Career and Life
Mateo Messina’s style of songwriting and composition has earned him many accolades. He has received numerous film score awards, including the Festival Tous Courts in France for The Freak, One Reel Film Festival for Terra, ASCAP Awards, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Messina writes for Fox, Universal, Warner Bros, Disney, Sony, & Paramount. As well as NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, USA, & the WB networks. He has also written music for a variety of commercials including, Nike, Microsoft, MTV, Honda, Pottery Barn, Volkswagen, Sony, Norelco, The North Face and Ford.
A Seattle native, Messina maintains residences in both his hometown and Los Angeles. The young philanthropist composes and produces an annual benefit concert with The Symphony Guild to benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital. He began a connection with the hospital over 15 years ago when a co-worker's daughter died in the hospital. Entering its 16th year, Messina has raised over one million dollars for the hospital.
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