Marcus Barone
Marcus Barone is a Motion Picture Music Supervisor and Executive, Composer, Publisher and Studio Musician.
Biography
Raised in Smithtown, New York, near New York City, Mark or "Marcus" Barone was educated at the State University of New York, Hartt College of Music and University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
In the 1980s,in New York City, Marcus became a successful recording industry studio musician/arranger (keyboards and synthesizer programming), playing on a variety of hit records.
After moving to Los Angeles California in 1985, he continued as a studio musician for most major labels specifically CBS, now SONY BMG Records, and also wrote several theme songs for Paramount Television.
In 1992, after scoring music for several motion pictures, he switched to a business emphasis, and with a full knowledge of motion pictures, he became Director of Music and Music Supervisor at Motion Picture Corporation of America / Columbia Tristar in Los Angeles, working on over 35 commercially released feature films within seven years including "Dumb and Dumber" ," Behind Enemy Lines", and "Gang Related " His duties included licensing, publishing, legal contracts and soundtracks.
In 1998, he became Executive in Charge of Music at Orion Pictures working on an additional 12 commercially released feature films
Barone operates Film Music Group /First International Pictures, a Motion Picture Music Supervison, Soundtrack, and Production Company in Los Angeles, a full staffed company working with clients including Universal , Dreamworks Records, SONY Pictures Entertainment, ABC, NBC, MTV, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. He owns two state of the art digital recording studios both in Los Angeles and in partnership in Redwood City, CA, in Silicon Valley.
Marcus Barone is an ASCAP composer and song writer. His music publishers are MGM Pictures Music, Sony ATV Music Publishing (Sony Pictures) and Famous Music (Paramount). In 2005, he performed and won 4 Gold and Platinum Awards for the band {Lifehouse}. He also performed on the {Matt Nathanson} album. Both artists are on {Universal Records}.
Family
Marcus Barone is married to Kristin Pickett Barone, a radio broadcast reporter, singer, stage actress and dancer. They have two children both born in Ventura, California.
Lectures
Marcus has lectured at UCLA, University of San Francisco, Dolby Labs, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, A. E. S. Conventions, Hollywood Film Festival, McGeorge School of Law, West Coast Songwriters Conventions, [ASCAP] Convention and The Turner Classic Movies Composers' Symposium, Summerjam -Sundance Utah Seminar 2009 , {[Palo Alto HIgh School]] Seminar (NARAS) and Hartt College of Music
Filmography
"Politics of Love" (2010)(executive in charge of music)
"The Legend of the Dancing Ninja" (2010) (music coordinator)
"Hisss" (2010) (music supervisor)
"Man in the Chair" (2007) (music supervisor)
"39 Pounds of Love" (2005) (music supervisor)
"Window Theory" (2004) (music supervisor)
"National Lampoon's Barely Legal, After School Special" (2003) (music administrator)
"Boat Trip" (2002) (music administrator)
"Route 666" (2001)
"Lakeboat" (2000) Warner Brothers (music supervisor)
"K-911" (1999) Universal (music supervisor)
"Bats" (1999) Destination
"Tactical Assault" (1999) Orion Pictures (music supervisor)
"Ringmaster" (1998) Artisan (music supervisor)
"American Dragons" (1998) Orion Pictures (music supervisor)
"Route 9" (1998)(music supervisor)
"Breakfast with Einstein" (1998) Buena Vista(music supervisor)
"Music from Another Room" (1998) Orion Pictures (music executive)
"Best Men" (1997) Orion Pictures (executive in charge of music)
"Gang Related" (1997)Orion Pictures (executive in charge of music)
"The Locusts" (1997) Orion (executive in charge of music)
"The Corporate Ladder" (1997) Columbia-Tristar(music supervisor)
"Midnight Blue" (1997) Columbia-Tristar (music supervisor)
"8 Heads in a Duffel Bag" (1997) Orion (executive in charge of music)
"Behind Enemy Lines" (1997) Orion (music supervisor)
"Beverly Hills Ninja" Tristar (1997) (executive in charge of music)
"The Curse of Inferno" (1997) (music supervisor)
"Retroactive" (1997) Columbia-Tristar (music supervisor)
"True Heart" (1997) Orion (music supervisor)
"Albino Alligator" (1996) (executive in charge of music)
"The War at Home" (1996)Buena Vista (music executive)
"Kingpin" (1996) MGM (music supervisor: MPCA)
"Soldier Boyz" (1996) Coliumvia - Tristar (music supervisor)
"If Lucy Fell" (1996) Tristar (music supervisor)
"Bio-Dome" (1996) MGM (orchestral coordinator)
"The Desperate Trail" (1995) Columbia-Tristar (music supervisor)
"Till the End of the Night" (1995) Columbia-Tristar (music supervisor)
"Sketch Artist II: Hands That See" (1995) Columbia-Tristar (music supervisor)
"Coldblooded" (1995) Gramercy (music supervisor)
"Dumb & Dumber" (1994) New Line (music coordinator: pre-production)
"Every Breath" (1994) Columbia Tristar (music supervisor)
"Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings" (1994) Live (music supervisor)
"Threesome" (1994) Tristar (music department)
"Ring of The Musketeers" (1992) Columbia-Tristar (composer)
"Love, Cheat & Steal" Columbia-Tristar (1993) (music supervisor)
"Grey Knight" (1993) Columbia-Tristar (music supervisor)
"Miracle Beach" (1992) (music administrator)
"Double Trouble" (1992/I) Columbia-Tristar (music administrator)
"Driving Me Crazy" (1991/I) (music administrator)
"Hangfire" (1991) (music administrator)
"Penny Ante: The Motion Picture" (1990) (music administrator)
"Think Big" (1989) (music administrator)
"Brothers"(composer: theme song)
"Alien Warrior" (1985) (electronic music effects)
"Passion Cove"(11 episodes, HBO, 2000-2001)
"Beach Movie" MGM (1998) Composer, Music Supervisor
"The Glass Cage" (1996)
"Cover me" (1995)