Mateo Messina

Mateo Messina is an American composer perhaps best known for his soundtrack to the 2007 film Juno. The film won a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media.
Messina is known for frequently collaborating with composer Rolfe Kent having provided additional music for Up In The Air (uncredited) and Young Adult. Messina also provided source music as well as arranged Sanford and Son Theme for August: Osage County featuring original score by Gustavo Santaolalla.

In 2002 Messina scored The Freak, an animated short, which earned him a Best Score Award at the Festival Tous Court. In 2003 his score for a short film Terra won an Outstanding Score Award at the 1 Reel Film Festival. In 2007 Messina scored an Academy Award winning film Juno. His score received a nomination for the Best Score Award at the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association. The film also won a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media featuring Messina's track 'Up The Spout'.

In 2005 Messina participated in the ASCAP Television And Film Scoring Workshop for emerging Film and TV composers.

A Seattle native, Messina maintains residences in both his hometown and Los Angeles. Messina is an active supporter of the Seattle Children's Hospital. His connection with the hospital began over 15 years ago when a co-worker's daughter died in the hospital. Messina composes and produces an annual benefit concert with The Symphony Guild to benefit Seattle Children's Hospital having written 17 symphonies. Messina has raised over one million dollars for the hospital thus far.

Messina has scored over 50 feature films including the Academy Award-winning Juno, short films, & over 100 television episodes. As well, he has written additional music for such hits as Up In The Air, Thank You For Smoking, Young Adult, and NBC's hit, The Office. Also, since the age of 23, Mateo has written, produced, and premiered 15 symphonies. Each premiere has been a benefit concert for families at Seattle Children's Hospital. To date, he and his team have raised over $1,000,000 for these children and their families. His recent works include The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, A Case of You, Butter, Best Man Down, Life Happens, 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom, And While We Were Here, The Story of Luke, and Breaking the Girl.