Peter Freeman (musician)
Peter Freeman (May 29, 1965 – March 16, 2021) was an American bassist, composer, and record producer.[1] Based in his studio in Los Angeles, he worked on records, live performance, and film and television soundtracks. He was primarily known for his association with avant-garde composer and trumpet-player Jon Hassell.[2] He was also a regular contributor to Electronic Musician during the 80s and 90s.[2]
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| Birth name | Peter Shapiro |
| Born | May 29, 1965 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 16, 2021 (aged 55) Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1983–2021 |
Biography
Freeman began his professional musical career in 1983 as a bassist with Indian electric violinist L. Shankar. From there, he became involved with mainstream musicians, touring with Seal and Pierce Turner, playing with John Cale, Alanis Morissette, Nile Rodgers, Shawn Colvin, Sussan Deyhim, Elliott Sharp. He was a close musical collaborator with Jon Hassell for over 25 years.[3]
He moved to Los Angeles in 2002, where he branched out into film and television as a musician and musical sound designer working with composers such as Thomas Newman, Cliff Martinez, Anton Sanko, Charlie Clouser, Jeff Rona and others.
He, along with David Zicarelli, had been the driving force behind the iPad music sampling and looping application, Looperverse.[4][5]
Freeman was a licensed amateur radio operator for over 40 years, and held an Extra Class license.[6] He died on March 16, 2021, after a year-long battle with stomach cancer.[3]
In March 2022, two of Freeman's solo albums were announced[7] by Elliott Sharp and posthumously released on zOaR Records as a digital download and a limited edition double-CD.[8] This was released as a double album, titled K3CS.
Discography
Solo works
Collaborations
- The Vertical Collection (Earshot Records, 1997) (with Jon Hassell, as Bluescreen Project)
As contributor
With Alanis Morissette
- Flavors of Entanglement (Maverick Records, 2008) – bass
With D-Train
- In Your Eyes (Columbia / EMI, 1989) – additional samples
With Hipsway
- Scratch the Surface (Phonogram, 1989) – bass
With Jan Bang
- …And Poppies From Kandahar (Samadhi Sound, 2010) – bass, electronics
With Jimmy Mbaye
- Dakar Heart (Shanachie, 1994) – bass
With Jon Hassell
- Dressing for Pleasure (Warner Bros., 1994) – bass
- Maarifa Street: Magic Realism Volume Two (Nyen, 2005) – co-producer, bass, percussion, programming, mixing
- Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street (ECM Records, 2009) – co-producer, bass, guitar, samples, percussion, mixing
- Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One) (Ndeya, 2018) – bass
- Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two) (Ndeya, 2020) – bass
With Phoebe Legere
- Phoebe Legere (Dead Dog Records, 1993) – bass
With Richard Horowitz and Sussan Deyhim
- Majoun (Sony Classical, 2005) – overtone bass
With Richard Shindell
- Blue Divide (Shanachie, 1994) – synthesizer
With Rick Cox
- Fade (Cold Blue Music, 2005) – co-producer, mixing
With Seal
- Newborn Friend (ZTT, 1994) – bass & appears in the official video
- I'm Alive (ZTT, 1994) – bass
With Shawn Colvin
- Cover Girl (Columbia, 1994) – digital editing
As mixing engineer
With Erik Sanko
- Past Imperfect, Present Tense (Jetset Records, 2001)[9]
With Veruca Salt
- Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things (Velveteen, 2005)[10]
Filmography
Collaborations
- The Deep and Dreamless Sleep (2006) – with Lee Curreri and Jeff Rona
As contributor
- The Million Dollar Hotel : "Amsterdam Blue (Cortège)" (2000)
- Saw (2004) – bass scrapes
- Traffic (2004) – bass
- Saw II (2005) – musician
- Saw III (2006) – additional score performer / musical sound designer (uncredited)
- Dead Silence (2007) – additional score sound design
- Death Sentence (2007) – musical sound design
- Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) – processed guitars
- Saw IV (2007) – original score performer
- Saw V (2008) – guitar
- Severe Clear (2009) – music programmer
- Saw VI (2009) – guitars
- Saw: The Final Chapter (2010) – guitars
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) – guitar
- The Company You Keep (2012) – title sequence drum
- Jessabelle (2014) – additional electronic textures
- Visions (2015) – score mixing
- The Neighbor (2016) – additional music
- The Drowning (2016) – score mixing
- Jigsaw (2017) – weird guitar samples
- Fractured (2019) – processed bass and additional textures
- Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) – additional musical sound design
Television
As contributor
- Alpha House (2013) – score mixing, electric bass, upright bass, guitar
- Big Love (2006) – musical sound design
- Great Migrations (2010) – guitar, bass, programming
- Las Vegas (2003) – guitar, bass, programming
- NUMB3RS (2005) – bass, programming
- The Romanoffs (2018) – score mixing
- Traffic (2004) – musical sound design (uncredited)
References
- ^ "Spotlight: Peter Freeman". Guitar Moderne. March 3, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ a b Yelton, Geary. "Jon Hassell: Ambassador from the Fourth World". Electronic Musician. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ a b Ndeya Records (March 22, 2021). "We were shocked and saddened to receive the news last week that Peter Freeman has passed away at the age of 55". Twitter. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ "Looperverse Guide". Retronyms. April 4, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ Preve, Francis (July 2017). "Looperverse: Review". Electronic Musician: 60.
- ^ "Vanity License – K3CS – Freeman, Peter". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Sharp, Elliott. "New zOaR album releases". www.instagram.com. Instagram. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ Freeman, Peter. "K3CS". Bandcamp. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ "Past Imperfect, Present Tense – Erik Sanko | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ "Veruca Salt – Lords Of Sounds And Lesser Things". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved November 3, 2020.