Pieter Schlosser

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Pieter Schlosser
Born (1980-08-17) August 17, 1980 (age 43)
Other namesPieter A. Schlosser
Alma mater Berklee College of Music
Occupation Composer
Years active2003 - present
Musical career
Genres Film scores, orchestral, video games
Website www.pieterschlosser.com

Pieter Schlosser (born August 17, 1980) is a Guatemalan-American film and television composer best known for Destiny 2 , [1] You, Me and the Apocalypse , The Lying Game , and Transformers: Dark of the Moon . [2] He has also composed scores for multiple studio films and network television shows. [3]

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Early life and influences

Schlosser was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala to a Dutch mother and Costa Rican father of German descent, who introduced him to jazz and classical music at a young age. He cites opera, musicals and Disney films as his earliest influences. During his childhood, his family lived and traveled between Guatemala, Austria, Panama, and Costa Rica, enabling him to expand his musical vocabulary. [4] [5] While living in Austria, he began singing in choirs and learned to play the piano. After moving to Panama, he began singing in a Swedish choir which sang in Spanish, English, French, German, and Swedish. He began learning saxophone and, after moving to Costa Rica, playing in symphonic bands, youth orchestra, and small jazz ensembles. [5]

During high school, he bought the music software Cakewalk Pro Audio and began composing his own music. While graduating from the German high school in Costa Rica, Schlosser wrote a song inspired by Pat Metheny Group. The Latin Grammy Award-winning world music group Editus, [6] who was recording an album with songs by Costa Rican composers, included Schlosser's work in their album Calle Del Viento. [7]

He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston on a partial scholarship, where he completed a double major in Film Scoring and Music Production and Engineering. [8] He then relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film composition. [9]

Career

Schlosser began his career in Hans Zimmer's studio Remote Control Productions, through the connections he made while working at The Record Plant in Hollywood, in which he met Alan Myerson. He worked for five years alongside Steve Jablonsky on multiple films and television series, including The Amityville Horror, The Island, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning , Desperate Housewives , Friday the 13th , and the Transformers film series. [10] While working for Steve Jablonsky, Schlosser contributed additional music and conducted a small orchestra while recording the score for all nine seasons of Desperate Housewives. [11]

In 2014, Schlosser was one of over a hundred people who were given the ASCAP Award for Top Television Series for his work on Freeform's The Lying Game . [12]

In 2015, he composed the score for NBC's You, Me and the Apocalypse . [13] During that same year, he also worked with the Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra and arranged a full orchestral performance of his original music in collaboration with Editus. [14] In 2017, he scored the film What About Love starring Sharon Stone and Andy Garcia. [15] In 2018, the IMAX film In Saturn's Rings for which he composed the opening music is set to be released. [16]

Schlosser has also composed scores for video games, including Destiny 2 , [17] Gears of War 2 [18] , and Gears of War 3 , [19] The Sims 3 , and Transformers: The Game .

Filmography / Discography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Team America: World Police Assistant (Daumen Kaiser)
Steamboy Assistant to Composer, Music Editor (temp score)
2005Day ShiftRe-recording MixerShort Film
The Amityville Horror Technical Score Advisor, Assistant (Steve Jablonsky)
The Island Assistant (Steve Jablonsky)
2006 The Quick and the Undead Composer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Assistant (Steve Jablonsky)
Desperate Housewives Special: All the Juicy Details Composer (additional music)TV movie
2007I Hate MusicalsAdditional Music Programmer, Composer (additional music)Short Film
The Hitcher Additional Music Programmer, Composer (additional music)
The Fiesta GrandMusician (saxophone)
Transformers Technical Score Engineer
Dark Mirror Composer
Dragon Wars: D-War Assistant to Composer
2008 Space Chimps Composer (additional music)
Forever Strong Composer (additional music)
2009ArrhythmiaComposerShort Film
Appointment in VancouverComposer
Friday the 13th Composer (additional music)
Coyote County LoserComposer
The People Speak Composer (additional music), Musician (sax, Indian flute, keyboard)
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Music Programmer
2013 Zombie Hunter Composer (additional music)
2014 The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale Composer (additional music)
Mr Maple LeafComposer (original music by)Short Film
2015Pass the SaltComposerShort Film
Invisible Sister Composer (additional music)TV movie
2016The Girl in the Pink MotelComposerShort Film
2017PerceptionComposerShort Film
Type AComposerTV movie
2018 In Saturn's Rings Composer (opening music)
2024 What About Love Composer (original music by)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 SD Gundam Force Score Recordist
2005 Threshold Composer
2006 Amas de casa desesperadas Composer (additional music)TV mini-series

19 episodes

2005-07 The Contender Assistant (Steve Jablonsky)
2002-11 Spooks Composer (additional music)
2010-11 Life Unexpected Composer (additional music)26 episodes
2004-12 Desperate Housewives Composer (additional music)169 episodes
2012 The Client List Co-Composer10 episodes
2011-13 The Lying Game Composer, M.C., Composer (additional music)30 episodes

Won: ASCAP Award for Top Television Series

2013ShowvilleComposer8 episodes
2014 Resurrection Composer (additional music)3 episodes
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Composer (additional music)2 episodes
2015 The Astronaut Wives Club Composer (additional music)8 episodes
You, Me and the Apocalypse Composer9 episodes
2016 Superhuman Composer (theme music)TV special
2021 Secrets of Sulphur Springs

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Transformers: The Game Composer (additional music)
2008 Gears of War 2 Composer (additional music)
2009 The Sims 3 Composer (additional music)
2011 Gears of War 3 Composer (additional music)
2017 Destiny 2 Composer

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Awards and nominations

ASCAP Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2014 Freeform's The Lying Game ASCAP Award for Top Television Series Won [22] [ failed verification ] [23]

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