---
name: "Matthew James Kelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-james-kelly"
fi1m_id: "matthew-james-kelly"
imdb_id: "nm5876384"
tmdb_id: 1523127
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:02:53.304800+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Matthew James Kelly

## Identity

Matthew James Kelly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-james-kelly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-james-kelly
- **IMDb ID:** nm5876384
- **TMDB ID:** 1523127
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5876384/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1523127

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Also known as:** Matt Kelly
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5876384/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1523127

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*I Am Not a Witch*](https://film.one/film/i-am-not-a-witch.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Matthew James Kelly is a composer and member of the music department, also credited as Matt Kelly. He composed the score for the 2017 feature *I Am Not a Witch* and provided music for the 2016 film *Apprentice*. His other feature credits include *Pop Aye* (2017) and *Wildfire* (2020).

On television he has composed for the long-running series *Silent Witness* (2019–2022). He received a BIFA nomination for his work on *I Am Not a Witch*.

*Sources: imdb.com, matthewjameskelly.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *I Am Not a Witch* (2017), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-not-a-witch.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Swedish Death* (2024), Music
- *Wildfire* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Benjamin's Last Day At Katong Swimming Complex* (2019), Music
- *I Am Not a Witch* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-not-a-witch.md)
- *Pop Aye* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Apprentice* (2016), Music
- *7 Letters* (2015), Music
- *Granny* (2014), Music
- *Smutne potwory* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Sleeping with the Fishes* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Mass of Men* (2012), Original Music Composer

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