Matthew Margeson

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Matthew Margeson (born June 9, 1980) is an American composer, musician, and arranger of film, television, and video game scores. He is a member of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, [1] and has been a frequent collaborator of fellow composer Henry Jackman on films like Kick-Ass 2, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle .

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Filmography

As main composer

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2010 Burning Palms Christopher Landon
Skyline Brothers Strause
2011 Night of the Living Carrots Robert PorterShort film
Transformers: Prime VariousAnimated television series
21 episodes
with Brian Tyler
Carnival Island Video game
2012 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Manjit Jhita
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos Raman Hui Short film
with Henry Jackman
2013 Knack Mark Cerny Video game
with Wataru Hokoyama
Kick-Ass 2 Jeff Wadlow with Henry Jackman
2014 Kingsman: The Secret Service Matthew Vaughn
2015 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse Christopher B. Landon
Eddie the Eagle Dexter Fletcher
2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Tim Burton with Mike Higham
2016–17 Wrecked VariousTelevision series
17 episodes
2017 Rings F. Javier Gutiérrez Replaced Benjamin Wallfisch
Kingsman: The Golden Circle Matthew Vaughnwith Henry Jackman
2018 Truth or Dare Jeff Wadlow
2019 Rocketman Dexter Fletcher
Buffaloed Tanya Wexler
2020 A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting Rachel Talalay
2021 The King's Man Matthew Vaughnwith Dominic Lewis
2022 Alice's Wonderland Bakery Nathan ChewAnimated television series
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Will Speck
Josh Gordon
2023 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Elliot M. Bour Animated television series

As other

YearTitleDirectorComposer(s)Notes
2004 Catwoman Pitof Klaus Badelt Assistant
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King Uli Edel
2005 Constantine Francis Lawrence Klaus Badelt
Brian Tyler
2006 Ultraviolet Kurt Wimmer Klaus BadeltSynth programmer
First Flight Cameron Hood
Kyle Jefferson
James Dooley Assistant
2008 Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation James Ryan Technical score advisor
Made of Honor Paul Weiland Rupert Gregson-Williams Additional music composer
You Don't Mess with the Zohan Dennis Dugan
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning Peggy Holmes James DooleyAdditional music arranger
Beverly Hills Chihuahua Raja Gosnell Heitor Pereira Score synth programmer
2009 Thick as Thieves Mimi Leder Atli Örvarsson Additional music arranger
Music programmer
Monsters vs. Aliens Rob Letterman
Conrad Vernon
Henry Jackman Additional music arranger
Dragonball Evolution James Wong Brian Tyler
I Hate Valentine's Day Nia Vardalos Keith Power
Angels & Demons Ron Howard Hans Zimmer Synth programmer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Michael Bay Steve Jablonsky Additional music composer
Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space Peter Ramsey Henry JackmanAdditional music arranger
2010 Henri 4 Jo Baier Henry Jackman & Hans Zimmer
How to Train Your Dragon Dean DeBlois
Chris Sanders
John Powell Assistant
Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn John Murphy
Ilan Eshkeri
Henry Jackman
Marius de Vries
Additional music arranger
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Mike Newell Harry Gregson-Williams
The Expendables Sylvester Stallone Brian Tyler
2011 Season of the Witch Dominic Sena Atli Örvarsson
Battle: Los Angeles Jonathan Liebesman Brian Tyler
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Rob Marshall Hans ZimmerAdditional music composer
X-Men: First Class Matthew VaughnHenry Jackman
Puss in Boots Chris Miller
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Guy Ritchie Hans ZimmerAdditional music arranger
2012 Man on a Ledge Asger LethHenry JackmanAdditional music composer
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Timur Bekmambetov
Wreck-It Ralph Rich Moore Additional music arranger
2013 Gangster Squad Ruben Fleischer Steve JablonskyScore programmer
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Jon M. Chu Henry JackmanAdditional music composer
This Is the End Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg
Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Russo brothers
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Dean DeBloisJohn PowellAssistant
2015 Pan Joe Wright Score producer
2018 The Predator Shane Black Henry JackmanAdditional music composer


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References

  1. "Hans-Zimmer.com – Matthew Margeson". hans-zimmer.com. Retrieved June 6, 2017.