Peter Raeburn

Peter Raeburn
Born Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation Composer, music producer, songwriter, creative director and recording artist

Peter Raeburn is a South African composer, music producer and songwriter.

He is well known for his work with director Jonathan Glazer’s films Sexy Beast, Birth and the BAFTA nominated Under The Skin. Raeburn helped shape the soundtrack of Lars Von Trier’s Breaking The Waves and composed the music for Raoul Martinez and Joshua Van Praag's Creating Freedom: Lottery of Birth, which was nominated for Best Documentary at Raindance Film Festival. Raeburn's music was featured extensively in Blue Valentine starring Ryan Gosling & Michelle Williams and he was Music Consultant for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom , directed by Justin Chadwick, which was nominated for both an Oscar and Golden Globe for music. Raeburn composed both the score and songs for indie-favourite Joshua Leonard's feature film The Lie as well as the feature based on the bestselling children's book Molly Moon.

Raeburn’s productions include some of the best-known commercial spots, such as Guinness (Surfer/Bet on Black/Dreamclub), Sony (Music Pieces), Sony PlayStation (Mountain), Stella Artois (Ice Skating Priests), Levi’s (Twist/Odyssey), IKEA (Beds) and Lurpak (Go Freestyle). He has won some of the industry's most prestigious awards including numerous Cannes Lions, D&AD, Craft, Creative Circle and Clio awards for original composition. Raeburn has composed for various television projects including the long-running ITV1 idents. He also composed the now-ubiquitous music and sound identity for Skype.

Raeburn was commissioned to compose the music for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In the same year he wrote the live musical score for Russell Brand's re-telling of the The Pied Piper of Hamelin, which he conducted at the Royal Albert Hall.

As a recording artist, Raeburn released his debut album You and Me in 2009 to critical acclaim. He is currently putting the finishing touches to his next release.

Peter is the founder and Creative Director of multi-award winning Soundtree Music, established in 1997.

Notable work

Films

Television

Selected commercials

Music

Awards

References

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