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Dominic Matar is a New York-based songwriter and composer. He started studying classical piano as a child at the conservatory of Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, where he grew up. He moved to New York City in 2002.
His soundtrack credits include music for documentaries, commercials, and various promotional videos for clients such as Nike Considered, YouTube, Novartis, Hasbro, Maggi and Citibank. In addition to his composition work, he writes indie pop music. He was selected by ASCAP to participate in the "Paul Cunningham Songwriters Workshop" in 2008, and received an ASCAPLUS Award for songwriters in 2009 and 2010. He also earned an Honorable Mention for his song "Don't You Worry" at the 2009 Unisong International Songwriting Competition.
Dominic's first solo album, Where We Begin was released in August 2010. He had previously recorded an album ("Narcissist's Waltz", 2007) with the band Die Romantik, which was listed as one of NYC's hottest bands of 2007 by The Deli Magazine and was a MySpace Featured Artist.
E-mail: dm@dominicmatar.com
Myspace: myspace.com/dominicmatar
Twitter: twitter.com/dominicmatar
"Harper's Globe"; CBS / EQAL.
"She's The One"; Citibank / MTVu. (dir. by Antonio Campos / Borderline Films)
"Happiness Is..."; Maggi / Fuse Asia.
Surf NYC / YouTube 4K (dir. by Adam Neustadter)
"Inspired By Design"; Babelgum
"American Prince" directed by Tommy Pallotta.
AIGA Design Legends Conference 2009; Trollbäck + Company.
"Afinitor"; Novartis. (dir. by Andrew Zuchero / Supermarché)
"Time Since Einstein"; World Science Festival. (dir. by Alison Snyder)
"Rush Hour 4"; Nike Considered (dir. by Henry Joost / Supermarché).
"What's the Big Idea?"; Good Magazine. (dir. by Henry Joost and Ariel Shulman/ Supermarché)
"PF1: The Making of an Urban Farm" (dir. by Lilibet Foster)
Feature Documentaries
- "American Prince"; directed by Tommy Pallotta.
- "I Will Protect You"; directed by Gil Kruger.
Commercials
- "She's The One"; Citibank / MTVu commercial.
- "Happiness Is..."; Maggi.
- "Yes" YTL.
Clients for Promotional Videos
- Nike Considered
- Surf NYC / YouTube 4K
- Novartis
- AIGA Design Legends Conference 2009 (Trollbäck + Company)
- World Science Festival 2008, 2009.
- Alliance for Young Artists & Writers / Scholastic
- SAP; Promotional and recruitment Films.
- The School Scrabble Association / Hasbro
- "Technoserve";
- "PF1: The Making of an Urban Farm"
- "Rush Hour 4"; Nike Considered.
- The Immigrants and Parks Collaborative
- Velkess Energy Storage
- "What's the Big Idea?"; Good Magazine.
Discography
- "Where We Begin"; Solo LP. 2010
- "Last Day of February"; Le Vol EP. 2009
- "Waiting Days"; Pip Robinson (UK). (Piano and Bass) 2008
- "Paul Cunningham Songwriters Workshop"; ASCAP Compilation. 2008
- "Narcissist's Waltz"; Die Romantik. 2007
Other
- "All In The Timing" Theatrical performance by The Heavenly Rest Players.
- "Inspired By Design"; Opening Credits. http://babelgum.com/inspiredbydesign
- Cover of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes for feature film "Colin Hearts Kay". http://www.colinheartskay.com
- Piano performance of I Got the Sun In The Morning for feature film "Coming Up Roses" starring Bernadette Peters.
- "Browser Pong"; Music and sound effects. http://www.stewdio.org/pong
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Where We Begin, Solo (2010)Where We Begin is available for free download until September 15; it will soon be available on iTunes. Click here to download [ zip, 64MB ]. |
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Narcissist's Waltz, Die Romantik (2007)Narcissist's Waltz can be previewed on myspace, and purchased from the Die Romantik website (cd) or on iTunes. |
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Last Day of February, Le Vol (2009)Le Vol is a collaborative project with Olivier Bernard (formerly of Die Romantik). Last Day of February was a digital release, it can be purchased on iTunes. |
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