Nuno Malo

Bio:

.. .. Nuno Malo was born in 1977 in Madeira, Portugal. He grew up in Lisbon, Portugal where he studied intensively at the Professional School of Music, Estoril. Nuno did both his Bachelor’s degree in composition and Master’s degree in film composition at the London College of Music, London, UK, where he was awarded scholarships throughout his studies there. He did the Advanced Studies in Scoring for Motion Pictures and TV program at the University of Southern California on a full scholarship from the ICAM (Cinema institute of Portugal) and FLAD (Luso-American Foundation). He has also attended the prestigious ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles. Nuno studied with such prominent composers and teachers as Christopher Young, Leonard Rosenman, Elmer Bernstein, Nick Ingman, Martin Ellerby and Jack Smalley. In 1997 he was commissioned to write a Modern-Ballet score for the Backstage Company, London, which received performances around Europe and South America. In 1998 Conductor Mark Stephenson, of the London Musici, commissioned him to write an orchestral piece "A Morte De Inês De Castro", which was performed by the Oporto Symphony Orchestra. Nuno has been awarded with many prestigious international awards including a BMI Film Music Award/Scholarship (At USC), Los Angeles USA, The Malcolm Arnold Prize, London UK, The Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal, London UK, The Henry Purcell Composition Prize, London UK and the Camões Song Competition, Portugal. Since 2001 he has composed the music several feature films including the score for the "The Celestine Prophecy" (based on the James Redfield Bestseller) and composed the music for a couple of comercials Starring Pierce Brosnan.

Member Since:

January 23, 2007

Influences:

John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Thomas Newman, Sting, Imogen Heap, Sade, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, James Taylor, and many more.

Sounds Like:

Powerful cinematic music trying to integrate the "Old" and the "New" of the film scoring tradition, into something with a voice of its own, hopefully.

Record Label:

Unsigned