After that Matt developed a successful arranging and conducting career that lead him to work with pop/rock acts such as The Pet Shop Boys, Massive Attack, U2, Catatonia, Mealnie C, Badly Drawn Boy, Elliott Smith, Dido and Tom Jones, as well as classical crossover acts including Russell Watson, Vanessa Mae, Amici, Bond and Maxsim.

Through his arranging work Matt met the Scottish composer Craig Armstrong, who asked him to help orchestrate his early movie scores – having just made his breakthrough with the Baz Luhrmann movie Romeo & Juliet. They have now worked together on 15 movies including Moulin Rouge, Love Actually, Ray and World Trade Center, the scores picking up numerous awards along the way including a Golden Globe, 2 Baftas and 2 Ivor Novellos. “Craig is an amazing talent – whether he’s writing for film, the concert hall or his solo albums – he always brings something fresh and new to a project and working with him over the last 10 years has been artistically fascinating and stimulating. We’ve had a blast along the way too!”

Matt has also orchestrated and conducted for the superstar Indian composer A.R.Rahman on 6 movies, the hugely talented Finnish composer Tuomas Kantelinen on 6 movies, as well as working for such Hollywood names as John Murphy and Hans Zimmer. He continues to orchestrate and conduct for some of the most exciting and high profile movies being made today.

As a composer Matt started out in TV – scoring a number of network series for ITV and the BBC including I Saw You, Rescue Me, Safe as Houses and Number 13. In 2005 he was asked to score his first film – a new Anglo-French movie, The Four Musketeers (aka D’Artagnan and the 3 Musketeers), directed by Pierre Aknine and starring Emmanuelle Béart. Running at 3 hours long – and with over 2 hours of music written for an 80 piece orchestra and 40 piece choir – this was a major undertaking. “From the very start I loved this project. Pierre (Aknine) was so supportive of my work, and to get a chance at scoring this 17th Century epic was such a joy”.

In 2006 Matt composed the score to the Anglo-Belgian action thriller Storm Force (aka Windkracht 10) directed by Hans Herbots. This - the most expensive Flemish movie ever made – opened the Ghent International Film Festival and went on to top the Belgian box office. “Another great experience – scoring this was a very different vibe from my first film, but I loved fusing contemporary beats with action-style orchestral writing. Hans (Herbots) really wanted something new and pushed me to be more daring and innovative with my writing. I also got to record it at my favourite London studio – Air Lyndhurst– and have it recorded and mixed by the genius that is Geoff Foster”.

As a record producer/arranger Matt is currently developing several crossover acts for the major labels with the manager and broadcaster Jasmine Lowson.

As a session conductor and concert MD, Matt has conducted many leading orchestras and ensembles including The London Sinfonietta, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of London, The London Metropolitan Orchestra, The London Session Orchestra, The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, The Hollywood Film Chorale, The Orchestre de Colonne (Paris), The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Czech Symphony Orchestra, Metro Voices, The Millennia Ensemble, The Czech Philharmonic Choir and The Mons Orchestra (Brussels).