Peter Andrew Buffett
(born May 4, 1958[#endnote_birth]) is an American musician, composer, and producer. Buffett is the second son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett and his late wife Susan Buffett.
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Biography
Peter Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Central High School in downtown Omaha. He attended
Stanford University for one year.
In the 1980s, he married Mary Lillo.
[1] He divorced Mary in May 1991, but adopted his stepdaughters.
[2]
He married Jennifer Heil.
[3]
Artistic career
Buffett began his musical career in the early part of the 1980s in
San Francisco. There, he produced albums for local talent. He also was hired by
ad agencies to author
commercials and
logos for
MTV and
CNN, both of which were at the time new on
cable television in the
United States. Agencies also hired Buffett to write commercials for
Coca-Cola and other notable clients.
Narada Productions, a
new age music recording company, signed Buffett to a recording contract. In 1987, Buffett debuted with Narada, releasing an album entitled
The Waiting
. While working on his second album,
One by One
, Buffett moved to
Milwaukee, home of Narada Productions and closer to his childhood home in
Omaha, Nebraska. Buffett would release two more albums with Narada:
Lost Frontier
and
Yonnondio
.
While with Narada, Buffett had his first major success, scoring and choreographing the "Fire Dance" in the
film,
Dances with Wolves
. The
film score, composed by
John Barry, would win an
Academy Award. After Buffett played at the film's 1991 premiere, John Barry invited Buffett to collaborate with him once again, this time at the
Abbey Road Studios in
London. Buffett composed two songs on the soundtrack for
The Scarlet Letter.
After the release of
Yonnondio
, Buffett signed with
Epic Records, which in 1994 released his soundtrack for the
CBS miniseries 500 Nations
, which was produced by
Kevin Costner, who also co-produced
Dances with Wolves
. The miniseries would win the
Emmy Award for
Outstanding Miniseries in 1995.
In 1996, Buffett produced
Star of Wonder
, a
Christmas CD featuring
Celtic harpist Kim Robertson. Buffett married his wife
Jennifer Buffett in June 1996. Buffett then signed with
Hollywood Records, which released his album
Spirit Dance
in 1997.
In 1998, Peter Buffett entered the pop music realm with the release of ''Comet9
s "Like Mercury" on Milwaukee-based independent label
Don't Records'', with Buffett producing, writing and playing multi-instrumentalist. Co-writer and guitarist Tom Nelson and vocalist Susan Zielke completed the studio trio, with
Citizen King members D. J. Brooks and Malcolm Michiles guesting on drums and turntables, respectively. The live band added bassist Josh Warner to the lineup.
In 1999, his score for the documentary
Wisconsin: An American Portrait
won the Emmy for Best Soundtrack.
Also in 1999, Buffett was involved with a
benefit concert for Jamie and
Robert Redford. At this concert, he performed with Hawk Pope, chief of the
United Remnant Band of the Shawnee Nation. Buffett and Pope decided to collaborate, and began touring together in a live version of the PBS Pledge Special "Spirit". In 2004 an updated version of the Buffett-created and composed "Spirit" was performed on the National Mall during the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in its own state-of-the-art 800 seat theater tent.
In 2006, he released his first vocal album,
Gold Star
.
Discography
- The Waiting
(1987)
- One by One
(1989)
- Lost Frontier
(1991)
- Yonnondio
(1992)
- 500 Nations - A Musical Journey
(1994)
- Star of Wonder - Peter Buffett & New World Ensemble
(1996)
- Spirit Dance
(1997)
- Like Mercury
(with Comet9) (1998)
- Wisconsin: An American Portrait
(1999)
- Triathlon: Through the Eyes of the Elite
(2000)
- Songs from an Eastside Attic
(2001)
- Ojibwe - We Look In All Directions
(2002)
- Spirit - The Seventh Fire
(2005)
- Inside Looking Out
(2006)
- Gold Star
(2006)
- Staring at the Sun
(2007)
- Imaginary Kingdom
(2008)
References
- Snowball
- Snowball
- Snowball