BIOGRAPHY

Marco Susino is an 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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Trained in both composition and guitar performance, Susino studied in London and Sydney before completing his education in Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music. He holds a Licentiate, a Master’s, and a Doctorate in Music and Emotion. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Endeavour Fellowship to undertake a residency at The Juilliard School in New York, where he continues to maintain a strong collaborative creative presence and sonic experimentation as a Guest Artist.

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His work spans 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 pieces 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.