User:SwissCelt/Peter Buffett

Peter Buffett is a musician, composer, and producer who, with Chief Hawk Pope, is a founding member of the Native American band Spirit. Buffett is also the son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Biography
Buffett began his musical career in the early part of the 1980's 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. 500 Nations 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 then signed with Hollywood Records, which released his album Spirit Dance in 1997. 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's Sundance Institute. 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. To accompany this tour, Buffett produced the film, Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums & Song.

Discography

 * The Waiting, 1987
 * One by One, 1989
 * Lost Frontier, 1991
 * Yonnondio, 1992
 * 500 Nations - A Musical Journey, 1994
 * Spirit Dance, 1997
 * 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

Filmography

 * Dances With Wolves, 1990 (Composer of "Fire Dance" scene)
 * 500 Nations, 1995 (Composer, miniseries)
 * The Scarlet Letter, 1995 (Composer, two songs from soundtrack)
 * Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums & Song, 1998 (Producer)
 * Coyotes, 1999 (Composer)
 * Full Ride, 2002 (Composer)