Matthew Head (composer)

Matthew Head
BornMarietta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupations
  • Composer
  • music producer

Matthew Head is an American composer and music producer.[1][2]

Life and career

Head was born in Marietta, Georgia.[3] He attended Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia, but dropped out and later landed a job at a small studio in Atlanta.[4] His notable works as a music producer include the OWN series Greenleaf, the Halle Berry and Lena Waithe produced Boomerang on BET, P-Valley on Starz, PBS and WETA's The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song, Lifetime's Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, and Step Up: High Water season 2, for which he collaborated with Timbaland.[5][6][7]

Selected filmography

As Composer

Television

Year Title
2024 Gospel (4 Episodes)
2022-2024 American Experience (2 Episodes)
2022 Tom Swift (10 Episodes)
2020-2022 P-Valley (13 Episodes)
2018-2021 The Family Business (21 Episodes)
2019 Boomerang (10 Episodes)

Film

Year Title
2024 Art, Beats + Lyrics
2023 Strength of a Woman
2023 Real Love
2023 This World Is Not My Own
2023 Stand
2023 Butterfly Boxing
2022 Wilmington on Fire: Chapter II
2022 Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2021 After We're Over
2021 Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
2020 A Christmas Surprise
2019 The Baby Proposal
2019 Always a Bridesmaid
2016 DigitalLivesMatter
2015 The Man in 3B

As Music Producer

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2024 Nominated Sports Emmy Awards Outstanding Long Documentary Stand [8]
2021 Won BMI Film & TV Awards Top Television Series Underscore P-Valley [9]
2019 Won North Carolina Black Film Festival Grenaldo Frazier Trailblazer Award Greenleaf [10]
2015 Won Suncoast Emmy Awards Best Human Interest Series (News) Melissa’s Story [11]
2014 Won Los Angeles Web Series Festival Series Composer Split [12]

References

  1. ^ "Composer Matthew Head shows younger generation there's a different way in music". rollingout.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  2. ^ "Songs for Screens: 'P-Valley' Composer Matthew Head on Crafting His 'Trap Noir' Score". variety.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  3. ^ "Composer Matthew Head draws on personal experience to score a docuseries about the impact of the Black church in America". emmys.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  4. ^ "Meet Matthew Head - Film and Television Composer and Music Producer". shoutoutatlanta.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  5. ^ ""P-Valley" Composer Matthew Head on What Wouldn't Have Happened if He Didn't Speak Up". bmi.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  6. ^ "Emmy-Winning Composer Matthew Head Talks PBS' 'The Black Church' Docuseries". blackfilm.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  7. ^ "Interview: Composer Matthew Head Talks 'Tom Swift'". nerdsandbeyond.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  8. ^ "WINNERS & NOMINEES". theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  9. ^ "2021 Award Winners". bmi.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  10. ^ "16th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival returns to Wilmington, NC after Hurricane Florence". yesweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  11. ^ "2015 WINNERS". suncoastchapter.org. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  12. ^ "Writers on the Web Wrap-Up: LAWEBFEST 2014". scriptmag.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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