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MATTHEW CHILELLI

Composer + Audio Engineer
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Updates about music composition work and the entertainment industry.

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How Film Composers Make Action Music Feel BIGGER (Zach King Short)
May 29, 2026
How Film Composers Make Action Music Feel BIGGER (Zach King Short)
May 29, 2026

One of the most powerful tools a composer brings to your film is the ability to make the stakes feel like they're constantly rising — without a single line of dialogue or a single additional frame.

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May 29, 2026
Writing a Romantic 1950s Hollywood Theme
September 19, 2022
Writing a Romantic 1950s Hollywood Theme
September 19, 2022

What do we do when we need to make present-day music sound “retro?” That’s the question I faced when having to write a romantic theme in the style of a 1950s Hollywood film.

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September 19, 2022
What if Hans Zimmer Wrote a Podcast Outro?
February 7, 2021
What if Hans Zimmer Wrote a Podcast Outro?
February 7, 2021

One of the joys of contributing outros for Scriptnotes is getting to learn more more about a composer’s style.

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February 7, 2021
Writing a Boss Battle Track
July 15, 2020
Writing a Boss Battle Track
July 15, 2020

What makes good “boss battle” music?

This is a question I asked myself after a prompt from a client to create a track in the style of a Kingdom Hearts…

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July 15, 2020
Scoring an African Crime Thriller
March 5, 2020
Scoring an African Crime Thriller
March 5, 2020

It’s not often I get the chance to write music for a project that’s in pre-production, so when I was approached to do exactly that for a Crime Thriller set in Nigeria…

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March 5, 2020