Matthew Puckett is an American

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, and

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. Born and raised in

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, he attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and received his BFA from

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. Puckett lives in

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Songwriting and Musical Theater

Puckett has written and produced for artists including

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Kris Allen Kristopher Neil Allen (born June 21, 1985) is an American singer and songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of ''American Idol''. Prior to ''Idol'', he self-released a 2007 album, ''Brand New Shoes''. Allen's ...

Abraham Mateo Abraham Mateo Chamorro (born 25 August 1998), is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He is known for his soulful and dance-oriented music. Mateo was only seven when he began winning prizes on television shows and at the ag ...

Shawn Hook Shawn Hlookoff (born September 5, 1984), known as Shawn Hook, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and producer. Career Hook studied piano through the Royal Conservatory from as early as age 4. In high school, he played piano and trombone in a ja ...

, Royal Tongues, Glen Phillips, Jessica Mitchell (

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), Clementine and The Galaxy, Danny Fingers, Ryan Innes (

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), Mama Casio, BEGINNERS,

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and Kyler England (

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). Puckett wrote the

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Award Winning theme song "Skyline" for NY MED on

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as well as "Everything I Want" for the

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-winning

show ''

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''. His musical REBEL GENIUS was a finalist for the 2017 Jonathan Larson Award presented by

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and

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. Matthew was selected by

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to receive their 2019 Musical Theater commission, scheduled for workshop in Spring 2022. He signed a publishing deal with SONGS Music Publishing in 2014. Puckett is currently represented by

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Film and TV Composition

Puckett wrote the score for the film ''Before I Go'' (Starring

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, 2021),

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series Guidance, Gravity ( Starz) and for the films '' Caught'' (

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, '' Dial a Prayer'' (

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), '' Brightest Star'' and ''Boy Meets Girl'' Directed by

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(

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Outstanding Film Nominee, 2016). His songs, themes, and scores have been featured in

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, Lucifer (TV series), ''NY Med'' ( ABC Series), ''After Fall, Winter'' (

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), ''She Wants Me'', ''2BR/2BA'' (

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), ''Best Friends Forever'', ''Particles of Truth'' (75 Films), ''Hooking Up'' (ABC), ''Lisa Williams Show'' ( Lifetime), and ''Crazy Sexy Cancer'' (

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). Additional film and television credits include: '' Being Human'' (''

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)'' which featured Puckett's cover version of

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"The Ghost In You", the score and end title song for ''Some Boys Don't Leave'' (Winner of Best Short at the 2010

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) starring

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, score and songs for ''Particles Of Truth'' (75 Films, Sundance Channel), ''Colin Fitz'' ( IFC / Official Selection Sundance), ''Never Again'' (

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), ''Starved'' ( FX) and ''Make It or Break It'' (

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). His music was also featured in the ABC show ''Hopkins'', in which he is credited for the theme song, "So Much To Say" and other music and songs for the series. Puckett has also written the original music for the collection of short Off Broadway plays entitled ''New Works: Chance'', the theme for the documentary "Jackie" and television commercials for KIA, Coke,

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and

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Songwriter Discography

* ''Burned Like Wood'' (1998) ''as Puckett'' * ''23'' (2002) ''as Puckett'' * ''Matthew Puckett - Sad Little Car'' (2004) * ''Matthew Puckett -'' ''Five Dreams Of Being'' (2005) * ''Matthew Puckett -'' ''The Goodbye EP'' (2008) * ''Some Boys Don't Leave - Music From And Inspired By The Film'' (2009) * ''Andreas Stone'' (2009) * ''Lynhurst - "One of These Days" (2009)'' * ''Cathy Heller - "Turn the Sunshine On" (2010)'' * ''Matthew Puckett -'' ''Red Flowers (2010)'' * ''After Fall Winter - Soundtrack (2013)'' * ''Matthew Puckett -'' ''All Our Hands In The Air (2013)'' * ''Brightest Star - Soundtrack (2013)'' * ''Mama Casio - "Shut the Lights Up - feat. BEGINNERS" (2014)'' * ''Danny Fingers and The Thumbs - "Cinelife" (2014)'' * ''The 3am - "Come Over" (2015)'' * ''Abraham Mateo - "Body Language"'' (2015) * ''The Silent War - "Just A Little Rain" (2015)'' * ''Royal Tongues - "Rollin' On"'' (2015) * ''The Wealthy West - "That Silver Line" (2016)'' * ''Rogue Wave - "California Bride" (2017)'' * ''Jessica Mitchell - "Rain for the River" (2018)'' * ''Ryan Innes'' - "''Right To Be Wrong" (2018)'' * ''Garrison Starr'' - "Just A Little Rain" (2020)'' * ''Rebel Genius: The Musical (Feat. Corey Cott) - "Faster" & "What Love Looks Like" (2021)''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Puckett, Matthew Songwriters from New York (state) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Tisch School of the Arts alumni American male composers 21st-century American composers Record producers from New York (state) Musicians from New York City