Updates and announcements
Composer Stephen Emmer, creator of hundreds of famous television theme tunes, is coming out as a tinnitus patient after years of silence, he has a ringing in his ears and severe hearing damage.
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Royal Decoration for Stephen Emmer. Who doesn't recognize the leader of NOS News (NOS Journaal)? The Netherlands' first media composer Stephen Emmer created this classic, next to hundreds of other recognizable sounds on television.
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There is an abundance of podcasts. To help you find your way, media platform Spreekbuis asks a media personality to select his or her favourites every week. Composer Emmer has created more than 500 famous TV theme tunes and melodies. He is the Netherlands' best-known composer for radio and television productions.
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Today is the 1000th anniversary broadcast of the longest-running TV quiz on Dutch television: Per Seconde Wijzer by BNNVARA. In 1989, Stephen Emmer was commissioned to create the new theme tune, about which lies the following short anecdote, which could also serve as a quiz question.
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Audiobooks are increasingly being listened to by a growing group of interested listeners. At major players such as Amazon, as well as StoryTel and Luisterboeken (.nl), this new category is rapidly gaining popularity. Now that the genre is reaching critical mass, it is logical that it will continue to develop.
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BNNVARA shines a spotlight on the people who usually stay away from this; the large group of people who normally work for theaters, museums, cinemas, festivals, and other cultural events, and who are now sitting at home en masse or have even lost their jobs
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This coming Saturday, the first major thematic TV show dedicated to the NPO Culture Campaign will air, based on a program idea by media creator Stephen Emmer.
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When I started in the 80s, a theme tune was allowed to last 30 to 60 seconds; the one for 'Dagboek van een herdershond' was practically a song. Back then, making a theme tune was something composers and musicians did on the side; it wasn't a profession.
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Hilversum-based audio-tech startup XS2RADIO is partnering with ‘Mister TV-Tune’ Stephen Emmer on audio design for text-to-speech productions.
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