Brian Clifton (composer) explained

Brian Clifton
Birth Name:	Dirk Thyssens
Birth Date:	March 22, 1962
Birth Place:	Wilrijk, Belgium
Genre:	Film score
Occupation:	Composer, conductor, record producer
Years Active:	1984 - present

Dirk Pilaet (born March 20, 1962, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium), known professionally as Brian Clifton, is a Belgian musician, composer and orchestrator. He composed the music for over 30 films and television series, including De Kollega's Maken de Brug! (1988), the VRT series Alfa Papa Tango (1990-1991), the American movies Bird of Prey (1995) featuring Richard Chamberlain and Philippe Mora's Back in Business (1997), Ellektra (2004) starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Axelle Red, and Spike and Suzy: The Dark Diamond (2004).^{[1] [2]}

Brian Clifton has been associated with film directors such as Vincent Rouffaer, Robbe De Hert and Nnegest Likké.^[3] Clifton is also known for composing the hymn for the Belgian First Division A, the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium,^[4] TV commercials for ICI Paris XL and Christian Dior, and the End Titles for the 2005 Thai historical drama film The King Maker.

In recent years, he became a steady guest-lecturer at the Brussels film school RITCS-School of Arts.^[5]

Selected works

Music for movies and series

• De Dwaling (1987) (mini) TV Series
• Het Ultieme kerstverhaal (1987) by Vincent Rouffaer
• A Three-Day Weekend (1988)
  • Hoogtevrees (1988) by Vincent Rouffaer Sarah? Sarah (1989) by Jan Keymeulen
  • Trouble in Paradise (1989) by Robbe De Hert Alfa Papa Tango (1990) TV Series by Vincent Rouffaer
• De Leraarskamer (1991) by Vincent Rouffaer
• Less Dead Than the Others (1992) by Frans Buyens
• De Ware vrienden (1993) TV Series by Vincent Rouffaer
• Over the Rainbow (1995) by Rudolf Mestdagh
• Bird of Prey (1995) by Temístocles López
• Bayou Ghost (1997) by Gardner Compton
• Back in Business - Heart of Stone (1997)
• Tot mijn laatste adem (2000)
• Hollywood aan de Schelde - part 1 (2001) TV Series by Robbe De Hert
• Saturday Night Fear (2001) by Jeroen Dumoulein
• Hollywood aan de Schelde - part 2 (2004) TV Series by Robbe De Hert
• Sprookjes (2004) TV Series
• Spike and Suzy: The Dark Diamond (2004) by Rudi van den Bossche
• Ellekra (2004) by Rudolf Mestdagh - Best Film Music Nomination at Syracuse Film Festival
• WaWa (2005) TV Series
• The King Maker (2005)
• Badoir (2005) by Diego Deceuninck
• Droomtijd (2006)
• Ghajaana (2006)
• Blinker en de blixvaten (2008) by Filip Van Neyghem
• Bobby en de Geestenjagers (2013) by Martin Lagestee
• Bingo (2013) by Rudi Van Den Bossche
• Andromeda (2013)
• Speculum (2014)
• I Wish My Life (2014)
• Echo (2015)
• Everything But a Man (2017) by Nnegest Likké

Music for musicals

• De Plattegrond van het Moeras by Lulu Aertgeerts
• The Holiday Love Show by Lulu Aertgeerts
• Malus by Brian Clifton
• Prins Blauwert (of Marc De Bel) by Vincent Rouffaer

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166723/ Brian Clifton - Filmography, Internet Movie Data Base, retrieved on November 11th, 2017
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=z5qmplifVDIC&dq=brian+clifton+composer&pg=PA58 Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image by Audrey T. McCluskey, 1994-2004, "Back in Business" (1996), p.58
3. https://www.vpro.nl/cinema/personen/persoon~45013c15-5ea3-3cd9-8373-6544bdc1d987~brian-clifton~.html Brian Clifton discography, vpro.nl, retrieved on November 11th, 2017
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJyuwljzmzw The Making Of The Jupiler ProLeague soccer Hymne 2011-2017, Hymne composed by Brian Clifton
5. Web site: Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound, Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel, Brian Clifton, retrieved on November 11th, 2017 . 2017-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170711051351/https://www.ritcs.be/nl/team/brian-clifton-dirk-pilaet . 2017-07-11 . dead .