Music by composer Peter Weis placed in season 2 of NBC’s hit show The Voice.

Music by composer Peter Weis placed in the show Wreck Chasers. You can hear the  cue at the beginning and end of the clip with the Wreck Chasers logo.

Music by Peter Weis placed in NCIS Los Angeles
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It is always nice to see your hard work pay off. I was combing through a recent list of cue sheets and found more of my music being placed.  My music has once again surfaced on MTV, found its way on to other networks like VH1 and A&E and even into the show NCIS Los Angeles.

As a kid I grew up listening to LL Cool J’s records. Actual vinyl records. It feels pretty weird to watch him walking around a scene as a federal agent, with my music playing in the background behind him. Even more interesting it wasn’t anything close to hip hop.

Back to writing more new music.

Thats All I have to say.

Music written and produced by Peter Weis and Duane Tyndale was licensed in the movie The Next Three Days starring Russell Crowe. The movie opened in theaters around the US this November.

Composer Peter Weis works with Studio 51 Music to score a 30 second promo for the Season Premiere of a popular day time talk show.  This intense in your face 30 seconds of music will start airing sometime this summer.

This is a cue i did about a month ago. Its short but one of my most favorite things I done recently. I hope you listening.  It brings out feelings of inspiration, honesty, courage and passion. I was watching the olympics almost every night at this time. It shouldn’t be to hard to hear. Enjoy the music. Would love your comments.

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The music was done using Logic Studio 8. The sounds used are coming from Logic’s EXS24 sampler. Kontakt 3, and a few Garage Band Strings from the Orchestral Jam Pack. There are also a few sounds in there from my own special custom library I have created through the years that I use in the EXS24. The EXS24 does not have as many functions as Kontakt but it much more CPU friendly.

This a piece of music I did about two months ago. When I wrote it It reminded me of the trailer for “The Secret”. The Taiko drums on this peice are a blend of my own custom samples and the Kontakt ProjectSam True Strike Drums. As a Logic Studio user I rely heavily on the EXSmkII sampler but in the last year I have grown to love Native Instruments Kontakt and Kore Player more and more.

A Secret Earth by Peter Weis (Copyright 2009)

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This is a video reel of some of my music being used on TV. One of my favorites is the SNL parody of MTV’s Sweet 16 with Scarlett Johansen. The full skit isn’t in the video but you should definitely go browsing for it on youtube.com. Its worth a good laugh.

Music for film trailers grabs our attention. It pulls us in and often combined with the editing makes the movie look a lot better then it is. I have been studying this style of music for a while now. The two things that stand out the most are the energy and the dramatic changes the music can go through in such a small amount of time. The music is usually made to follow the highlights of the film. The music can showcase drama, high energy, emotion, action and power all in 60 seconds. Below is one of my takes on “Trailer Music”

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I also edited a short video together using some of my favorite  quotes about music.