Rasmus Faber

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Rasmus Faber
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Rasmus Faber performing in Japan
Background information
Birth nameRasmus Peter Faber
Born (1979-05-16) 16 May 1979 (age 46)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres House Music, Jazz
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • Composer
Years active1999–present
Labels Farplane Records
Website rasmusfaber.com

Rasmus Peter Faber (born 16 May 1979) is a Swedish pianist, [1] DJ, remixer, composer, record producer, sound engineer, and founder of the record label Farplane Records. [2] 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. [2] Over the last decade, Faber has become better known as a composer of music for anime, computer games, advertising, and virtual reality worlds.

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Early life

Following his musical education, Faber started working as a session musician, [3] 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. [4] 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. [5] The first single on the label was "Ever After" featuring singer Emily McEwan, which was a successful club hit worldwide. [6]

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. [7]

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; [8] Java Jazz Festival, [9] Jakarta, Indonesia; the Southport Weekender Festival. [10]

Discography

Music department

YearWorkTypeJobEpisodesRef.
2024 Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf TV Seriesmusic coordinator16 [11] [ unreliable source? ]
2024Trapeziummusic coordinator
2021 Moriarty the Patriot TV Seriestheme music composer13
2020 D4DJ Groovy Mix Video Gamecomposer additional music
2019 Ensemble Stars! TV Seriescomposer additional music
2018 Takunomi TV Seriestheme music composer12
2017 Arcaea Video Gamecomposer additional music
2015 – 2016 The Asterisk War TV 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
2015 Gourmet Girl Graffiti TV Mini Seriestheme music composer12
2012 Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne TV Seriestheme music composer24

Composer

YearWorkTypeEpisodesRef.
2021AMAIM Warrior at the BorderlineTV Series13 [11]
2021ArtisWitchTV Series6
2020The Multiverse Bakery: Tales from Soda Island, Chapter 1Short
2018 Harukana Receive TV Mini Series12
2015 - 2016 The Asterisk War TV Series

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNotesWorkResultRef.
2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards

HMMA Award

Best Song/Score - Mobile Video GameShared with: Robbie Say, Martin Landström, Matthew Carl Earl, Laurent Courbier, Henrik Lindström, Volker Bertelmann, 2WEI Honor of Kings Won [12] [ unreliable source? ] [13]
2016Anime Trending Awards

Annual Award

Best in Soundtrack5th place The Asterisk War Nominated [12] [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Rasmus Faber – piano & keyboards". Stockholm Jazz. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Java Jazz Festival Festival 2011". Jazzuality. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rasmus Faber & The RaFa Orchestra". timeout.jp. 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Rasmus Faber Feat. Melo | Never Felt So Fly". Discogs. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Junior Jack – E Samba (Rasmus Faber Remixes) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Rasmus Faber in Korea". Sweden Abroad. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rasmus Faber". Rasmus Faber official website. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  8. ↑ ラスマス・フェイバー Live Band Set. Billboard Live. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Java Jazz Festival 2011 Line up". Java Jazz Festival. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Southport Weekender Festival 2011 Line-up". Southport Weekender. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  11. 1 2 "Rasmus Faber". IMDb. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Rasmus Faber Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  13. ↑ Grein, Paul (21 November 2024). "'Emilia Pérez' and Hans Zimmer Are Top Winners at 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards". Billboard . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Anime Trending Awards 2016 Aspect Awards". anitrendz. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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