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Matti Bye

Matti Bye

Composer · Born July 25, 1966 (60) · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Matti Bye became infatuated with the piano at an early age. His foray into music started with the violin, the clarinet and the contrabass. However, none of these instruments matched his melancholic and romantic musical temperament. It wasn't until he began to study the piano with an old Russian teacher that he found his true means of expression. Amazed by the sonic richness of the piano, it became his musical weapon of choice. Matti sense of structure and harmonics was derived from playing and listening to Schubert, Chopin and Beethoven. Experimental styles like musique concrète helped expand his view of music and made him understand that the piano creates an environment of its own. Today, he is an avid researcher of musical genres like exotica, library music and forgotten soundtracks. The purpose is not to replicate a sound but to find jumping-off points for new compositions and expressions, recently manifested on the debut album by Mambo Noir Trio. For years Matti performed live to screenings of silent masterpieces by directors like Fritz Lang, Victor Sjöström and Jean Vigo at the Cinematheque in Stockholm. The importance of this period for his musical education can probably not be overstated. His time at the Cinematheque enabled him to hone his ear and intuition, helping him to learn to trust his spontaneity in the process. Matti's piano playing has catapulted him onto the international stage for contemporary piano music and won him numerous accolades. Solo works like "Drömt" from 2010 and 2013's "Bethanien" - the result of a two-year sojourn in Kreuzberg's cultural centre in Berlin - have earned him fans all over the world. He composed new music for Victor Sjöström's silent horror masterpiece "The Phantom Carriage" (1921) and "The Saga of Gosta Berling" (1924), both released as standalone works on Rotor Records. In addition to his solo works, Matti is one of Sweden's most sought-after film composers. His scores to Felix Herngren's "Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann" (2016), and Fredrik Edfelt's "Faro" (2013) won him composer awards at Sweden's prestigious film awards ceremony Guldbaggen. Eagerly exploring new creative contexts and avenues of expressions, he frequently works with other artists and musicians. Hydra's Dream with Anna von Hausswolff and Maailma with Finnish songwriter Lau Nau are two critically acclaimed examples of his many collaborations. Matti Bye's musical universe is a world of layered, imperceptibly shifting atmospheres. He employs instruments experimentally to create musical spaces for the listener to inhabit. To walk into this world is to discover sound within sounds, rooms within rooms. While his style of play is super-light and uninhibited, his live performances are always masterly paced, never straying from the higher purpose of the music. His musical output is approachable, sensual and melancholic, and captures perfectly the fragility of the Nordic light in his native country. The motherboard in Bye's artistic venture is his recording space Studio Barnängen. As Bye's music sometimes brings to mind foggy harbour scenes from a French 1940s film noir, it's only suiting that the studio is located a stone's throw from Norra Hammarbyhamnen (roughly translated: The North District of Hammarby Harbour) and that sailors from all over the world frequent the bar closest to the studio.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
July 25, 1966 (60)
From
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Works as
Composer
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 39 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27

What are Matti Bye's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
37%
Bonds
24%
Ideas
12%
Morality
9%
Society
8%
Survival
7%
Power
5%
Purpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 8 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
10
Tense
6
Contemplative
5
Bittersweet
5
Hopeful
6
Other
14

How their films linger

Hopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Matti Bye's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Matti Bye's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

39 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sing For Me Arja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Little Did I Know(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • A Poet(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Never Alone(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Breakthrough(2025)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • End of Summer(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Through My Window: Looking at You(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Young Royals Forever(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Through My Window: Across the Sea(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Detective from Beledweyne(2023)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • The Year I Started Masturbating(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Marcel! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Prejudice & Pride: Swedish Film Queer(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Day by Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Young Royals(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Corona Film Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Tove(2020)

    Composer · as Customer at the Bar

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Life After Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • My Dear Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • One Last Deal(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Undefeated Femininity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Interbeing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • The Simple Heist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • Superswede: En film om Ronnie Peterson(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • A Serious Game(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Förvaret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Den girige (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Bibliotekstjuven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • Elkland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Troell Behind the Camera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Everlasting Moments(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Snigeln (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • The Last Gasp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Composer

  • Duo jag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 3 episodes · as The second son

  • Häxan(1922)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Kiss of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Musician

Career shape

A full career of 35 titles from 1916 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Everlasting Moments (2008)

$3.4M worldwide

Highest rated

A Poet (2025)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Young Royals (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 35: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleMusic33 of 35: 32 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdOther crew1 of 35: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1910s1 · crew1990s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2000s4 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s15 · 1 acting · 15 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Matti Bye's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · composer

Young Royals Forever (2024)

71st percentile spread · 11% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

A Poet (2025)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 57/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 64, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Matti Bye's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles29–56 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 25 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Matti Bye work with?

People who share at least 2 of Matti Bye's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Per Bouveng shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles