Peter Dasent
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Peter Dasent is a New Zealand born composer, pianist and songwriter who has lived and worked in Sydney, Australia since 1981. He 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 Peter Jackson in three of his early films : 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]
Dasent has over thirty years experience as a composer and a songwriter for film and television.
His first film score was for Peter Jackson, the Muppets' send-up Meet the Feebles (1989). He also scored Jackson's Braindead (aka Deadalive) and the Oscar-nominated 1994 feature Heavenly Creatures.
For television he has concentrated on mainly documentaries and children's drama and animation, mostly for pre-school ages. The latter include the animated series Zigby, and music for Sesame Street (2003) and Bananas In Pajamas (2006–2008). Peter has been the musical director and pianist for ABC-TV's Playschool for eighteen years. If you have your own pre-schoolers you can hear him play everyday on the show, which includes a daily story where he improvises the piano score in one take.
References[edit]
- ↑ Shand, John (8 October 2003). "The Umbrellas, Starfish Club". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ Peter Dasent: from Play School to Abbey Rd, 2015-11-06, retrieved 2017-08-12
- ↑ "Background | Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys - The Making of Meet the Feebles | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ↑ "Peter Dasent". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ↑ "Peter Dasent". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-12. Unknown parameter
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