gabriel di marco
Gabriel DiMarco is a classically trained composer and cellist from Washington D.C., currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. His unique voice as a film composer is characterized by the expressive and innovative use of the cello which he performs himself. He can be heard on his recent feature film, Children of the Mountain, which was awarded an official selection for the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
Gabriel also scored The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Lifetime Achievement Trophy Award docufilm which was screened at the Smithsonian museum IMAX theater in Washington D.C. earlier this year. His most recent film, Spark is his second collaboration with award winning director, Juan Martinez Vera. Their first collaboration on the film, Stairways awarded them a selection for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival in France.
Some of Gabriel’s other notable work includes Herblock’s Editorial Cartoon Exhibitions DVD where his music eloquently depicts the character of the major political topics of the 20th Century, including Education, Civil Rights, the Presidency, Environment, and Democracy through the lens of famous political cartoonist, Herbert Block.
In addition to his own film projects, Gabriel works with Emmy Award winning composer, Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead) as a scoring contractor for additional music on the STARZ network television show, Outlander and Da Vinci's Demons. He has also worked with composer John Frizzell on the FOX network television show, The Following and CBS’s, Stalker.
Gabriel has played with numerous orchestras including the Georgetown Symphony Orchestra, and the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra, where he played as principal cellist. He has also been a member of the St. Charles String Quartet in Washington D.C.. In Los Angeles, Gabriel freelances primarily as a session cellist where he can be heard on films such as 10 Cloverfield Lane (Paramount Pictures), ID2:Shadwell Army (Universal Pictures) and performed as soloist on Norwegian film, Tunnelen where he is accompanied by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra.
Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance and Music Composition from The Catholic University of America, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music in Washington D.C. Gabriel bolstered his film composition career as a graduate of the prestigious Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program at the University of Southern California (USC). At USC he studied with renowned composers, among which included Bruce Broughton ( Tombstone ) and Christopher Young ( Spider Man3).