Peer Åström

Peer Åström (born 1972 in Ljusdal, Sweden) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer and partner with Anders Bagge. Åström plays bass guitar, keyboards and drums.He has collaborated with such artists such as Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez, contributing to a staggering 125 albums and 520 performers. Notably, he was involved in the popular TV series Glee, earning two #1 Billboard singles, eight #1 iTunes singles, and 4 Grammy nominations. Åström also works in film and TV scoring, with notable projects like the musical Journey to Bethlehem and contributions to American Horror Story. His portfolio includes the Fox TV series Monarch, the Nickelodeon show Kally's Mashup, and the movie The Prom. Åström's earlier works include the DreamWorks Animation Film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and scoring for the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Additionally, he co-scored and co-produced The Passion: New Orleans.

Career

After high school, Åström studied music, moved to Stockholm, and became a session musician for several artists. After Anders Bagge, already a well-known producer and songwriter, heard a couple of Åström's songs, he invited Åström to collaborate with him on some writing/recording projects. Later in 2001, Bagge and Åström began to write and produce together on a regular basis. Åström eventually signed to Bagge's record company Murlyn Music Group.

Peer co-wrote Celine Dion's "Have You Ever Been in Love" and "Sorry for Love". As a result, he was invited to Miami, Florida by Celine Dion and her producer Vito Luprano to work on the rest of the album A New Day Has Come. The album went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Celine Dion's cover hit single "I Drove All Night" was co-produced by Peer Åström. In 2007 Åstrom also wrote the song "Fade away" for Dion's Album "Taking Chances."

Peer Åström co-wrote and co-produced two songs with Cyndi Lauper and Johan Bobäck for Lauper's 2008 album Bring Ya to the Brink.

In 2008, he mixed the song "Un Garcon" for the French singer Lorie.

He is the co-producer of many featured songs in the TV series Glee.

Biography

Four-time Grammy Awards nominee Peer Astrom is a veritable powerhouse presence in entertainment. He has written and produced music for countless television shows and films and worked with multi Grammy award-winning artists that range from Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez. In total, his credits include a staggering 125 albums, 520 performers, and continues to grow on a daily basis.

From its inception in 2009 to the last season in 2015, Peer worked on the wildly popular hit television series Glee, where he served as co-writer and co-music producer. Glee instantly became a cultural phenomena and earned two #1 Billboard singles, eight #1 iTunes singles, over 70 million singles and 18 million albums sold worldwide, and 4 Grammy nominations to name a few accolades. All this while also setting a world record of 214 Billboard hits by a single artist. During the monumental and widely-watched 45th Super Bowl, the track See The USA ft. Glee Cast, produced by Peer, debuted.

While boasting a number of creative accolades that continue to make waves in pop culture and music, Peer has been transitioning into the realm of film and TV scoring over the last several years. He just finished writing and producing the songs and score for the worldwide cinematic release of the musical Journey to Bethlehem. Peer has also showcased his exceptional production skills on seven songs for the fourth season of the widely acclaimed FX TV series American Horror Story.

Peer wrote and produced songs for the Fox TV series Monarch (TV series), starring Academy Award Winner Susan Sarandon among others. Before that, Peer worked on 25 songs over two seasons of Kally's Mashup, a television series that was rated the #1 Nickelodeon show in Latin America’s history, with over 100 million streams on YouTube. Another cultural staple that Astrom played a role in was the movie The Prom by Ryan Murphy, starring Academy Award Winners Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman among others.

Earlier work includes the DreamWorks Animation Film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie featuring the film’s theme song with Weird Al Yankovic. Peer produced an additional 5 songs for Adam Lambert, Lil Yachty, Weird Al Yankovic, Andy Grammer, and Cold War Kids. During the same year, Peer produced 11 songs for the soundtrack and ABC Television special Dirty Dancing, starring Academy Award Nominee Abigail Breslin, Emmy Award and Golden Globe Nominee Debra Messing along with others. The soundtrack included platinum-selling artist Seal, Lady Antebellum, and Nicole Scherzinger.

Adding to his vast work in television, Peer co-scored and co-produced the epic Easter special The Passion: New Orleans. The two-hour television special was broadcast live from New Orleans and starred Trisha Yearwood, Tyler Perry, and more. The soundtrack album was #1 on the Billboard Soundtrack chart and music video sales and was the #1 trending topic on Twitter worldwide in April of 2016.

Prior to this, Peer Astrom co-scored and co-produced the feature songs for Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema blockbuster, Rock of Ages, starring Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul Giamatti, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, and Julianne Hough. The album received a nomination for “Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media” at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

Growing up in Sweden, Peer Astrom discovered music almost as soon as he could walk. He'd bang around pots and pans as makeshift percussion (before his mom bought him a drum kit at three years old) and began professionally pursuing the art the first chance he got.

Speaking about his beginnings, Peer comments: "I grew up listening to and playing so many different genres of music that it enabled me to write in almost any style. But the most important thing is to touch the audience. So that's what I try to do every single time, may it be deeply emotional or a groove you can’t lose, that’s what it’s about!”

Reflecting on his work, Peer comments: "Whatever the music it is, it fills a purpose. The goal is to make the listener feel something. I hope that's what my work does."

It does - and so much more.

Awards

	Year	Nominee / Work	Award	Result
Grammy Awards
	2011	Glee: The Music, Volume 1	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	Nominated
	2012	Glee: The Music, Volume 4	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	Nominated
	2013	Rock of Ages (2012 soundtrack)	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	Nominated
	2014	Cee Lo's Magic Moment (with Cee Lo Green)	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards
	2010	Glee	Best Musical or Comedy	Won
	2011	Glee	Best Musical or Comedy	Won
People's Choice Awards
	2010	Glee	Favorite New TV Comedy	Won
	2011	Glee	Favorite New TV Comedy	Won

Film and TV Score Credits

Project	Work	W = Written P = Produced
Glee Fox TV Series Season 1-6	Featured Songs	W P
Rock of Ages (2012 film)	Score	P
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie	Score	W P
Journey to Bethlehem	Score	W P
The Prom (film)	Score	P
American Horror Story TV Series Season 1, 2, 3, and 4	Featured Songs	P
Perfect Harmony (TV series)	Featured Songs	P
Super Bowl Chevrolet Commercial	See The USA ft. Glee Cast	P
Monarch (American TV series)	Featured Songs	P
New Year's Eve (2011 film)	Featured Songs	P
The Passion: New Orleans TV Special FOX	Featured Songs	P
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam	Wouldn't Change a Thing (Camp Rock song) feat. Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas	W P
Descendants (2015 film)	If Only (Descendants song) and If Only Remix feat. Dove Cameron	W P
Starstruck (2010 film)	Hero and Hero (Unplugged)	W P
Kally's Mashup TV Series Season 1 + 2	All Featured Songs	W P
Dirty Dancing (2017 film) ABC Three Hour Special	All Featured Songs	P
Beck (Swedish TV series): The Scorpion.	Score	W P
Beck (Swedish TV series): The Unclaimed Girl.	Score	W P
Beck (Swedish TV series): The Vulture.	Score	W P
Beck (Swedish TV series): The Lawyer.	Score	W P
Beck (Swedish TV series): The Japanese Shunga Painting.	Score	W P
Beck (Swedish TV series): The Weak Link.	Score	W P
Beck (Swedish TV series): The Silent Scream.	Score	W P
Beck (Swedish TV series): In The Name Of God.	Score	W P
Liv & Maddie	True Love feat. Dove Cameron	W P

Music Credits

Artist/Project	Song	Feature(s)	W = Written P = Produced
Madonna, Confessions On A Dancefloor (Grammy Nominated)	Get Together		W P
Celine Dion, Have You Ever Been in Love (song)	Sorry For Love		W P
	I Drove All Night		P
	Naked		W P
	Sorry For Love Ballad Version		W P
	Ain't Gonna Look The Other Way		W P
	You And I		P
	I Drove All Night (Chrysler Commercial)		P
	Have You Ever Been In Love (Chrysler Commercial)		W P
	You And I (Air Canada Commercial)		P
	My Precious One		W P
	Fade Away		W P
CeeLo Green, CeeLo's Magic Moment (Grammy Nominated)	What Christmas Means To Me		P
	Baby It's Cold Outside	Christina Aguilera	P
	This Christmas		P
	White Christmas		P
	All I Need Is Love	Disney's the Muppets	W P
	You're A Mean One Me Grinch	Straight No Chaser	P
	Please Come Home For Christmas		P
	Run Rudolph Run		P
	All I Want For Christmas		P
	Mary Did You Know		P
	River		P
	Silent Night		P
Tori Kelly	Hollow Remix	Big Sean	P
Tori Kelly	Hollow		P
Cyndi Lauper, Bring Ya To The Brink (Grammy Nominated)	Into The Nightlife		W P
	Echo		W P
Enrique Iglesias	It Must Be Love (Music For Relief Haiti)		W P
Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, and Jonas Brothers	Send It On		W P
Selena Gomez	Spotlight		W P
Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini	Timeless		W P
Lea Michele, Christmas in the City (album)	It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year		P
	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas		P
	Christmas In New York		W P
	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Jonathan Groff	P
	Do You Want To Build a Snowman		P
	Rockin Around the Christmas Tree		P
	Silent Night		P
	White Christmas	Darren Chris	P
	Silver Bells		P
	Angels We Have Heard On High	Cynthia Erivo	P
	O Holy Night		P
Nick Lachey	Beautiful		W P
	I Do It For You		W P
	You're Not Alone		W P
Westlife	I Promise You That		P
Cash Campbell	Cannonball		W P
	Don't Wanna Think About It		W P
	Bump		P
	The Woman In It		P
	Kiss About It		P
	The In Between		P
	Weddings And Funerals		P
Fady Maalouf	Blessed		W
Garou, Piece of My Soul	Stand Up		P
	Accidental		P
	Burning		P
	Heaven's Table		P
	All The Way		P
	Take A Piece Of My Soul		P
	What's The Time In NYC		P
	You And I		P
	First Day Of My Life		P
	Nothing Else Matters		P
	Beautiful Regret		P
	Coming Home		W P
Hall & Oates	Have You Ever Been In Love		W
Jesse McCartney	Without You		W
Miranda Cosgrove	Oh Oh		W
Ashley Tisdale	Blame It On The Beat		W P
Guy Sebastian	Cover On My Heart		W P
Lara Fabian	I Guess I Loved You		W P
Alesha Dixon	Free		W P
	Lipstick		W P
Triple 8	Knockout		W P
Lori	Un Garcon		P
Delta Goodrem	If I Forget		W P
No Angels	Lovestory		W P
	Ain't Gonna Look The Other Way		W
LaShell Griffin	Learn To Breathe		W P
	I Can Only Imagine		P
Alexander	There's No Good In Goodbye		W

External links

• Universal Music Publishing Group: Spotlight on Peer Åström
• Peer Åström at IMDb