Bruno Bizarro
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Bruno Bizarro | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bruno Ricardo Ferreira Bizarro |
| Born | 8 October 1979 |
| Origin |  Portugal |
| Genres | Film scores, Video Game Music, stage play music, Orchestral, Electronic Music, Synthwave, Funk, Sound Design, Cosmic Horror |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Audio Engineer, Music Producer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Theremin |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | VC Filmes, Independent |
| Website | http://brunobizarro.com |
Bruno Bizarro (born 8 October 1979 in Lisbon), is a Portuguese composer, often for film soundtracks. He is also a Graduate Audio Engineer, Music Producer, Songwriter and Arranger.
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 (School of Audio Engineering) 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 ( 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), 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" (A bit about Soundtracks and analysis of some film music).
The year after SAE graduation, he was a trainee at RTVE (Radio Televisión Española) 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 Indiewise Film Festival's Best Music Score Award 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" (as a Producer). 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 (Nomination) 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
