Marco D'Ambrosio
Marco D'Ambrosio
Genres: Soundtrack, instrumental, anime, composer, contemporary classical
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About Marco D'Ambrosio
There are two Italian artists with this name: 1) Marco D'Ambrosio is an Italian composer / creative director. His musical baptism began shortly after moving from Italy to Boston, when at age nine he began playing trumpet. His musical awareness was later captivated by film music, particularly the classic collaborations of Fellini and Nino Rota and the scores of Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrman and Maurice Jarre. This quickly led him to composition and the keyboard, with a special interest in combining the textures of electronic and acoustic music, which he pursued while a student at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut. Marco likes to lose himself in a sea of music and sound. When he's not broadening the aural palette with his own compositions, he's consulting for the THX Division of Lucasfilm Ltd., helping to create quality environments that allow audiences to hear the work of other film composers and sound designers. "Understanding the medium has always helped me to communicate my ideas and at times even inspire some," explains Marco. "If it's a live performance for example, I always like to know what the acoustics of the space are going to be like. With soundtrack work, I can sometimes translate this into the 'emotional' space of a given scene." In fact, Marco's understanding of the technical means to a pristine listening environment heightens his musical awareness in terms of both sonic character and emotional response. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Marco has never been unduly influenced by cultural and stylistic constrictions. He is equally adept at playing and creating pieces that reflect classical, jazz, popular and ethnic influences, and he thrives on blurring the lines between each. In some of his recent scores you can hear various ethnic instruments such as the didjerido, ashiko, dumbek and bodhran drums, melodica, concertina and Theremin. Many of his compositions also reflect a romanticism that can no doubt be traced to his summers performing in Italy, at the University of Siena and with the Puccini and International Festival Orchestras. As an independent film composer, music producer, and performing artist, he is as dedicated to eliciting the desired emotional effect as he is to sound quality. And while Marco is quite comfortable working in world class studios, he thrills to the challenge of pushing the bounds of sonic quality, regardless of the facility, recording equipment, or project budget. Marco has scored numerous award winning films, documentaries and live theatre projects including the anime hit "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust", "Haiku Tunnel", "The Rape of Europa", "Blink" and "Double Dare". Marco is also responsible for creating much of the dynamic sound and music heard in the acclaimed Lucasfilm THX trailers. In 2005, he was one of six accomplished composers awarded a fellowship from the Sundance Institute. 2) Marco D'Ambrosio is an Italian pop-rock musician. He was born in Sora, Frosinone, Italy, where he began learning to play music, here lives until today. Before he started playing on the bass, he studied playing on the piano and the guitar. During this time he played in various bands representing broad stylistic spectrum. The large influence on his musical development, essential for his growth (in theory and instrumental) had Mario Mazzenga (the current bass player in the band of A.Tatangelo). Marco used to work with establish amount of professional musicians starting from Federico Malaman (ex bassist Paolo Belli), Mario Bellusci (ex bassist of Renga), Giovanni (bassist of Caparezza), Caramel Isgrò (bassist), Stefano Forecella (bassist of Modà), Ivan Ciccarelli (drummer and rhythmic engineer of A. Ruggiero in '98, producer), and Luigi (singer of the band Hands). Thanks to the collaboration of Universo S.p.A., in 2008 Marco released his first single, titled "Lassù", published in the major digital stores including iTunes. Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/marcodambrosio
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