Johan de Meij Netherlands

Biography

Johan de Meij (Voorburg, 1953) studied trombone and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music at The Hague. He has earned international fame as a composer and arranger. His catalogue consists of original compositions, symphonic transcriptions and arrangements of film scores and musicals. The Symphony no. 1 The Lord of the Rings, based on Tolkien's best-seller novels of the same name, was his first substantial composition for symphonic band and received the prestigious Sudler Composition Award in 1989.

Popular Songs

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  Symphony nr. 1 "The Lord of the Rings": I. "Gandalf" (The Wizard)

  De Meij: Symphony nr. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" / Bilik: Symphony for Band
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  Symphony nr. 1 "The Lord of the Rings": II. "Lothlórien" (The Elvenwood)

  De Meij: Symphony nr. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" / Bilik: Symphony for Band
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  Gandalf, the Wizard

  The Lord of the Rings

  146 BPM
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  Gollum (Sméagol)

  The Lord of the Rings

  99 BPM
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  Journey In the Dark (The Mines Fo Moria-The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm)

  The Lord of the Rings

  55 BPM

Discography

The Lord of the Rings

1997

De Meij: Symphony nr. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" / Bilik: Symphony for Band

1989