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Peter Matz

Peter Matz

Peter Matz

1928-11-06

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Peter Matz was a musician, composer, arranger and conductor, who won three Emmys and a Grammy award. His musical career spanned fifty years, including working with people such as Marlene Dietrich, Noël Coward and Barbra Streisand.

Best known for:

The Love Boat

Torch Song Trilogy

Marlowe

Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy

Funny Lady

The Carol Burnett Show

The Private Eyes

Lust in the Dust

Plain Clothes

Babes in Toyland

Stepping Out

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Bye Bye Braverman

The Great Houdinis

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

This Can't Be Love

My Name Is Barbra

Rivals

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

The Killing of Randy Webster

As Is

Color Me Barbra

Once Upon a Mattress

Terraces

Telethon

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Filmography:

Judy and Liza at the Palladium (1964)
WORK AS:
Orchestrator
My Name Is Barbra (1965)
WORK AS:
Music
Color Me Barbra (1966)
WORK AS:
Music
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
6.5
WORK AS:
Music Director
Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Marlowe (1969)
4.6
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles (1970)
WORK AS:
Music Arranger
Rivals (1972)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer

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Once Upon a Mattress (1972)
WORK AS:
Music Director
Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
6 RMS RIV VU (1974)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Larry (1974)
WORK AS:
Music
Funny Lady (1975)
3.7
WORK AS:
Music
Funny Girl to Funny Lady (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Conductor
Twigs (1975)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Call of the Wild (1976)
WORK AS:
Music

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The Great Houdinis (1976)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
WORK AS:
Music
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La (1976)
WORK AS:
Conductor
The Dark Side of Innocence (1976)
WORK AS:
Music
The Love Boat (1977)
4.9
WORK AS:
Music
Terraces (1977)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Telethon (1977)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Last Hurrah (1977)
WORK AS:
Music
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women (1977)
WORK AS:
Music
Doug Henning's World of Magic (1977)
WORK AS:
Music Director, Music
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
First, You Cry (1978)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978)
WORK AS:
Music
The Two-Five (1978)
WORK AS:
Music
The Prize Fighter (1979)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
WORK AS:
Music
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story (1979)
WORK AS:
Music
The Tenth Month (1979)
WORK AS:
Music
Love for Rent (1979)
WORK AS:
Music
Dolly and Carol in Nashville (1979)
WORK AS:
Music Director
The Private Eyes (1980)
4.7
WORK AS:
Music
Fun and Games (1980)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
White Mama (1980)
WORK AS:
Music
Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980)
WORK AS:
Music
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Crazy Times (1981)
WORK AS:
Music
The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid (1981)
WORK AS:
Music
Take Your Best Shot (1982)
WORK AS:
Music
Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982)
WORK AS:
Music
Doug Henning's World of Magic (1982)
WORK AS:
Music
Lust in the Dust (1985)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
WORK AS:
Music
As Is (1986)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Plaza Suite (1987)
WORK AS:
Music
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
6.1
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Plain Clothes (1988)
WORK AS:
Conductor
Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
When We Were Young (1989)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Gumshoe Kid (1990)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Stepping Out (1991)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
This Can't Be Love (1994)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Babes in Toyland (1997)
WORK AS:
Orchestrator