Holeg Spies
- Composer
- Writer
- Producer
" Undefinable, eclectic and destabilizing "
French-born composer, artist, and music producer Holeg Spies is one of France's greatest exponents of electronica music.
Holeg Spies' work can be described as cinematic, weaving evocative visual soundscapes and narrative orchestrations; electrorganic, blending electronic, acoustic, field recordings and ethnic influences, and ecophonic, considering music as a living organism.
As a film composer... Where film music often illustrates, Holeg Spies connects: for him, a film is not a sequence of scenes to illustrate, but an ecosystem of visual, emotional, and sonic forces. Holeg Spies breaks away from the traditional harmonic frameworks of narrative cinema: far from conventional orchestrations, Spies favours favours open modes, micro-intervals, suspended or partially unstable chords that maintain a gentle tension between consonance and dissonance. These harmonic choices produce a sensation of emotional suspension: the music does not dictate what to feel; it allows the viewer to wander through emotion.
"Holeg Spies has composed twelve albums and numerous film scores. He is one of France's greatest exponents of electronica and contemporary music. Freeing himself from the boundaries of time, he reflects on the continuity of the place of sound in human societies. His music also pushes for a form of demandingness: through its ruptures, irruptions and unpredictability, Holeg Spies' music provokes the unexpected, forcing active listening and always reminding the listener of his/her senses." (SacreBleu Production - Cannes Golden Palm + 2025 César, Golden Globes and Oscar winning-company for FLOW)
Holeg has worked on feature film scores that include fantasy animation Abruptio (2023) starring Jordan Peele and Robert Englund; thriller Black Site (2022) starring Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney; psychological thriller Heckle (2020) starring Steve Guttenberg; multi award winning drama Apartment 407 (2016); action thriller The Outsider (2014) starring James Caan and Jason Patric; moving documentary The Road to Freedom Peak (2013) narrated by Djimon Hounsou; cult horror The Human Centipede: First Sequence (2009); the trailer for Michael Bay's The Hitcher (2007).
Holeg's shape-shifting discography includes releases on Universal, Sony, Polygram, Lakeshore records and numerous indie labels such as French Electro star Vitalic's Citizen, Grammy nominee Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto, Killing Joke co-founder, Paul McCartney & Pink Floyd's producer Youth's Liquid Sound Design, and Coldcut & Ninja Tunes founder Matt Black's Ahead of our Time.
Holeg Spies' Axis Mundi album is the soundtrack to the ultimate film I dream of directing. A journey between the end of a world and the beginning of a new era reconciled with the original vibration. Pierre Morel - Director of Taken
As a film composer... Where film music often illustrates, Holeg Spies connects: for him, a film is not a sequence of scenes to illustrate, but an ecosystem of visual, emotional, and sonic forces. Holeg Spies breaks away from the traditional harmonic frameworks of narrative cinema: far from conventional orchestrations, Spies favours favours open modes, micro-intervals, suspended or partially unstable chords that maintain a gentle tension between consonance and dissonance. These harmonic choices produce a sensation of emotional suspension: the music does not dictate what to feel; it allows the viewer to wander through emotion.
"Holeg Spies has composed twelve albums and numerous film scores. He is one of France's greatest exponents of electronica and contemporary music. Freeing himself from the boundaries of time, he reflects on the continuity of the place of sound in human societies. His music also pushes for a form of demandingness: through its ruptures, irruptions and unpredictability, Holeg Spies' music provokes the unexpected, forcing active listening and always reminding the listener of his/her senses." (SacreBleu Production - Cannes Golden Palm + 2025 César, Golden Globes and Oscar winning-company for FLOW)
Holeg has worked on feature film scores that include fantasy animation Abruptio (2023) starring Jordan Peele and Robert Englund; thriller Black Site (2022) starring Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney; psychological thriller Heckle (2020) starring Steve Guttenberg; multi award winning drama Apartment 407 (2016); action thriller The Outsider (2014) starring James Caan and Jason Patric; moving documentary The Road to Freedom Peak (2013) narrated by Djimon Hounsou; cult horror The Human Centipede: First Sequence (2009); the trailer for Michael Bay's The Hitcher (2007).
Holeg's shape-shifting discography includes releases on Universal, Sony, Polygram, Lakeshore records and numerous indie labels such as French Electro star Vitalic's Citizen, Grammy nominee Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto, Killing Joke co-founder, Paul McCartney & Pink Floyd's producer Youth's Liquid Sound Design, and Coldcut & Ninja Tunes founder Matt Black's Ahead of our Time.
Holeg Spies' Axis Mundi album is the soundtrack to the ultimate film I dream of directing. A journey between the end of a world and the beginning of a new era reconciled with the original vibration. Pierre Morel - Director of Taken
