Matt Parker and Alan Hampton have been writing music together since they first met in 2000. Their collaboration began with their first film project in 2005, where they discovered a unique synergy between Matt's saxophones and Hampton's acoustic bass and guitars. Over the years, their compositions have paid homage to the great film composers Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, and Les Baxter — lush, atmospheric, and cinematically alive.

The pair work under the name Pat & Tap. Most recently, they contributed significantly to the score of Chris Pine's debut directorial film, "Poolman" (2023) — a testament to their enduring partnership and ability to blend traditional and contemporary elements into evocative, memorable soundtracks.

Alan Hampton is a bassist and composer who has performed with Gretchen Parlato, Sufjan Stevens, and Andrew Bird. He co-produced Matt's debut album Worlds Put Together in 2013. Outside of Pat & Tap, the friendship has been one of the most generative creative relationships in Matt's career — spanning jazz, film, and the kind of late-night music-making that starts conversations that last twenty years.

Their work spans television, feature film, and production music — rooted in craft, influenced by the golden age of film scoring, and unafraid of the genuinely strange.