Dawn Realm Pictures

24/05/2023

When I was younger I went through a phase of being obsessed with magic, with card tricks and illusions. I was drawn to the feeling of temporary suspension of normal life, fooling the senses. But the illusion fades, and the curtain is pulled back. Now I realise that what I was drawn to is story, the unifying nature of narrative across time and the escapism of fantasy in cinema and game. I can’t wait to write more film and game music and weave new illusions of my own.

📸 TBT || A Wildlife Reserve

28/03/2023

🍁🎮 Your character leaps through a clearing deep into autumn, and mist hovers above the undergrowth. The sun is low and warms their face. Together you brave the unknown, cross bridges, climb vines into lofty heights, far above the world. There is no knowing what you will find ✨

🎻 Forest Run (Original) listen on Instagram
📷 Shot in Autumn in Vivary Park, Taunton UK

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Matt Bond | Media Composer () on Instagram: "🍁🌞 🎮 Your character leaps through a clearing deep into autumn, and mist hovers above the..."

24/03/2023

She doesn’t speak
We have stolen her breath and replaced her
Glow with the sound of large engines
Flowers erupt wherever she rests her head
In fields
On far stone spires
Out to sea
She dreams in reverse
Fractured
And traces the moment they learnt of her

🎻 The Moment Before It Rains (Part II)
🎥 Footage shot on iPhone 8
🎬 Edited quickly in Adobe Rush
🪶 Original words & music

🙏🏼 Drop me a comment or a like if you enjoyed the atmosphere

🔊 Volume Up 🔊

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22/03/2023

🎻A Horror Theme I wrote for the first Apex Inspired short film, LOOP. I wanted to create something boiling under the surface, as the lead character’s will starts to break, drawing influences from Hereditary, Get Out & The Village scores in terms of tone.

💀 Horror is a lot fun to write for, where the goal is to scare yourself and provoke a sensation of unearthing something in your headphones that shouldn’t be listened to.

🎵 LOOP Main Theme - Matt Bond
📷 LOOP (Short Film) - Apex Inspired
📼 Available to watch for free on their YouTube Channel

21/03/2023

🌊 Blue Anchor 19/03/23
🎹 ‘The Moment Before It Rains’ (Original)

📷 My Nephew Theo climbs and paces the abandoned bunker at Blue Anchor coastline, in and out of focus. The old moss stone was ocean weathered and grass grew where people once entered, the staircase filled in with earth and flourishing with life. The shoreline is lonely and bare but you feel yourself breathing in the salt and the wind, resetting.

17/03/2023

🎥 Throwback to the first ApexInspired short film that I wrote a horror score for, ‘LOOP’, a psychological short inspired by the tone of Ari Aster’s Hereditary & Midsommar. A cursed book left on a bench. A faulty tape deck. Where does the trail of paper in the forest lead?

📷 LOOP (2020) Apex Inspired
📼 Available on their YouTube channel

🎻 A lot of fun to write the music for, plenty of pulse, tension, distortion and experimental sample libraries. Go check it out!

16/03/2023

🎬 Simeon Gooderham behind the camera Directing a scene for the next ApexInspired short drama ‘What Was Lost’, an introspective character study following Robyn (Prudence), a young woman struggling to find her place in the world.

🎻 I’m writing the music for this sombre and reflective short, hoping to provide a textured sound bed and space for thought to punctuate the emotional beats in the story.

🖤 Go give their GoFundMe page a visit below and help them out anonymously

🎥 GoFundMe - https://gofund.me/e508e959

Simeon Gooderham (Director/Editor)
Will Collard (Director of Photography/Writer/1st Assistant Director)
Toby Hall (Producer/3rd Assistant Director/Gaffer)
Ben Cox (2nd Assistant Director/Script Supervisor)
Kyle Lane (Sound/Location Manager)
Jamie Coleman (Camera Operator/Best Boy)
Matt Bond (Composer)

Actors - Liv Prudence & Ludmila Asparuhova
📷 Will Collard

15/03/2023

🎥 WHAT WAS LOST (A Short Film)
I’m working with the team at Apex Inspired by scoring their short drama ‘What Was Lost’, a poignant and introspective character study following the journey of Robyn, a young woman struggling to find her place in the world.

📖 As the story unfolds, we see Robyn grappling with feelings of isolation and uncertainty, as she tries to make sense of the world around her. Along the way, she turns to her love of music and the natural beauty of the outdoors for solace. The film is a powerful exploration of self-discovery, and the transformative power of finding one's own way.

🙏 If the synopsis resonates with you, give their GoFundMe page below a visit and help them out anonymously, even in a small way.

🎥 HELP FUND - https://gofund.me/e508e959

Dir. Editor - Simeon Gooderham
Writer. DOP 1st - Will Collard
Producer Gaffer 3rd AD - Toby Hall
2nd AD Script Advisor - Ben Cox
Composer - Matt Bond

🎬 Featuring
Liv Prodence | Ludmila Asparuhova

14/09/2022

I’m leaving Last One Home

Two years and eight months of shows, recording, filming, laughing, travelling, live streaming, video-calling, eating, drinking black coffee and sleeping (only once in the van!) later, and it’s time for me to part ways.

I want to simplify my life to focus on a couple of things, and to do them really well. No half measures. Both the band and me deserve more than that.

I need to make some changes, and focus on good mental health.

Tom’s exciting move to Bristol to begin a uni course in songwriting felt like a natural next chapter for the band. I felt the band would miss out on opportunities, and won’t be running at full speed, because of me.

I feel confident that Tom & Fin will be able to find an amazing drummer at BIMM / Bristol or through the amazing friends we’ve made in this band - someone who can focus entirely on the music.

Leaving on good terms, for the right reasons, is so important, because I care about the future of this band and about Tom & Fin as people.

I want the band to see this as an opportunity to find a new band member that is a full time musician and can pour all their time and their heart into the project like I no longer can.

This isn’t the last you’ll see from me musically though, quite the opposite…

I’m honing my skills composing music and editing for game & film, and planning to produce / co-write as much as I can.

So thank you. So much.

Every gig and every festival has been special. You’ve helped me make memories that I’m really really proud of, and made me a better player and person.

*stick drop*

29/09/2021

6 HOURS TO GO | Lifeline [official music video] Last One Home shot & edited by Ali Fewell

It was a lot of fun shooting this with the band in Bristol last year. A sweaty day drumming in front of lights in a jacket (kind of brought that on myself!) but super rewarding. Can’t wait for you all to see the final video 🧡

Zildjian Company Meinl Cymbals Vic Firth

06/03/2021

TONIGHT at 7PM - Got a brand new lyric video coming out that I designed for . It features some of my custom typography & details assets and some weird layering techniques. Check it out tonight 🧡

01/03/2021

I'd like to give a shout out & thank you to Sarah Gosling from BBC Music Introducing in the South West for giving the new alternative version of 'You Don't Have To Hold On' by Last One Home a spin on her show on Saturday.

I worked with Tom on this dirty synth-pop adaption over the last month, and tried to reshape it into something gritty. Sarah describes the track as 'glorious & anthemic'.

Starts at 29:02
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0970t8l?fbclid=IwAR21Op5gP0vOsFT_g_YMGj3hbk0B--uRpF5rsu8tJovuuyYkDWnbniF8R_k

Go and check out her show by following the link. The new track is out now on all streaming platforms 💙

BBC Music Introducing