Rasmus Peter Faber (born 16 May 1979) is a Swedish pianist, DJ, remixer, composer, record producer, sound engineer, and founder of the record label Farplane Records. He is notable in the electronic dance music genre, and performs solo as a DJ and pianist, and live with his band the RaFa Orchestra. Over the last decade, Faber has become better known as a composer of music for anime, computer games, advertising, and virtual reality worlds.
Early life
Following his musical education, Faber started working as a session musician, pianist, and musical director for local acts in Sweden.
Producer career
In 2002, Faber released his first collaboration single "Never Felt So Fly" with Melo produced by British record label Black Vinyl Records. After its success, his career and reputation grew quickly, and Rasmus started collaborating with big dance label Defected Records, and achieved further success and notoriety with his remix of Junior Jack's E Samba. The first single on the label was "Ever After" featuring singer Emily McEwan, which was a successful club hit worldwide.
Over the last decade, Faber has become producer of exotic instruments (and performers), including the nyckelharpa and tongue drum (used on YouTube virtual celebrity project Artiswitch). His down-tempo single, "Be Real", has become his most popular release to date with more than 24 million streams on Spotify and counting.
RaFa Orchestra
Since 2009, Faber has been playing his songs live, together with a group of ten musicians and singers forming the RaFa Orchestra. Selected venues they have played include Billboard Live Tokyo/Osaka; Java Jazz Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia; the Southport Weekender Festival.
Discography
Music department
| Year | Work | Type | Job | Episodes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf | TV Series | music coordinator | 16 | |
| 2024 | Trapezium | music coordinator | |||
| 2021 | Moriarty the Patriot | TV Series | theme music composer | 13 | |
| 2020 | D4DJ Groovy Mix | Video Game | composer additional music | ||
| 2019 | Ensemble Stars! | TV Series | composer additional music | ||
| 2018 | Takunomi | TV Series | theme music composer | 12 | |
| 2017 | Arcaea | Video Game | composer additional music | ||
| 2015 – 2016 | The Asterisk War | TV Series | Lyrics and music: "Hold You in the Wind" Vocals: "Hold You in the Wind" Music: ending theme lyrics and music: "Lonely Feather" Lyrics and music: ending theme Music: "Ai no Taiyō" |
24 | |
| 2015 | Gourmet Girl Graffiti | TV Mini Series | theme music composer | 12 | |
| 2012 | Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne | TV Series | theme music composer | 24 |
Composer
| Year | Work | Type | Episodes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline | TV Series | 13 | |
| 2021 | ArtisWitch | TV Series | 6 | |
| 2020 | The Multiverse Bakery: Tales from Soda Island, Chapter 1 | Short | ||
| 2018 | Harukana Receive | TV Mini Series | 12 | |
| 2015 - 2016 | The Asterisk War | TV Series |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Notes | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hollywood Music in Media Awards
HMMA Award |
Best Song/Score - Mobile Video Game | Shared with: Robbie Say, Martin Landström, Matthew Carl Earl, Laurent Courbier, Henrik Lindström, Volker Bertelmann, 2WEI | Honor of Kings | Won | |
| 2016 | Anime Trending Awards
Annual Award |
Best in Soundtrack | 5th place | The Asterisk War | Nominated |
