Adam Peters (composer)

Adam Peters is a British composer. He is known for his work with various bands and artists, as well as film and television scoring.

Career

Band

Peters' first band was called the Disruptive Patterns, where he played as a keyboardist. He began playing cello, piano and keyboards with Echo & the Bunnymen and during his time with the band, they released several albums, including Ocean Rain, Evergreen and Reverberation. His collaboration with lead vocalist Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant resulted in some of the band's most beloved tracks, such as "The Killing Moon", "Seven Seas" and "Never Stop".

Peters had a collaboration with the Australian band The Triffids for the albums Born Sandy Devotional, Calenture and The Black Swan. Peters and David McComb contributed to the Leonard Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan with a cover of "Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On" in 1991. The Flowerpot Men was an early electronic music group formed by Peters and Ben Watkins, the band released three 12-inch EPs, including the track "Beat City", which was featured in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Peters' cello was featured on The Dream Academy's albums. In 1994, he co-founded the band Family Of God, with clothing entrepreneur Chris Brick, releasing three albums: "Family Of God", "We Are The World", and "Exiter". In 1997, The New York Times described the band "mesmerizing psychedelic rock".

Film and television

Peters has also composed music for film and television. He collaborated with director such as Oliver Stone on the projects South of the Border, Savages, Snowden and The Untold History of the United States and Bryan Fogel on the documentaries Icarus, The Dissident and Icarus: The Aftermath. He wrote the orchestral arrangements for Paddington and contributed music to Rango, The Amazing Spider Man 2, Joker: Folie à Deux and Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

External links

• at IMDb