- Scott Matthew
Scott Matthew (occasionally credited as Scotty Matthew) is a
vocalist andlyricist born inQueensland ,Australia . He currently resides and performs as an independent artist inNew York City .Scott Matthew was a member of the alt pop band
Elva Snow , which he co-founded with ex-Morrissey memberSpencer Cobrin . Two songs from their self-titled debut album, which boasted Matthew on vocals and Cobrin on drums, piano, guitar and composition, were included in feature film soundtracks; “Hold Me” was featured in 2004's "The Last Run ", directed by Jonathan Segal and starringFred Savage , and “Could Ya” made an appearance in the 2005 film "Splinter", directed by Kai Maurer. After the dissolution of Elva Snow, Matthew performed with the bandSongs to Drink and Drive By under the free-basemp3 label [http://www.comfortstand.com/ Comfortstand] .Scott Matthew is perhaps best known to the public for his vocal contributions to the soundtracks of the
anime series ' and the anime film ', both produced by composerYoko Kanno , among whose fans he is very well-received as one of several faithful vocal collaborators. His performance of the alt-rock song "Lithium Flower", featured as the ending song for season one of ', garnered him national exposure inJapan as well as theUnited States when the show was aired onCartoon Network 'sAdult Swim block. Matthew also wrote the lyrics to "Go Where No One's Gone Before", the main theme for the anime series ' performed byBilly Preston .Matthew recently received additional exposure as a result of his contributions to the original soundtrack of
John Cameron Mitchell 's dark sexual comedy "Shortbus ". The soundtrack includes six of Matthew's songs.Scott Matthew's vocals have been described as warm, sultry and a little androgynous. Aside from singing, he has also exhibited notable talent playing the
ukulele and theguitar .External links
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* [http://www.galerie-hinrich-kroeger.de/Ankuendigung/Flyer.html Scott Matthew live at Galerie Hinrich Kröger in Berlin 2007]
* [http://theyshootmusic.at/posts/15 Video: Acoustic Session with 'They Shoot Music Dont They'][http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2108533179&size=l Photos of Scott Matthew at Babylon, Berlin 12/12/2007]
[http://www.tbfoto.de/index.php?idcat=56 Photos of Scott Matthew at colonge filmhouse, Cologne 12/05/2007]
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