Pete Kneser - Music and sound design
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Located in Los Angeles. Services include:

Original music composition
Sound design
Sound editing
Mixing

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BIO

Born a cheesehead, Pete grew up, almost literally, in his father's music store in Waukesha, WI (home of Les Paul) and began pounding on drums in his basement at a very young age. If that didn't disturb his parents enough, the same basement soon became the rehearsal space for his various bands until he went off to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh to study music and radio/TV/film. With a bachelor's degree firmly in hand, Pete decided to move to Los Angeles with his band at the time and really "learn" the biz. After several more bands and stints at Lost Planet, Hyena Editorial and Audiobanks, he gathered enough credits and clients to work in shorts and a t-shirt every day at his home studio in Valencia, CA.

You have heard Pete's work on numerous national television commercials, major network promos, films such as Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday, shows including American Idol, The Office and The Real World, plus documentary, independent and short films featuring Michael Douglas, Amanda Peet, Peter Weller, Billy Zane, Nikki Reed and Leland Orser.

CREDITS AND CLIENTS


directors:
Oliver Stone, Christopher Guest, Wayne Isham, Leslie Dektor, Joe Pytka, Lance Acord

studios/networks:
20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox Television, HBO, Showtime, MTV, USA Network, Paramount, Comedy Central, ESPN, Sci Fi Channel, Bravo, Travel Channel, Discovery, Animal Planet, Planet Green

agencies:
Rubin Postaer & Assoc., Colby & Partners, J. Walter Thompson, Foote Cone & Belding, Satchi & Satchi, TBWA Chiat Day, DDB Needham, Publicist Hal Riney, Darcy-LA, The Bergman Group, Ogilvy & Mather, 5th Gear Advertising

creative:
Singing Serpent, Motion Theory, Dektor Film, Hyena Editorial, Winston Davis & Associates, Lost Planet Editorial, Primal Scream, Decibel Architects, Shoreline Studios, Blur, Stonehenge Media, Evolve Post, Dalaklis McKeown Entertainment, ASA Entertainment, Echo Entertainment, Crosscreek Entertainment, Starbreeze Studios, Blue Cow Creative, Potbelly Pig Productions, Big Air Studios, The Zizo Group, V3D Films, Bellator Sport Worldwide, Make It Happen Productions, Berad Studio

production music:
The Hollywood Edge, Pump Audio, Fifth Floor, Sonic Librarian, Alibi, Network Music, Beyond, Fresh Music, Clemistry Music, Playtunes Music, Scorekeepers, Quest Worldwide Production Music, Smash Trax, Soundscape Media, Muse IQ


Toyota, Ford, Dodge, Honda, Suzuki, Sony, American Express, AT&T, Major League Baseball, ESPN, Fox Sports, Coors Light, Showtime, MTV, Overstock.com, Directv, Adidas, New Balance, Fellowes, Arco, Sprite, MetLife, Wachovia, Goodwill, American Heart Association, Ryland Homes, ACLI, Pinnacle Golf, CBS Sports, The Jim Rome Show, Savemart, Pew Charitable Trusts, Cisco Systems, Bellator MMA, Hawaii State FCU


2013 - Hay Days (original music, mix)
2012 - The Fourth Noble Truth (original music)
2012 - Coming Of Age Films (sound design, mix, licensed music)
2012 - Home From War (sound design, mix)
2012 - The Ivy League, (sound design, mix)
2011 - Blood & Curry, (sound design, mix)
2010 - I Am A World Champion, series of shorts for ESPN (mix)
2010 - Nuclear Tipping Point, narrated by Michael Douglas (original music, sound design)
2010 - Marwencol, documentary, multiple festival winner (sound design, mix)
2009 - Wienerfest: The Movie (original music)
2009 - Crutch, a film by Diana Cignoni (original music)
2008 - Illegal Hope, documentary (licensed music)
2008 - Unknown Sender, series of shorts w/actors including Timothy Dalton and Mindy Sterling (sound design, mix)
2006 - Morning, a short film by Leland Orser - Santa Barbara, South by Southwest, Cleveland, LA Shorts and St. Louis film festivals (sound design)
2006 - Shut Up And Ride, narrated by Keith David - deadCENTER Film Festival (sound design, mix)
2006 - Fourteen, Sundance Film Festival (sound design)
2005 - Bastards Of The Party, HBO documentary (licensed music)
2005 - Man Of God, starring Peter Weller and Nikki Reed (original music, sound design, mix)
2004 - Invisible, a short film by Pete Kovacs (original music, sound design, mix)
2003 - Rockfish, animated short by Blur Studio, Academy Awards short list (sound design)
2003 - Control Factor, USA Network film (original music)
2001 - Invincible, Icon Pictures film starring Billy Zane (sound design)
2001 - Date Squad, by Warner Brothers, starring Amanda Peet (sound design, mix)
2000 - Operation Sandman, Paramount Pictures film (original music)
1999 - Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone (music, sound design)


licensed music:
101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow
20/20
30 Rock
48 Hours
48 Hours Mystery
60 Minutes
ABC America This Morning
ABC Tennis
ABC World News Tonight
All My Children
Amazing Race
America's Funniest Home Videos
Americas Got Talent
America's Most Wanted
The Apprentice
As The World Turns
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette
Ball Boys
Big Brother
Biggest Loser
Body of Proof
The Bold and the Beautiful
Bones
Brothers & Sisters
Castle
CBS College Basketball
CBS Morning Show
CBS News Sunday Morning
Celebrity Apprentice
Charlie's Angels
Chase
The Chew
Chuck
The Cleveland Show
Cops
Cougar Town
Criminal Minds
Crossing Jordan
Crusoe
CSI
CSI Miami
CSI NY
Dancing With The Stars
Dateline NBC
Days Of Our Lives
Deal Or No Deal
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Doodlebops
Dr. Drew's Lifechangers
Early Today
ER
ESPN Sports
Expedition Impossible
Extreme Makeover
Family Guy
Fear Factor
Flash Forward
Four Kings
Free Agents
Friday Night Lights
The Gates
General Hospital
Glass House
Glee
Good Morning America
Gossip Girl
The Good Wife
Grey's Anatomy
The Guiding Light
Happy Town
Harry Potter
Hart of Dixie
Heist
Heroes
House
How I Met Your Mother
Howie Do It
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Las Vegas
Last Call With Carson Daly
Last Comic Standing
Last Man Standing
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Late Show With David Letterman
Late Late Show
Law & Order
Let's Make A Deal
Lie To Me
Lost
Mad Money
Medium
Meet The Press
The Mentalist
The Middle
Million Dollar Mind Game
Minute to Win It
Modern Family
Monk
My Name Is Earl
NASCAR Countdown
NBA Basketball
NBC College Football
NBC Figure Skating
NBC Golf
NBC Nightly News
NCAA Basketball
NCIS
NFL Football
NHL Hockey
Nightline
Off The Map
The Office
Once Upon A Time
One Life To Live
One Tree Hill
Parenthood
Passions
PGA Tour Golf
Poker After Dark
The Price Is Right
Primetime
Private Practice
Revenge
Revolution
The River
Riverdance On Ice
Rookie Blue
Rules Of Engagement
Saturday Night Live
Scoundrels
Scrubs
The Secret Circle
Secret Millionaire
Shark Tank
She's The Man
Shrek The Halls
Southland
Studio 60
Suburgatory
Supernatural
Survivor
The Talk
The Today Show
The Tonight Show
Transformers
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
Undercover Boss
Up To The Minute
Vampire Diaries
The View
The Voice
West Wing
Wife Swap
Will & Grace
Wipeout
World Of Adventure Sports
The Young and the Restless
XXI Winter Olympics


licensed music:
The Office, American Idol, The Real World, Cribs, Man v. Food, ESPN 30 for 30, So You Think You Can Dance, That Metal Show, Biography, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Emeril Green, Do It For the Band: The Women of the Sunset Strip, Scarred, The Real World Road Rules, Nitro Circus, Parental Control, Flipping Out, Chasing Classic Cars, Extreme Mind-Blowing Hotels, 21 Hottest Caribbean Escapes, 21 Sexiest Beaches, Secret Lives Of Women, CMT Top Twenty Countdown, Underdog To Wonderdog, Sister Wives, MTV At The Movies, Steven Seagal: Lawman, What Not To Wear, Dude What Would Happen, Forbes Luxe 11, The Challenge, The Robert Verdi Show, True Life, Your Life, Your Money, Extreme Engineering, Pinks: All Out, Earth 2100, Family Foreman, Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee, Living Lohan, Nature, 21 Sexiest Beach Bars, Dr. Steve-O, Angry Planet, Adventure Camp, The Kustomizer, Angels vs. Demons: Fact Or Fiction?, Auction Kings, Extreme Cruise Ship, Toddlers And Tiaras, Oz & James Drink to Britain, 2008 Scream Awards, Extreme Couponing, Fairly Legal, Men7 Show, America Now, Ridiculousness, History Detectives, MTV's 10 On Top, All Worked Up, Extreme Alaskan Adventures, Extreme Barhopping, Extreme Hawaiian Escapes, Extreme Miami Hotspots, Extreme Pig Outs, Extreme Resorts, Extreme Roadside Adventures, Extreme Superstructures, Extreme Towns, Extreme Vegas Made: Rapper Jolisa, Punkin Chunkin, Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, Surprise Homecoming, The A-List New York, All On The Line, Extreme Animal Encounters, Extreme Waterparks, Samantha Brown's Great Weekends, Mounted In Alaska, Behind The Music, Secret Service Secrets, Relative Madness, America: Wild & Wacky, Everwood, Game of Thrones, Ace of Cakes, Giuliana and Bill, Ludo Bites America, Total Blackout, World's Wildest Police Videos

mix:
CBS Action Sports World Tour, Poker After Dark, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 20 years, Roast Of Pamela Anderson, High Stakes Poker, Soapography, Stranded With Cash Peters, 2010 Converse Coastal Carnage, 2010 Nike 6.0 HB BMX Pro, World Series Of Poker, Real Music Live


radio (mix):
The Tourist, Faster, Burlesque, The Roommate, Hanna, Priest, Friends With Benefits, Archie's Final Project, Underworld Awakening, The Vow, Resident Evil: Retribution, Django Unchained

trailers:
Bride Wars (licensed music)
Grandma's Boy (licensed music)
Archie's Final Project (mix)
11-11-11 (mix)
The Forger (licensed music, sound design, mix)
The Hole (mix)
Noobz (mix)

music videos:
Saliva "Survival Of The Sickest" (sound design, mix)
Chromeo "Needy Girl" (sound design, mix)

video games:
Syndicate, Grand Theft Auto, Splinter Cell, The Darkness, Think Fast

dvd:
A Prairie Home Companion, The Girl Next Door, Harry & Tonto, Next Stop Greenwich Village, An Unmarried Woman, The Wayward Bus, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, The Girl Can't Help It, The Sand Pebbles

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