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
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 Brooklyn | Original Music Composer |
2013 | From the Rough | Original Music Composer |
2013 | A Case of You | Original Music Composer |
2013 | Breaking the Girls | Original Music Composer |
2013 | Family Weekend | Original Theme Composer |
2012 | Best Man Down | Original Music Composer |
2012 | The Story of Luke | Original Music Composer |
2012 | House Husbands (TV Movie) | Original Music Composer |
2012 | La Source (Documentary) | Original Music Composer |
2012 | And While We Were Here | Original Music Composer |
2012 | 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom | Original 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 | Butter | Original Music Composer |
2011 | 2ND Take | Original Music Composer |
2011 | L!fe Happens | Original 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 Air | Additional Music Composer |
2008 | The Least of These | Original Music Composer |
2008 | Turnipseed | Original 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 | Juno | Original Music Composer |
2007 | Non pensarci | Original 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 Bondage | Original Music Composer |
2005 | Stray (Short) | Original Music Composer |
2005 | Thank You for Smoking | Additional Music Composer |
2004 | Coming Up Easy | Original 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 |