce and the bottom of his bank account comes into view, he is forced to return to the place where he has not been for years: home.

As a bonus i made a Sound Mix Canvas Ride to express the number of sound tracks and clips that are used in this project.

Sound Mix Canvas Ride

Director: Jeroen Houben
Production Company: Lemming Film
Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Coca Cola

In cinema’s across Europe the new Coca Cola commercial of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has been released. “Fulfill your destiny”. Mixed in multiple language versions.

Sound Design: Stainless Sound and Music
Mixing Studio: WarnierPosta Amsterdam
Re-recording Mixer: Danny van Spreuwel

“Misfit”, a high school comedy

Djamila, known for the YouTube channel MeisjeDjamila, makes her film debut in the new Dutch comedy Misfit.

Director: Erwin van den Eshof
Production Company: NewBe
Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel
Sound design: Benjamin Braasem
Mixed at Warnier Posta

Fühlen Sie sich manchmal ausgebrannt und leer?

German comedy about a middle-aged women struggling with life.

Production Company: Coin Film / Circe Films
Director: Lola Randl
Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel
Sound Studio: Warnier-Posta Amsterdam

Ab 30. November im Kino (read with a low trailer voice).

“Suspects”, improvising without a script

“Suspects”, the Dutch remake of the British series. Carly Wise, Jeroen Spitzenberger and Britte Lagcher play the main roles in the detective series, which they improvising shots without scripts. According Videoland “Suspects” will feel like a documentary.

Production Company: Fiction Valley
Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel

Broadcasted at RTL4 (first episode) and Videoland

Geluid bij films in “Debby en haar mannen”

In het radio programma “Debby en haar mannen” praat ik over geluid bij films. Over mijn werk en hoe lang je erover doet om het geluid van een film te mixen.

Geluid bij films – “Debby en haar mannen”

“Brussel” the European version of “House of Cards”

In “Brussel” it’s all about influence and intrigue, the series is thus called the European version of the successful Netflix series “House of Cards”. With an international star cast. Exclusively broadcasted at KPN Presents.

Director: Arno Dierickx
Writer: Leon de Winter
Producer: Endemol Shine
Music composer: Vidjay Beerepoot
Re-recording Mixer / Supervising sound editor: Danny van Spreuwel

Mixed in 5.1 at Cinenumerique Antwerp

Music and dreams in “Petticoat”

The new Dutch drama series Petticoat, with music composed by Henny Vrienten is based on the hit musical. Petticoat tells the humorous story of Groningen Patty Jagersma (played by Abbey Hoes). With roles, among others Hajo Bruins, Anneke Blok, Freek Bartels, Marlin Weerdenburg and Martijn Fischer.

Broadcasted: November 24th 2016 in Dolby Digital 5.1 where available
Directors: Pim van Hoeve and Thomas Korthals Altes
Sound Supervisor / Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel
Sound Effects Editor: Martijn Snoeren

Photo: KRO-NCRV / Pief Weyman

Documentary about Adrian Borland at IDFA

“Walking in the Opposite Direction”, named after one of Borland’s songs, doing his life story explained on the basis of rare archival footage, interviews with former band members and music critics, and conversations with his father and friends.

Director: Marc Waltman
Re-recording mixer: Danny van Spreuwel