Peer Raben was born on July 3, 1940 in Viechtafell, Viechtach, Bavaria, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for 2046 (2004), Querelle (1982) and Finding Forrester (2000). He died on January 21, 2007 in Mitterfels, Bavaria, Germany.
For the 1997 Berlin Film Festival, when a complete retrospective of the films of director G W Pabst was shown, the composer was commissioned to write a new score to accompany the silent classic Pandora,s Box.