Mike Perjanik
Mike Perjanik is a New Zealand-born musician, record producer, composer, arranger and bandleader who became well known in Australia from the late 1960s for his work on pop and rock recordings, and as a composer, arranger, bandleader and producer of music for film, television and advertising. He is of Croatian descent.
New Zealand career
Perjanik grew up in the New Zealand North Island town of Dargaville. While attending Dargaville High School he joined The Spotlights, an instrumental band formed with fellow students Doug Jerebine (guitar) and Barch Sevren (drums). They entered a talent quest at the Auckland Town Hall and came third. The group expanded to five, with Ken Lawrie replacing Sevren, and Roy Calkin (guitar) and Ray Mayall (bass) joining.
Although largely self-taught as a keyboard player, arranger and composer, Perjanik's skills soon made him a prominent figure on the thriving New Zealand music scene of the mid-1960s. After moving to Auckland in 1963 he joined local group The Embers and encouraged his friend Doug Jerebine to follow him; Jerebine eventually joined Perjanik in The Embers after a short stint in the popular band The Keil Isles.
Perjanik, Mike Filmography
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2008, role: composer
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2007, role: composer
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1999, role: composer
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1996, role: composer
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1992, role: composer
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1990, role: composer
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1989, role: composer
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1989, role: composer
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1987, role: composer
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1986, role: composer
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1986, role: composer
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1986, role: composer
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1985, role: composer
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1984, role: composer
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1983, role: composer
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1982, role: composer
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1981, role: composer
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1980, role: composer
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1980, role: composer
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1977, role: composer
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1977, role: composer
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1977, role: composer
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1972, role: composer
