VIDJAY BEEREPOOT

COMPOSER

Music Reel

About

Vidjay Beerepoot has a gift for seeing the world through someone else's eyes, and that power-to relate and empathize-makes film and TV scoring the perfect fit.

Beerepoot has also scored more than 100 video games including Harry Potter and The Secret Life of Pets titles-shorts, commercials, and musical theater. He has contributed additional music for Pinar Toprak (The Angel) and worked with such Hollywood heavy hitters as Tom Holkenborg and John Powell.

Becoming another person, or rather finding and expressing his humanity in another cultural context, was something he knew all about as a child born in India and adopted by Dutch parents. Growing up in the town of Hoorn north of Amsterdam, he loved listening to jazz and classical music as well as scores in the subtitled American films he watched in the '80s and '90s (which also taught him English)-but it wasn't until he got involved in his local musical theater group as an actor that he started exploring composition.

After studying music in The Netherlands and the U.K., he was hired to run the audio department at a Dutch animation studio, where he created scores and sound design for a huge variety of film projects. He had an appetite for everything musical-composing songs and score for multiple stage productions, recording pop and rock albums, and arranging for big band. With that deep portfolio, he decided to take his film composing to the next level by attending the screen scoring program at USC, and since then he's built a rich, diverse body of work in Hollywood.

The Indian-born composer nevertheless says he has always felt "completely Dutch," and in coming to the U.S. he saw yet another culture through an outsider's eyes. "I think I'm really good at understanding how it is to be in a different situation, and to feel not the same as most people. I think especially in movies and stories, that's what most of the protagonists are going through, and I really connect with that feeling. I like to go into that journey and express that."

News

Talking about the music score for #disney #superkitties #minniemouse #kindergartenthemusical #animation at the #comicconmuseum in San Diego.

A little preview of our #storytellinginmusic panel at the #comicconmuseum where we talk about the different tv shows we work on. #impact24pr #animation #disney #instagood #superkitties #music

Watch the whole video of our comic con museum panel on YouTube. #animation #disney #instagood #superkitties #music #impact24pr #kindergartenthemusical #comedy #sony #comicconmuseum

Such a pleasure to be part of this amazing storytelling in music panel at the comic con museum in San Diego. #impact24pr #comiccon #comicconmuseum #superkitties #disney #minnie #minniemouse #kindergartenthemusical #animation #storytelling #music #instagood #comedy #comics #superheroes

I’ll be co-hosting a Creatives in Children’s and Family Entertainment Mixer with @impact24pr and other industry professionals on Thursday, October 17, in Hollywood! Come meet others and have a great time! Hope to see you there! Register using the link in my bio or by visiting @impact24pr’s page! #impact24pr #emmys #animation #hollywood #superkitties #kindergartenthemusical #minniesbowtoons #disney #sony #scoring #music #instagood #comedy #movies

Two weddings and no funeral. #wedding #dressup #tired

Rare to get together with the incredible songwriter @keithmakesmusic and Executive Producer extraordinaire @realaudupaden to talk about life and of course this little tv show called #superkitties #disneyjunior #disney #sonykids #sonyanimation #sony #animation #instagram #instagood #food #cats #music #studio #tv

It has been a blast to work among the best of the best in the industry on this musical theater show. One of the most funniest shows I have worked on. With countless fantastic songs by the amazing songwriting team of @mlewey @charltonpettus @kayhanley and @whoadanpetty Under the always brilliant guidance of EP @warburton_laboratories and @composer_amandaduran to keep me sane. Thanks everyone @disneyjr @oddbotinc to make this such a wonderful experience. Coming soon! #disney #musical #score #oddbot #insta #producer #studio #preschool #animation

Super proud to be part of this incredible community of the best of the best in the industry! Congrats to all the winners. Thanks @ascap @ascapscreen for having me at the ASCAP screen awards at the incredible @houdiniestate in Hollywood. Great to see all my friends from the @composersdiversitycollective and everyone else at the event. #ascap #composerdiversitycollective #music #event #ascapscreen #instagood #film #animation

Back in Holland 100 years ago I started my music adventures in musical theatre 🎭. Super excited to talk about this again in the upcoming @ascapfoundation musical theatre fest in Beverly Hills on the 16th. #ascap #ascapfoundation #musicaltheatre #animation #disney #film #music #instagood #sound #broadway #superkitties #minniemouse #kindergarten

New studio up and running! Now I can finally make good music. #music #producer #disney #animation #musicoroduction #instagood #instagram @apple @avid.protools @viennasymphoniclibrary @spectrasonics_official @cuedbapp @spitfireaudio @cinesamples @nativeinstruments @disneyjunior @netflix @sonypictures @ikeausa @dynaudio @avantonepro

It has been so nice and refreshing to start making music magic with the super talented @annickeshireen… more to come… #music #moog #kawai #piano #annickeshireen #dark #instagood #synth #logicprox #apple #instagram

While working hard on season two happy to announce that we are already working on season three!!! So fun to write over the top spy / super hero music for these cats, dogs, birds, rats, octopuses and more. Thanks everyone over at @disney and @sonypictures for making this a pawsome show! #disney #sony #animation #superkitties #superhero #spy #heist #comedy #instagram #instagood #catsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #disneyjunior

Always more fun to work with the team close by! #instagood #music #studio #animation #instagram #disney #sony #oddbot #wildcanary #netlfix

It has been a blast working with people in person again this year at Disney! #disney #animation #instagram #instagood

Super proud to be part of this show! Super shoutout to super songwriter @keithmakesmusic and super voice actor @jmiglehart for getting nominated!! And of course to everyone who worked on the show at Disney and Sony for making it happen! Now on to super kitties season 2! #superkitties #disneyjunior #animation #disney #instagood #emmys #catsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #sonypictures

Super proud to be part of this new great season of #minniesbowtoons premiering this Wednesday @disneyjunior. Thanks everyone at Disney @trishahildebrandt @mookalicious13 and Wild Canary @tomrogerswriter @rachel.ruderman to make this such a fun project! #disney #animation #wildcanaryanimation

It took a while but finally Minnie invited me into her Mouse House. #disneyland #disneyjunior #minnie #minniesbowtoons #animation

Our little thriller / horror movie #exhibit8 is finally streaming in the US. Thanks @makewayfilm @ruben_broekhuis @kees.film and everyone else for this fun ride! Watch if you dare #horror #thriller #movies #amazonprimevideo #appletv #itunes #instagood #film #moogone #lyra8 #arturia #moog #synth

Super nice to finally see the #minniesbowtoons cast and crew I have been working with a few years ago in real life! #minniesbowtoonspartypalacepals #disney #dtva #disneyjunior #cartoon #animation #minnie #mickey #instagood #wrapparty

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