Critically acclaimed, award-winning composer Matthew Reid has an impressive background. For ten years he created and performed his eclectic scores live for The Second City-Toronto, resulting in many award-winning reviews. Matthew's instrumental songs have been performed by top orchestras in North America to standing ovations. Matthew composes and creates his music for film, television, games, web series, art galleries, museum exhibits, and pyrotechnic events.
Welcome to Hell and then Heaven and then Hell again. Opening with driving, pulsating dissonant chords leading to apocalyptic contrapuntal melodies of of the brass section giving away to a brief viewing of eternal bliss and concluding with triumphal terror. Giant monster scene, anyone? Instrumental, Dangerous, Dangerous Music
A moving, haunting, romantic composition for full orchestra. Subtle, yet full and perfect for underscoring romantic scenes with dialogue. Pauses between sections to make for easy editing. Small climax toward end leading to a heartbreaking and simple conclusion. Also suitable for doomed romances. Instrumental, Dramatic, Romantic Music
Bittersweet, passionate and occasionally heartbreaking music for full orchestra. Great for romantic scenes of all kinds, melodrama, romantic tension leading to when the lead characters finally kiss. There are small pauses between some phrases making it easy to chop up into separate cues. Instrumental, Dramatic, Romantic Music
A latin-funk groove, with intelligent double entendre lyrics. Lyrics are spoken a la Issaac Hayes in Shaft. Especially good for potitcal satire. Funky horns enter toward the end. Male Vocals, RnB, Quiet Storm
9 old time suspense stingers. Some are slightly tongue in cheek, some weird an eerie. Great for retro 50's, 60's, 70's movie/TV horror/suspense/sci-fi parodies or replications. Put 'em all together and you have what sounds like an Anton Webern composition or Captain Kirk raising his eyebrows... Instrumental, Dangerous, Dangerous Music
Lively Renaissance era dance good for celebrations & tipping a pint or two. Winds & percussion. Happy and light Fanfare. Good for historical, adventure, fantasy, video games. Tavern and fair scenes, PBS cultural arts, museum opening, castle, kings, queens music Knights and Noblemen. Instrumental, Classical, Renaissance
A bouncing Medieval dance with contrasting happy and serious sections. Wind driven with much Medieval style percussion. Authentic sounding Medieval melodies and harmonies. Slight build throughout to minor climax with bass trumpets at end. Suitable for historical pieces, adventure/fantasy games. Instrumental, Classical, Medieval
Stately and noble, slow, rhythmic courtly dancing for wind and percussion ensemble. The middle section contrasts with a Bach-like flute and guitar solo. Suitable for historic pieces, fantasy and adventure video games, scenes of ancient royalty, banquets and fairs. Instrumental, Classical, Baroque
Variations on the haunting Sixteenth Century Coventry Carol for solo harp. The main melody goes through several rhythmic transformations, gradually getting quicker and more complicated. Great for historical/courtly pieces or holiday music that is more somber. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Harp
A short, sad composition reminiscent of Erik Satie. Composed for flute and piano. Good for cinematic moments of reflection or melancholy. Suitable for background music in historical pieces, especially early 20th Century. Good music for characters to cry to.Minimal dynamic change. 3/4 time signature, Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
An orchestral piece of many moods, from spooky and triumphant, heroic and tragic, quiet and really loud. Quiet beginning builds to huge fanfare middle, ethereal towards the end and a (SPOILER ALERT) shocking tragic conclusion. Good for adventure, fantasy, epics, tragedies, videogame cut scenes etc. Instrumental, Classical, Romantic
A bittersweet orchestral piece, good for scenes of mourning, regret or doomed love. Remember how Othello felt after he murdered Desdemona? Like this. Simple, lyrical melody and late romantic harmonies, reminiscent of Mahler and Richard Strauss. Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
A light, warm and happy orchestral composition depicting, as the title suggests, a magical scenario. Happy and warm, with light strings, harp and glockenspiel. Good for tourism commercials, adventure/fantasy scenes and games. Melody is light making it ideal for background music that still moves. Instrumental, Dramatic, Magical Music
Sad composition for full orchestra. Good for serious, tearful moments, nostalgia. Fairly sparse, builds to a small climax. Middle section is lyrical and warm contrasting with cold lonely beginning and end. Strings, winds and harp. Good as background classical music. Reminiscent of Samuel Barber. Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
Traditional Renaissance harmonies combined with romantic chamber orchestration make this suitable for many historical eras (1500's/1910's). Good for church/religious settings, quiet moments in the kingdom. Instrumental, Classical, Renaissance
Dancing and drinking in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Great for swords and sorcery/Medieval/Gothic pieces. Terrific for town/fair/tavern scenes in adventure games. Alternating quiet verses with climactic verses. Authentic 13th century harmonies and melodies. Rustic and bawdy. Medieval roadhouse. 6, Instrumental, Classical, Medieval
For a good time in the 14th Century. Great for swords and sorcery/Medieval/Gothic pieces. Terrific for town/fair/tavern scenes in adventure games. Starts simple and mellow builds to climactic final verse Authentic 14th century harmonies and melodies. Drinking music for Ivanhoe. 6/8 time. Instrumental, Classical, Medieval
A slow, lyrical and melancholy composition for clarinet, violin and piano. Reminds of the Gymnopedies of Erik Satie. Good for scenes of romance, re-uniting, loss, sadness or nostalgia. A rainy day in 1920's Paris. Emotional, but restrained. Originally composed for the operetta, Posey's Wig. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Mellow Music
Remember when gang members used to dance to jazzy orchestral arrangements. It's that sound that came just before rock and roll. Reminiscent of West Side Story and The Jetsons. Space Age Urban. Good for comedy segues, parodies of fifties material, louge and cocktail scenes. Rat Pack era scenes. Instrumental, Jazz, Orchestral Jazz
An old time, drum, fife, bugle and orchestra piece great for Revolutionary and Civil War era productions or games, July 4th. Calm warm patriotic. Music to inspire just before the Battle of Ticonderoga. Good for commercials with Traditional America themes, corporate. Music to make Ben Franklin proud. Instrumental, Dramatic, Patriotic Music
Morning traffic meets West Side Story. Big Band/modern classical fusion. Great for urban scenes of the forties through early sixties, wild swing dancing, old time gangster or Rat Pack scenes. Also good for retro Space Age scenes a la Jetsons. Mr. Burns would dance to this. Instrumental, Jazz, Orchestral Jazz
A not so friendly circus with clowns that make off-color balloon animals. A combination of comic menace with sneakiness and lightheartedness. Catchy themes and fugue middle. Alternative universe Peter and the Wolf. Great for animation, dark comedy, Tim Burton-esque material, circuses, quirky games, Instrumental, Classical, 20th Century
A romantic piece for solo piano, reminiscent of Brahms and Chopin. Sometimes bucolic, sometimes serious, sometimes passionate and sometimes blissful. Perfect for scenes requiring chamber music, especially dramatic, historical and romantic scenes. Good for scenes where love is the subtext or in bloom, Instrumental, Classical, Romantic
A melancholic, nostalgic and lyrical chamber work suitable for scenes of longing and sadness, but also good for scenes of hope, love and beauty. Similar to the music of Debussy, Mahler and Puccini (late/post-romantic - impressionism). Scored for piano, clarinet and violin. Triple canon ending. Instrumental, Dramatic, Heartwarming Music
Gabriel Fauré's (1845 -1924) timelessly beautiful orchestral piece with it's hauntingly famous flute melody has enchanted audiences since 1887. Quietly moving & expressive, it is excellent as source music, or background music for period pieces, documentaries, or dramas. Public domain. Instrumental, Classical, Romantic, Gabriel Faure
Epic orchestra reminiscent of Night on Bald Mountain and Ride of the Valkyries. Great for a retro feel in cartoons involving over the top bad guys in full pursuit with bulging eyes & steaming ears. Devils & meanies in top hats too. Full, orchestra piece reminiscent of Shostakovich and Mussorgsky. Instrumental, Cartoon, Cartoon Orchestral Retro
A progressive funk groove with a late 80s sound. Wurlitzers, vintage organs jam over steady bass & guitar riffs. Big solo build to a recap and mellow ending. Great as source music for a specific time and place. A definite good feeling, toe-tapping vibe. Instrumental, Rock, Funk Rock
Public domain. Clementi's (1752-1832) charming work for piano. A typically elegant and intelligent work of the high classical era by Mozart & Haydn's less known contemporary. Light and cheerful, it's perfect as classical source music or background music for docs, historical pieces or advertising, Instrumental, Classical, Classical Piano
Public domain. Clementi's (1752-1832) charming work for piano. A typically elegant and intelligent work of the high classical era by Mozart & Haydn's less known contemporary. Light and cheerful, it's perfect as classical source music or background music for docs, historical pieces or advertising, Instrumental, Classical, Classical
A glitchy, greasy bass with a glitchy, cut and paste drum track keeps a grooving tough attitude from start to finish. Great for montages in crime films, action, build up before the chase, meeting the cast, reality shows and source music for clubs and bars. Instrumental, Electronic, Glitch
A synth and analogue combo of driving funky grooves and occasional wild changes. Full of both toe tapping moments and prog rock weirdness. Great as background source music that requires a little eccentricity. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Gabriel Fauré's (1845 -1924) timelessly beautiful orchestral piece with it's hauntingly famous flute melody has enchanted audiences since 1887. Quietly moving & expressive, it is excellent as source music, or background music for period pieces, documentaries, or dramas. Public domain. Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music, Gabriel Faure
The exciting fanfare from Monteverdi's (1567-1643) 1607 opera, L'Orfeo - the oldest opera in regular performance. Great as source music for regal & royal events, concerts, radio, etc. Once through with the brass, once through with strings, then all together! Instrumental, Classical, Renaissance
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