Peter Wolf (producer)


Peter F. Wolf is a composer, producer, songwriter and arranger. In 2002, he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class. Wolf is married to fashion model and songwriter Lea Wolf-Millesi.

Career

Wolf studied classical piano at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna. At the age of 16, he won the European Jazz Festival as a solo pianist. Twice he won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, a German award, for his work with André Heller and Erika Pluhar.
Wolf moved to America in his early twenties. He worked with Neal Starkey and Bill Hatcher in Atlanta, Georgia, and with Steve Sample Jr. and Ray Reach in Birmingham, Alabama. After his time in the southeastern United States, he moved to Los Angeles, where he played keyboards for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s. After his work with Zappa, he joined the band Group 87 with Terry Bozzio, Mark Isham, Peter Maunu, and Patrick O'Hearn.
Wolf composed music for the films Neverending Story III, Weekend at Bernie's II, The Hollywood Sign, and Nutcracker and Mouse King, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. His credits include Irren Ist Männlich, Die Cellistin, Widows, St. Pauli Nacht, The Fearless Four and Band on the Run. In 2011 he composed music for the Christimas movie Als der Weihnachtsmann vom Himmel fiel.
In July 2015 Wolf and Lea Wolf-Millesi started Whamslam, an online entertainment platform for kids that combines creativity, music, and education.

Awards

In 2008, he was honored with a BAMA Award for his contributions to the Birmingham music scene.

Discography

with Gipsy Love
with Frank Zappa
with Red Rider
with Wolf & Wolf
with Grace Slick
with Vienna
with Chicago
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