Who Wants To Be A Millionaire composer,Matthew Strachan dead at 50

Matthew Strachan

The composer of most popular TV game show,Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ,Matthew Strachan is dead.

Matthew and his dad,Keith wrote the iconic theme song for the show.They wrote a total of 95 pieces of music for the show over eight days in 1998.

They went on to win them the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ award for the the most-broadcast piece of music on US TV for 10 years in a row, earning them a place in the organisation’s hall of fame.

Keith told BBC;

“Matthew was loved by his family and he will be sadly missed,”

“He was a warm, funny and talented human being.”

According to his company biography, Strachan also wrote scores for musicals and penned two mystery novels with wife Bernadette under the pseudonym MB Vincent.

He was 50 years old.May his soul rest in peace.

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