Ivan Iusco

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Ivan Iusco
Born (1970-09-04) September 4, 1970 (age 53)
OriginBari, Italy
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer, music producer
Years active1987–present
Labels
Formerly ofNightmare Lodge, It
Websitewww.ivaniusco.com

Ivan Iusco (born September 4, 1970) is an Italian American award-winning composer and record producer based in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Background[edit]

As a youth in the 1970s, Ivan was inspired by Ennio Morricone's film scores, Japanese animation and science fiction film soundtracks. By age 7, Ivan began taking piano lessons. At 15 he bought his first synthesizer and started building a home studio.[1]

Career[edit]

Music[edit]

In 1987, he founded the pioneering Italian music label Minus Habens Records[1] (involving artists such as Angelo Badalamenti, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin and Depeche Mode), through which he continues to explore and publish avant-garde and experimental music. Several years later he established the Disturbance label to focus on ambient electronic and techno music.[2]

In 1987, Iusco also founded the dark ambient and industrial music group, Nightmare Lodge [it], whose music was primarily released through Minus Habens.[1] By 1990, Iusco began recording under the name "IT" and released the first album under that name, Era Vulgaris, on his Disturbance imprint in 1996.[3]

Film soundtracks and scoring[edit]

He debuted in the film industry in 1999, having composed the music for the Apulian cult movie LaCapaGira directed by Alessandro Piva,[4] and went on to win Best Soundtrack at the 2000 Valencia Film Festival (Spain). In 2003 he composed the music for Mio Cognato,[5] a movie by the same director, for which he received the 2004 Nastro d'Argento nomination for Best Soundtrack.

Iusco has partnered often with the well-known Italian director, Sergio Rubini, composing the main theme for the movie L’Anima Gemella (2002), the soundtrack of L’Amore Ritorna (2004),[6] and an additional score for Colpo D’Occhio (2008) which complemented the music of Pino Donaggio.

His scoring career also includes Ho Voglia Di Te (2007) by the Spanish director Luis Prieto; Fesibum / Maledetto Tag episode (2009) by Dino Giarrusso; 6 Sull’Autobus (2012) a project by Sergio Rubini produced by the Accademia Nazionale D’Arte Drammatica Silvio D’Amico (selected at the 69th Venice Film Festival); and Da Che Parte Stai (2016) by Francesco Lopez.

The track "Mobili In Mobilis", taken from his album Transients (2015), was nominated for the Best Instrumental Song by the American Songwriting Awards 2016.

In 2015 he created two multimedia artworks titled Mirror Drones and Between with the Canadian artist Cassandra Cronenberg, daughter of the director David Cronenberg.

In 2018 he scored the pilot of Rex Starlight, a TV series written by the American scriptwriter Daniel Greenspan. It was presented on March 11, 2018, at Soho House West Hollywood.

His latest projects include: the original score for the psychological thriller “State of Consciousness” starring Emile Hirsch (“Into The Wild”) by the American director Marcus Stokes ("American Horror Story", “Criminal Minds”, “The Flash”, “Arrow”), the original score for the short film “A Woman Makes A Plan” by Alexo Wandael starring Maye Musk, two original songs for “Cyberpunk 2077”, the worldwide acclaimed Sci-Fi dystopian video game starring Keanu Reeves and the score for the documentary “376 Days, Nick Cave: Keep it Movin” by Claude-Aline Miller, recently screened at The Guggenheim Museums and at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Movie soundtracks[edit]

Year Title Director Notes
1999 Lacapagira Alessandro Piva
2001 Giorni Laura Muscardin
2002 Soul Mate Sergio Rubini main theme
2003 Mio cognato Alessandro Piva
2004 L'amore ritorna Sergio Rubini
2006 Checosamanca Alice Rohrwacher
2007 Ho voglia di te (film) Luis Prieto (director)
2008 Colpo d'occhio Sergio Rubini additional music
2009 Feisbum! Dino Giarrusso
2012 6 Sull'Autobus VV.AA
2017 Da Che Parte Stai Francesco Lopez
2021 Nicola: Cozze, Kebab & Coca Cola Antonio Palumbo
2021 Tomato Soup in Skid Row, Alexo Wandael
2022 State Of Consciousness Marcus Stokes

Videoart, short film and documentary soundtracks[edit]

Year Title Director
2002 The Spy Inside Me Materia
2004 Legamento Materia
2005 Impossible Love Luca Curci
2006 Impossible Garden Luca Curci & Fabiana Roscioli
2006 Perotti Point Alessandro Piva
2006 Zeleny Muz Jack Wareing
2010 The Synth Ivan Iusco
2011 The Empire Of R-Evolution Luca Curci
2013 Gioco Nel Vento Francesco Lopez
2013 Movimento 2 Andreia Vigo (performed by AjAx)
2016 Clown and Girl Jack Wareing
2017 Emoticon Antonio Palumbo
2018 Transatlantico Rex Nave 296 Maurizio Sciarra
2021 A Woman Makes A Plan” with Maye Musk Alexo Wandael
2022 376 Days, Nick Cave: ‘Keep it Movin’ Claude-Aline Miller

Discography[edit]

Solo[edit]

Year Title Music Label
2000 Lacapagira - Original Soundtrack Virgin Records
2003 Mio Cognato - Original Soundtrack Minus Habens Records/Emi Records
2004 L'amore ritorna - Original Soundtrack Warner Chappell Music
2007 Ho voglia di te (film) - Original Soundtrack EMI Records
2012 Water - Album Minus Habens Records
2015 Transients - Album[7] Minus Habens Records
2020 Synthagma - Album Minus Habens Records

With Nightmare Lodge[edit]

Year Title Music Label
1987 Big Mother In The Strain - cass Minus Habens Records
1991 Asylum - cass Minus Habens Records
1994 Negative Planet - album Minus Habens Records
1995 Luminescence - album Minus Habens Records
1997 Nosferatu! - 7" Ant-Zen
1997 The Enemy Within - album Minus Habens Records
1999 Syrena (with Paolo Bigazzi) - soundtrack Minus Habens Records
1999 Blind Miniatures - album Red Stream
2003 Nexus - 7" SmallVoices

With Dive[edit]

Year Title Music Label
1993 Concrete Jungle - album Minus Habens Records
1997 Snakedressed - album Daft/COP International
1999 True Lies - album Daft/COP International
2017 Underneath - album[8] Out Of Line

As "It"[edit]

Year Title Music Label
1992 Virtual Energy - 12" Disturbance
1996 Era Vulgaris - album Disturbance
1997 Era Vulgaris (Ncoded) - album Disturbance
1998 Concubia Nocte (Drop 7.1) - album Materiali Sonori
2003 Displaced - 12" SmallVoices

Official remixes[edit]

Year Title Music Label
2013 Peter Von Poehl - Aurora (Ivan Iusco remix) - taken from Vanishing Waves OST Ici, d'ailleurs...
2014 Paul Leonard-Morgan - Search for the Cave (Ivan Iusco remix) - taken from Legendary OST Just Temptation
2016 Stephen Hilton - Kill Command (Ivan Iusco remix) - taken from Kill Command OST Great Temptation

Awards and nominations[edit]

  • Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Somg) - “The Other Side” taken from the album “Synthagma” - IndieX Fest (Los Angeles), US 2021
  • Best Music Video Nomination - “Falling (Andante)” taken from the album “Transients” - Los Angeles CineFest, US 2017
  • Best Instrumental Track Nomination “ASA 2016” - “Mobilis In Mobili” taken from the album “Transients” - American Songwriting Awards, US 2016
  • Best Composer Award “Ombre Sonore Del Mediterraneo” - Teca del Mediterraneo/Consiglio Regionale della Puglia, Italy 2009 [9]
  • Best Original Soundtrack Nomination “Diamanti Al Cinema” - soundtrack of the movie “Ho Voglia Di Te” - Venice Film Festival, Italy 2007
  • Best Composer Special Award - Ragusa Film Festival, Italy 2004 [10]
  • Best Original Soundtrack Nomination “Nastro d'Argento” (Silver Ribbon) - soundtrack of the movie “Mio Cognato” - Nastri d’Argento, Italy 2004 [11][12]
  • Best Original Soundtrack Award - soundtrack of the movie “LaCapaGira” - Valencia Film Festival, Spain 2000 [13][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Christian, Chris (23 Mar 1998). "Interview with Ivan Iusco of Nightmare Lodge". Sonic Boom. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ Delhez, Didier (December 1996). "Interview: Ivan Iusco". Under the Flag (9): 5–6.
  3. ^ Sage (1998). "Interview: It". Culture Shock. 5 (98). Genocide Project: 28. ISSN 1093-1651.
  4. ^ Cockrell, Eddie (21 February 2000). "The Headisspinning". Variety. 378 (1). Los Angeles: Penske Business Media, LLC: 40. ISSN 0042-2738. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ Felperin, Leslie (25 August 2003). "My Brother-In-Law". Variety. 392 (2). Los Angeles: Penske Business Media, LLC: 95. ISSN 0042-2738. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. ^ Young, Deborah (5 April 2004). "Love Returns". Variety. 394 (8). Los Angeles: Penske Business Media, LLC: 44. ISSN 0042-2738. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ^ Inferno Sound Diaries (25 Feb 2016). "Ivan Iusco – Transients". Side-Line Music Magazine. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ^ Carlsson, Johan (23 Jan 2017). "Dirk Ivens returns with new Dive album". Release Music Magazine. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  9. ^ [1] Best Composer Award - Ombre Sonore Del Mediterraneo 2009, Teca del Mediterraneo, Multimedia Library & Institute for Documentation of the Regional Council of Puglia, 2009 p. 3
  10. ^ "Un premio per Evilenko (An award for Evilenko)". Cinematografo.it (in Italian). Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo. 13 December 2004. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ^ [2] Best Soundtrack Nomination at Nastri d'Argento 2004, IMDB, 2004
  12. ^ "'Mio cognato' ai Nastri d'Argento le musiche di Iusco in pole position". La Repubblica (in Italian). GEDI Gruppo Editoriale SpA. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  13. ^ [3] Best Soundtrack Award at Valencia Film Festival 2000, IMDB, 2000
  14. ^ ""La Capagira" vince per la colonna sonora". Cinecitta News (in Italian). Istituto Luce. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

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