I began composing for small projects in 2007 while living in New Zealand, moving into documentaries and television and writing music for clients including Tourism New Zealand. In 2009 I embraced the ukulele, and six months later won the APRA Ukulele Songwriting Competition and performed at the NZ Ukulele Festival in Auckland. In 2011 I returned to Sydney and began composing for TVCs and short films, later winning an anthem commission for a new school in Malaysia and collaborating with environmental group Take 3 on a national campaign called One Beach. I continue to seek challenging projects in short films, commercials, children’s education, and television. I am currently the composer for Blue Gum Farm (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_), a children's educational series in its fourth season. I run Sounds Like the Ocean, a boutique music house in Hobart, Tasmania. My music blends guitars of all kinds with orchestral and percussion libraries to serve imagery, crafting a distinctive voice for film, TV and education. I work with a wide palette—guitar textures from slide to classical to electric, baritone guitar, bass, ukulele, charango and handmade guitar-like creations—and I combine these with orchestral palettes to create emotive scores. For examples of my work please visit _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ and soundcloud.com/soundsliketheocean.

Matt Toms

I began composing for small projects in 2007 while living in New Zealand, moving into documentaries and television and writing music for clients including Tourism New Zealand. In 2009 I embraced the ukulele, and six months later won the APRA Ukulele Songwriting Competition and performed at the NZ Ukulele Festival in Auckland. In 2011 I returned to Sydney and began composing for TVCs and short films, later winning an anthem commission for a new school in Malaysia and collaborating with environmental group Take 3 on a national campaign called One Beach. I continue to seek challenging projects in short films, commercials, children’s education, and television. I am currently the composer for Blue Gum Farm (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_), a children's educational series in its fourth season. I run Sounds Like the Ocean, a boutique music house in Hobart, Tasmania. My music blends guitars of all kinds with orchestral and percussion libraries to serve imagery, crafting a distinctive voice for film, TV and education. I work with a wide palette—guitar textures from slide to classical to electric, baritone guitar, bass, ukulele, charango and handmade guitar-like creations—and I combine these with orchestral palettes to create emotive scores. For examples of my work please visit _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ and soundcloud.com/soundsliketheocean.

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I began composing for small projects in 2007 while living in New Zealand, moving into documentaries and television and writing music for clients including Tourism New Zealand. In 2009 I embraced the ukulele, and six months later won the APRA Ukulele Songwriting Competition and performed at the NZ Ukulele Festival in Auckland. In 2011 I returned to Sydney and began composing for TVCs and short films, later winning an anthem commission for a new school in Malaysia and collaborating with environmental group Take 3 on a national campaign called One Beach. I continue to seek challenging projects in short films, commercials, children’s education, and television. I am currently the composer for Blue Gum Farm (Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup), a children’s educational series in its fourth season.

I run Sounds Like the Ocean, a boutique music house in Hobart, Tasmania. My music blends guitars of all kinds with orchestral and percussion libraries to serve imagery, crafting a distinctive voice for film, TV and education. I work with a wide palette—guitar textures from slide to classical to electric, baritone guitar, bass, ukulele, charango and handmade guitar-like creations—and I combine these with orchestral palettes to create emotive scores. For examples of my work please visit Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup and .

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Experience Level

Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Composer at New Zealand Freelance (Short Films, Documentaries, TVCs)
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2009
Composed music for short films, documentaries and television; worked for Tourism New Zealand and other clients.
Composer at Freelance – NZ
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Original music for the short film Expired; won People's Choice Award for Best Original Music at 48hrs Film Festival, Wellington, NZ.
Composer at NZ Cancer Society
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Music for the documentary Living with Cancer.
Composer at Tourism New Zealand / Flying Saucer Films
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Composed music for corporate video Journeys.
Composer at Invesure Productions (NZ)
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Composer for Kingdomworx doc series.
Composer at Excelsior School (Malaysia)
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Anthem for Excelsior School, Malaysia.
Composer at Take 3 Organisation
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Composed music for educational film One Beach.
Composer at Noise International (Optus TVCs)
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Music for Optus TVCs.
Composer at Freelance
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012
Wrote music for short films The Chamber and Black.
Composer at Blue Gum Farm (Children's TV Show)
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014
Created music for children's TV show Blue Gum Farm.
Composer at Overrated (Short Film)
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Composed score for short film Overrated.

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Media & Entertainment, Education, Travel & Hospitality