Joe Barrucco

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Background information
Birth nameJoe Anthony Barrucco
Born Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s) record producer, composer, sound editor
Years active2000–present
WebsiteTimeline Audio

Joe Barrucco, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a Canadian record producer, 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 composer for films, commercials and video games.

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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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tycoon Records"
  2. ↑ NHL-2002 credits
  3. ↑ Raise The Roof, Don Cherry's Hockey Hits
  4. ↑ "I Know" -Audrey
  5. ↑ Angel with an Attitude -Samantha Fox
  6. ↑ From Cherry English Imdb
  7. ↑ Sundance Film Festival
  8. ↑ “J.O.B the Hip-Hopera Ovation Awards”
  9. ↑ "Ovation Award" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  10. ↑ The Sky Has Fallen
  11. ↑ Brown, Todd. "Watch Jeff Barnaby's Award Winning FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS". Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  12. ↑ The Legend of Beaver Dam's Accolades
  13. ↑ Statistics Québec
  14. ↑ SXSW 2012 award nominations
  15. ↑ Cheap Thrills SXSW audience award winner
  16. ↑ Jutra nomination
  17. ↑ Stage Fright audience award nomination
  18. ↑ Shelby The Dog
  19. ↑ The Beat 92.5
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