Matthew Tishler
Matthew Tishler is a 20x multi-platinum songwriter and music producer, with a specialty in family entertainment for film and television. Over the past 8 years, his songs have been featured in hit TV shows, movies and on dozens of #1 albums around the world.
Matthew has written and/or produced hundreds of songs for Disney, Nickelodeon, and Dreamworks, including music for television series Shake It Up, Austin & Ally, Live & Maddie, A.N.T. Farm, and The Lodge; as well as the theme song and several original songs for the comedy series Bizaardvark.
He co-wrote and produced theme song “Take On The World” for Girl Meets World, the highly anticipated and enormously successful spinoff of 90’s favorite Boy Meets World.
Matthew is writing and producing the original songs for Disney Junior’s Fancy Nancy, an animated musical series based on the best-selling books of the same name. As well, Matthew is writing and producing the original music for Disney Junior’s upcoming Mira, Royal Detective.
Additionally, Matthew’s music is featured in successful Disney Channel Original Movies, including Teen Beach 2, Lemonade Mouth, Radio Rebel, and multiple songs performed by Ashley Tisdale in High School Musical spin-off, Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure. He also produced two songs written by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey for the DCOM adaptation of Disney Theatrical’s stage musical Freaky Friday; and has an original song featured in 2019’s Descendants 3 film.
Matthew’s songs have been recorded by numerous teen stars, including Dove Cameron, Ross Lynch, Laura Marano, China Anne McClain, Zendaya, Bella Thorne, Olivia Holt, Jordan Fisher, Sofia Carson, Sabrina Carpenter, Rowan Blanchard, and JoJo Siwa.
His international songwriting placements are ubiquitous. In Asia, Matthew has worked with a who’s-who group of A-list artists, including BTS, Namie Amuro, Kumi Koda, EXILE Atsushi, Tohoshinki, Happiness, Crystal Kay, EXO, Taeyeon, AOA, Taemin, Seohyun, Red Velvet, TVXQ, SHINee, BoA, Joey Yung, LuHan, Stray Kids, and TWICE.
Standout pop music moments include: “Finally”, the title track of J-Pop queen Namie Amuro’s final album, which sold 1.1 million units in 6 days (2.6 million to date) – breaking a 13-year sales record in Japan and certification as the top-selling album in Japan for 2017 and 2018; EXILE Atsushi’s single “Itsuka Kitto,” which debuted at #1, enjoying sales of over 1 million units and certification as that year’s #5 biggest-selling album in Japan; “Dimple”, released by world-famous K-Pop boyband BTS – selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide; and LuHan’s “Reloaded” EP, containing 5 of Matthew’s songs, which sold 4.5 million digital downloads.
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Matthew now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and 2 dogs.
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Did you see our latest news earlier in the week? Chitty flies again! We're thrilled to announce that rights to the full, 2-act version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are now available without restrictions for performances scheduled to take place before 31st December 2023. Applications for 2024 are currently restricted to those in venues of less than 500 seats. Apply today! www.mtishows.co.uk/chitty-chitty-bang-bang #chittychittybangbang #newrelease #trulyscrumptious
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Xanadu is now available for licensing! You have to believe we are magic... Xanadu is a moving, electrifying tale of endless fun that will keep audiences in stitches, while the original, legendary chart-topping tunes lift them out of their seats. Find out more: www.mtishows.co.uk/xanadu #xanadu #newshow #amateurtheatre #licensing #olivianewtonjohn #strangemagic
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Bravo to everyone at @_spotlight.theatre who went Into the Woods at Nottingham Arts Theatre earlier in the month. These photos look great! Photo credit: Martin Holtom. #intothewoods #nottingham #amateurtheatre #amdram
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A huge congratulations to everyone at @green_room_productions on their hugely successful production of Sunshine on Leith. We really would have walked 500 miles to grab a ticket. #sunshineonleith #pottersbar #amateurtheatre #wyllyotts
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As schools across the UK and Europe wind down for the Summer holidays we wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate the incredible teachers everywhere who make musical theatre happen year after year. To those teachers we say: you are an inspiration! We had close to 100 of these incredible teachers take part in this years Junior Theatre Festival, so lets enjoy the special teacher number from that days awards ceremony. #teachers #jtf22 #musicaltheatre #schoolshow #inspiration #education #broadwayjr
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We love these production shots of Disneys The Little Mermaid JR from @pqanorthampton #merfolk #thelittlemermaidjr #performingarts #disney #broadwayjr
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Bravo to @curtaincallshrewsbury on their production of Roald Dahls Matilda the Musical JR. Theyre currently having the best time working on the show, and these wonderful photos prove it! Enjoy your final performances. #matildajr #broadwayjr #shrewsbury #roalddahl #youththeatre #maggots
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WHAT A PICTURE We'll definitely be sticking these in the family album A few snaps from @haslemereplayers dress rehearsal of KIPPS - The New Half a Sixpence Musical which runs at Haslemere Hall this week. Break a leg! #kipps #kippshalfasixpence #haslemere #haslemerehall #surreytheatre #surrey
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Do you love musicals and want to work at MTI? We're searching for a new Licensing Assistant / Receptionist. The successful candidate will be required to work from our newly refurbished office in London at 12-14 Mortimer Street, W1T 3JJ. The core duties/responsibilities will include: Reception duties: * answering a busy telephone switchboard * greeting all visitors to the office Amateur Licensing support: * show availability requests * answering basic enquiries both via phone and in email * general administrative support as required Professional Licensing support: * general enquiries * generation of invoices as per instructions from the Professional Licensing team * vetting of foreign language translations The successful candidate will have a keen interest in musical theatre (on or off stage) and have excellent administrative skills. For full details visit: https://www.mtishows.co.uk/.../job-vacancy-licensing... #vacancy #licensing #receptionist #job #musicals #opportunity
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JTF is making the news! @skynews @fyi_skykids came to Birmingham last month to share the power of jazz hands and spirit fingers with a wider audience. The JTF piece will air Saturday at 10:30 and 16:30 and then on Sunday at 10:30. We can't wait! Check out this sneak peak, which follows Timi from The British Theatre Academy. #jtf22 #news #jazzhands #broadwayjr
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