---
name: "Peter Dasent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-dasent"
fi1m_id: "peter-dasent"
imdb_id: "nm0201942"
tmdb_id: 11327
wikidata_id: "Q7173553"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:58:36.419323+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Dasent

## Identity

Peter Dasent

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-dasent
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-dasent
- **IMDb ID:** nm0201942
- **TMDB ID:** 11327
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7173553
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dasent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173553, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11327

Composer. Born 1 January 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1954, Wellington, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dasent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173553, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11327

## Biography

Peter Dasent is a New Zealand-born composer, pianist and songwriter. Born in Wellington in 1954, he played keyboards in the bands Spats and The Crocodiles before moving to Sydney in 1981, where he studied jazz and formed the chamber ensemble The Umbrellas.

He composed the scores for three early Peter Jackson films: *Meet the Feebles* (1989), *Braindead* (1992) and *Heavenly Creatures* (1994). His other screen work includes music for documentaries, children's television and the long-running Australian series *Play School*, on which he has performed as pianist since 2000. He has received awards including Best Film Score for *Heavenly Creatures* at the 1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards.

*Sources: audioculture.co.nz, en.wikipedia.org, australianmusiccentre.com.au, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Cubbyhouse* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Channelling Baby* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Not Fourteen Again* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)
- *Braindead* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Meet the Feebles* (1989), Music
- *Play School* (1966), series, Music Director

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