Thai film composer S. Peace Nistades (Sornsanti Nivasanont) comes from a vast musical background with strong classical training. He started off in the musical scene as a concert pianist performing both in Thailand and other countries in South-east Asia, including Taiwan and Singapore.His passion for composing was evident at a young age and not too long after his career as a classical pianist started, he took up filmmaking as a hobby and helped out other young filmmakers in the area and observing the filmmaking process. He later turned to composing fully and has written for film, theatre, dance as well as other events and other forms of media.

    His memorial piece for HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, IN MEMORIAM, was one of the nine pieces featured in the PRAKOMPLENG PRALENG TAWAI Memorial CD Project. He also flew to Thailand in November, 2008 to attend the live performance of the piece at the memorial concert of the same name presided over by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

    He recently worked on a collaborative piece with Lisbeth Scott based on the poem of the same name by Nonie duChatellier, UR’GED BY TYDES, which aired on national radio in Thailand in the summer of 2008. He has just wrapped up a collaboration with composer Tony Riparetti on the film ROAD TO HELL, the sequel to the 1984 cult hit STREETS OF FIRE. Peace Nistades has updated the arrangements for two of the main songs from STREETS OF FIRE, which will be used in ROAD TO HELL. The film is directed by Albert Pyun (The Sword and the Sorcerer, Infection) and Michael Paré reprises his role as Tom Cody. Peace is also  working on the score for the official trailer of BØRRE, an independent Norwegian thriller feature written by Kim Dillevig Aas and directed by Shahbaz Aynoddin. Besides that he is working on a score for a short film by director Anmol Karnik. His most recent film projects include an animation short entitled EMBRACE, directed by Ron Sapinoso and produced by Lapidawa Animation, a romantic comedy A DINNER CALL for director Brittni Rubin, as well as a psychological thriller short for director Julian Carmona entitled VALLEY NIGHT. He also completed a promotional trailer for the VPC Production Committee directed by Harry Burnett-Rae.

    January 2008: In honor of the late HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, who was a strong supporter of classical music and fine arts in Thailand, Peace Nistades wrote a piece en-tribute entitled IN MEMORiAM. The piece was broadcasted for the first time via national radio in Thailand on January 13, 2008. Following a great response, it was broadcasted again in the Feb.-Mar. The piece was presented by host Seesom Eamsunpang via the Classical Music programme at the Chula Radio station 101.5 FM. He also completed the score for Japanese horror short Mantis which was recorded and dubbed at his production studio in Los Angeles.

     His first main credits as a composer were in a dance program where he was asked to write music encompassing the theme of the four elements. The result was an instrumental suite entitled THE FOUR ELEMENTS which was choreographed and performed at a South-east Asian Dance Festival. He also scored a dark comedy Pool Party! directed by director Aaron Botwick.

       Among his other accomplishments as a composer are a score for a comedy short by Axuan M. Vrolijk entitled BOX! THE EPIC as well as stand-alone pieces namely PELIUS D’AIONIOS and EASTERN SKIES which he completed for the Thai Language Department at the International School Bangkok where he graduated from high school.

    He has collaborated with such artists as Lisbeth Scott (The Chronicles of Narnia, Munich), Karen Han (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Kung Fu Panda) and Grammy Award winning artist Darlene Koldenhoven (Yanni: Live at the Acropolis) on various projects both in films and other media. Earlier in 2008, he joined forces with Grammy Award-nominated producer and engineer Ken Goerres to produce and mix his projects. He and Ken work out of Peace’s production studio in Los Angeles, CA.