Composer
Peter Scholes
Film score
Nominated for Qantas 2008 Film Awards ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC IN FILM
"The Tattooist is a fascinating film with a unique approach to cinematic horror."
[Randall Larson BuySoundtrax.com]
"One of the standout elements is the film score by New Zealand composer Peter Scholes, who maintains an effective musical sound design, incorporating found sound as well as music derived from Samoan traditions to create a splendid sense of unease and also provide a recurring ostinato of horror throughout the film."
[Randall Larson cinefantastiqueonline.com]
" “surprising, inventive…a genuinely unique and quirky story” - Toronto Film Festival Daily
“a milestone in Kiwi cinema…a snapshot of rural Kiwi life that isn’t bleakly sinister or unnaturally harmonious…performances from the young cast are uniformly excellent.” - Chris Banks, GayNZ.com"
"Lenser Dion Beebe and composer Peter Scholes wrap the slim story in gorgeous visual and musical packaging.” - variety.com
Composer and conductor.
Film score
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
"Simply the best music ever composed for a New Zealand film, no question.” — Mark Tierney, Listener, 11 September 1993."
"She rides down to the docks in a chariot (jet-propelled by Peter Scholes’ exhilarating, Force of Destiny-laden score). She engages there the assistance of Lawrence, a penniless out-of-work hunk with a shady past and a fetching pout. Has this Boadicea met her match? Will the hireling’s persistent smoulder melt her sang froid? Meanwhile Anne, her dark, enigmatic confidante and companion, hatches schemes of her own…” — Bill Gosden, New Zealand Film Festivals, 1993
[Various reviews at filmarchive.org.nz]
Composer Peter Scholes
Music for Sunday Theatre TVNZ television drama
Director Ian Mune
"Violence, Music and Humour of Depression Era to be Dramatised for TVNZ
The Queen Street Riots – among the most divisive and violent moments in New Zealand’s recent history – are to be brought to life on TV ONE’s Sunday Theatre.
The famous incident in 1932 in which union leader Jimmy Edwards was batoned to the ground by police forms the focus of a new local drama, seen through the eyes of Edward’s 13 year old son James who watched his father’s collapse from just metres away.” throng.co.nz 2008
Composer Peter Scholes
Music for German Television drama. (JUST THINK OF US BOTH)
Directed by John Delbridge
Romance, love and tough decisions in this NZ/Germany co-production.
HINEKARO GOES ON A PICNIC AND BLOWS UP ANOTHER OBELISK
Composer Peter Scholes
Music for the short film based on a short story by Keri Hulme
Directed by Christine Parker
Composer Peter Scholes
Music for the feature film 1999
Directed by Michael Thorp
Shanghai International Film Festival - Special Jury Award