Title	THE MOTORCYCLE SYMPHONY
Brand	RUSTY GOLD MOTORSHOP
Product/Service	DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN'S RIDE AMSTERDAM
Category	A08. Use of Licensed or Adapted Music
Entrant	SUPERHEROES AMSTERDAM Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Idea Creation	SUPERHEROES AMSTERDAM Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Production	STUDIO HIELKE PRAAGMAN Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Production 2	NEXT POST AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Name	Company	Position
Django Weisz Blanchetta	SuperHeroes Amsterdam	Managing Director
Niek Eijsbouts	SuperHeroes Amsterdam	Creative Director
Babo Schokker	SuperHeroes Amsterdam	Art Director
Hielke Praagman	Hielke Praagman Studios	Composer, Studio Engineer, Music Producer
Dominic Seldis	Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra	Double Bass Soloist
Mitchell Wever	Next Post Amsterdam	Video Content Creator
Rouslan Kabanov	Next Post Amsterdam	Executive Creative Producer
Anasiou Canaris	The Post Office	Editor, Producer
Jesse Meulenbeek	Mokum Productions	Sound Engineer

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

In the film, we first see and hear renowned musician Dominic Seldis (Royal Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra) talk about how he arranged a symphony with only motorbikes as instruments. What then unfolds is a performance by a group of 15 motorbikes who play Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarachustra. The music video is to commemorate men who suffer from cancer and to raise awareness for the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, a global fundraiser event for the Movember Foundation.

Cultural / Context information for the jury

The organizer for the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Amsterdam, Rusty Gold Motorshop, wanted to ensure people joined the fundraiser ride for the right reasons – to create awareness for men’s health problems and to collect funding. In previous years, many people joined the ride whilst not making any donation at all.

Tell the jury about the choice of music track.

We chose Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra because this classical piece has elements that have a natural resemblance to the sound of motorbikes. It also perfectly builds anticipation which makes our online audience want to watch the video until the end. It allowed us to introduce the lighter bikes first, then have the rumbling sound of choppers, all leading to a grand finale with the full gang of motorbikes going all out. Together with a sound engineer, the composer replaced the traditional classical instruments with the recorded sounds of various exhaust pipes, from high pitched cafe racers to rumbling choppers. We recorded all the bike sounds separately during the film shoot. For each motorcycle we recorded a low, mid and highest note it could produce. For example; The dominant role of the timpanis was replaced by two motorcycles specially selected for this.