Talip Peshkepia

Talip Paul Peshkepia (born January 3, 1986) is an American film composer and songwriter. He is best known for his work on Shining Stars (2010).

Early life
Peshkepia was born in Los Angeles, California. Talip grew up in Pico Rivera, California. Talip attended high school in Downey, California at Warren high school up until his junior year when he then went to El Rancho High school in Pico Rivera, California.

Talip played in multiple bands during his middle and high school years. He started Crop Circle with his neighbor Marco Gutierrez, and friend Andrew Lujon. Later adding Marcos friend Anthony Marquez. Talip also was in Ska bands by the name The Apathetics and The Briefcases.

Talip went to First Presbyterian Church of Downey, where he played in the band for service and worship. He also attended The First Church of Downey where his band Crop Circle would play in after hours.

Career
From 2009 to 2011, Peshkepia performed and recorded the orchestral pop albums Opportunities (2009), Shining Stars (2010), and Post Mortem (2011) under the songwriting moniker "Paulie Pesh."

Peshekpia's song "Shining Stars" is featured in the Josh Stolberg film Conception (2011) starring Alan Tudyk and David Arquette.

Peshkepia's song "Nothing Happened" is featured in the "Despicable B" episode of Gossip Girl.

In 2013, Peshkepia (credited as "Paulie Pesh") performed acoustic and electric guitar on Chris Schlarb's Psychic Temple II (2013) (Asthmatic Kitty).

Peshkepia partnered with Jared Freitag of Backwoods Animation Studio to launch an animated children's musical series called The Scribbles (2017).

Peshkepia scored the Rob Margolies film Weight (2018) starring Zachery Byrd, Ashley Johnson, Jason Mewes, Randy Quaid, and Kathy Najimy.

Peshekpia scored the Matt Leal film What We Leave Behind (2018) starring Kansas Bowling.

Personal life
Peshkepia is of Italian, Albanian, and Mexican descent.

Discography
Studio Albums

Solo

 * Nine Spirits (TBA)

As Paulie Pesh

 * Opportunities (2009)
 * Shining Stars (2010)
 * Post Mortem (2011)

Filmography
Film

Television