Rutger Hoedemaekers

Rutger Hoedemaekers is a recording artist and composer for film and TV. In 2010, Hoedemaekers and of his two friends converted a 3500 sq. ft. factory floor in Berlin Kreuzberg into a modular studio with 8 rooms. Over the next few years, the studio became a well-loved hub for composers and musicians, with tenants like Jóhann Jóhannsson, Dustin O’Halloran and Hildur Gudnadottir. Initially working on his solo band project Bart Constant, Hoedemaekers turned his attention towards composing for film and TV in 2015, when he provided the score for Icelandic crime series Trapped (BBC4, France 2, ZDF) with Jóhannsson and Gudnadottir. He joined forces with Jóhannsson again on Darren Aronofsky’s mother! (2017), as well as on James Marsh’s The Mercy (2018), for which he wrote additional music. Hoedemaekers subsequently wrote the score for Hulu/ARTE series No Man's Land (2020). In 2021, he released his first album to critical acclaim on FatCat’s imprint 130701 , aptly titled The Age Of Oddities. Most recently, Hoedemaekers created the score for Angelina Jolie-directed feature Without Blood, starring Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir, while also delivering the soundtrack to Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing (Disney/ESPN), which saw its world premiere at the 2026 Venice Film Festival. Hoedemaekers' sophomore album, entitled All The Good It Would Have Done, which moves musically closer to the drive of classic minimalism, will be released November 6, 2026 on his own Nouveau Goût imprint.