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Peter Boyer’s training included work with two Academy Award-winning composers: John Corigliano in New York and Elmer Bernstein in Los Angeles. After completing his doctorate on the East Coast, Boyer relocated to Los Angeles to train in USC’s Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. There he worked with Bernstein, who became a mentor, and also worked with composers such as David Raksin, Christopher Young, and “Disney Legend” Buddy Baker.
Boyer has worked on a variety of film, television, video, and interactive media projects as composer, orchestrator, arranger, or conductor. In recent years he has worked frequently as an orchestrator for Oscar-, Emmy-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer Michael Giacchino, and his principal orchestrator and conductor Tim Simonec. Other film and television composers for whom Boyer has orchestrated music include Mark Isham, John Ottman, Graeme Revell, Michael Wandmacher, Bill Conti, Mark Watters, and the late Michael Kamen. Boyer composed scores for four hour-long episodes of The History Channel series Engineering an Empire—episodes which focused on the empires of Carthage, Byzantium, Persia, and France.
Peter Boyer’s page on IMDb (The Internet Movie Database)
| Original score The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers featured as centerpiece of An American Salute: The Pops at 125, produced and telecast by WCVB-TV 5, Boston’s ABC affiliate, with narrators Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Cherry Jones, and the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart |
| Orchestrated music for the Robert Redford film The Conspirator (composer Mark Isham) |
| Orchestrated music for the Universal Pictures film Land of the Lost (composer Michael Giacchino) |
| Orchestrated music for the Disney/Pixar film Up (composer Michael Giacchino) |
| Orchestrated music for the Paramount Pictures film Star Trek (composer Michael Giacchino) |
| Arranged and orchestrated music, including main theme music, for the 81st Annual Academy Awards telecast (music director Michael Giacchino), broadcast internationally on the ABC Television Network |
| Orchestrated music for the Lionsgate/Marvel film Punisher: War Zone (composer Michael Wandmacher) |
| Orchestrated music for the Universal Studios film Beethoven’s Big Break (composer Robert Folk) |
| Conducted film/TV trailer music for composer Nick Phoenix (Quantum Leap Productions) |
| Orchestrated music for the Warner Bros. film Speed Racer (composer Michael Giacchino) |
| Orchestrated music for the Columbia Pictures film Pineapple Express (composer Graeme Revell) |
| Orchestrated music from the ABC television show Lost (composer Michael Giacchino) for concert performance with the Honolulu Symphony |
| Original music from Ellis Island: The Dream of America used in From the 50 Yard Line, a documentary feature film (Blake House Media) |
| Orchestrated music for the Electronic Arts game Medal of Honor: Airborne (composer Michael Giacchino) |
| Composed original music for episodes of The History Channel series Engineering an Empire (broadcast premieres November-December 2006); production company KPI-TV |
| Composed original music for TV advertising campaign for Sea Island Resorts (advertising agency: The Designory) |
| Orchestrated music for the Paramount Pictures film Mission: Impossible III (composer Michael Giacchino) |
| Orchestrated music for the 20th Century Fox film Fantastic Four (composer John Ottman) |
| Orchestrated music for the Activision games Call of Duty 2 and Big Red One (composer Graeme Revell) |
| Original score New Beginnings used as soundtrack for W.K. Kellogg Foundation 75th anniversary DVD |
| Orchestrated music for the 20th Century Fox/Regency film First Daughter (composers Michael Kamen and Blake Neely) |
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Orchestrated music for the Touchstone Pictures film Open Range (composer Michael Kamen) |
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Orchestrated music for the Paramount Pictures film Against the Ropes (composer Michael Kamen) |
| Conducted two national television commercials (on-camera principal) for National Cattlemen’s Beef Council/Leo Burnett USA advertising agency—regular network broadcasts for two years |
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Conducted score for episode of Boston Public, broadcast nationally on Fox television network |
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Orchestrated music for the 73rd Annual Academy Awards telecast (music director Bill Conti), broadcast internationally on the ABC television network |
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Composed/conducted original score for 854, a short film produced by Satellite Films |
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Composed original score for Walk the Way of Love, a short documentary film |
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Composed original theme music for Impact, a Los Angeles weekly newsmagazine produced at the University of Southern California |
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Orchestrated music for the TNT original miniseries Rough Riders (composer Peter Bernstein) |
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Orchestrated music for the MGM Animation feature film Babes in Toyland (composer Mark Watters) |
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Composed original score for Continuing the Legacy (USC School of Cinema-Television) |
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Composed/conducted original score for short film The Clinic |
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Composed/conducted original score for short film Covenant—this film played at more than 20 festivals in the U.S. and Europe, receiving nine awards including the CINE Golden Eagle |
 Performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony, except where noted |
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“Spock Bans Offshore Drilling” from Star Trek Composed by Michael Giacchino; orchestrated by Peter Boyer |
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“Run and Shoot Offense” from Star Trek Composed by Michael Giacchino; orchestrated by Peter Boyer |
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“Geriatric Dogfight” from Up Composed by Michael Giacchino; orchestrated by Peter Boyer |
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“Escape from Muntz Mountain” from Up Composed by Michael Giacchino; orchestrated by Peter Boyer |
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“Shang Way High” from Mission: Impossible III Composed by Michael Giacchino; orchestrated by Peter Boyer |
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“Can You Shoot Me Now?” from Mission: Impossible III Composed by Michael Giacchino; orchestrated by Peter Boyer |
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“Phantom Finish” from Speed Racer Composed by Michael Giacchino; orchestrated by Peter Boyer |
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“Sleestak Showdown” from Land of the Lost Composed by Michael Giacchino; orchestrated by Peter Boyer |
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Main Theme from 81st Annual Academy Awards Composed by Michael Giacchino; arranged and orchestrated by Peter Boyer Academy Awards Orchestra |
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“The Play and the Flight” from Finding Neverland Composed by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek; arranged for the Academy Awards by Peter Boyer Academy Awards Orchestra |
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“Pineapple Fight (The Nemesis Proclaimed)” from Pineapple Express Composed by Graeme Revell; orchestrated by Peter Boyer (Electronic tracks by Graeme Revell, with added orchestra) |
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“A Taste of Power” from Fantastic Four Composed by John Ottman; orchestrated by Peter Boyer (Electronic tracks by John Ottman, with added orchestra) |
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“Lights On!” from Punisher: War Zone Composed by Michael Wandmacher; orchestrated by Peter Boyer (Electronic tracks by Michael Wandmacher, with added orchestra) |
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“Two Berettas” from Punisher: War Zone Composed by Michael Wandmacher; orchestrated by Peter Boyer (Electronic tracks by Michael Wandmacher, with added orchestra) |
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 From The History Channel series Engineering an Empire Electronic/sampled score by Peter Boyer | |
| “Completing Notre Dame” from Napoleon: Steel Monster |
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| “The Hippodrome” from The Byzantines |
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| “Constantine” from The Byzantines |
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| “Searching for Water” from The Persians |
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| “Farewell Carthage” from Carthage |
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From the short film 854 |
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“Waiting” Orchestra with solo piano (played by Alan Steinberger) |
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From the documentary film From the 50 Yard Line |
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“Finding Our Strength” (adapted from the concert work Ellis Island) Orchestra |
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Demo cues |
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“Where the Heart Leads” Orchestra |
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“Evening’s Done” Acoustic rock combo |
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