Coins (composer)

Peter Chapman (born August 27, 1980), also known as COINS or Peter Project, is a Canadian music producer and composer from Toronto, Ontario, best known for his album, Daft Science, a free album of Beastie Boys remixes using only Daft Punk samples, released on July 1, 2014.[1]

Daft Science

Daft Science is an eight-track remix album that combines Beastie Boys vocal tracks with Daft Punk music samples. The album was created in March 2014 while Chapman was on a layover in Chicago on his way to South by South West.[2] On July 1, 2014, the album was released on Bandcamp, where it was downloaded roughly 400 times over two-and-a-half years.[3] A music blog shared the album two and a half years later, inciting the dormant remix to be streamed 1.4-million times in a week.[4] On May 4, 2017, Billboard named Daft Science one of the "Best 8 Beastie Boys Remixes."[5]

Original scores

Peter Chapman is a composer alongside Rob Carli for Syfy's Wynonna Earp, where he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music Score for a Series[6] He was also presented with a SOCAN Award for his score for HGTV's Leave it to Bryan[7]

References

  1. ↑ Patch, Nick (1 December 2016). "Coins an overnight success — two years later". Toronto Star. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Small, Michael (20 November 2016). "Peter Chapman, aka Coins, is having a good week". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Patch, Nick (1 December 2016). "Coins an overnight success — two years later". Toronto Star. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Patch, Nick (1 December 2016). "Coins an overnight success — two years later". Toronto Star. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Bein, Kat (4 May 2017). "The 8 Best Beastie Boys Remixes". Billboard. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Robert Carli, Peter Chapman". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "2017 SOCAN Awards – Toronto – Winners List" (PDF).


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