Hannes De Maeyer

Hannes De Maeyer is one of Belgium's most versatile and acclaimed film and television composers, celebrated for seamlessly moving between electronic soundscapes and rich symphonic orchestration.
In 2025, he co-composed the score for Channel 4’s crime drama Patience with Ruben De Gheselle and collaborated with Justine Bourgeus on the surreal period series This Is Not a Murder Mystery. Earlier this year saw the release of Patsers, the much-anticipated sequel to Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah’s hit feature Gangsta, once again featuring a high-energy score by De Maeyer. He also continues his long-running work on the UK remake of the crime drama Professor T (ITV/PBS), which has entered its fifth season.

De Maeyer is best known for his creative partnership with directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, scoring their films Image, Black (winner of the Discovery Award at TIFF 2015), Gangsta and the internationally acclaimed musical tragedy Rebel. For Rebel, he composed an ambitious score and original songs in collaboration with Moroccan artist Oum and lead actor Aboubakr Bensaihi; the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and earned him the Magritte Award for Best Original Score.

His symphonic work on the Belgian WWII epic Torpedo won the 2020 World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score for a Belgian Production, with critics hailing it as one of the most powerful war scores in recent European cinema. Beyond Belgium, De Maeyer’s international credits include Ben Sombogaart’s romantic drama Rafaël, Sharon von Wietersheim’s immensely popular Immenhof franchise, the Netflix thriller series Women of the Night, the Irish Tour de France drama The Racer (SXSW 2020), and the internationally broadcast animated series Ninja Express.

On the small screen, De Maeyer has built a strong reputation in prestige television, recently completing the award-winning NPO miniseries The Jewish Council (Levitate Films/Caviar) and The Couple Next Door (Channel 4/Starz), which premiered in the UK in late 2023 and internationally in 2024. His music for Professor T has been praised for its lyrical thematic writing, layering melodic variation with psychological depth across multiple seasons.

Whether composing for cinema or television, Hannes De Maeyer continues to shape an impressive body of work that blends emotional power with inventive sound worlds, confirming his place among Europe’s most distinctive and versatile screen composers.