Composer / Writer Sean Peter
“Australia’s Leading Songwriter …” – Roy Slaven
“…Alive or Dead” – HG Nelson
“… and Sean .. dear, lovely Sean. Sean .. I’ve forgotten your last name” – William Shatner
Sean Peter is a multi-award winning writer, composer, and director with more than thirty years’ experience across theatre, film, and television. A graduate of Southern Cross University (BA Contemporary Music) and AFTRS (Graduate Diploma in Screenwriting), he has built a career that combines music, storytelling, and technical expertise, with credits spanning Australia’s leading arts organisations, international productions, and major broadcasters.
Sean recently wrote, directed, and composed the feature musical Plan Bea, which was awarded Best Feature at the KIDS International Film Festival, nominated for Feature Film Score of the Year at the APRA/AGSC Screen Music Awards (the first musical ever nominated), and won Best Musical at the Parai International Musical Awards. He was also a composer for Magic Beach (dir. Robert Connolly, Arena Media, MIFF).
In children’s entertainment, Sean has created music for Ready Set Dance (Nick Jr/10/Peacock+), which has grown into a global dance franchise and won Music Video of the Year at the 2025 MMMA Awards for Dance Friends with Emma Memma. On YouTube, the Ready Set Dance performance videos he co-wrote (and in many cases directed), including ABC, Old McDonald, Five Little Ducks, Wheels on the Bus and Baby Shark, have drawn around 700 million views and grew the channel from 30,000 to more than 600,000 subscribers. His song Busting on the Bus (with Chris Duke of Spaghetti Confetti) won Song of the Year at the 2026 MMMA Awards. He arranged the titles for the iconic ABC series Play School from 2011 to 2026, composed and produced Play School: Dance It Out (ARIA nominated, Best Children’s Album), and in 2026 was Musical Director of the Play School Christmas special and album and appeared on-air as pianist. He has also contributed extensively to the show as a composer and lyricist, in addition to creating music for Giggle and Hoot, Didi and B, and The Justine Clarke Show, writing three tracks for the ARIA-winning album (Best Children’s Album) including the lead single Everywhere’s a Dance Floor. Collectively, his music has generated more than two billion YouTube views across Disney’s Talking Friends, Ready Set Dance, and other platforms.
His stage and live event work includes composing and sound designing The Shark Is Broken and Cluedo (both dir. Luke Joslin), Dream Circus (Artists in Motion, Luna Park Sydney), The Quest to Find the Moon (Al Wasl Plaza, Dubai), World Expo 2020 Mascots (Dubai) A (Very) Musical Christmas (Michael Cassel Group and ABC, 2024-2025, ARIA nominated) and Jimmy Rees: Meanwhile in Australia (national tour and TV special).
As a sound designer and systems engineer, Sean has worked on productions including Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, Six, Whispering Jack, Jagged Little Pill, King Kong, and Strictly Ballroom, contributing as keyboard programmer and technical consultant. His own musical Everything’s F**ked won an AWGIE Award and has been staged in Australia, the UK, and the Netherlands. His credits also include work for Belvoir, Sydney Theatre Company, Global Creatures, and Hayes Theatre, as well as commissions for Sydney Opera House and Expo 2020 Dubai.
Sean combines creative versatility with deep technical knowledge, delivering music and sound that enhance storytelling across screen, stage, and live performance. He continues to develop new projects for international audiences, uniting narrative, composition, and innovation in every medium.