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In addition to his work as a composer for the concert hall, Boyer is active in the film and television music industry. In recent years, his skills as an orchestrator (one who works from composers’ sketches to create complete orchestral scores for recording) have been increasingly in demand. Boyer has contributed orchestrations to more than 20 Hollywood film scores, from studios including Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Disney, Pixar, Universal Pictures, Sony/Columbia Pictures, MGM, Touchstone Pictures, Lionsgate/Marvel, Intrepid Pictures, and Relativity Media. Boyer has orchestrated music for several of Hollywood’s top composers, including James Horner (The Amazing Spider-Man), Thomas Newman (the James Bond film Skyfall), Alan Menken, Michael Giacchino (the Oscar-winning Up, Star Trek, Cars 2, Super 8, John Carter, Mission: Impossible III, Speed Racer), Mark Isham (Dolphin Tale, The Conspirator), Harry Gregson-Williams (Arthur Christmas), Graeme Revell (Pineapple Express), John Ottman (Fantastic Four), and the late Michael Kamen (Open Range, First Daughter, Against the Ropes).
For television, Boyer has twice arranged and orchestrated music for the Academy Awards, including the 2009 telecast, and orchestrated several of Mark Isham’s scores for the ABC series Once Upon A Time. Boyer composed original scores for episodes of The History Channel series Engineering an Empire. His music has also appeared in documentary film, short films, and a variety of television programs.
Boyer has also conducted a variety of recording sessions for film/TV, including the 2012 score restoration of the 1927 silent film classic Wings (the first Best Picture winner) as part of the Paramount Pictures centennial.
Peter Boyer’s page on IMDb (The Internet Movie Database)
| Orchestrated music for the MGM/Columbia Pictures film Skyfall (composer Thomas Newman) |
| Orchestrated music from Toy Story 3 (composer Randy Newman) and Wall-E (composer Thomas Newman) for Pixar in Concert, a live event produced by Disney/Pixar, performed by the San Francisco Symphony and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra |
| Orchestrated music for the Summertime Entertainment film Dorothy of Oz (composer Toby Chu) |
| Orchestrated music for the Sony/Columbia Pictures/Marvel film The Amazing Spider-Man (composer James Horner) |
| Orchestrated music for the ABC television show Once Upon a Time (composer Mark Isham) |
| Orchestrated music for the Disney film John Carter (composer Michael Giacchino) |
| Orchestrated music for the Sony Pictures Animation film Arthur Christmas (composer Harry Gregson-Williams) |
| Orchestrated music for the Summit Entertainment/Intrepid Pictures film The Cold Light of Day (composer Lucas Vidal) |
| Orchestrated music for the Warner Bros. film Dolphin Tale (composer Mark Isham) |
| Orchestrated music for the Paramount Pictures film Super 8 (composer Michael Giacchino; producer Steven Spielberg) |
| Orchestrated music for the Disney/Pixar film Cars 2 (composer Michael Giacchino) |
| Orchestrated music for the American Film Company film The Conspirator (composer Mark Isham; director Robert Redford) |
| 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; program won a Boston/New England Emmy Award in the Arts/Entertainment category |
| 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; Academy Award for Best Original Score) |
| 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; 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 game Call of Duty 2: 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 |
 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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“Where the Heart Leads” Orchestra |
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“Evening’s Done” Acoustic rock combo |
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