Umberto

Matt Hill is a composer based in Los Angeles, CA. In 2008, he started a project under the name Umberto as an homage to horror films. Since then, he has released albums, performed throughout the US and Europe, and scored several films.

As a recording artist, he has released several albums on labels such as Milan/Sony Music, Waxwork, Thrill Jockey, Not Not Fun, and Death Waltz Recording Company.

His live performances have included bills with some of the same film composers he was influenced by such as Fabio Frizzi, Goblin, and Alan Howarth. He’s also performed live re-scores to some of his favorite movies at several film festivals including Beyond Fest (Los Angeles, CA), the Glasgow Film Festival, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Summer Cinema at Muzeon Park of the Arts (Moscow, RU), and MondoCon (Austin, TX). His re-score for the 1982 slasher film Pieces is an alternate score option on both the Grindhouse Releasing and Arrow Video releases of the Blu-Ray.

In 2020, he scored SpectreVision’s Archenemy starring Joe Manganiello and Glenn Howerton, directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real). Previous films include Blumhouse/Hulu’s “All That We Destroy” (Into The Dark), Portraits, and Crude Oil which premiered at 2019’s Sundance Film Festival. In 2018, he scored a series of short horror films for Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. Other works include short documentaries, VR projects, and advertisements.

Website: https://www.umbertomusic.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Umberto/100033536029233/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umberto_music/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dancewithdumbo
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDF3Eee7C6aS03KrBFdCjQ
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/umberto_music
Bandcamp: https://umberto.bandcamp.com/
https://thrilljockeyrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://notnotfun.bandcamp.com/
https://sonicmeditations.bandcamp.com/


Umberto - Night Fantasy (music video)




Umberto - Temple Room




Umberto - The Locker Room




Umberto - Carla Moran




Umberto - Dead Silent Morning




UMBERTO - Night Stalking




UMBERTO - Widow Of The Web




UMBERTO - The Psychic

Black Bile
by Umberto





Black Bile compiles some of Umberto’s most resplendent, sanguine music to date. The solo work of LA composer Matt Hill draws heavily from the world of cinema, spinning immersive narratives and rich atmospheres using sound alone. Hill, an active composer for film and television, recently scored the 2022 Jerry Pyle film Loveseat (soundtrack was released in 2023). Other recent scores include the 2020 thriller Archenemy, from the producers of cult classic Mandy.

Inspired by the ancient Greek theory of the “four humors,” an early medical theory linking the inner workings of the human body to the elements. “Black bile” specifically links the feelings of melancholy with autumn. Hill’s celestial compositions are an autumnal soundtrack conveying beauty, yearning, reflection and comfort.

Many of the album’s phrases are constructed from just two notes or sounds, arranged by Hill into complex patterns that undulate with an organic pulse. The spare melodic structure holds a myriad of small and beautiful details. The songs began with Hill improvising on the piano, to find the notes and patterns that created the musical and emotional structure from which he could expand with textural detail. Hill then would often remove the initial structure leaving a sparer and more skeletal one which he could again expand upon to...  more

released August 23, 2024