Tracey & Vance Marino
Composers ♦ Songwriters ♦ Producers
Composers ♦ Songwriters ♦ Producers
"Because somebody has to write this happy stuff."
- Tracey & Vance Marino
- Tracey & Vance Marino
Composing and Songwriting husband-and-wife team TRACEY J. MARINO and VANCE MARINO met at the iconic Belly Up Tavern in San Diego when they realized their friends stood them up at a concert. They've been writing songs and producing instrumentals together ever since.
Tracey and Vance write in various styles, particularly upbeat, positive Indie Pop and Indie Folk Songs with award-winning, up-and-coming Indie Singer-Songwriter Artists. As Instrumental composers, they specialize in Emotional Drama, Contemporary Tension, Urban Dramedy, Circus/Carnival, World Music, Island & Beach Ukulele, EDM, Hip Hop, and Upbeat, Happy, Quirky Music.
With nearly 3,000 songs and instrumental cues in their BMI catalog, The Marino's receive accolades for their interesting arrangements, catchy themes, musicianship, playing real instruments, crafted lyrics, and their ability to provide a quick turnaround in the fast-paced music world. They've had hundreds of placements in TV, film, trailers, promos, advertising, video games, and other media. Most recent national commercial placements include Clorox (“Live A Little,” partnered with Disney -- running for over a year!), Ebates, and Gazelle.
Tracey & Vance have music signed with international publishers BMG, ole (MusicBox), and Megatrax, as well as with several exclusive boutique publishers and music licensing companies such as Black Toast, Imaginary Friends Music Partners, Four Jays / Harry Warren Entertainment. They also work directly with music supervisors with their one-stop catalog of happy music. In 2017, they signed their Upbeat, Positive, Acoustic Indie Pop collaboration song project, Organic Sweets, to Sonoton / APM (Universal / Sony), in the Mark-Award-winning Surefire Artists Collection. Since Organic Sweets was released, the songs have been placed almost daily in TV shows around the world. In April 2018, Vance and Tracey were asked to create Organic Sweets, Vol. 2 which will be available soon.
Tracey and Vance write in various styles, particularly upbeat, positive Indie Pop and Indie Folk Songs with award-winning, up-and-coming Indie Singer-Songwriter Artists. As Instrumental composers, they specialize in Emotional Drama, Contemporary Tension, Urban Dramedy, Circus/Carnival, World Music, Island & Beach Ukulele, EDM, Hip Hop, and Upbeat, Happy, Quirky Music.
With nearly 3,000 songs and instrumental cues in their BMI catalog, The Marino's receive accolades for their interesting arrangements, catchy themes, musicianship, playing real instruments, crafted lyrics, and their ability to provide a quick turnaround in the fast-paced music world. They've had hundreds of placements in TV, film, trailers, promos, advertising, video games, and other media. Most recent national commercial placements include Clorox (“Live A Little,” partnered with Disney -- running for over a year!), Ebates, and Gazelle.
Tracey & Vance have music signed with international publishers BMG, ole (MusicBox), and Megatrax, as well as with several exclusive boutique publishers and music licensing companies such as Black Toast, Imaginary Friends Music Partners, Four Jays / Harry Warren Entertainment. They also work directly with music supervisors with their one-stop catalog of happy music. In 2017, they signed their Upbeat, Positive, Acoustic Indie Pop collaboration song project, Organic Sweets, to Sonoton / APM (Universal / Sony), in the Mark-Award-winning Surefire Artists Collection. Since Organic Sweets was released, the songs have been placed almost daily in TV shows around the world. In April 2018, Vance and Tracey were asked to create Organic Sweets, Vol. 2 which will be available soon.
RECENT PLACEMENTS
Feature film placements include: a circus song Carnival Lights in the Disney Touchstone Pictures film "The Last Song" starring Miley Cyrus and Greg Kinnear. Their mariachi song No Snow In Mexico was in the Sundance feature film "Goats" starring David Duchovny, Keri Russell, Vera Farmiga, "Modern Family" star Ty Burrell, and "Fifty Shades of Grey" star Dakota Johnson. They have placements in dozens of documentaries and indie films.
TV placements include: NBC's Emmy-winning show, The Voice (multiple placements); ABC's Happy Endings; FOX's New Girl; NBC's The Tonight Show; Last Call with Carson Daly; Access Hollywood; Bates Motel on A&E; the award-winning Oprah's Lifeclass on the OWN channel; the popular Pawn Stars on the History Channel; MTV's award-winning shows Made and Catfish: The TV Show. Their song "Kiss Goodbye," co-written with Singer-Songwriter Sierra West, has been placed in several episodes of Bravo's Southern Charm. Since the show began, their rock song "Big & Bad" is heard on every episode of the popular History Channel show "Forged In Fire" as the contestants are being announced.
The Marino's composed and placed countless upbeat, positive custom cues in the Emmy Award-winning Daytime Talk shows including: The Dr. Oz Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Nate Berkus Show, and The Steve Harvey Show.
IMDb Credits HERE
TV placements include: NBC's Emmy-winning show, The Voice (multiple placements); ABC's Happy Endings; FOX's New Girl; NBC's The Tonight Show; Last Call with Carson Daly; Access Hollywood; Bates Motel on A&E; the award-winning Oprah's Lifeclass on the OWN channel; the popular Pawn Stars on the History Channel; MTV's award-winning shows Made and Catfish: The TV Show. Their song "Kiss Goodbye," co-written with Singer-Songwriter Sierra West, has been placed in several episodes of Bravo's Southern Charm. Since the show began, their rock song "Big & Bad" is heard on every episode of the popular History Channel show "Forged In Fire" as the contestants are being announced.
The Marino's composed and placed countless upbeat, positive custom cues in the Emmy Award-winning Daytime Talk shows including: The Dr. Oz Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Nate Berkus Show, and The Steve Harvey Show.
IMDb Credits HERE
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GIVING BACK TO THE MUSIC COMMUNITY
Legacy Hit Songwriters telling legendary stories of how their hits came to be. A new concert series co-produced by Tracey & Vance Marino. The next concert is Nov. 10 with MARTY PANZER
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The Marino's have been running the NSAI San Diego Chapter since the Fall of 2012. Many of their Chapter members have moved to Nashville, graduated from music schools, won songwriting awards, gotten cuts, publishing deals, and music placed in Film/TV shows.
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© 2018 Tracey & Vance Marino, SongMaker Productions. All material copyrighted. All rights reserved.