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Peter Lam | Composer | Biography |
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Born in Hong Kong and musically trained in London, Peter is an award-winning composer based in Los Angeles. Graduated from the acclaimed Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television (SMPTV) program at the University of Southern California – Peter studied with distinguished composers including Christopher Young (Spiderman 3), Bruce Broughton (Silverado) and Garry Schyman (Bioshock). He had also been privately mentored by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) through the USC mentorship program. In 2016, Peter has been awarded a BAFTA Los Angeles scholarship by the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA).
Passionate in creating music for film and media, Peter has scored over 35 short films of various genres - recent scores include: documentary Lost & Found (selected at this year’s Cannes Film Festival), period drama The Ballerina, Her Shoemaker, & His Apprentice (winner of Grand Jury Award at NGF Film Festival), and animated short Lovebites (awarded and selected at over 10 film festivals internationally with 3.5 million views on Youtube). Peter has also composed production tracks for top music library publishers, and mobile jingles for Microsoft Lumia devices. Always opened to different ideas and creative challenges, Peter has worked with filmmakers from all over the world - Australia, China, India, Hong Kong, Macedonia, New Zealand, US and UK.
Prior to USC, Peter graduated from King’s College London with first-class honors in music, majoring in composition. Alongside his degree, Peter studied film scoring at the Faber Media Music Academy, orchestration at the Royal Academy of Music, and ethno-musical composition at the School of Oriental & African Studies. As a concert music composer, his works has been performed by the Dulwich Symphony, Oxford Maqam, King’s Philharmonic, and Ensemble Novus amongst others, and has been commissioned by Arts Council England on performing arts projects.
Comfortable in composing across various genres and medium, Peter aims to deliver music of the highest quality, and is open to all kinds of collaborations.
Passionate in creating music for film and media, Peter has scored over 35 short films of various genres - recent scores include: documentary Lost & Found (selected at this year’s Cannes Film Festival), period drama The Ballerina, Her Shoemaker, & His Apprentice (winner of Grand Jury Award at NGF Film Festival), and animated short Lovebites (awarded and selected at over 10 film festivals internationally with 3.5 million views on Youtube). Peter has also composed production tracks for top music library publishers, and mobile jingles for Microsoft Lumia devices. Always opened to different ideas and creative challenges, Peter has worked with filmmakers from all over the world - Australia, China, India, Hong Kong, Macedonia, New Zealand, US and UK.
Prior to USC, Peter graduated from King’s College London with first-class honors in music, majoring in composition. Alongside his degree, Peter studied film scoring at the Faber Media Music Academy, orchestration at the Royal Academy of Music, and ethno-musical composition at the School of Oriental & African Studies. As a concert music composer, his works has been performed by the Dulwich Symphony, Oxford Maqam, King’s Philharmonic, and Ensemble Novus amongst others, and has been commissioned by Arts Council England on performing arts projects.
Comfortable in composing across various genres and medium, Peter aims to deliver music of the highest quality, and is open to all kinds of collaborations.
