MATT DUNKLEY - Composer & Orchestrator
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MATT DUNKLEY - Composer & Orchestrator Matt’s second feature was the Anglo-Belgian action thriller, Storm Force 10, about Special Forces that received its premiere at The Ghent Film Festival. His first was his score for The Four Musketeers, an Anglo-French movie directed by Pierre Aknine. His tv credits include the BBC 2010 10-part series Spirit Warriors; No 13, directed by John East for BBC 3; the BBC’s 6 part comedy drama series Rescue Me, for Tiger Aspect; he also arranged and produced the title song which was released on East West Records. He composed the music for ITV’s I Saw You, starring Fay Ripley; and the scores for the BAFTA-nominated ITV drama Safe as Houses starring Ricky Tomlinson and the Bafta award-winning pilot for I Saw You. As an orchestrator/lconductor Matt has worked on many major films, most recently Ricky Gervais’ first feature as writer/producer/director, This Side Of The Truth with composer Tim Atack; Iron Man (Marvel) and The Hulk (Universal) with Danny Elfman; Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with Randy Edelman; composer Craig Armstrong on Oliver Stone’s World Trade Centre (Paramount); Must Love Dogs (Warner Bros); Love Actually (Working Title); Ray (Taylor Hackford/Crusader); Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann/Fox); The Order (Brian Helgeland/Fox); The Bone Collector (Phillip Noyce/Universal); Kiss of the Dragon (Luc Besson/Fox); and The Quiet American (Phillip Noyce/Miramax); Baz Lurhman’s Moulin Rouge, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Basic Instinct 2. He worked on Bride & Prejudice (Pathe/Miramax) for composer Craig Pruess; Mindhunters (Renny Harlin/Dimension) for Toumas Kantelinen; and The Prince and Me (Martha Coolidge/Paramount) for Jennie Muskett. He has enjoyed a very successful long term collaboration with the superstar "Bollywood" composer A.R.Rahman on The Legend of Bhagat Singh and Meenaxi: Tale of Three Cities and orchestrated the Sony movie Warriors of Heaven and Earth for A.R. last year. This year he worked with him on Subash; The Last Hero and conducted the score in Prague. He also arranged and orchestrated an AR piece recorded by Vanessa Mae for Sony Records and earlier this year arranged and conducted a concert of AR’s film music at London’s Royal Festival Hall. In the pop field, Matt's arrangements have led to numerous top 10 international hits - including collaborations with artists such as Badly Drawn Boy, Catatonia, Amici Forever, Russell Watson, Melanie C, Pet Shop Boys, Tom Jones, Amici, Bond, Maxim and Elliott Smith as well as leading European artists including Hooverphonic and Eros Ramazotti. Matt studied trumpet and piano at the London College of Music and then went on to work with world-renowned film orchestrator Christopher Palmer. Matt has been sole orchestrator and conductor for top film composer Craig Armstrong since he started scoring major films on both sides of the Atlantic. Their collaboration has reaped many awards including 2 Baftas, a Golden Globe and 2 AFI's. He has conducted many leading orchestras including The London Sinfonietta, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Contact: Carolynne Wyper, Olav Wyper 09/10 over for credits.../ SMA TALENT LIMITED THE COTTAGE FRESSINGFIELD SUFFOLK IP21 5PA ENGLAND T: 01379 586734 E: [email protected] & [email protected] MATT DUNKLEY CREDITS As Composer Feature STORM FORCE 10 - Woodline Productions Director Hans Herbots THE FOUR MUSKETEERS - GMT Prods/OKKO Prods Dir Pierre Aknine Television SPIRIT WARRIORS (BBC) Producer Nick Pitt Director Jon East RESCUE ME - Tiger Aspect/BBC Producer Christine Langan I SAW YOU TV pilot & Series One Granada TV Producer Christine Langan SAFE AS HOUSES TV pilot - Granada TV Producer Christine Langan SKY MOVIE CHANNELS - idents CARLTON TV MOVIE CHANNELS - idents As Orchestrator/Arranger/Conductor features include THIS SIDE OF THE TRUTH - Lin Pictures/Warner Bros Composer Tim Atack CEMETERY JUNCTION (Sony Pictures) Composer Tim Atack MUMMY 3: TOMB OF THE DRADON EMPEROR – Universal Composer Randy Edelman HULK – Marvel Entertainment Composer Danny Elfman IRON MAN - Paramount./Fairview Entertainment Composer Ramin Djawadi MUST LOVE DOGS - Warner Bros Composer Craig Armstrong ALIEN Vs PREDATOR - 20th Century Fox/Paul Andersen Composer Harald Kloser BRIDE & PREJUDICE - Miramax/Pathe Composer Craig Pruess THE LAST HERO - Sahyadri Films Composer A. R. Rahman THE CLEARING - Fox Searchlight Composer Craig Armstrong THE PRINCE AND ME - Paramount/Lions Gate Composer Jennie Muskett LOVE ACTUALLY- Working Title/Richard Curtis Composer Craig Armstrong RAY - Crusader/Taylor Hackforth Composer Craig Armstrong NANI - Composer A. R. Rahman THE PRINCE AND ME - Paramount Pictures/Martha Coolidge Composer Jennie Muskett WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH - Sony Pictures Composer A.R.Rahman SUZIE GOLD - Pathe UK/Ric Cantor Composer Chris Elliott HELEN OF PECKHAM - Haut Et Court & BBC Films/Emily Young Composer Murray Gold MINDHUNTERS - Dimension Films & Intermedia/Renny Harlin Composer Tuomas Kantelinen MEENAXI: TALE OF THREE CITIES - Culture of the Streets Films Composer A.R.Rahman THE ORDER - 20th Century Fox/Brian Helgeland Composer David Torn THE QUIET AMERICAN - Miramax/Phillip Noyce Composer Craig Armstrong THE LEGEND OF BHAGAT SINGH - Tips Films Bombay/Rajkumar Santos Composer A.R.Rahman MOONLIGHT - Ecosse Films Composer Fons Mierkes THE MAGDALENE SISTERS - PFP Films/Peter Mullan Composer Craig Armstrong MOULIN ROUGE - 20th Century Fox/Baz Luhrmann Composer Craig Armstrong KISS OF THE DRAGON - Fox/Chris Nahon & Luc Besson Composer Craig Armstrong THE BONE COLLECTOR - Universal Pictures/Phillip Noyce Composer Craig Armstrong THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS - New Line Cinema/Adam Brooks Composer Nick Laird-Clowes SAVING GRACE - Fox Searchlight/Nigel Cole Composer Mark Russell EYE OF THE BEHOLDER - Universal/Stephan Elliott Composer Marius De Vries PLUNKETT & MACLEANE - Working Title Pictures/Jake Scott Composer Craig Armstrong pop & classical recordings include BADLY DRAWN BOY- ‘Have You Fed The Fish’ (6 tracks) XL Records (6 tracks) Producer Tom Rothrock U2 - ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ (2 tracks) Island records Producer Chris Hughes/Craig Armstrong AMICI FOREVER - 2004 album (all tracks) BMG Records Producer Nick Patrick RUSSELL WATSON - ‘Amore Musica’ (3 tracks) Decca Records Producer Simon Franglen BOND - ‘Classified’ (all tracks) Decca Records Producer Orion/Youth VANESSA MAE - ‘Choreography’ (1 track) Sony Classics Producer A. R. Rahman PAVAROTTI - ‘Italian TV Shows’ (1 track) Decca Classics Producer Chris Hazell MAKSIM MRVICA - ‘Variations i &ii’ EMI Classics Producer Orion/Youth CRAIG ARMSTRONG - ‘As if to nothing’ Melankolic Virgin Records (all tracks) Producer Craig Armstrong OLIVER DARLEY - Introducing Oliver Darley’ (1 track) East West Records Producer Matt Dunkley CRAIG ARMSTRONG LIVE BARBICAN CONCERT - ‘Songs & Films’ + European Tour Producer Craig Armstrong (London Sinfonietta & Metro Voices/Mons Orchestra) HOOVERPHONICS ALBUM - ‘Jackie Cane’ Sony Records (Belgium) (5 tracks) Producer Alex Callier OLIVER DARLEY - ‘Introducing Oliver Darley’ East West Records (1 Track) Producer Matt Dunkley CHARLOTTE MARTIN - album (2 tracks) RCA NY Producer Craig Armstrong TOM JONES/CERYS MATTHEWS’ Album - ‘Reload’ Gut Records (1 track) Producer Tommy D CATATONIA’S ALBUM - ‘Equally Cursed & Blessed’ Warner Records UK (3 tracks) Producer Tommy D MELANIE C’S ALBUM - ‘Northern Star’ Virgin Records (2 tracks) Producer Marius De Vries ELLIOT SMITH’S ALBUM - ‘Figure 8’ Dreamworks (1 track) Producer Tom Rothrock EROS RAMAZOTTI’S ALBUM - ‘Stilelibero’ BMG Nederland (3 tracks) Producer: Trevor Horn PET SHOP BOYS ALBUM - ‘Nightlife’ EMI Records (all tracks) Producer Craig Armstrong HOOVERPHONICS ALBUM - ‘The Magnificent Tree’ Sony Records (Belgium) (Tracks) Producer Roland Herrington CRAIG ARMSTRONG/MASSIVE ATTACK LIVE IN PARIS (Palais de Bercy) Virgin Records (Orchestre de Colonne) DARLING - ‘Initiation’ Disco Volante (3 tracks) Producer: Jim Abbis TIN TIN - THE MUSICAL - Belgium (4 tracks) Producer Maggie Rodford IZZY - ‘Libera Me’ Decca Classical (2 tracks) Producer Craig Leon SOMEWHERE/SLAVA - Polydor Japan (2 tracks) Producer Ryoji Oba A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM - EMI Classics Composer/Producer Steve Hackett (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) GENESIS REVISITED - Mercury Records Composers: Peter Gabriel/Mike Rutherford/Tony Banks/Steve Hackett (6 tracks) FOUNTAIN OF SALMACIS - Firth of Fifth Producer Steve Hack (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) .