Matthew Tishler is a Canadian songwriter and music producer who has written and produced songs for film, television, radio, stage, and theme parks. He is known for his work with teen pop artists such as Olivia Rodrigo, Dove Cameron, Sabrina Carpenter, Ashley Tisdale, Olivia Holt and JoJo Siwa, as well as popular K-pop/J-pop artists like BTS, TWICE, EXO, NCT Dream, Enhypen, Taeyeon, Red Velvet, Namie Amuro, Kumi Koda, EXILE Atsushi, P1Harmony, and Stray Kids .[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] His projects have combined sales of over 25 million units.
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Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Years active | 2010–present |
Website | laundromatmusic |
Tishler produced and co-wrote the theme song to Girl Meets World, "Take on the World", performed by Sabrina Carpenter and Rowan Blanchard,[8] and songs for many Disney Channel original movies and series, including High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Descendants 3, Zombies, Austin & Ally, Teen Beach 2 and Shake It Up. He also co-wrote and produced "She's So Gone" from Lemonade Mouth, which is featured on Billboard's list of "The 100 Greatest Disney Songs of All Time" [9] and Rolling Stone's "Fake Bands, Real Songs: The 50 Best Tunes by Made-Up Musicians".[10]
In early 2016, he was responsible for co-producing and co-writing a wave of successful K-pop singles, including "Sing for You" and "For Life" by EXO, "Rain" by Taeyeon from Girls' Generation, and "Good Luck" by AOA charting combined sales in excess of 1.4 million units that year.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Tishler co-wrote and co-produced "보조개 (Dimple)" by BTS, which was featured on Love Yourself: Her and Love Yourself: Answer, the #1 albums in Korea for 2017 and 2018, respectively.[19][20][21] Tishler also wrote and produced the title track for Namie Amuro's record-breaking album "Finally" (#1 album in Japan for 2017 and 2018),[22][23] and its accompanying "Finally" DVD/Blu-ray, which is the best-selling music DVD/Blu-ray in Japan of all time.[24][25]
He also produced All I Want by Olivia Rodrigo and was a music producer on the finale of Pasek and Paul's movie-musical Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, performed by Shawn Mendes.
Selected discography
Album credits
Film/television credits
- Lemonade Mouth (Disney Channel)
- Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (Disney Channel)
- Shake It Up (Disney Channel)
- Austin & Ally (Disney Channel)
- A.N.T. Farm (Disney Channel)
- Radio Rebel (Disney Channel)
- Girl vs. Monster (Disney Channel)
- Liv and Maddie (Disney Channel)
- How To Rock (Nickelodeon)
- Hollywood Heights (Nickelodeon) – Theme Song
- The Fresh Beat Band (Nickelodeon)
- To the Beautiful You (SBS)
- Hi wa Mata Noboru (TV Asahi) – Theme Song
- Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (Fuji TV) – Theme Song
- Chase (NBC)
- 12 Dates of Christmas (ABC Family)
- Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Unstable (CMT)
- Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
- Snooki & JWoww (MTV)
- People's Choice Awards (CBS)
- E! News (E!)
- Blaze and the Monster Machines (Nickelodeon)
- Dora and Friends: Into the City! (Nickelodeon)
- Girl Meets World (Disney Channel)
- Teen Beach 2 (Disney Channel)
- Corn & Peg (Nickelodeon)
- I Am Frankie (Nickelodeon) – Theme Song
- Butterbean's Café (Nickelodeon)
- Fancy Nancy (Disney Junior)
- Pup Academy (Disney Channel)
- Mira, Royal Detective (Disney Junior)
- Zombies (Disney Channel)
- Descendants 3 (Disney Channel)
- Freaky Friday (Disney Channel)
- Team Kaylie (Netflix)
- Barbie: Princess Adventure (Netflix)
- Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams (Netflix)
- Barbie: It Takes Two (Netflix)
- Barbie: Mermaid Power (Netflix)
- Mickey Mornings (Disney Junior)
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)
- Team Zenko Go (Netflix) - Theme Song
- The J Team (Nickelodeon/Paramount+)
- Monster High: The Movie (Nickelodeon/Paramount+)
- Snow Day (Nickelodeon/Paramount+)
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (Sony)
- CoComelon Lane (Moonbug Entertainment)
- Monster High 2 (Nickelodeon/Paramount+)
- Hailey's On It! (Disney Channel)
Miscellaneous credits
- Official Coca-Cola UEFA Euro 2012 Anthem (Coca-Cola)
- JibJab – "Santa's Twerk Shop" E-Card
- Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade – "Baby, It's Cold Outside" performed by Jason Derulo and Jordin Sparks
- "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (Coca-Cola Commercial)
- "Fa La La" (McDonald's Commercial)
- My Little Pony (Hasbro)
- Equestria Girls (Hasbro)
- FurReal Friends (Hasbro)
- JoJo Siwa's D.R.E.A.M. The Tour (Musical Director)
- Disney's Descendants: The Musical
Awards and nominations
Annie Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2022 | "Mira, Royal Detective" | Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Media Production | Nominated |
2021 | "Mira, Royal Detective" | Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Media Production | Nominated |
BMI Film & TV Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2016 | "Girl Meets World" | BMI TV Music Award | Won |
Children's & Family Emmy Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2023 | "These Kids" from Snow Day | Outstanding Original Song for a Children's or Young Teen Program | Pending |
2023 | "One Big Family" from Mira, Royal Detective | Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program | Pending |
2022 | "If You Have A Dream" from Fancy Nancy | Outstanding Original Song | Nominated |
2022 | "The J Team" | Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Live Action Program | Nominated |
Daytime Emmy Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | "Blaze and the Monster Machines" | Outstanding Music Direction and Composition | Nominated |
Hollywood Music In Media Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2023 | "Love You Forever" from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" | Best Song - Onscreen Performance - TV Show/Limited Series | Nominated |