Bruno Bizarro

Bruno Bizarro (08, October, 1979 Lisbon), is a Portuguese composer, often for film soundtracks. He is also a Graduate Audio Engineer, Music Producer, Songwriter and an Arranger.

Biography

Since he was young, Bruno Bizarro has shown a strong interest in music. Although, he considers himself self-educated, he studied music while attending the Regional Conservatoire of Sobreda in Portugal, choir and classical piano with professor Luís Pinto and had personal classes with professor Jorge Santos and Lucía del Campo.He received the Audio Engineering Diploma at SAE (School of Audio Engineering) in Madrid, Spain, where he was also a supervisor monitor.

While studying at SAE, he was one of the winners of the Mackie Traktion Contest.

Bruno Bizarro has attended several workshops and had classes with relevant professional people in the Music Industry, Music Production and Audio Engineering, such as, Tó Pinheiro ( Portuguese Mastering Engineer), Manolo Aguilar (former director of BMG ARIOLA), Nick Litwin (argentine Mastering Engineer), Michel Martin (Spanish Audio Engineer), Florian A. Schober (German Composer and Music Producer), Ulf Ding (German Pianist), among others…His final thesis was in fact about Film Music with the title “Un poco sobre bandas sonoras…y análisis de la música de algunas peliculas” (A bit about Soundtracks and analysis of some film music)

The next year after SAE graduation, he was a trainee at RTVE (Radio Televisión Española) on the departments of RNE in Radio, Recording/Mixing Classical and Pop Music Studios.

Bruno Bizarro has been also a piano and keyboard player, music producer and arranger for several bands.

Filmography

Composer

#- "People of Topeeka" (2008) (project)
#- "The pursuit of Johansson" (2008) (project)
#- "The Heart of The Dragon" (2008) (post-production)
#- "Oportunidad v.1 - Director's Cut" (2008) (post-production)
#- "Shell" (2008) (post-production)
#- “O Último Tesouro” TV Series (2008) (post-production)
#- "The Heart of The Dragon trailer 2" (2008) (post-production)
#- "Fogo Cruzado" (2 themes adapted/composed into soundtrack) (2008) (post-production)
#- "Merry Christmas" (2008)
#- "Meia-Noite " (2008)
#- "Substantia" (2007)
#- "Merry Christmas On the Lot Version" (2007)
#- "Eco" (2006)
#- "Mayo" (2005)
#- "Niño Migraña" (2005)
#- "The Heart of The Dragon trailer" (2005)
#- "Dementia VCD" (2004)
#- "The Challenge" (2004)
#- "Aurea Pictures Presentation" for SAE (2003)
#- "Quimera" (2001) (*)
#- "O Rosto da Traição" (2000) (*)

(*)- Projects not concluded.

All soundtracks (music) composed, produced, arranged and orchestrated by Bruno Bizarro

Music Department

#-"Meia-Noite" (as Music Supervisor) (2008)
#-"Party of Four 2" (as Music Supervisor) (1998)
#-"Arriba Fossil Documentary" (as Music Supervisor) (1997)

Sound Department

#-"Eco" (Perchista, Sound Editing, Mixing, Mastering and Foley) (2006)
#-"Formation Video for O Celeiro" (Perchista) (2005)
#-"Aurea Pictures Presentation" for SAE (Recording, Sound Design, Sound Editing)(2003)

Director

#-"Party of Four 2" (1998)
#-"Arriba Fossil Documentary" (1997)

Producer

#-"Shell" (2008) (post-production)
#-"Party of Four 2" (1998)
#-"Arriba Fossil Documentary" (1997)

Actor

#-"Shell" "WC User" (cameo)(2008) (post-production)
#-"Quimera" - Demon (2001) (*2)
#-"O Rosto da Traição" - Marco (2000) (*2)
#-"Party of Four 2" - Dionysius (1998)

(*2)- Project not concluded

Links

# [http://www.myspace.com/brunobizarro Bruno Bizarro's official MYSPACE]
# [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2425304/ Bruno Bizarro's IMDB]
# [http://www.substantia.eu/links.html Substantia]