Marco D'Ambrosio

Marco d'Ambrosio is an Italian musician and notable for composing the soundtracks of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1993 and 2000 OVAs along with the Phantom Blood movie. His compositions for other anime include and.

Biography
When Marco was nine years old, his father would take him to festivals in, Italy, where he would watch the bands march by and play their music. As a boy, Marco fell in love with wanting to play the trumpet and after emigrating to America, he finally had a chance to learn in elementary school.

Marco's compassion for music notably started to develop when he purchased the albums,  Plays Baroque Trumpet Concertos and 's . Soon he became captivated by the soundtracks of films, particularly the classic collaborations of, , and scores from many other composers such as , , and.

In 2005, Marco was awarded the "prestigious film scoring fellowship" award from. In 2009, he was chosen to partake in the "BMI Conducting Workshop" in Hollywood. He enjoyed his time co-arranging and performing with the band member,. When Marco has some free time available and is not composing music, he likes to recharge his "creative flow" by working at a ranch with his wife, Terri d'Ambrosio, his son Armando, and the family dog, Diva.

Trivia

 * Marco lent his voice in the 2000 OVA's as one of the Prisoners in Jotaro Kujo's Jail Cell.
 * Marco provided the sixteen minute Phantom Blood movie footage as course material for a sound design project at the in San Francisco, California, but he dropped out.