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Matthew David Wheeler (born August 9, 1985) is an Award-Winning American Film Composer, best known for his score on the WebSeries Chronofilm and for the features Christmas Collision, I Can and Famously Unknown.

Personal and Early life
Matthew was born and raised in Fresno, California to parents David and Carolyn Wheeler. His father worked as a market manager for Southland Corporation, and mother as a call center manager for EECU bank. He is the youngest sibling of 3 older sisters. Matthew was born with a severe stutter, an issue he still deals with today, but never allows it to impede on his goals. He attended Clovis West High School in Fresno, CA where he was a member of the football team, chamber choir, and theatre groups. During his senior year in high school, his father was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, for which he passed away from on (October 2, 2004). Matthew is a Christian.

Career
He began learning piano at the age 7, but quickly became a multi-instrumentalist learning guitar, bass, percussion/drums, saxophone and trumpet all by the age of 15. He discovered his ability for composition at an early age after being ask by his father to play something that sounds like rain. This spark is what led Matthew to learn about Film Scoring.

Matthew attended CSU, Fresno receiving his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition, graduating with Distinction; as well as receiving his Master of Fine Arts degree in Media Composition from The University of Chichester.

Matthew began composing professionally in 2018 and has a unique style which is a cross between John Williams, Arvo Pärt, and Michael Giacchino. He enjoys the full symphonic sound while adding elements of atonality and extended techniques. While being mainly known for his film scores; Matthew has also written pieces for Disney Hall and Carnegie Hall, but the performances were cancelled due to COVID-19. He started his own studio after the outbreak of COVID-19, in which he named it Narrow Path Studios.

Beyond his compositional career, Matthew also is a substitute keyboardist for professional touring musicals that are currently on tour throughout the US.