About

Matthew Cravener began composing music for films, documentaries and audio books at an early age.

He was a founding member of Red-Eye Film Productions, which produced dozens of short films and won several awards, including Best Musical Score and Audience Favorite at Film Festivals.

Originally a child prodigy pianist, his interest shifted more toward film composing over the past 10 years. His films can be found by following the Filmography link on this webpage.

His other original compositions may be found on Soundcloud.

Also, three of his CD’s may be found on all streaming platforms.

Cravener is an active member of IMDB, The Society of Composers and Lyricists, ASCAP and ASMAC.

Cravener was mentored by Academy Award Nominated Composer Bruce Broughton. With 24 nominations, Mr. Broughton has also won a record 10 Emmy Awards.

Cravener was also part of award winning composer Christopher Young’s residency program, The Tilden House in Culver City, California.

Cravener also composed and performed the theme for 2015 drama film, “California Dreams”, currently streaming on Tubi, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.

Cravener composed the original score for the 7-part mini-series, Deathless, and the feature film, A Day in the Life, both of which are streaming on Amazon Prime.

Cravener was also interviewed by PhilanthroFilms, a nonprofit organization dedicated to training, educating, and creating the next film workforce. You can watch the interview here.

Cravener still enjoys performing live concerts, which can be viewed at the following link.