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name: "Matthew S. Nelson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-s-nelson"
fi1m_id: "matthew-s-nelson"
tmdb_id: 4361759
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T22:41:30.870934+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."
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# Matthew S. Nelson

## Identity

Matthew S. Nelson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-s-nelson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-s-nelson
- **TMDB ID:** 4361759
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4361759

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4361759

## Coming up

- *The Chosen: Crucifixion* (2027-03-11), Music
- *The Chosen: Resurrection* (2028-03-31), Music

## Biography

Matthew S. Nelson is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. He co-composed the score for the television series *The Chosen* (2019–) with Dan Haseltine.

Nelson holds a Bachelor of Music from Middle Tennessee State University, where he studied cello and jazz guitar, and an Associate of Arts from Pensacola Junior College. He has worked as a touring and session musician with artists including Jars of Clay, Amy Grant, RaeLynn and Cheap Trick, and has appeared on television programmes such as NBC's Today and NPR's Mountain Stage. He is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

His other film and television credits as composer include *The Shift* (2023) and *The Best Christmas Pageant Ever* (2024), both co-composed with Haseltine.

*Sources: imdb.com, zenspacemusic.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Chosen* (2019), Fi1m 65, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chosen.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Chosen: Resurrection* (2028), Music
- *The Chosen: Crucifixion* (2027), Music
- *The Chosen Adventures* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Best Christmas Pageant Ever* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Chosen: Season 4* (2024), Music
- *The Shift* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Chosen* (2019), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chosen.md)

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