I tried to search for a certain composer in my collection, but only
non-mp4 files showed up. The source code reveals that this tag is not
read. This can be fixed by reading the 'Writer' tag field, in
mp4_plugin.c, in function mp4_load_tag.

I actually tried this, and after compiling with those lines added,
also mp4 (.m4a) files showed up when searching for a composer.