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Artist
Niels van der Leest
12+ albums
video game musicnetherlandsdutch
about
Niels van der Leest (born in Enschede on October 22 1976) studied classical percussion on the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. During and after getting his Master degree Niels played in some of the best orchestras in Holland and was a player in the successful percussion group Circle Percussion. Niels is still playing in AbSurdo (THE samba group of Holland), teaches percussion on a couple of music schools and conducts a percussion group in Houten, Holland. After some years of performing as a professional percussionist Niels decides to listen to his urge to write down his musical ideas instead of only playing the notes someone else wrote. His biggest dream being: writing the music to a computer game. His love for the medium games started when he played Final Fantasy VII, which was accompanied by music of the Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu. Niels is working on fulfilling his dreams and starts arranging and remixing game music for his percussion students. When his arrangements are played with lots of fun, the performances lead to enthusiastic reactions and more requests for “his” music start coming in he starts writing original music. In 2007 Niels won the publics prize in the Interface SoundGame Contest with 46,4% of the votes. In the course of the years Niels has worked on a lot of award winning games, commissioned works, tracks for commercials and sing-a-song writers and of course his solo albums. Niels has proven to be a market-oriented composer, arranger and so
top songs
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To The Hunt! (feat. Circle Percussion) - Part 1 - Motherland
5,2342Go Like Time Around An Arrow (feat. Circle Percussion) - Part 3 - Onwards To Meridian
3,1343Drums in The Sun-Ring (feat. Circle Percussion) - Part 4 - Secrets Of The Earth
2,4664Edge of the Sundom
1,8935Wither and Ache
1,5556Steel Bones
1,4247Running the Frost
1,1758A Wager Over Barrels
9749To Find What Was Lost
86710Echoes of Plenty
845albums
Horizon Zero Dawn (Original Soundtrack)
Town by the Lake (Original Game Soundtrack)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Original Soundtrack)
Horizon Forbidden West (Original Soundtrack)
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds
Horizon: Zero Dawn
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Phoenix II (Original Soundtrack)
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Snow Covered Vistas (Original Game Soundtrack)
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Phoenix II "Horns of Despair" (Original Soundtrack)
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Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Original Soundtrack)
Horizon Forbidden West: The Isle of Spires
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Anthem to the Stars (Phoenix II)