BIOGRAPHY

Marco Susino is a Sicilian-born Italian composer based in California whose work explores cinematic minimalism through a palette of emotional depth and shifting intensity. His music channels the emotional nuance of Max Richter and the elegant, restrained tension of Depeche Mode, interweaving classical instrumentation and electronic elements as integral voices within the emotional arc. The result is vivid soundworks: restrained, architectural, and open to dynamic contrast and resonant impact.

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He is a Juilliard Fellow and continuing Guest Artist at The Juilliard School, having first undertaken a residency there in 2019 as recipient of the distinguished Endeavour Fellowship. Trained in both composition and guitar performance, Susino studied in London and Sydney before completing his education in Film Scoring, Electronics, and Sound Design at Berklee College of Music, and holds a Licentiate, a Master’s, and a Doctorate in Music and Emotion.

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His work and commissions span film, dance, and installation, with a focus on music as expressive narrative and felt experience. His compositions bridge classical and electronic worlds, and his collaborators include members of the English Chamber Orchestra, Bangarra Dance Company, and The Australia Ballet, as well as genre-defying artists such as The Prodigy and Gary Numan. His music has been performed at venues including the Sydney Opera House and London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. He contributes to Orchestral Tools in Berlin, helping shape expressive virtual instruments.

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Current Work

Susino’s upcoming album, Inanimate Subjects, is a collection of emotionally vivid works shaped by personal encounters with grief, impermanence, and memory. While often grounded in minimal textures and lyrical writing, the music unfolds across shifting emotional terrains—at times intimate and spacious, at others charged with weight and tension, shaped by both subtle electronics and resonant impact.