Oldies ('90 - '00 - '10)

From "View from the window at Le Grass" original soundtrack.
A short movie By Riccardo Arena (https://vimeo.com/97773024).
Music & Sound Design by Matteo Mariano
Artwork by Riccardo Arena http://www.riccardoarena.org

“Ellero Dual Death and Visive Ecosystem “ (DM) is the representation of the investigation carried out by detective V (in formant matter), whose objective is to reconstruct the identity of a suicide victim of whom we only know the initial of his name, the letter E (the informant idea). 

(Riccardo Arena)

Eclipse Sequence from "View from the window at Le Grass"

Eclipse Sequence from "View from the window at Le Grass" (2012)

"Perché Dormiamo?" First DEMO version. Composed in the evening between the 5th and the 6th o January (probaly). The Piano sound was probably a Quicktime MIDI system sound. 

The title of the track came to me in the summer of 2006 at the Natural History Museum in London, looking at  a shrine with the reproduction of a small dinosaur portrayed in the act of sleeping.

The question that arose kept running through my head like a melancholy riddle throughout my stay in London.  "Why do we sleep? Why do we sleep? Why do we sleep? Why do we sleep? ..."

I finished the piece in January 2020, but still couldn't get an answer.

Perché Dormiamo? (DEMO 2007)

Demo track from 2007, made with the purpose of being used for a band. The track was never finished or performed. Despite good intentions I got carried away and overdid the overdubs (a tendency I struggle to get rid of even now). I made an effort to leave everything as unaltered as possible from the 2007 mix. The only thing I was forced to add was the bass part; before there was a horrible midi placeholder and it was missing in many parts. I tried to play it the way I would have played it in 2007 and it still remains a bit naive since I am not a bass player.
The drums were made from a sample CD found at a friend's house, I don't know where they came from. It probably also has loops in it from the library of the old Apple Soundtrack Pro...

Skomorokh

Skomorokh (DEMO - Circa 2007)

Piece composed in 2002 for the trailer of the documentary 'My Three Peaks' ('Le mie Tre Cime') by Andreas Pichler. Direction: Andreas Pichler | Animation: Nunzio Cicero, Gigi Tarantola, Tatiana and Riccardo Arena. 
Part of the piece was later used in the final cut of the documentary. This track marks my very first experience with a sampler! I used Halion software (maybe version 2) and some sample CDs for Akai lent to me by a friend.
I put it here as it was, just cleaned up a couple of clicks, also because although I kept the score I no longer have either the sounds samples or the software to open the original project...

Tre Cime (Trailer Soundtrack - 2002)

Music by Matteo Mariano
Artwork by Riccardo Arena http://www.riccardoarena.org

The sounds align on their own to form a combination that comes to life and evolves. Then it flies away.

Cheope

Cheope (2005 - Abridged ver.)

Performed & Recorded by Matteo Mariano (2007) http://macrogramma.com
Original cover art by Dario Panzeri (2020) http://dariopanzeri.org

Music inspired by the concept of electromagnetic catapult (mass driver), developed by Gerard K. O'Neill. We are in 2020 and space seems much further than it seemed in the 70s. 

Thanks to Dario Panzeri for the invaluable visual contribution.

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Musica ispirata al concetto di catapulta elettromagnetica (mass driver), sviluppata da Gerard K. O'Neill. Siamo nel 2020 e lo spazio sembra molto più distante rispetto a quanto poteva sembrare negli anni '70. 

Grazie a Dario Panzeri per l'inestimabile contributo visivo.

Mass Driver

Mass Driver (2007)

Sound Designer & Composer. Creates instrumental music and soundtracks for film/videos and for art exhibitions.

Eclipse Sequence from "View from the window at Le Grass" (2012)

Macrogramma