---
name: "Pieter Bourke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pieter-bourke"
fi1m_id: "pieter-bourke"
imdb_id: "nm0100020"
tmdb_id: 55998
wikidata_id: "Q2528148"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T20:04:59.236967+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."
---

# Pieter Bourke

## Identity

Pieter Bourke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pieter-bourke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pieter-bourke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0100020
- **TMDB ID:** 55998
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2528148
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Bourke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2528148, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55998

Composer. Born 1 January 1953 in Melbourne.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Melbourne
- **Active:** 1999–2001
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Roth](https://film.one/person/eric-roth.md), [Lisa Gerrard](https://film.one/person/lisa-gerrard.md), [Michael Mann](https://film.one/person/michael-mann.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 89 (1), 2000s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Bourke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2528148, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55998

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ali*](https://film.one/film/ali.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Pieter Bourke is an Australian musician, composer, producer and audio engineer. He grew up in Melbourne and was a founding member of the electronic pop rock band Eden in the late 1980s, contributing keyboards, rhythm programming and percussion.

From 1995 he has collaborated extensively with Lisa Gerrard, formerly of Dead Can Dance. Together they released the world music album *Duality* in 1998 and composed the scores for Michael Mann’s films *The Insider* (1999) and *Ali* (2001).

Bourke and Gerrard received shared Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Score for both *The Insider* and *Ali*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, pieterbourke.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ali* (2001), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *The Insider* (1999), Fi1m 89, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Ali* (2001), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *The Insider* (1999), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/pieter-bourke