Between 1999 and 2001 Manuel produced 9 albums on mp3.com, many of them receiving wide critical acclaim in the music press. Some of his album titles are New Millennium, Dreamscapes and Futures Past. As described by Wind & Wire Magazine “Manuel Marino, a.k.a. Vanethian, records some of the best ‘pure’ melodic synthesizer music around. He composes and performs in the same musical style as Larry Fast (Synergy). Manuel's music is overtly electronic and yet rooted in pop-music sensibility (repeated motifs, refrains, and bridges); he has few (if any) contemporaries in this regard.”
Also, as described by Splendid E-zine “Marino's heavy interest in role-playing games is evident on Futures Past; he takes his own personal enjoyment and translates it sonically through MIDI sequencing into breathtaking soundscapes that take the listener left of heaven into the World of Dreams. Taking Korgs, Rolands and Moogs to the next level, Marino remains modestly mindful of old masters Rick Wakeman and Alan Parsons when evoking his own brand of medieval methodology. From intergalactic battles to dystopian visions of society, infinite space is the only limit for Marino and his music.”
Manuel Marino, musician and music producer, was born in Palermo to a Sicilian dad and a northern Italian mom, and at age 14 he started studying acoustic guitar, using instruments by big names such as Stefan Grossman and John Renburn. Manuel went on to study solfeggio and electric jazz guitar, then piano melody and harmony, while doing philosophical and political studies at college and university.
Manuel set up Marino Sounds in 2002, and to date his studio has done more than 30 soundtracks for videogames and television, including Universal Combat (for Dreamcatcher Interactive), Nuclear Nightmare: Rise of the Fallen and La Polizia Indaga (an Italian police adventure). “Working with Manuel is really an amazing experience, his musical and sound ideas are always very good and they give more realism to the videos and games. After working with him all these years, it’s impossible to think about a multimedia project without calling him,” says Alessio Falsetti, who worked with him on La Polizia Indaga.
Manuel’s hobbies include new technology, writing and reading, audio hifi, board games, photography, video games, consoles, fantasy and sci-fi movies. He speaks Italian, English and Spanish. His dream is to compose and produce a music soundtrack for an important Hollywood movie and to set up a game development team.
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