Peter Dasent

Peter Dasent is a New Zealand born composer, pianist and songwriter who has lived and worked in Sydney, Australia since 1981. He played keyboards in the bands Spats, and The Crocodiles. He leads the chamber-jazz group the Umbrellas, is writing a book on the music of Nino Rota and currently works in music composition for film and television, most notably in the children's television series ''Play School''.

Some of his more famous works were with Peter Jackson in three of his early films : ''Meet the Feebles'' (1989), ''Braindead'' (1992) and ''Heavenly Creatures'' (1994).

He also composed the music of three other movies : ''Channelling Baby'' (2000), ''Cubbyhouse'' (2001), and ''Voodoo Lagoon'' (2006), plus some music for TV series and documentaries. Provided by Wikipedia