Pieter Schlosser (born August 17, 1980) is a Guatemalan-American film and television composer best known for Destiny 2, Disney's Secrets Of Sulphur Springs, Telemundo's Malverde: El Santo Patron, You, Me and the Apocalypse, The Lying Game, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He has also composed scores for multiple studio films and network television shows.
Early life and influences Schlosser was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala to a Dutch mother and Costa Rican father of German descent, who introduced him to jazz and classical music at a young age. He cites opera, musicals and Disney films as his earliest influences. During his childhood, his family lived and traveled between Guatemala, Austria, Panama, and Costa Rica, enabling him to expand his musical vocabulary. While living in Austria, he began singing in choirs and learned to play the piano. After moving to Panama, he began singing in a Swedish choir which sang in Spanish, English, French, German, and Swedish. He began learning saxophone and, after moving to Costa Rica, playing in symphonic bands, youth orchestra, and small jazz ensembles.
During high school, he bought the music software Cakewalk Pro Audio and began composing his own music. While graduating from the German high school in Costa Rica, Schlosser wrote a song inspired by Pat Metheny Group. The Latin Grammy Award-winning world music group Editus, who was recording an album with songs by Costa Rican composers, included Schlosser's work in their album Calle Del Viento.
He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston on a partial scholarship, where he completed a double major in Film Scoring and Music Production and Engineering. He then relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film composition.
Career Schlosser began his career in Hans Zimmer's studio Remote Control Productions, through the connections he made while working at The Record Plant in Hollywood, in which he met Alan Myerson. He worked for five years alongside Steve Jablonsky on multiple films and television series, including The Amityville Horror, The Island, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Desperate Housewives, Friday the 13th, and the Transformers film series. While working for Steve Jablonsky, Schlosser contributed additional music and conducted a small orchestra while recording the score for all nine seasons of Desperate Housewives.
In 2014, Schlosser was one of over a hundred people who were given the ASCAP Award for Top Television Series for his work on Freeform's The Lying Game.
In 2015, he composed the score for NBC's You, Me and the Apocalypse. During that same year, he also worked with the Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra and arranged a full orchestral performance of his original music in collaboration with Editus. In 2017, he scored the film What About Love starring Sharon Stone and Andy Garcia. In 2018, the IMAX film In Saturn's Rings for which he composed the opening music is set to be released.
Schlosser has also composed scores for video games, including Destiny 2, Gears of War 2, and Gears of War 3, The Sims 3, and Transformers: The Game.
Filmography / Discography
Films YearTitleRoleNotes2004Team America: World PoliceAssistant (Daumen Kaiser)SteamboyAssistant to Composer, Music Editor (temp score)2005Day ShiftRe-recording MixerShort FilmThe Amityville HorrorTechnical Score Advisor, Assistant (Steve Jablonsky)The IslandAssistant (Steve Jablonsky)2006The Quick and the UndeadComposerThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningAssistant (Steve Jablonsky)Desperate Housewives Special: All the Juicy DetailsComposer (additional music)TV movie2007I Hate MusicalsAdditional Music Programmer, Composer (additional music)Short FilmThe HitcherAdditional Music Programmer, Composer (additional music)The Fiesta GrandMusician (saxophone)TransformersTechnical Score EngineerDark MirrorComposerDragon Wars: D-WarAssistant to Composer2008Space ChimpsComposer (additional music)Forever StrongComposer (additional music)2009Arrhythmia ComposerShort FilmAppointment in VancouverComposerFriday the 13thComposer (additional music)Coyote County LoserComposerThe People SpeakComposer (additional music), Musician (sax, Indian flute, keyboard)2011Transformers: Dark of the MoonMusic Programmer2013Zombie HunterComposer (additional music)2014The Swan Princess: A Royal Family TaleComposer (additional music)Mr Maple LeafComposer (original music by)Short Film2015Pass the SaltComposerShort FilmInvisible SisterComposer (additional music)TV movie2016The Girl in the Pink MotelComposerShort Film2017PerceptionComposerShort FilmType AComposerTV movie2018In Saturn's Rings Composer (opening music) 2024 What About Love Composer (original music by)
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2003SD Gundam ForceScore Recordist2005ThresholdComposer2006Amas de casa desesperadasComposer (additional music)TV mini-series 19 episodes2005-07The ContenderAssistant (Steve Jablonsky)2002-11SpooksComposer (additional music)2010-11Life UnexpectedComposer (additional music)26 episodes2004-12Desperate HousewivesComposer (additional music)169 episodes2012The Client ListCo-Composer10 episodes2011-13The Lying GameComposer, M.C., Composer (additional music)30 episodes Won: ASCAP Award for Top Television Series2013ShowvilleComposer8 episodes2014ResurrectionComposer (additional music)3 episodesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Composer (additional music)2 episodes2015The Astronaut Wives ClubComposer (additional music)8 episodesYou, Me and the ApocalypseComposer9 episodes2016SuperhumanComposer (theme music)TV special2021Secrets of Sulphur Springs
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes2007Transformers: The GameComposer (additional music)2008Gears of War 2Composer (additional music)2009The Sims 3Composer (additional music)2011Gears of War 3Composer (additional music)2017Destiny 2Composer
Awards and nominations
ASCAP Awards
| 2014 | Freeform's The Lying Game | ASCAP Award for Top Television Series
References
External links Pieter Schlosser Official Site
Pieter Schlosser on SoundCloud