Peter Bufano
Documents
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document fileBufano Resume
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |
Composer
Performing Arts |
Big Apple Circus Mark Lonergan / Big Apple Circus |
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| 2018 |
Composer
Film |
Expiration Date Ursula Burton / Five Sisters Productions |
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| 2016 |
Composer
Television |
Circus Kid Lorenzo Pisoni / Do It Again LLC |
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| 2016 |
Composer
Performing Arts |
A Grand Tour Mark Lonergan / Big Apple Circus |
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| 2016 |
Composer/Music Director/Creator
Performing Arts |
A Cardboard and Duct Tape Spectacular Keith Nelson/Stephanie Monseu / Bindlestiff Family Cirkus |
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| 2015 |
Composer
Film |
Old Guy Gabrielle Burton / Five Sisters Productions |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Film Scoring Workshop | NYU/ASCAP |
| 1997 | Diploma In Film Scoring | Berklee College Of Music |
| 1986 | Clown College | Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College |
Equipment
My Equipment/Kit:
I can use:
About me
I compose music for film and circuses. I'm also an assistant professor of Film Scoring at The Berklee College of Music in Boston. I'm a graduate of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College, Berklee College of Music, and The ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop at NYU.Most recently I've composed the score for the feature documentary Circus Kid and the 2017 productions of Bindlestiff Family Circus, Circus Smirkus, and Big Apple Circus (currently in production) . In 2016 my music was heard in dozens of Network and Cable TV shows worldwide. Some of them are The Today Show (NBC), America's Got Talent (NBC), various shows on Animal Planet, and many more. My 2011 score for the PBS documentary Circus Dreams won an ASCAP Plus award.
In 2015 I performed his original music on stage with international circus and variety artists in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Edinburgh. I appeared in The Chicago International Circus Festival and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
I'm the founder of Cirkestra, a circus pit-band for which I've composed and produced seven records including our most recent entitled "107". Cirkestra has toured the United States performing hundreds of shows in and out of the big top including performances at The Kennedy Center, The Seattle art Museum, and The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
Referees:
Available at your request.
Additional information:
My approach is to serve the film and to start with a musical concept. Every film is unique and I'm trying to tell the story in a way that meets this film's unique strengths and needs. I compose quirky instrumental music and I play accordion and prefer to use natural accoustic instruments and vintage synths when it serves the film. I'm equally comfortable with virtual instruments and when the film calls for it, I create new instruments which uniquely serve the needs of the film.
License & Passport
| Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
| Secondary Job Title | Music Director |
|---|---|
| Job Titles | Music Director, Composer |
| Years in industry | 6+ years |
| Organisations / Memberships | AFM - American Federation of Musicians, ASCAP |