Bruno Bizarro
Bruno Bizarro, is a Portuguese composer, often for film soundtracks. He is also a Graduate Audio Engineer, Music Producer, Songwriter and Arranger.
Biography
In addition to a great deal of self-education, Bizarro studied music while attending the Regional Conservatoire of Sobreda in Portugal, choir and classical piano with professor Luís Pinto and took personal classes with professor Jorge Santos and Lucía del Campo and attended Master Classes at the Royal College of Music in London.He received the Audio Engineering Diploma at SAE in Madrid, Spain, where he was also a supervising monitor.
While studying at SAE, he was one of the winners of the Mackie Traktion Contest.
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, Manolo Aguilar, Nick Litwin, Michel Martin, Florian A. Schober, Ulf Ding, and others.
His final thesis was about Film Music with the title "Un poco sobre bandas sonoras…y análisis de la música de algunas películas".
The year after SAE graduation, he was a trainee at RTVE in the departments of RNE in Radio, Recording/Mixing Classical and Pop Music Studios.
He frequently works with actor/director/screenwriter António Rodrigues, an old friend with whom he maintains a strong professional relationship.
Bizarro has also been a piano and keyboard player, music producer and arranger for several bands.
Awards
- Won the in 2016 with "Σ 537: A Phobian Machine Experiment" music. 2016
- Won the Best Soundtrack Award at MiMo Milano Mobile Film Fest in 2018 with "Audiotales - The Fright Before Christmas" music. 2018
- Won Audience Award at Gardunha Fest in 2018 with "Audiotales - By Hand of The Monster". 2018
- Nominated for Best Original Score at Feel The Reel Independent Film Festival in 2017 with "Eden" music. 2017
- Nominated for Best Original Score or Use of Music at Knoxville Film Festival with "Legacy" music. 2021
- Nominated for Best Soundtrack at MiMo Milano Mobile Film Festival with Audiotales - "It Still Knows My Name" music 2019
Albums/EPS/Singles
Released "What's Left?" Original Soundtrack Album on 6 March 2021.Released "Running Away From What" Single on 11 November 2022.
Released "Centaurianaut" Single on 17 November 2023.
Filmography
Composer- - "Doorways"
- - "There's Always Tomorrow"
- - "Twins in Crime"
- - "Padre"
- - "Legacy"
- - "Sailing Over the Sun"
- - "The Barn"
- - "What's Left?
- - "How long have you not seen a Portuguese film?"
- - "Audiotales"
- - "Audiotales 80's Bash"
- - "Σ 537: A Phobian Machine Experiment"
- - "Eden"
- - "God Ex Machina"
- - "No Fim da Linha"
- - "Shell"
- - "Verbo Muller"
- - "O Último Tesouro" TV Series
- - "VC Produções Audiovisuais"
- - "The Dictator's Secret Passions"
- - "A Vida Privada de Salazar"
- - "Merry Christmas"
- - "Meia-Noite "
- - "Substantia"
- - "Merry Christmas On the Lot Version"
- - "Eco"
- - "Mayo"
- - "Niño Migraña"
- - "The Heart of the Dragon trailer"
- - "The Challenge"
- - "Aurea Pictures Presentation" for SAE
- - "Quimera"
- - "O Rosto da Traição"
All soundtracks composed, produced, arranged and orchestrated by Bizarro
Music Department
- - "Meia-Noite"
- - "Osa Meri" TV commercial
- - "Party of Four 2"
- - "Arriba Fossil Documentary"
- - "I'm All Set"
- - "Los Bentos"
- - "Dance of Displeasure"
- - "Eco"
- - "Formation Video for O Celeiro"
- - "Aurea Pictures Presentation" for SAE
- - "Arriba Fossil Documentary"
- -"Los Bentos"
- -"Party of Four 2"
- -"Arriba Fossil Documentary"
- -"Party of Four 2"
- -"Arriba Fossil Documentary"
- -"Audiotales"
- -"Shell"
- -"Los Bentos"
- -"Party of Four 2"
- -"Arriba Fossil Documentary"
- -"Los Bento" - Spectator
- -"POF" - Dionysius
- -"Shell" - WC User
- -"Quimera" - Demon
- -"O Rosto da Traição" - Marco
- -"Party of Four 2" - Dionysius