Matt Dunkley - Composer Profile

Matt is a wonderfully talented and established film and TV composer who has also managed to develop a highly successful parallel career as one of the UK's leading orchestrators, arrangers and conductors.

He has worked on over 100 movies, including; The Dark Knight Rises, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Killer, Madagascar, Pirates Of The Carribbean, Kung Fu Panda, Inception, Black Swan, Moulin Rouge, Batman: The Dark Knight, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, Ray, The Incredible Hulk, Love Actually, The Quiet American, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Bone Collector, Iron Man, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, World Trade Center and The Assassination of Jesse James.

Matt has worked with pop/rock acts such as Badly Drawn Boy, Dido, the Pet Shop Boys, Tom Jones, U2, Massive Attack, Elliot Smith, Catatonia, and international artists including Monica Naranjo, Eros Ramazotti and Hooverphonic, as well as classical artists, Jose Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, Russell Watson, Vanessa Mae, Il Divo, Amici, Bond and Maxsim.

Matt has scored a number of network series for ITV and the BBC including I Saw You, Rescue Me, Safe as Houses and Number 13. He has recently completed the exciting new children's adventure series, Spirit Warriors, for CBBC. Most recently he was commissioned to score Peter Pan: The World Arena Tour, a huge musical and theatrical touring extravaganza based on the JM Barrie story.

He composed a wonderfully rich and textured score for The Four Musketeers, (D’Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires), directed by Pierre Aknine and starring Emmanuelle Béart. The soundtrack was released by Movie Score Media to critical acclaim. Matt then went onto score the action thriller Storm Force, (Windkracht 10), directed by Hans Herbots. The film was chosen to open the Ghent International Film Festival and went onto top many a European box office.

Matt studied trumpet and piano at the London College of Music and then went on to work with world-renowned film orchestrator Christopher Palmer. This led to him working with the acclaimed Scottish composer, Craig Armstrong. They have now worked together for over 15 years on various projects, many of which have won awards including a Golden Globe, 2 Baftas and 2 Ivor Novellos. Matt has also orchestrated and conducted exclusively for the superstar Indian composer, and recent Bafta, Golden Globe and two-time Oscar winning, A.R. Rahman. Furthermore he regularly works with many of the most recognized names in film composition today - Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Clint Mansell, Randy Edelman, John Murphy, Tuomas Kantelinen, Ramin Djawadi, Christian Henson and Henry Jackman.

Matt continues to be asked to work alongside some of the most exciting and high profile names in movie score. His real love and talent lies in composition. He is proving to be an extremely gifted and powerful writer of film music as well as music for a wide variety of TV projects. Drawing on his years of experience, built up whilst working with most of the Hollywood 'great-and-good', he has become one of the most upcoming media composers in the UK.

ORCHESTRATION / ARRANGING / CONDUCTING

STOKER	Fox Searchlight Pics Director: Chan Wook Park Producer Michael Costigan Starring: Mia Waikowska, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Matthew Goode
ABRAHAN LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER	Tim Burton Prods Director: Timur Bekmambetov Producer: Tim Burton Jim Lemley Starring: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES	Warner Bros Pics Director: Christopher Nolan Producer Chris Roven, Emma Thomas Starring: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Jason Gordon Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Matthew Modine
HALO 4	(Video Game) 343 Industries Director: Frank O’Connor, Brien Goodrich
LES SEIGNEURS	Vito Films Director: Oliver Dahan Producer: Isaac Sharry
KOCHADAIYAAN	Eros Int’l Director: Soundaraya Ranjindkanth Producer: Soundaraya Ranjindkanth
MADAGASCAR 3: Europe’s Most Wanted	Pacific Data Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon Producer: Mireille Soria, Mark Swift Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen
PEOPLE LIKE US	Dreamworks SKG Director: Alex Kurtzman Producer: Robert Orci, Bobby Cohen, Clayton Townsend Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Pfeiffer
SAFE HOUSE	Universal Pictures Director: Daniel Espinosa Producer: Scott Stuber Starring: Denzil Washington, Ryan Gosling, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard
GRABBERS	High Treason Prods Director: Jon Wright ProducerTracy Brimm, Eduardo Levy, James Martin, Kate Myers, Martin Niland, Piers Tempest Starring: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey
IN TIME	Regency Director: Andrew Niccol Producer: Marc Abrahem, Eric Newman Starring: Cillian Murphy, Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried
THE THREE MUSKETEERS	Impact Pictures Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Producer: Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer Starring: Matthew Macfayden, Milla Jovovich
KUNG FU PANDA	Dreamworks Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson Producer: Melissa Cobb Starring: Jack Black, Angelione Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES	Walt Disney Pictures Director: Rob Marshall Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane
UNITED	World Productions Director: James Strong Producer: Julia Stannard Starring: David Tennant, Dougray Scott
THE ITALIAN KEY	Old Trace Roaf Prods Director: Rosa Caro Producer: Peter O. Almond
THE LAST DRAGON	Columbia Pictures Director: Mario Andreacchio Producer: John Davis, Kerry Gordy, Liu Zhi Jiang, RZA Starring: Samuel L Jackson
THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE	Corsan Director: Lee Tamahori Producers: Paul Breuls, Catherine Vandeleene, Michael John Fedun, Emjay Rechsteiner Starring: Dominic Cooper
127 HOURS	Cloud Eight Films Director: Danny Boyle Producer: Christian Coulson, John Smithson Starring: James Franco	Nominated for BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award For Film Music
BLACK SWAN	Fox Searchlight Director: Darren Aronofsky Producer: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
INCEPTION	Warner Bros Director: Christopher Nolan Producer: Emma Thomas Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy	Oscar Nomination Best Original Score
WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS	Edward R Pressman Films Director: Oliver Stone Producer: Eric Kopeloff, Edward R Pressman Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LeBouef
CEMETERY JUNCTION	Columbia Pictures Director: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant Producer: Sue Baden Powell, Charlie Hanson Starring: Tom Hughes, Christian Cooke, Ralph Fiennes
CLASH OF THE TITANS	Warner Bros Director: Louis Leterrier Producer: Kevin De La Noy, Basil Iwanyk Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Aterton
KICK ASS	Plan B Ents Director: Matthew Vaughan Producer: Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack, Brad Pitt, David Reid, Kris Thykier Starring: Aaron Johnson
COUPLES RETREAT	Universal Director: Peter Billingsley Producer: Scott Stuber Starring: Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Vince Vaughan, Jon Favreau, Jean Reno
THE FATTEST MAN IN BRITAIN	ITV Director: David Blair Producer: Jeff Pope Starring: Timothy Spall, Frances Barber
THE INVENTION OF LYING	Warner Bros Director: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson Producer: Dan Lin, Lynda Obst, Oly Obst Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Tina Fey, Rob Lowe
THE ROAD	Dimension Director: John Hillcoat Producer: Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwarz, Nick Wechsler Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit- Mcphee
THE DARK NIGHT	Warner Bros Director: Christopher Nolan Producer: Lorne Orleans, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas Starring: Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Maggue Gyllenhaal
THE INCREDIBLE HULK	Universal Director: John Hillcoat Producer: Avi Arad, Kevin Feige, Gale Anne Hurd Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
IRON MAN	Paramount Director: Jon Favreau Producer: Avi Arad, Kevin Feige Starring: Robert Downey Jnr, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL	Focus Features Director: Justin Chadwick Producer: Alison Owen Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana
27 DRESSES	Fox 2000 Director: Anne Fletcher Producer: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman Starring: Katherine Heigle
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE	Universal Director: Shekah Kapur Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jonathan Cavendish Starring: Kate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSIE JAMES BY THE COWARD...	Warner Bros Director: Andrew Dominik Producer: Jules Daly, Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt, Ridley Scott, David Valdes Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck
MONGOL	Kimokompaniya CTB Director: Sergey Bodrov Producer: Anton Melnik, Sergei Selyanov
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END	Walt Disney Director: Gore Verbinsky Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer Starring: Jonny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
SUNSHINE	DNA Films Director: Danny Boyle Producer: Andrew Macdonald Starring: Cillian Murphy
OPEN SEASON	Columbia Pictures Director: Roger Allers, Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchii Producer: Michael Murdocca Starring: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Billy Connolly, Gary Sinise, Jon Favreau
WORLD TRADE CENTER	Paramount Director: Oliver Stone Producer: Moritz Berman, Debra Hill, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher Starring: Nicolas Cage, Mario Bello
BASIC INSTINCT II	MGM Director: Michael Caton Jones Producer: Mario F Kassar, Joel B Michaels, Andrew G Vajna Starring: David Morrissey, Sharon Stone
FEVER PITCH	Fox 2000 Pics Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly Producer: drew Barrymore, Alan Greenspan, Nancy Juvonen, Gil Netter, Amanda Posey, Bradley Thomas Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
BRIDE & PREJUDICE	Pathe Pics Int. Director: Gurinder Chadha Producer: Deepak Nayar Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar
RAY	Universal Pics Director: Taylor Hackford Producer: Howard Baldwin, Karen Elise-Baldwin, Stuart Benjamin Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerrie Washington	BAFTA Nomination for Anthony Asquith Award For Film Music
HAWKING	BBC Director: Phillip Martin Producer: Jessica Pope Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch
LOVE ACTUALLY	Universal Pics / Working Title Director: Richard Curtis Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Dincan Kenworthy Starring: Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson
THE MAGDELENE SISTERS	Scottish Screen Director: Peter Mullan Producer: Frances Higson Starring: Geraldine Mcewan, Anne Marie Duff
KISS OF THE DRAGON	Europa Corp Director: Chris Nahon Producer: Steve Chasman, Happy Walters Starring: Jet Li, Bridget Fonda
MOULIN ROUGE	20th Century Fox Director: Baz Lurhmann Producer: Fred Baron, Martin Brown Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan Macgregor	Won BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award For Film Music
SAVING GRACE	Portman Ents Group Director: Nigel Cole Producer: Mark Crowdy Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes
THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS	Fine Line Features Director: Adam Brooks Producer: Julia Chasman, Nick Wechsler Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christopher Ecclestone, Blythe Danner

FILM

STORM FORCE	MMG Film Director: Hans Herbots Producer: Hilda De Leare, Erwin Provoost
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS	GMT, Transfilm, Spice Factory, Eos, Okko Prods. Director: Pierre Aknine Producer: Jean Pierre Guerin, Veronique Marchat Starring: Emmanuel Beart, Tcheky Karyo

TV

THE FADES	(Conductor) BBC Director: Farren Blackburn, Tom Shankland Producer: Caroline Skinner
SPIRIT WARRIORS	BBC Director: Jon East, Matt King Producer: Cahal Bannon, Jon East, Nick Pitt
NUMBER 13	BBC Director: Pier Wilkie Producer: Richard Fell, Sue Smith
RESCUE ME	Tiger Aspect Director: Kate Dennis, Julia Holmes Producer: Christine Langan
SAFE AS HOUSES	BBC Director: Tom Vaughan Producer: Tom Vaughan Starring: Ricky Tomlinson
I SAW YOU	Granada Director: Tom Vaughan Producer: Christine Langan Starring: Fay Ripley, Paul Rhys

THEATRE

PETER PAN: The World Arena Tour

Roel Hermanns Prods Director: Luc Petit Producer: Geert Allaert

Peter Pan: The World Arena Tour, Trailer
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