Peter Cobbin

Peter Cobbin
NationalityAustralian
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Years active1987–present

Peter Cobbin is an Australian audio engineer and producer. He served as chief engineer of Abbey Road Studios from 1995 to the mid-2010s, during which he became the first engineer to remix music by the Beatles,[1] remixing their 1999 compilation album Yellow Submarine Songtrack. He has recorded and mixed scores for a number of films, including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2002), several entries in the Harry Potter and Wizarding World franchise, and the Hobbit trilogy (2012–14).

Prior to his tenure at Abbey Road, Cobbin worked as a mix specialist in Sydney, Australia, training at Studios 301.[1] As Abbey Road's senior recording engineer, he helped rediscover and restore some of the company's vintage equipment for use in contemporary projects.[1] Alongside fellow Abbey Road engineer Kirsty Whalley, Cobbin served as associate music director for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[2][3] Cobbin and Whalley eventually left Abbey Road Studios and established their own audio mixing company, Such Sweet Thunder.[4] Cobbin has continued to record and mix film scores with Whalley, with the duo working together on such Marvel Studios films as Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home (both 2019).[4]

Artists with whom Cobbin has worked include Air, Amy Winehouse, Annie Lennox, Bjork, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sandé, Eurythmics, Florence and the Machine, Freddie Mercury, Janet Jackson, Luciano Pavarotti, Kanye West, Kate Bush, Paul McCartney, Mark Knopfler, Mick Jagger and The Basics.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "About Peter Cobbin". Such Sweet Thunder. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ Tingen, Paul (December 2012). "Peter Cobbin & Kirsty Whalley". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ "The Art of Recorded Sound: Peter Cobbin and Kirsty Whalley in conversation". British Library. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Pete Cobbin and Kirsty Whalley - Such Sweet Thunder - UK". Merging Technologies. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.