Mateo Messina Mateo Messina Mateo Messina

Biography

Mateo Messina is a Grammy Winning American soundtrack composer perhaps best known for working on the soundtrack to the 2007 film Juno. His music has been on 4 Oscar nominated films and he has a signature sound that translates from orchestras to small unique ensembles.

Messina's style of songwriting and composition has earned him many accolades. He has received numerous film score awards, including the Festival Tous Courts in France for The Freak, One Reel Film Festival for Terra, ASCAP Awards, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Messina writes for Fox, Universal, Warner Bros, Disney, Sony, & Paramount. As well as NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, USA, & the WB networks. He has also written music for a variety of commercials including, Nike, Microsoft, MTV, Honda, Pottery Barn, Volkswagen, Sony, Norelco, The North Face and Ford.

Most Notable Awards

1 Award Win
Grammy Award 1 Wins

A Seattle native, Messina maintains residences in both his hometown and Los Angeles. The young philanthropist composes and produces an annual benefit concert with The Symphony Guild to benefit Seattle Children's Hospital. He began a connection with the hospital over 15 years ago when a co-worker's daughter died in the hospital. Entering its 16th year, Messina has raised over one million dollars for the hospital.

Filmography List

2014 Crossbones (TV Series) (10 episodes)Original Music Composer
2014 Growing Up Fisher (TV Series) (13 episodes)Original Music Composer
2014 The Angriest Man in BrooklynOriginal Music Composer
2013 From the RoughOriginal Music Composer
2013 A Case of YouOriginal Music Composer
2013 Breaking the GirlsOriginal Music Composer
2013 Family WeekendOriginal Theme Composer
2012 Best Man DownOriginal Music Composer
2012 The Story of LukeOriginal Music Composer
2012 House Husbands (TV Movie)Original Music Composer
2012 La Source (Documentary)Original Music Composer
2012 And While We Were HereOriginal Music Composer
2012 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go BoomOriginal Music Composer
2012 Signs: Earth (Short)Original Music Composer
2011-2012 Fairly Legal (TV Series) (22 episodes)Original Music Composer
2011 A Day Without Rain (Short)Original Music Composer
2011 ButterOriginal Music Composer
2011 2ND TakeOriginal Music Composer
2011 L!fe HappensOriginal Music Composer
2011 Starsucker (Short)Original Music Composer
2011 The Prognosis (Short)Original Music Composer
2010-2011 Perfect Couples (TV Series) (11 episodes)Original Music Composer
2010 Flesh (Documentary)Original Music Composer
2010 Starlight Inn (Short)Additional Music Composer
2010 Sundays at Tiffany's (TV Movie)Original Music Composer
2010 Knight to D7 (Short)Original Music Composer
2010 Jacked (Short)Original Music Composer
2009 Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas (TV Movie)Original Music Composer
2009 Little Black Dress (Short)Original Music Composer
2009 Lost & Found (TV Movie)Original Music Composer
2009 Beauty (Short)Original Music Composer
2009 Hit and Run (Video)Original Music Composer
2009 Up in the AirAdditional Music Composer
2008 The Least of TheseOriginal Music Composer
2008 TurnipseedOriginal Music Composer
2008 The Ex List (TV Series) (1 episode)Original Music Composer
2008 The Pizza King (Short)Original Music Composer
2008 Collectibles (Short)Original Music Composer
2007 Tango Into the Night (Video short)Original Music Composer
2007 JunoOriginal Music Composer
2007 Non pensarciOriginal Music Composer
2007 Jump! (Documentary)Original Music Composer
2007 Dan Mog: An Old Dog Learns a New Trick (Video short)Original Music Composer
2006 The BondageOriginal Music Composer
2005 Stray (Short)Original Music Composer
2005 Thank You for SmokingAdditional Music Composer
2004 Coming Up EasyOriginal Music Composer
2004 Commercial (Short)Original Music Composer
2004 Quietness of Copper (Short)Original Music Composer
2004 The Handkerchief (Short)Original Music Composer
2004 Missing Sock (Short)Original Music Composer
2003 Questions & Answers (Short)Original Music Composer
2003 Terra (Short)Original Music Composer
2003 Cleanup on Aisle Five (Short)Original Music Composer
2003 Blind Mice (Short)Original Music Composer
2003 Party Foul (Short)Original Music Composer
2002 The Freak (Short)Original Music Composer
2002 For Mature Audiences Only (Short)Original Music Composer
2002 Capri (Short)Original Music Composer
2001 The Diamond Nose (Short)Original Music Composer
2000 Little Man on Campus (Short)Original Music Composer

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