He has a musical background in classical piano performance, and has been composing music for 15 years. He graduated from Pepperdine University in 2015, earning a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Music Theory. He has also earned the Specialist Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games certificate at the Berklee College of Music. Since graduating, Matt has worked as a composer, orchestrator, and mixer for television movies for Hallmark Channel and Up TV, several student films, theatrical productions, and an animated web series.