ABOUT
Jano Manzali is a Brazilian media composer, arranger and sound designer based in LA. Some of his projects as lead composer includes the short film “JC” which was screened at Cannes, multi award-winning feature film “Out and About”, and the video game “Smooth Criminals” in which his score was recorded by a live big band. He also created musical arrangements and composed music for the French films “Amanda” and “The Passengers of the Night” which were nominated for a César Award for Best Original Music, and Netflix films “Fractured”, “The Half of it” and “Single All the Way”. Click Here to see full credits list.
Jano was born in Rio de Janeiro and began his musical journey with classical piano lessons at the age of twelve. One year later, one of his original compositions was used in “Capivara!”, a critically acclaimed short film. He then learned the guitar and broadened his repertoire to include rock, funk, jazz and different styles of Brazilian music. In 2016, He graduated from the world-renowned Berklee College of Music’s Film Scoring Bachelor program with a Video Game Scoring Minor. During his time at Berklee he played, arranged and wrote for jazz, classical, and rock ensembles, as well as composing electronic and experimental music.
Jano believes music is a powerful tool that can affect people’s feelings in a dramatic way; he uses it to express and capture a mood without the use of lyrics, which is central to the beauty of composing for media. He has always been inspired by diverse genres of music from around the world, including ethnic instruments and musical traditions. Jano is also interested in creating original sounds that people have never heard before. In his opinion, that’s the essence of creating music: never forgetting the music that came before you but always looking ahead and innovating.
SKILLS
Mixing
Music/Audio Editing
Guitar Playing and Recording
Composition
Arranging/Orchestration
Sound Design
SOFTWARE
Middleware - Wwise and FMOD
Game Engine - Unity and Unreal
DAW - Cubase, Logic and Pro Tools
Score Prep - Sibelius and Dorico