Rasmus Peter Faber (born 16 May 1979) is a Swedish pianist, DJ, remixer, composer, record producer, sound engineer, and founder of the record label Farplane Records. He is notable in the electronic dance music genre, and performs solo as a DJ and pianist, and live with his band the RaFa Orchestra. Over the last decade, Faber has become better known as a composer of music for anime, computer games, advertising, and virtual reality worlds.

Early life

Following his musical education, Faber started working as a session musician, pianist, and musical director for local acts in Sweden.

Producer career

In 2002, Faber released his first collaboration single "Never Felt So Fly" with Melo produced by British record label Black Vinyl Records. After its success, his career and reputation grew quickly, and Rasmus started collaborating with big dance label Defected Records, and achieved further success and notoriety with his remix of Junior Jack's E Samba. The first single on the label was "Ever After" featuring singer Emily McEwan, which was a successful club hit worldwide.

Over the last decade, Faber has become producer of exotic instruments (and performers), including the nyckelharpa and tongue drum (used on YouTube virtual celebrity project Artiswitch). His down-tempo single, "Be Real", has become his most popular release to date with more than 24 million streams on Spotify and counting.

RaFa Orchestra

Since 2009, Faber has been playing his songs live, together with a group of ten musicians and singers forming the RaFa Orchestra. Selected venues they have played include Billboard Live Tokyo/Osaka; Java Jazz Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia; the Southport Weekender Festival.

Discography

Music department

YearWorkTypeJobEpisodesRef.
2024Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise WolfTV Seriesmusic coordinator16[unreliable source?]
2024Trapeziummusic coordinator
2021Moriarty the PatriotTV Seriestheme music composer13
2020D4DJ Groovy MixVideo Gamecomposer additional music
2019Ensemble Stars!TV Seriescomposer additional music
2018TakunomiTV Seriestheme music composer12
2017ArcaeaVideo Gamecomposer additional music
2015 – 2016The Asterisk WarTV SeriesLyrics and music: "Hold You in the Wind" Vocals: "Hold You in the Wind" Music: ending theme lyrics and music: "Lonely Feather" Lyrics and music: ending theme Music: "Ai no Taiyō"24
2015Gourmet Girl GraffitiTV Mini Seriestheme music composer12
2012Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-neTV Seriestheme music composer24

Composer

YearWorkTypeEpisodesRef.
2021AMAIM Warrior at the BorderlineTV Series13
2021ArtisWitchTV Series6
2020The Multiverse Bakery: Tales from Soda Island, Chapter 1Short
2018Harukana ReceiveTV Mini Series12
2015 - 2016The Asterisk WarTV Series

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNotesWorkResultRef.
2024Hollywood Music in Media Awards HMMA AwardBest Song/Score - Mobile Video GameShared with: Robbie Say, Martin Landström, Matthew Carl Earl, Laurent Courbier, Henrik Lindström, Volker Bertelmann, 2WEIHonor of KingsWon[unreliable source?]
2016Anime Trending Awards Annual AwardBest in Soundtrack5th placeThe Asterisk WarNominated

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