Peter Salett’s ambitious fifth album, In the Ocean of the Stars puts the spotlight on a strikingly original artist who has amassed an impressive body of work essentially behind the scenes and below the radar. A sprawling tour de force that moves seamlessly between folk-rooted intimacy and all-out symphonic grandeur, the album takes its place alongside such landmarks of visionary contemporary music as Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left, Randy Newman’s Sail Away and Beck’s Sea Change.

"Simple but not simplistic, Peter Salett writes pop songs that wrap their longings in the leanest of arrangements. Salett orchestrates with a Zen-like economy on {After A While}, placing a pedal steel in one corner, a piano in another... the songs simmer with a reflective early 1970s glaze, not unlike what a modern day East Coast Jackson Browne might surmise." Rolling Stone.

This solo acoustic CD was recorded in 1998 by engineer Pete Keppler, who just engineered David Bowie's latest. It is a collection of 8 songs, most of which did not end up on either of Salett's two earlier band records. Haunting and spare, this is a must for the true Peter Salett fan.

"Melody inhabits these songs like juice in a ripened fruit, sweet and rich and constituting much of the substance of the music. On a few tracks, particularly the irresistible "Heart of Mine" Salett draws from the breezy simplicity of late '50's and early '60's pop" - All Music Guide

"Peter Salett plants plenty of bite in the acoustic based pop-rock tunes that comprise Paintings of These Days. There is a gritty undercurrent both in the lyrics and arrangements of these songs...Salett has a knack for crafting natty pop hooks" - All Music Guide

This ATO records soundtrack has 8 tracks by Peter Salett from his song score, as well as songs by Mazzy Star and Patsy Cline. "Lovely soundtrack of Peter Salett's acoustic ballads" Boston Globe (Available only on iTunes).

This Hollywood Records soundtrack contains "Heart of Mine", the main theme of the film, and the song that first gave Peter Salett national exposure. Also on the soundtrack is the Salett song "The Way Things Used to Be", and great tracks by Elliot Smith and Tom Waits, as well as Oscar winner Elmer Bernstein's score.

2008 Cat Dancers (HBO documentary, co-score)

2006 Down in the Valley (ThinkFilm)

2005 Bittersweet Place (independent)

2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal Pictures)

2008 Untitled Mentor (Universal Pictures)

2007 The Ten (ThinkFilm)

2007 Superbad (Columbia Pictures)

2005 The F Word (Ditlev Films)

2001 Wet Hot American Summer (USA Films)