Juan Andres Matos
- Music Department
- Composer
- Editor
Originally from Ponce, Puerto Rico, Juan Andrés Matos is a Los Angeles based composer and pianist. He began his music studies at the "Escuela Libre de Musica" in Ponce, then he attended "Berklee College of Music" in Boston, "The Instituten Der Jazz & Rock Schulen" in Germany, and "Cornel School of Contemporary Music" in Los Angeles. During his school years he studied composition, film scoring, arranging, orchestration and piano performance.
Since 2012 Juan has written music for numerous films including the comedy feature film "Yo Soy Un Político" (Amazon Prime), dramatic short "Chatarra", winner of "Best Music and Sound" at the Festival de Cine Europeo. He has also written for musicals like "Bite! The Musical" winner of "Best New Filmmaker" at Rincon International Film Festival and "Talk About It" featuring Maia Mitchell from Freeform's "Good Trouble". Juan has worked as a keyboard technician and synth programmer for the LA Philharmonic Orchestra and Broadway shows like "Hamilton", "Kinky Boots", "Amelie", and "Grey Gardens".
In 2020, Juan Andrés Matos and Ramón Velarde produced the music for the feature-film musical "Calle De La Resistencia", which tells the story of how Puerto Ricans stood up against social injustices after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
That same year, Juan released the Latin-orchestral album "Destinos Por Descubrir" (Spotify), which he composed, orchestrated, and produced along with Lorena Pérez Batista. The album was recorded at the world-renowned Abbey Road Studios, London.
His most recent project is "Seven Sitters In July", a mini-series that tells the story of Maria, whose recent suicide attempt has prompted her husband to enlist the help of seven "sitters" comprised of friends and family to care for her while he goes away on a business trip.
Since 2012 Juan has written music for numerous films including the comedy feature film "Yo Soy Un Político" (Amazon Prime), dramatic short "Chatarra", winner of "Best Music and Sound" at the Festival de Cine Europeo. He has also written for musicals like "Bite! The Musical" winner of "Best New Filmmaker" at Rincon International Film Festival and "Talk About It" featuring Maia Mitchell from Freeform's "Good Trouble". Juan has worked as a keyboard technician and synth programmer for the LA Philharmonic Orchestra and Broadway shows like "Hamilton", "Kinky Boots", "Amelie", and "Grey Gardens".
In 2020, Juan Andrés Matos and Ramón Velarde produced the music for the feature-film musical "Calle De La Resistencia", which tells the story of how Puerto Ricans stood up against social injustices after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
That same year, Juan released the Latin-orchestral album "Destinos Por Descubrir" (Spotify), which he composed, orchestrated, and produced along with Lorena Pérez Batista. The album was recorded at the world-renowned Abbey Road Studios, London.
His most recent project is "Seven Sitters In July", a mini-series that tells the story of Maria, whose recent suicide attempt has prompted her husband to enlist the help of seven "sitters" comprised of friends and family to care for her while he goes away on a business trip.
