Matthew Puckett is an award winning songwriter and writer. Originally from New York City, Matthew lives in Los Angeles and has worked with bands and artists such as: Rogue Wave, The Mowgli’s, Marsha Ambrosius, Jeremy Jordan, Shawn Hook, Kris Allen and Garrison Starr among others.
Matthew won a Peabody Award for his songs and score for the ABC Series HOPKINS. His new musical REBEL GENIUS (book, music and lyrics) was a finalist for the Richard Rodgers Award and the Jonathan Larson Grant presented by The American Theater Wing. It has been presented at UCLA, IAMA Theater Co., The Lied Center/ASCAP workshop and The Atlantic Theater Company in NYC.
Matthew's unique film scores include Caught (Anna Camp), Best Friends Forever (Brea Grant, Selection SLAMDANCE), Dial A Prayer (Brittany Snow, William H. Macy), Gravity (STARZ), Still Single (Showtime) and Guidance (Dreamworks/AwesomenessTV).
Other film and television music credits include: Southpaw (dir. Antoine Fuqua) Eye Candy (MTV), NCIS: LA (CBS), Being Human (SyFy), Held Up (Feature/Sony), 'Never Again' (Focus Features), and RIVERDALE among others.
Matthew is the recipient of a New Musical Theater Works commission from IAMA Theater Company in Los Angeles for his musical “Songs from the Evergreen”. He is currently developing a new musical with Jaime Casteneda and a new musical TV series for WB/Brownstone Entertainment.
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Matthew Puckett
Matthew Puckett is an award winning songwriter and film composer based in Los Angeles, California. Originally from New York City, Matthew has worked with bands and artists such as: Rogue Wave, The Mowgli’s, Jillea, Marsha Ambrosius, Jeremy Jordan, Shawn Hook, Kris Allen, The 3AM, Clementine and The Galaxy, Royal Tongues, Glenn Philips, Beginners, Valen and Garrison Starr.
Matthew won a Peabody Award for his songs and score for the seven-part documentary ABC Series HOPKINS and was the recipient of an ASCAP Film/TV Award for his song Skyline, the theme to the critically acclaimed ABC series NY Med.
Matthew’s new musical REBEL GENIUS was a finalist for the Jonathan Larson Grant presented by The American Theater Wing. REBEL GENIUS was produced at UCLA (Directed by Brian Kite), has been presented at the Lied Center/ASCAP workshop and the Atlantic Theater Company in NYC. Matthew’s unique film scores include: Guidance (Dreamworks/AwesomenessTV), Caught (Anna Camp), Before I Go (Annabella Scoirra), Best Friends Forever (Brea Grant, Selection SLAMDANCE), Dial A Prayer (Brittany Snow, William H. Macy) and Some Boys Don’t Leave (Jesse Eisenberg, Winner TriBeCa Film Fest) and TV scores for Gravity (STARZ) and Still Single (Showtime).
Other film and television music credits include: RIVERDALE (The CW), The Enemy Within (NBC), Katy Keene (The CW), Chance (HULU), Southpaw (dir. Antoine Fuqua / Weinstein Company) Eye Candy (MTV), NCIS: LA (CBS), Being Human (SyFy), Hooking Up (ABC), Held Up starring The Sklar Brothers (Feature/Sony), ‘Never Again’ (Focus Features), and Make It Or Break It (Disney), Finding Carter (MTV). Matthew co-wrote and produced the song “Cold Blood” by Valen featured in the videogame The Sims from Electronic Arts.
Matthew is the recipient of a New Musical Theater Works commission from IAMA Theater Company in Los Angeles for his song cycle The Evergreen. He is currently developing a new musical series for Brownstone Entertainment.
Matthew is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild and is published by Kobalt Music.