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Peter Desent | |
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| Born | New Zealand |
| Genres | Pop, new wave, jazz |
| Occupations | Composer, musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards |
| Member of | The Umbrellas |
| Formerly of | The Spats, The Crocodiles |
Peter Dasent is a New Zealand born composer, pianist and songwriter who has lived and worked in Sydney, Australia since 1981, he has worked on numerous television and film scores .
Music career
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Desent played keyboards in the bands Spats, and The Crocodiles. He leads the chamber-jazz group the Umbrellas,[1] is writing a book on the music of Nino Rota and currently works in music composition for film and television, most notably in the children's television series Play School.[2]
Some of his more famous works were with film maker Peter Jackson in three of his early productions : Meet the Feebles (1989), Braindead (1992) and Heavenly Creatures (1994).[3]
He also composed the music of three other movies : Channelling Baby (2000), Cubbyhouse (2001), and Voodoo Lagoon (2006), plus some music for TV series and documentaries.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Shand, John (8 October 2003). "The Umbrellas, Starfish Club". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ Peter Dasent: from Play School to Abbey Rd, 6 November 2015, retrieved 12 August 2017
- ↑ "Background | Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys – The Making of Meet the Feebles | Television | NZ On Screen". nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ "Peter Dasent". IMDb. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ "Peter Dasent". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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