Joe Barrucco
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joe Anthony Barrucco |
| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | record producer, composer, sound editor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | Timeline Audio [7] |
Joe Barrucco, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a Canadian record producer, film composer and sound editor. In 2000, Barrucco at the age of 19 entered into the music industry as an electronic record producer for "Tycoon Records",[1] Distributed by Sony BMG Music. At present he has a sustainable career as a record producer, sound designer and film composer for films, commercials and video games.
Early career
As a record producer, in 2001, Barrucco wrote and produced the song entitled Raise The Roof which was feature in the EA Sports game "NHL 2002".,[2] The song also appeared on Don Cherry's Hockey Hits.[3]
Between 2002 and 2004, songs he wrote and produced were nominated for three Juno Awards for Best Dance Recording of the Year, most notably the song I Know performed by Audrey[4]
At the age of 23, In 2004 and 2005, he produced an album for Samantha Fox, entitled Angel with an Attitude.[5]
In 2005, Barrucco sound edited and scored the music for his first film project, directed and written by Jeff Barnaby called From Cherry English,[6] which was selected to be a part of the Sundance Film Festival.[7]
In 2006, Barrucco completed sound and musical production on the theater play entitled J.O.B the Hip-Hopera[8] which earned him a Los Angeles Ovation Award nomination for best sound design.[9]
2009 - present career
In 2009, Barrucco provided the complete sound edit on his first feature-length film entitled The Sky Has Fallen: Which went on to win the best horror feature at the 2009 Global Independent Film Awards.[10]
In 2010, Barrucco sound edited and scored the music for the film File Under Miscellaneous which was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama.[11] He also sound edited and provided vocal production on The Legend of Beaver Dam: The film received several accolades within the film festival circuit and was honored at the 2010 Sundance film festival and received the Sundance Short Film-making Award[12]
In 2010, the song Possible performed by Ketsia written and produced by Barrucco was ranked as one of the highest selling songs in Québec.[13]
In 2012, Barrucco was the supervising sound editor on the film Extracted, Starring Sasha Roiz which received a South by Southwest (SXSW) audience nomination.[14]
In 2013, Barrucco was the supervising sound editor on the film Cheap Thrills, which received the South by Southwest (SXSW) audience award[15]
In 2014, Barrucco's music score in which he co-composed with Jeff Barnaby for the film Rhymes For Young Ghouls received a Jutra nomination[16]
In 2014, Barrucco sound edited and provided vocal production on the film Stage Fright Starring Minnie Driver and Meat Loaf. The film received an audience award nomination at South by Southwest (SXSW).[17]
In 2015, Barrucco scored the music for a Chevy Chase Christmas film entitled Shelby[18]
Family
Barrucco is married and has a son. His brother, Vince, is a radio personality on The Beat 92.5[19] Montréal under the alias of Cousin Vinny.
References
- ^ [1] "Tycoon Records"
- ^ NHL-2002 credits
- ^ Raise The Roof, Don Cherry's Hockey Hits
- ^ [2] "I Know" -Audrey
- ^ [3] Angel with an Attitude -Samantha Fox
- ^ [4] From Cherry English Imdb
- ^ Sundance Film Festival
- ^ “J.O.B the Hip-Hopera Ovation Awards”
- ^ "Ovation Award" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ The Sky Has Fallen
- ^ Brown, Todd. "Watch Jeff Barnaby's Award Winning FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS". Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ The Legend of Beaver Dam's Accolades
- ^ Statistics Québec
- ^ SXSW 2012 award nominations
- ^ [5] Cheap Thrills SXSW audience award winner
- ^ Jutra nomination
- ^ [6] Stage Fright audience award nomination
- ^ Shelby The Dog
- ^ The Beat 92.5