Pete Anthony

Peter B. Anthony (born August 16, 1963) is an American conductor and orchestrator for feature films in Hollywood and beyond.

Biography
Pete Anthony is a graduate of Williams College and the USC Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television Program, has recently returned as part time faculty to teach orchestration and conducting at USC. In addition to an active music career, he is active in community service and coaches youth baseball. Pete received a Bachelor's degree in music composition from Williams College in Massachusetts, and then attended the University of Southern California ("USC") Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television Program in Los Angeles. In 2004, Pete returned to USC for 10 years as a part-time faculty member to teach orchestration and conducting.

Pete credits composer Daniel Gutwein, orchestrator Albert Harris, and legendary composer/conductor/pianist Artie Kane as his most influential mentors, and is grateful to Dan Foliart for giving him his first job in Hollywood (on the "Paradise" TV series 1988-1990). He has enjoyed conducting and orchestrating for many great film composers including James Newton Howard, Danny Elfman, Marc Shaiman, Christopher Young, John Debney, John Powell, Marco Beltrami, Teddy Shapiro, Christophe Beck, and Teddy Castellucci, amongst others.

Pete also composes music for the concert hall and the silver screen, most recently the score for the 2017 documentary "Betting on Zero," directed by Ted Braun. A baseball nut, Pete plays and coaches baseball and softball in his spare time. In addition, he has been active in community service, chairing fundraising groups for the arts and athletics for local schools and serving in city government as a planning commissioner. Pete is also an avid fly fisherman.

Personal life
Pete resides in Malibu, California, with his lawyer/artist wife Elizabeth. Pete and Elizabeth have three young adult children - a film-maker, a computer engineer and an opera singer.