Matthew Puckett


Matthew Puckett is an American film composer, songwriter, and music producer. Born and raised in New York City, he attended the High School of the Performing Arts and received his BFA from NYU. Puckett lives in Los Angeles, California.

Songwriting and music production

Puckett has written and produced for artists including Rogue Wave, The Mowgli's, Jeremy Jordan, Kris Allen, Abraham Mateo, Shawn Hook, Royal Tongues, Glen Phillips, Jessica Mitchell, Clementine and The Galaxy, Danny Fingers, Ryan Innes, Mama Casio, BEGINNERS, Nikki Webster, The Unlikely Candidates, Garrison Starr, Adrianne Gonzalez and Kyler England.
Puckett wrote the ASCAP Award Winning theme song "Skyline" for NY MED on ABC as well as "Everything I Want" for the Peabody Award-winning ABC show Boston Med. His musical REBEL GENIUS was a finalist for the 2017 Jonathan Larson Award presented by Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation and American Theater Wing. He signed a publishing deal with SONGS Music Publishing in 2014. Puckett is currently represented by Kobalt Music Group.

Film and TV composition

Puckett wrote the score for the AwesomenessTV series Guidance, Gravity and for the films Caught, Brightest Star and Boy Meets Girl Directed by Eric Schaeffer. His songs, themes, and scores have been featured in Riverdale, Lucifer, NY Med, After Fall, Winter, She Wants Me, 2BR/2BA, Best Friends Forever, Particles of Truth, Hooking Up, Lisa Williams Show, and Crazy Sexy Cancer.
Additional film and television credits include: Being Human which featured Puckett's cover version of The Psychedelic Furs "The Ghost In You", the score and end title song for Some Boys Don't Leave starring Jesse Eisenberg, score and songs for Particles Of Truth, Colin Fitz, Never Again, Starved and Make It or Break It. His music was also featured in the ABC show Hopkins, in which he is credited for the theme song, "So Much To Say" and other music and songs for the series.
Puckett has also written the original music for the collection of short Off Broadway plays entitled New Works: Chance'', the theme for the documentary "Jackie" and television commercials for KIA, Coke, Diet Coke and Verizon.

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