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American composer and music producer
Matthew Head
BornMarietta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupations
  • Composer
  • music producer
Musical artist

Matthew Head is an American composer and music producer.

Life and career

Head was born in Marietta, Georgia. He attended Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia, but dropped out and later landed a job at a small studio in Atlanta. 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.

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
2021 Won BMI Film & TV Awards Top Television Series Underscore P-Valley
2019 Won North Carolina Black Film Festival Grenaldo Frazier Trailblazer Award Greenleaf
2015 Won Suncoast Emmy Awards Best Human Interest Series (News) Melissa’s Story
2014 Won Los Angeles Web Series Festival Series Composer Split

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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