Matthew Compton
Matthew scored the film Palm Springs directed by Max Barbakow, which was a Sundance Film Festival 2020 record-breaking. In addition, he scored Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, MacGruber, Better Start Running, the animated movie Igor, along with a cover of The Association's song “Never My Love” featuring Flea for Drew Barrymore’s Whip It. His previous television composition credits include: American Dad, Saturday Night Live, Death Valley, The Simpsons, NBC’s pilot Not Safe for Work, CBS’s pilot Friends with Benefits, Brief but Spectacular and Punk’d. In addition to Matthew’s film and television credits you might catch some of his original compositions for the following national campaigns: Apple, Lincoln, Nissan, Activision, KIA, Edible Schoolyard, Starburst, and Bud Light, amongst hundreds more.
Matthew along with Asa Taccone are the critically acclaimed duo Electric Guest and their first album was produced by Danger Mouse. Electric Guest’s song shave been featured in several films including Annie (there make), Love Rosie, and Disconnect. Matthew has also written for and performed alongside Carly Rae Jepsen, Cyn, Cold WarKids, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rodrigo Amarante, Devendra Banhart, The Pierces, Cursive, Joyo Velarde, Flea, Adam Green and Har Mar Superstar.
Recent scores include the series MacGruber for Peacock directed by Jorma Taccone and Digman for CBS, and the feature films Into the Deep directed by Kate Cox, Little Brother directed by Sheridan O’Donnell, Last Stop in Yuma County directed by Francis Galluppi, and Prom Dates for Hulu directed by Kim O. Nguyen. Matthew also wrote and produced the theme song for the Paramount+ series Knuckles.
FILM:
Over Your Dead Body
Director: Jorma Taccone
Producers: Guy Danella| Lee Kim | David Leitch | Kelly McCormick
Production Company: XYZ Films
Prom Dates
Director: Kim Nguyen
Producers: Dustin Bath, Nathan James, David Green
Production Company: American High
Last Stop in Yuma County
Director: Francis Galluppi
Producers: Francis Galluppi, Atif Malik
Production Company: Local Boogeyman Productions
Little Brother
Director: Sheridan O’Donnell
Producers: Christopher Dodds / Dylan Matlock / Brent Morris / J.P. Ouellette
Production Company: Made By Limbo
Into the Deep
Director: Kate Cox
Producers: Leonora Darby, Marc Goldberg, Mark Lane
Production Company: Tea Shop Productions
Palm Springs
Director: Max Barbakow
Producers: Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer
Production Company: Limelight
Better Start Running
Director: Brett Simon
Producers: Chad Faust
Production Company: Whip Smart Productions
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Director: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Producers: Judd Apatow, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Production Company: Universal Pictures
MacGruber
Director: Jorma Taccone
Producers: Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn
Production Company: Broadway Video
TELEVISION:
Knuckles (Theme Song, Song Writer/Producer)
Producers: Tony Ascher, Jeff Fowler, Neal H. Moritz
Production Company: Paramount+
Digman!
Showrunner: Neil Campbell
Producers: Ali Bell, Neill Campbell, Andy Samberg
Production Company: CBS
MacGruber
Director: Jorma Taccone
Producers: Will Forte, Jorma Taccone, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer
Production Company: Universal, Broadway Video / Peacock
