Peter Blake
Peter Blake introduced more local content to popular music shows Ready to Roll and Radio with Pictures at a time when covers of overseas songs were the norm. The longtime musician began in television via 1970s music programme; Grunt Machine, and ended up in charge of a stable of shows. He has also composed music for everything from TV One's nightly News theme to drama Shark in the Park.
For me the strongest music themes for TV shows are often about melody. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in the form of a tune or motif — a distinctive melody is a hook, it assures the theme is instantly recognisable. Peter Blake
RNZ Interview: Radio with Pictures - Karyn Hay & Peter Blake
Interview, 2022
Peter Blake: On making music and getting Ready to Roll …
Interview, 2013
Billy
2011, Additional Music - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 3 - Let Us Entertain You
2010, Subject - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity
2010, Subject - Television
Fair Go - 30 Years on Television
2007, Composer - Television
Face to Face with Kim Hill - Andrew Little
2005, Composer - Television
Face to Face with Kim Hill - John Clarke
2004, Composer - Television
The Lion Man
2004 - 2007, Composer - Television
Face to Face with Kim Hill
2003 - 2005, Composer - Television
Face to Face with Kim Hill - David Lange
2003, Composer - Theme Music - Television
Spin Doctors - Series Four, Final Episode
2003, Composer - Television
Spin Doctors
2001 - 2003, Composer - Television
Lawless: Beyond Justice
2000, Composer - Television
Lawless: Dead Evidence
2000, Composer - Television
The Mole - Series One
2000, Composer - Television
Lawless
1999, Composer - Television
Riding High
1995, Composer - Television
Riding High - First Episode
1995, Composer of Theme Music - Television
Dilemmas - 3 December 1993
1993, Composer - Television
Visual Symphonies - Otago
1991, Composer - Title Music - Television
Visual Symphonies - The Outback
1991, Composer - Title Music - Television
Magic Kiwis - Bruno Do That Thing
1990, Composer - Television
Magic Kiwis - Lynn & Fred
1990, Composer - Theme Music - Television
Shark in the Park - Diversions (Series Two, Episode Four)
1990, Composer - Television
Shark in the Park - Prospects (Series Two, Episode One)
1990, Composer - Television
Shark in the Park - Lamb to the Slaughter (Series One, Episode Three)
1989, Composer - Television
Magic Kiwis - Sir Edmund Hillary
1989, Composer - Theme Music - Television
Holmes
1989 - 2004, Composer - Television
Magic Kiwis
1989 - 1991, Composer - Television
Night of the Red Hunter - Telefeature
1989, Composer - Television
Shark in the Park
1989 - 1991, Composer - Television
Send a Gorilla
1988, Musical Director, Composer - Film
The Marching Girls - Mahara's Story
1987, Composer - Television
True Colours
1986, Executive Producer - Television
True Colours - First Episode
1986, Executive Producer - Television
Radio with Pictures - 1985 reggae special
1985, Executive Producer - Television
Radio with Pictures - South Island Music
1984, Producer - Television
Radio with Pictures - 17 June 1984
1984, Producer - Television
Live at Mainstreet - The Idles and The Mockers
1984, Producer - Television
Live At Mainstreet - Dance Exponents
1983, Producer - Television
Live at Mainstreet - The Legionnaires
1983, Producer - Television
Live at Mainstreet - The Narcs and Coconut Rough
1983, Producer - Television
Radio with Pictures - My Kind of Town
1981, Producer - Television
Ready to Roll - NZ Record Awards 1978
1978, Musical Director - Television
Fair Go
1977 - ongoing, Composer - Television
Radio with Pictures
1980 - 1987, Producer - Television
Ready to Roll - two openings
1975, Composer - Second Clip - Television
Ready to Roll
1976 - 1988, Producer, Director, Musical Director - Television