BIOGRAPHY

Marco Susino is an internationally active European composer whose music pulls you into a slow-burning, inward focus. Genre-fluid by design, centered on cinematic minimalism, he threads classical technique through electronics and media-driven forms, with select releases appearing under the name I Must Confess.

 

He values depth over display, and keeps his language evolving by setting new constraints and testing new forms.

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His scores span screen, dance, and installation, often shaped in close collaboration with directors and choreographers, alongside brief-driven cue writing. Across projects, he draws on post-minimal writing and electronics, ranging from fragile close-up pieces to expansive, layered soundworlds, shaped by precision of feeling and nuance. His commissions range from concert works to independent film and interdisciplinary performance, treating music as narrative and lived experience.

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Susino is a Juilliard Fellow (2019 - 2020) and continuing Guest Artist at The Juilliard School, where he held a residency as an Endeavour Fellowship recipient. He trained in London and Sydney, before advanced studies in film scoring, music technology, and sound design at Berklee College of Music, and holds a Licentiate, a Master’s, and a doctorate focused on musical expression, perception, and emotion. He mentors emerging artists at Juilliard in composition and creative practice.

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His work has been heard at venues including the Sydney Opera House and London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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Susino has collaborated with members of the English Chamber Orchestra, Bangarra Dance Theatre, and The Australian Ballet, as well as artists including The Prodigy and Gary Numan. He also contributes to Orchestral Tools (Berlin) and FFOSSO, shaping expressive instruments for modern scoring used by composers, producers, and sound designers worldwide.

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Forthcoming Releases

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Inanimate Subjects (2026 release)

Composed and produced by Marco Susino, Inanimate Subjects is a cinematic minimalist album about memory and loss.

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Ngalki (forthcoming)

Susino is commissioned to compose a contemporary Indigenous-led Requiem for orchestra, choir, and electronics, developed in collaboration with cultural advisors, with a forthcoming release.