Peter Salett

He is best known as a musician for his song "Heart of Mine" in the movie Keeping the Faith, his song score for the 2006 film Down in the Valley, and for co-writing the Dracula puppet musical finale, "A Taste for Love", in the Judd Apatow produced film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Salett moved with his family to Columbia, Maryland when he was four years old.

Salett has contributed music to numerous films including Keeping the Faith, Down in the Valley, The Ten and Wet Hot American Summer.

[2] Keeping the Faith featured a T-Bone Burnett remix of the title track from Salett's second independent release, Heart of Mine.

Following the 2016 elections, Salett founded the non-profit political organization The Hometown Project, which works to help elect progressive candidates in local races by creating candidate endorsement videos with actors and musicians who have personal connections to local districts.