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Peter Calandra(I)

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  • Composer
  • Actor
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Peter Calandra is a prolific composer and keyboard player who has been immersed in the New York City music scene for most of his life; he has scored over 70 films, written over 2000 compositions for television broadcast (including over 40 theme packages for nationally broadcast sports shows including ESPN's theme for the Special Olympics World Games) and performed as a musician in the Broadway productions of Miss Saigon (for 10 years), The Lion King, Les Miserables, The Phantom Of The Opera, and Little Shop Of Horrors. Calandra has garnered acclaim for composing music for Jellysmoke, a film which won the Los Angeles Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, and Unknown Soldier, a film which won the Los Angeles and Philadelphia Film Festivals and also was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He's scored music for every major television network. In addition to his Broadway resume -- which includes first chair keyboard player positions for many of those productions -- he has also performed with the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, NY Pops Orchestra, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Susan Anton, Don Cherry, Aretha Franklin, Allen Ginsberg, Annie Golden, Donna McKechnie, Lillianne Montevecchi, and he spent 16 years as the keyboard player in the NYC-based Climax Band, the creative vehicle for artist and musician Larry Rivers. Calandra's prismatic experience and artistry allows him to authentically inhabit a multitude of genres, conjure up a diverse selection of moods and emotions, and work within a broad array of mediums. "I don't try to define anything because I find that, as a creative person, when you put something in a box, you limit the creative flow," Calandra says. In addition to his keyboard and compositional skills, he is also an accomplished guitarist and multifaceted studio engineer versed in the arts of tracking and mixing. Currently, he's on the faculty at Queens College, CUNY teaching Audio/MIDI, Film Scoring and Music Composition to both graduate and undergraduate students. Somehow, Calandra also finds time for personal creativity. His solo albums are wonderfully diverse, spanning world music, Christmas music, jazz, contemporary jazz, new age, pop, and classical. The thread throughout is the lyrical expressiveness of the compositions and purity and purposefulness of the musicianship. Visit petecalandramusic for more music, information and social media links.
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Known for:

Al Pacino in 88 Minutes (2007)
88 Minutes
5.9
  • Soundtrack("The Story")
  • 2007
Michael Shannon in The Iceman (2012)
The Iceman
6.8
  • Soundtrack("Moonbeams")
  • 2012
Jean-Claude Van Damme in In Hell (2003)
In Hell
6.1
  • Soundtrack("Mid East Mix")
  • 2003
Trip to the Planetarium (2008)
Trip to the Planetarium
Short
  • Composer
  • 2008

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Music Department

  • The 96 Effect (2021)
    The 96 Effect
    • music producer (2021)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • SEC Storied: Once Upon a Comeback (2021)
    SEC Storied: Once Upon a Comeback
    • music producer
    • 2021
  • Maria Sharapova: The Point (2017)
    Maria Sharapova: The Point
    • composer: theme music
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Countdown to the Special Olympics World Games with Robin Roberts (2015)
    Countdown to the Special Olympics World Games with Robin Roberts
    • composer: additional music
    • composer: theme music
    • TV Special
    • 2015
  • 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (2015)
    2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
    • composer: theme music
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013)
    Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen
    • arranger
    • 2013
  • Unlikely Animal Friends (2012)
    Unlikely Animal Friends
    • composed by
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Talhotblond: (2009)
    Talhotblond:
    • composer: additional music
    • 2009
  • Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa in Hope & Faith (2003)
    Hope & Faith
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2004
  • 13th Child (2002)
    13th Child
    • music engineer
    • music mixer
    • musician: keyboards, guitar and sequencing
    • 2002

Composer

  • The 96 Effect (2021)
    The 96 Effect
    • Composer (2021)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • SEC Storied: Once Upon a Comeback (2021)
    SEC Storied: Once Upon a Comeback
    • Composer
    • 2021
  • 2020 Democratic National Convention (2020)
    2020 Democratic National Convention
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • The 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2019)
    The 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
    • Composer (segment )
    • TV Special
    • 2019
  • FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 (2019)
    FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019
    • main title composer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
    The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
    • score composer
    • TV Special
    • 2017
  • Maria Sharapova: The Point (2017)
    Maria Sharapova: The Point
    • score composer
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
    The 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
    • score composer
    • TV Special
    • 2016
  • SEC Storied (2011)
    SEC Storied
    • score composer
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • George Lucas, Rita Moreno, Carole King, and Seiji Ozawa in The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2015)
    The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
    • score composer
    • TV Special
    • 2015
  • The Halloween Pranksta (2014)
    The Halloween Pranksta
    • Composer
    • TV Short
    • 2014
  • 41 on 41 (2014)
    41 on 41
    • Composer (music composed by)
    • 2014
  • Nine for IX (2013)
    Nine for IX
    • score composer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • La maleta
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (2012)
    The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls
    • Composer
    • 2012

Actor

  • hIMPERFECT
    • Muscle Man
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Petersburg
    • Apollon Petersburg
    • 2007
  • Breadwinner
    • The Ref
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Case of Illness
    • Video
    • 2004
  • Paper Plane
    • Granpa
    • Short
    • 1999
  • Next Year in Jerusalem (1997)
    Next Year in Jerusalem
    • Barbra's Escort
    • 1997

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