Matthew's career has spanned many genres of music, bringing a wide and varied mix to his compositional style – equally at home composing for feature films, long running television series, TV commercials, classical pieces and club dance tracks. He has just finished the music for Love in Numbers (working title) a documentary on the statistics of relationships for TLC in the US and worldwide broadcast. Other recent activity includes scoring, Bro, a new short film directed by Chris Dundon and developed in conjunction with the UK Film Council.
After studying piano, conducting and composition at college, Matthew worked with acclaimed film composer and BAFTA Award-Winner Barrington Pheloung as Orchestrator and Music Assistant. This saw Matthew working on a wide range of television, film and theatre productions including:
Sharon Maguire’s Incendiary (starring Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams) for FilmFour and Capitol Films, Anand Tucker’s And When Did You Last See Your Father? (starring Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent) for Number 9 Films and FilmFour, Hilary and Jackie (starring Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths) for October FIlms / BBC, Inspector Morse (starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately) and now the spin-off series Lewis (starring Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox) for ITV1, Mamma Mia, the Westend stage production written by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and Dalziel & Pascoe (starring Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan) for BBC.
Matthew's work in the dance industry earned him numerous licensing deals including:
Clubbers Guide To Trance - Ministry Of Sound (Mixed by ATB), The Awakening - Renaissance Records (Mixed by David Seaman) and Reykjavik - Global Underground (Mixed by Nick Warren).
Premiere DJ support of Matthew's dance music was evident with the likes of John Digweed, Sasha, Paul Oakenfold and Nick Warren regularly playing Matthew's music. Radio plays have included BBC Radio 1, Virgin Radio and Kiss FM along with many international radio stations.
Matthew also formed and conducted the Universal Film Orchestra, a London based concert orchestra dedicated to the performance of film music.
Matthew's love of chamber music has seen him commissioned to compose four string quartets by the internationally recognised Solaris Quartet.