Matthew Dela Pola | Composer, Producer, Music Director, Conductor

Matthew Dela Pola has excelled in virtually every area of music production. He has done work for film studios such as Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, IMAX Films, all four national broadcast television networks, MTV, PBS, major cable networks, many major recording labels as well as hundreds live shows. Over the past years Mr. Dela Pola has also worked with artist the such as Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Alejandro Sanz, Kenny G., Elton John, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Josh Groban, Sarah Brightman, Tears for Fears, Sarah McLachlan, Lara Fabian, Alicia Keys, David Foster, Babyface, Phil Collins, Usher, Michael Buble, Jessica Simpson, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, La Ley, N-Sync, Katharine McPhee, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Don Henley, Rod Stewart, Renee Olstead, Lionel Richie, Gloria Estefan, Olivia Newton John, Richard Marx, Natalie Cole, Michael Jackson, Lee Ann Rhimes, Boys 2 Men, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Cher, Trisha Yearwood, Jamia Nash, Char-ice, Luis Ivars, William Ross, Michael Boulton, Boz Scaggs, etc., as a conductor, arranger, synth programmer, co-producer, scoring consultant or written charts for. More artist names upon request.

Matthew has a long term working relationship with record producer David Foster with duties including: conducting live shows, assistant music director ( David is his own music director ), arranging charts for shows, direct interaction with the artist to prepare the production and musical needs for their performance, rehearsing orchestras, choirs and rhythm sections, supervising all music prep for the show, takedowns, etc. He has also been in session with David countless times over the past ten years or so and has done hundreds of shows in one capacity or another with Mr. Foster. He has also worked numerous times with record producers such as Walter Afanasieff, Babyface and Humberto Gatica and engineers such as Armin Steiner, Dave Reitzas, Danny Wallin, Al Schmitt, Tommy Vicari, Robert Fernandez and Chris Brooks, just to name a few.

Matthew has also been working closely with film composer William Ross over the last ten years. Co producing film scores, synth programming, recording, editing and mixing music for the film as well as for the soundtrack, as well as designing and maintaining William's studio named Matt-Man Studios. Matthew was involved in every aspect of the process from creating the demo for the job to delivering final mixes at the end of the project. He also participated in hundreds of recording sessions in various capacities. Thru his film work he is familiar many different styles of music and the technology needed to complete and deliver final products for any world class project. More details upon request.

Matthew has worked with orchestras such as the Hollywood Film Orchestra (hun-dreds of times on films and cds), the London Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Phoenix Symphony and many orchestras in Los Angeles, London, New York and Las Vegas for recordings and live shows. He has also worked with the Miami String Orchestra.

He works with world class musicians such as Greg Phillinganes, Nathan East, John "JR" Robinson, Dean Parks, Dave Boruff, Michael Thompson, Niel Stubenhaus, George Deoring, Randy Waldman, Raphael Padilla, and many other "A" list Los Angeles based musicians. He has worked many times in studios such as the Strei-sand Scoring Stage (formerly Sony Scoring Stage, Culver City, CA), The Newman Scoring Stage (Fox Scoring Stage), Paramount Stage M for Scoring, Todd A/O Scoring, Abbey Road Studios in London, Capitol Studios, O' Henry Studios, Ocean Way, The Record Plant, Cello Studios, Chartmaker Studios, 143 Records, Signet Sound, The Hit Factory NYC, Sony Studios Miami, AudioGenia Estudios, y Sacra-mento Studios in Alicante, Spain and has performed in many theaters and concert halls throughout the United States.

Films

Co-Produced and / or Scoring and Mix Consultant / Synth Programming "El Concursazo" **also orchestrated, arranged and composed additional music** "La Dama Boba" **also orchestrated, arranged and composed additional music** "Ladder 49""Seabiscut""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"**(Assisted William Ross in adapting and recording the score)"The Young Black Stallion", the IMAX film "Tuck Everlasting""My Dog Skip""Her Majesty","T-Rex, Back to the Cretaceous”, the IMAX film "I C U"“My Fellow Americans”“Tin Cup”“Waiting to Exhale”, "Life"“The Evening Star” "Black Sheep”, “The Little Rascals” "Heat""Cops and Robbersons""Look Who's Talking Now""A Smile Like Yours""The Amazing Panda Adventure" and others

Songs for film

Scoring Consultant- Concursazo"Lolipop", Luis Ivars (programmed drums, bass, kybds, etc.) Titanic"My Heart Will Go On", Celine DionIce Age"Send Me On My Way", Rusted RootEnough"Alive", Jennifer LopezThe Hunchback of Notre Dame"When You Believe"

- Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston duet Nothing To Loose" I'll See You When I Get There", CoolioQuest for Camelotvarious songs, with Celine Dion, Steve Perry, etc. Snow White (2001 video release)"Someday My Prince Will Come", Barbra Strei sand (also synth programming)

Television

Scoring and Mix ConsultantGreat Performances Andrea Bocelli, "Vivere, Live in Tuscany" Great Performances "David Foster and Friends" "Concursazo", telemovie for Spain **also orchestrated and composed additional music** "Me and My Shadows, the Judy Garland Story"Wonderful World of Disney Opening sequenceGreat Performances "Josh Groban"Superbowl National Anthem 1999 with CherSuperbowl National Anthem 2000 with Faith Hill“You’ll Never Walk Alone”, performed by Barbra Streisand for the 2002 Emmy’s “God Bless America” performed by Celine Dion for the National Telethon for 9-11 MTV sequences and bumpers

More Upon Request

Conducted and/or Arranged

- Conducted and Arranged Andrea Bocelli's Vivere Live in Tuscany DVD- Conducted and Arranged the opening concert for the MGM Grand Casino at Foxwoods, with Alicia Keys, Josh Groban, John Mayer, etc...- Arranged for the David Foster DVD "David Foster and Friends"- Conducted and Arranged "The Andre Agassi Childrens Foundation Grand Slam Concerts", various artist 1996 to present, live show (did not conduct every year)- Conducted Celine Dion's Christmas Special, "These Are Special Times", tv show- Conducted "The Tonight Show", Kenny G. segment, television show- Conducted and Arranged "N-Sync's Christmas Special", television show- Conducted and Arranged "MTV Video Music Awards 2000", N-Sync segment, tv show- Conducted and Arranged for MTV La Ley "Unplugged CD", live show - Conducted and Arranged the David Foster Foundation 2005, live show - Conducted and Arranged for MTV Alejandro Sanz "Unplugged CD", live show - Conducted Trisha Yearwood's video for MTV "You're Where I Belong” from the film "Stuart Little” Video- Conducted Steve Perry's video for MTV "United We Stand" from "Quest for Camelot", video Matthew has also conducted and arranged for many additional shows for David Foster.

String Arrangements For CD Recording and Live Show

Andrea Bocelli, David Foster, Alejandro Sanz, La Ley, Kenny G (with Bill Ross, 1 song), Faith Hill, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Tears for Fears, John Mayer, Ken Hens-ley, Sarah McLachlan, Tim McGraw, Humberto Gatica, Rennee Olstead (live ver-sions), William Joseph, Brandon Jenner, Michael Ciadella, Chris Brooks as well as many arrangements for various other internationally known artist when they are performing with an orchestra or string orchestra.

Award

- Latin Grammy's Certificate 2002 Album of the Year, Alejandro Sanz MTV Unplugged- String Arrangements and Show Conductor- Latin Grammy's Certificate 2002 Song of the Year, Alejandro Sanz MTV Unplugged String Arrangements and Show Conductor

Theme Park Attractions/Rides

Scoring and Mix Consultant/Programmer

- “FantasyLand 3D” Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida Disney Theme Park Attraction Walt Disney Studios- “Berlin Symphony" Sony Center in Postdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany Sony Entertainment Germany Iwerks Entertainment- "T-Rex, Back to the Cretaceous" Various World Wide IMAX theaters IMAX Entertainment- “Dino Island I & II” Various Theaters/Worldwide Iwerks Entertainment Ballets- "Blue Suede Shoes” All digital editing, FOH mixing for live shows as well as designing the timecode driven playback system. Matthew worked directly with choreographer Dennis Nahat of the Cleveland San Jose Ballet in creating and producing the audio tracks for the live ballet and CD