Mat Andasun is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who creates music for TV and film.  He is the Chair of the PRS Media Writers Group and a writer member of the PRS Licensing Advisory Group. He is the Vice Chair of the Ivors Academy Media Council, in which capacity he led the organisation of the highly successful national Media Composers Conference in 2023.  He has spoken on panels at the International Production Music Group conference in Paris, Sensoria Pro in Sheffield and the Focus conference in London.

Mat’s long career spans the 1980s prog rock revival as drummer in Pendragon (EMI) followed by the 90s underground samba scene and a multiplicity of commissions for dance companies, theatre companies and short films.  At the same time, Mat worked as a community musician making music with groups across the UK and Europe through samba, Soundbeam and percussion.

Mat started writing production music in 2006 and his music has since had countless placements in television programmes including Louis Theroux, Horizon, Panorama, Top Gear and The Bridge.  His witty and distinctive style provides the theme for BBC2's book programme, Between The Covers.

Working alongside RTS and Emmy Award winning composer, Nainita Desai as additional music writer, Mat has composed music for Blast Films' documentary, Murder In The Alps, Wonderhood Studios series, My Grandparents War and the Optomen documentary, Partition In Colour all of which were aired on Channel Four.  In addition, Mat also written music for A&E Network's true crime series, First Blood, Sky/Netflix natural history series, Predators and James Cameron's BBC Studios/Nat Geo natural history series, Ocean Xplorers.

Mat continues to write for major independent production music libraries Sonoton, Inspired, No Sheet Music, Bucks and Reliable Source.

“music that takes you airborne” — The Guardian

“beguiling” — The Independent