Career
During his studies at the Utrecht School of the Arts, Witkam worked on a number of online shorts through the DVXUser online film festivals. After graduating, Witkam started working mainly on feature films and television drama, but also documentaries, such as Eric Walter"s My Amityville Horror, which screeened at the BFI London Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, and was named one of the top 15 festival horror films of 2012 by Bloody Disgusting. The Dutch mobile phone thriller APP, for which Witkam composed a hybrid score of orchestra and electronics was released in a limited theatrical run in the United States on May 9, 2014, and uses audio digital watermarking technology to give viewers a fully integrated second screen that complements the film.
Witkam frequently uses traditional musical instruments like the Armenian duduk and Japanese shakuhachi in his work, which he performs himself, often using improvisation as a composing technique.
As a multi-instrumentalist, Herman has performed on video game titles such as Total War Rome II and Dungeons & Dragons Tactics, and internationally co-produced pictures such as The Seven of Daran: Battle of Pareo Rock and The King Maker. 2010 HollyShorts Film Festival - Best music - A Little Mouth to Feed Nominations.