Composer & Sound Designer

Eric Hoegemeyer is a composer and sound designer whose work moves fluidly between film, television, brand storytelling, and contemporary art. He creates immersive sonic worlds defined by atmospheric texture, modular synthesis, analog warmth, and an emotional intelligence shaped by decades of collaboration across multiple artistic disciplines.

His compositions have been presented at major cultural institutions, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where his work The Visions of Hildegard von Bingen—created with Patti Smith, Jesse Paris Smith, and Tom Verlaine—reimagined medieval mysticism through drones, resonance, and modern ritualistic sound. At MoMA PS1, Hoegemeyer contributed sound to Walt Whitman: The Good Gray Poet, an installation exploring poetic space through generative sonic design. These projects inform a signature approach to scoring: one that blurs the line between music, sound design, and environment, treating sound as a living architecture within a narrative.

Hoegemeyer has composed original scores for narrative, documentary, and experimental films, including Good Friday (Short, Dir. Christopher Gruse), Coney Island Cousins (Feature, Dir. Alfred Padilla), Esposas (Feature, Dir. Juan Rocha), and Kenny (Documentary, Dir. Christopher Gruse). His film work emphasizes emotional interiority, psychological tension, and atmospheric worldbuilding, drawing from his background in dark ambient composition and generative systems.

His commercial collaborations include global brands such as Nike, Estée Lauder, IKEA, Aesop, and GM, where he has developed sonic identities, atmospheric compositions, and conceptual sound design for campaigns and experiential environments. Across these projects, he brings the same artistic rigor and textural sophistication found in his installation and narrative work, offering brands a sonic voice rooted in authenticity and emotional resonance.

As an artist, Hoegemeyer explores the boundaries between sound, space, and perception. He is interested in how generative audio systems, deep listening practices, and psychoacoustics can create evolving environments that shift the listener’s emotional state. His work often incorporates elements of ritual, resonance, and sustained harmonic landscapes, reflecting an ongoing investigation into the spiritual and psychological dimensions of sound.

Across all mediums, Hoegemeyer’s focus remains consistent:
to create sound that deepens narrative, shapes atmosphere, and transforms the emotional architecture of the story.

He is based in Brooklyn, New York.