Marco D'Ambrosio

Marco d'Ambrosio is an Italian composer that has lived in California since 2001. He is 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
At the age of 9 years old, Marco's father would take him to festivals in, Italy, where he would be placed on his father's shoulders so he could properly watch the bands march by and play their music. As a boy, Marco fell in love with wanting to play the trumpet. After emigrating to America, he finally had a chance to start playing in elementary school.

Marco's music compassion started to develop even more when he made two album purchases which were  Plays Baroque Trumpet Concertos and 's . Soon he became captivated by the soundtracks of films, specifically 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.