My Work A four time ASCAP award winning composer for film and television music, who cofounded Numeriklab, a Music production agency that specialized in composing and producing music for video games, Film/Television, Advertisements, as well as artist production and engineering. During my 5 years with Numeriklab I held high profile clients such as CBS Paramount, Vivendi Universal, Target, Heineken, Filmateria, MSN, NBC, Real Networks, Hipsoft, Wannako Games and Neverstop. The following are examples of some of my work before co-founding Workbench Creative. Matt Hawkins E. matt@workbenchcreative.com P. 206.940.8823 www.workbenchcreative.com
Audio Television Music CBS PARAMOUNT NCIS THEME SONG/SOURCE MUSIC CBS Paramount commissioned Numeriklab for their new prime time show (now syndicated) NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) - Producers asked for a techno with a happy heart feel and the outcome was Azure Rose produced, composed and arranged thru the Music agency Numeriklab. CBS paramount also hired us to compose original source music for specific scenes as well as constructing character themes for each bed of music. The main title theme for NCIS went on to win four Film/TV Music Awards in the catagory of Most performed themes in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Audio Experiential MSN + Heineken Amsterjam Jam Stations Contracted by MSN Music, in partnership with Heineken to create original music for the 2005 Amsterjam summer music festival, held at Randall s Island in New York City. The work composed was used for MSN Music s interactive consumer Dj mix stations, where guests could learn how to mash up music from one genre to another using instrumental tracks we composed as well as a vocal rap track in which we hired a lyricist to write a Heineken themed hip hop song. This event project was produced by Greg Scott and original music composition produced by Matt Hawkins & as Numeriklab, contracted through Neverstop.
Audio Interactive THE TODAY SHOW WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MATT LAUER INTERACTIVE SOUND DESIGN Contracted by NBC to design sound effect assets for Matt Lauer s Where in the world is Matt Lauer website sponsored by Hyundai, constructing travel theme sound effects such as passport page turning sounds, passport stamp sounds, airport overhead sounds as well as Airliner FX, and game show positive & negative sounds for a quiz about where Matt is in the world. Produced by Greg Scott while working at Neverstop, sound desgn by Matt Hawkins.
Audio Video Game VIVENDI UNIVERSAL Contracted by Vivendi Universal s online group Sierra online to compose source music, themes, and sound effect assets for their Xbox Live arcade titles, Assault Heroes and Battlestar Galactica. Using Apple s Logic Pro to compose music and sound effects through an array of sound libraries and software synths and drum machines. The music featured in these titles where groundbreaking tracks, taking a different approach in composition and a break from the norm of the stereotypical canned sounds and music of many video games. Assault Heroes won Ign.com Game of the year 2006.
Audio Video Game HIPSOFT The Seattle based game developer contracted us to compose music and design sound effect assets for a handful of their downloadable game titles such as Sportball Challenge, Puzzle Express and, Flip Words. Using MOTU s Digital Performer to create sounds utilizing extensive sound libraries and composing music with midi via analog keyboards, synthesizers, and drum machines. The outcome surpassed client expectations and ultimately lead to more game titles.
Audio Casual Game FILMATERIA STUDIOS Contracted by Filmateria studios, Seattle based film production firm, to compose original music for their client Microsoft Casual Games on their splash presentation for the 2006 E3 Media & Business summit. Client had specific needs as to what kind of style of music they wanted their presentation to sound like and what we supplied them with exceeded their expectations which led to more work from them.
Audio TV Theme Submissions THEME SONG SUBMISSION FOR CBS/PARAMOUNT PRIMETIME SHOWS 3 lbs. - show producer asked for a medical science vibe for the main title theme to their pilot 3 lbs. We delivered 5 submissions. Entertainment Tonight s The insider - CBS/Paramount asked us to pitch a news feel fast-paced theme for the main title of ET s The insider".
Audio AUDIO CLIENT LIST ASCAP CBS/ Paramount Colt Vista Death of the Party Extreme Music Filmateria Four Color Creative Heineken Hipsoft Microsoft casual games NBC Neverstop The Pop Boutique Real Networks Seattle Cable Access Network Sierra Online The Standard Hotel Target Vivendi Games Wanako Games Warthog Games