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Matteo Zingales

Matteo Zingales

Composer

Matteo Zingales is one of Australia's most in-demand and multi award-winning composers of film, documentary and TV. His exacting and intuitive sense for creating the right music for stories underpins his high regard in the industry. A consistent award winner, Zingales has five Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards for Best Original Music Score for film, TV and documentary, as well as numerous Screen Music Awards for Feature Film Score Film of the Year, Best Television Theme, Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie, and Best Music for a Documentary. ASCAP (American Society of Composers) awarded him their Top Television Score. Film credits include 99 Homes (Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) Winner Feature Film Score of the Year 2017), The Hunter (ACCTA Award for Best Original Music Score 2012 + Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Music 2012), Not Suitable for Children (AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score 2013), HBO feature film Fahrenheit 451 (APRA/AGSC Nominee, Feature Film Score 2018), which premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival, and I Met A Girl which was released on Netflix in 2021. Recent work includes two seasons of the critically acclaimed ABC original series Mystery Road (AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score 2018 + APRA/AGSC Screen Music Award for Best Music for a Mini-series or Telemovie 2018), two seasons of the ABC international series Total Control, feature documentary Machine, (APRA/AGSC Award for Best Music for a Documentary 2020), two seasons of the ABC series Harrow (APRA/AGSC Award for Best Television Theme, 2018), Paramount drama Five Bedrooms, and Netflix's smash-hit TV Series Tidelands. Other projects include two seasons of the US ABC prime-time TV series Secrets and Lies (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Award for Top Television Score 2016), the TV mini-series Wake in Fright and Showtime's The Kettering Incident, (both recipients of the AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score in Television 2017 and 2016), Foxtel's Australia Day and the documentary, A Fire Inside, released in 2021. Zingales' musical influences are vast but include Arvo Part, Philip Glass and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Among the dozens of extraordinary film scores, Zingales mentions Thomas Newman's The Shawshank Redemption, John Barry's Dances with Wolves and Ennio Morricone's Once Upon a Time in the West. Born in Rome, Zingales resides in Sydney, working both in Australia and with representation in LA with ICM Partners (International Creative Management). He is co-founder of the music collective Sonar Music based at Fox Studios Australia. He is married with two children.

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Works as
Composer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 11% in 30 days

What are Matteo Zingales' films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 10th percentile
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Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
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Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
23%
Bonds
19%
Self
18%
Morality
14%
Ideas
11%
Society
10%
Power
4%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 7

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Melancholic
12
Contemplative
6
Dread
5
Absurd
3
Other
14

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous10

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Matteo Zingales' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Matteo Zingales' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

28 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Kill Jackie(2026)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Kangaroo(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Sunny Nights(2025)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • The Convert(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Wellmania(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • In Limbo(2023)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Poker Face(2022)

    Composer · Compositor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Significant Others(2022)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • I Met a Girl(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Wild Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Machine(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Mystery Road(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Fahrenheit 451(2018)

    Composer · Musician

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Harrow(2018)

    Show 30 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Tidelands(2018)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Wake in Fright(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Australia Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • DNA Nation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • The Kettering Incident(2016)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • 99 Homes(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Schapelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Secrets & Lies(2014)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Not Suitable for Children(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Dripping in Chocolate(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Hunter(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Love & Distrust(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Broken Sun(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles from 2010 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Kangaroo (2025)

$7.9M worldwide

Highest rated

Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear (2026)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Kill Jackie (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music19 of 19: 17 only music, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thOther crew2 of 19: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

By decade

2010s12 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Matteo Zingales' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 13; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 24 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · composer

Love & Distrust (2010)

90th percentile spread · 61% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear (2026)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 64/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Matteo Zingales' work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles41–78 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles12–57 · median 26 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles39–84 · median 75 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles29–60 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles37–46 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Matteo Zingales work with?

People who share at least 2 of Matteo Zingales' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Antony Partos shares the most, 4.

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Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers