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11 Facts About Peter Cobbin

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Peter Cobbin 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, remixing their 1999 compilation album Yellow Submarine Songtrack.

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Peter Cobbin has recorded and mixed scores for a number of films, including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, several entries in the Harry Potter and Wizarding World franchise, and the Hobbit trilogy.

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Alongside fellow Abbey Road engineer Kirsty Whalley, Peter Cobbin served as associate music director for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

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Peter 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.

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

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Peter Cobbin worked as mix specialist in his native city of Sydney, Australia, receiving training at Studios 301.

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Peter Cobbin worked as a tape op, assisting in recording sessions for such musicians as Bob Dylan, Duran Duran, Elton John, and Tom Petty.

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In 1995, Peter Cobbin moved from Australia to London to work as senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios.

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In partnership with the EMI archive trust, Peter Cobbin helped rediscover and restore some of the company's older equipment for use in newer projects.

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Peter Cobbin recorded and mixed scores for films like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, several installments in the Harry Potter and Wizarding World franchise, and the Hobbit trilogy.

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Peter Cobbin was involved with the recording and mixing of the score for the 2010 film The King's Speech, which utilized old microphones made by EMI, including five made for King George V, one of which was used by King George VI.

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