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Screen Scoring

Matt Miller

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Matt Miller is a Los Angeles-based composer for film, television, and video games. He is a graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music’s Screen Scoring master’s program, and completed his bachelor’s degree in music composition at California State University, Long Beach.

With an extensive background in composition and performing, Matt draws from a wide influence of musical styles and has found success composing for many genres of media. An innovative and collaborative composer, he is also known for blending traditional instruments with synthetic sounds and unconventional field recordings to create unique hybrid scores. In addition to scoring numerous films and games, his original compositions and arrangements have been performed internationally as well as throughout the United States.

Matt is also a highly rated and award-winning conductor with a wide experience of working with many ensembles. He has been featured as a guest conductor and was selected as the winner of the 2018 Conducting Competition hosted by the CSULB Studio Orchestra. Matt has conducted and recorded his music at a number of historic LA studios, including Capitol Studios, EastWest Studios, the Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage, and the John Williams Scoring Stage.

In his free time, he enjoys watching movies, making cold brew, playing board games, and spending time with friends.

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Favorite Films: Your Name, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Rocky, Baby Driver, Parasite, Taxi Driver, Cinema Paradiso, Uncut Gems, Knives Out, La La Land

Favorite Video Games: Zelda (all of em), Super Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, The Last of Us, Undertale

Favorite TV Shows: Black Mirror, Rick and Morty, Cobra Kai, The Mandalorian, Sex Education, Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Hero Academia

Favorite Composers: John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Leonard Bernstein, Dmitri Shostakovich, George Harrison, The Beatles

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