TO THE MUSIC

TAILOR-MADE MUSIC
FOR FREESTYLE
SINCE 2009

Your freestyle.
Your soundtrack.

Custom-composed freestyle music, tailored to your horse and your test — like a film score that lifts the performance without ever distracting from it.

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When it works, you stop hearing the music
You only feel the freestyle

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THE CINEMA IDEA

Freestyle like a movie

In cinema, the score is the one thing a viewer should never notice — and the one thing they feel the most. It carries the scene without competing with it. It lifts a moment without explaining it. Take it away and something quietly collapses.

A dressage freestyle is the same. The music is not decoration laid over the test. It is the inner life of the performance — the rhythm the horse already carries, given a voice. Done well, the rider and the audience stop hearing the music as something separate. They simply feel that the whole thing is more.

That is what we create. Not tracks. Not a library. A score — composed for your horse, for your test, for the way you move together.

SUMMUM SOLITARIUM

Hans Peter Minderhoud

C'EST MAGNIFIQUE

Larissa Pauluis

IGNIS IN CORDE TUO

Justin Verboomen

NEXUS EQUESTRIAN

Emmelie Scholtens

HOW WE WORK

A collaboration, not a transaction.

YOU

You let us know your ideas — the feeling you're after.

US

We send an intro. A first idea, a single passage, to see if we're hearing the same thing.

YOU

You listen. You tell us what landed and what didn't.

US

We adjust. We refine, together, until it sits.

YOU

You ride the full freestyle. If needed, we refine the timing, accents and transitions until the soundtrack belongs to the movement.

US

It's yours. Not a product — a score, made for you and your horse.

THE CRAFT

We compose the music.
And if you need it,
We draw the lines.

  • Made to measure — never licensed, never copied, never assembled from a library.
  • No fade-ins. No fade-outs. The music flows as one continuous narrative, the way your test does.
  • If you need it, we draw the lines — choreography shaped to connect your music, your horse and every movement in the freestyle.
  • Timed to your horse's natural rhythm, not the other way around.

THE PROOF

Quiet numbers. Real history.

10
COUNTRIES
riders who have ridden to our music
5
TENS FROM THE JUDGES
one of only four freestyles in dressage history to score a five-ten
2009
SINCE
Stefan & Barbara, composing freestyle music for over fifteen years

THE RIDERS

Some of our
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family members.

Wim Verwimp

Wim Verwimp

Grand Prix Rider · Belgian Champion 2026

A close friend of ours. He brought many Belgian riders to us, and we've composed several soundtracks for him.

Justin Verboomen

Justin Verboomen

Grand Prix Rider · European Champion 2026 · Top 3 World Ranking

The music was really built around him and Zonik Plus. Their test, their rhythm.

I'm very happy that life brought Stefan into my path at the right time because he understood and created a musical composition that truly fit my freestyle and the emotions I wanted to convey. It is very rare to meet someone with a musical ear like his, and with such sensitivity. A million thanks, Stefan!

Larissa Pauluis

Larissa Pauluis

Grand Prix Rider · Belgian Olympic Team Paris 2024 · Top Ten World Ranking

We've composed several soundtracks for Larissa. She knows exactly what she wants — and always trusts us to make it happen.

Emmelie Scholtens

Emmelie Scholtens

Grand Prix Rider · Dutch Olympic Team Paris 2024

Emmelie wanted a soundtrack with edge. We knew exactly what to do with that.

Patrick van der Meer

Patrick van der Meer

Grand Prix Rider · Head Coach Dutch Dressage Team

We owe a lot to Patrick. He was one of our very first clients, and we have composed several soundtracks for him.

Made my beautiful freestyles of Uzzo, Zippo and Chinook. And for my daughter. He is the best.

Alexa Fairchild

Alexa Fairchild

Grand Prix Rider · Belgium

Alexa is our Dancing Queen. Always bold, daring soundtracks! Always a joy to write for her.

Super experience! Really kind, helpful and very talented! Loved the work they did for me. Thanks so much and will definitely be contacting them soon!

WHO WE ARE

Created by brother and sister,
shaped from two sides.

Stefan

COMPOSES THE SOUNDTRACK

Stefan builds the music around every movement — the rhythm, accents and transitions that turn a test into a performance.

Barbara

DRAWS THE CHOREOGRAPHY

Barbara draws the lines your freestyle follows — the pattern in the sand where music becomes movement.

REQUEST YOUR MUSIC

Tell us about you and your horse.

Every freestyle starts with a conversation. Share what you can — we'll take it from there.

YOUR PERSONAL FREESTYLE STUDIO

A secure place to share your videos, ideas and notes — and follow the progress of your freestyle from first concept to final soundtrack.

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Tailor-made music for dressage freestyles — composed like a film score, shaped around horse, rider and choreography. Stefan & Barbara. Since 2009.

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