Tracey & Vance Marino
Composers ♦ Songwriters ♦ Producers
Composers ♦ Songwriters ♦ Producers
"Because somebody has to write this happy stuff."
- Tracey & Vance Marino
- Tracey & Vance Marino
Composing, Songwriting & Producing
Husband-and-wife team TRACEY J. MARINO and VANCE K. MARINO (aka T&V or TV Marino) met at the iconic Belly Up Tavern in San Diego after their friends stood them up at a concert. They've been writing music together ever since.
As Songwriters, Tracey and Vance write and produce music & lyrics, particularly in upbeat, positive Indie Folk, Indie Folk Pop, and Indie Folk Rock. They work extensively with vetted, award-winning, established and up-and-coming Indie Artists and Producers.
As Instrumental cue composers, they specialize in Hybrid cues with Contemporary Beats: Tension, Urban Dramedy, EDM, Hip Hop, Rock, Emotional Drama, World Music, Beach, Island, Reggae, and Upbeat, Happy Quirky cues. They've also had success with their Circus & Carnival, Solo Acoustic Guitar, Ukulele, and Piano cues, and their Original and PD Christmas & Holiday music.
With nearly 3,000 songs and instrumental cues in their BMI catalog, T&V receive accolades for their interesting arrangements, catchy themes, quality musicianship, playing real instruments, crafted lyrics, and their ability to provide a quick turnaround in the fast-paced music world. They've had thousands of placements in TV, film, trailers, promos, advertising, video games, and other media. IMDb Credits HERE
As Songwriters, Tracey and Vance write and produce music & lyrics, particularly in upbeat, positive Indie Folk, Indie Folk Pop, and Indie Folk Rock. They work extensively with vetted, award-winning, established and up-and-coming Indie Artists and Producers.
As Instrumental cue composers, they specialize in Hybrid cues with Contemporary Beats: Tension, Urban Dramedy, EDM, Hip Hop, Rock, Emotional Drama, World Music, Beach, Island, Reggae, and Upbeat, Happy Quirky cues. They've also had success with their Circus & Carnival, Solo Acoustic Guitar, Ukulele, and Piano cues, and their Original and PD Christmas & Holiday music.
With nearly 3,000 songs and instrumental cues in their BMI catalog, T&V receive accolades for their interesting arrangements, catchy themes, quality musicianship, playing real instruments, crafted lyrics, and their ability to provide a quick turnaround in the fast-paced music world. They've had thousands of placements in TV, film, trailers, promos, advertising, video games, and other media. IMDb Credits HERE
News
Tracey & Vance will be Mentors and Guest Speakers at the 2nd Annual Pine Mountain Club Songwriting Festival, hosted by Ronan Chris Murphy and Liz Redwing. The festival is a gathering of songwriters to learn, collaborate and perform live, September 6-8, 2019, in Pine Mountain Club, CA, which is a beautiful mountain town located in the Los Padres National Forest north of Los Angeles. The festival will feature workshops for beginner to advanced songwriters from world class mentors, as well as live performances Friday night, with a special concert of headliners taking place Saturday night. For more info and to register, click HERE
Projects, Publishers & Production Music
Tracey & Vance have music signed with over 60 publishing companies, including international publishers Harry Warren Entertainment (Four Jays Publishing); major international production music libraries including Sonoton Music (distributed by APM Music of Universal / Sony), BMG, Anthem Entertainment (formerly Ole Publishing), and Megatrax; as well as with several exclusive boutique publishers and music licensing companies such as Black Toast, and Imaginary Friends Music Partners.
Since 2016, T&V have been writing music for DL Music and Creative Productions in Los Angeles, which provides music directly to new and established reality cable shows. Tracey and Vance write custom cues for the shows Project Runway, The Challenge, among many others.
They recently signed a new Dramedy Beats project with collaborator Composer & Technicolor Foley Artist Larry Hopkins for the trailer library Spider Cues, distributed by 5 Alarm Music and Sonoton.
T&V are currently writing and producing a collection of songs for a new production music library, Ninja Kitty owned by renowned Sound Adventures Orchestral and Trailer Composer (Marvel, Spider-Man, etc.) Timo Spekkens and distributed by Bulletproof Bear.
In August 2019, T&V finished a collection of six PD (Public Domain) Christmas songs with Indie artists Juliet Lyons, Aaron Nichols, Katleen Dugas, and Jackson & eleni. Tracey and Vance executive produced, arranged, and signed these songs to the licensing company Imaginary Friends Music Partners. To listen to the songs, click HERE. For licensing, contact Beth at IFMP.
Tracey & Vance's collections of original songs are represented by Publisher Four Jays, a division of Harry Warren Entertainment. Prolific Composer Harry Warren had hundreds of classic hits including "At Last," "That's Amore," "Jeepers, Creepers," and "I Only Have Eyes For You." Mr. Warren was President of ASCAP from 1929 until 1932. T&V are honored to have their songs signed with Four Jays, now managed by Harry Warren's granddaughter Julia Riva. In February 2019, at Julia's request, Tracey and Vance produced and performed on recorded covers of Harry Warren's songs "Kelly Green" (for St. Patrick's Day 2019) and "The Little Christmas Tree," available now on the Christmas Treats album. For licensing, contact Ian Vargas at Four Jays Publishing.
Since 2016, T&V have been writing music for DL Music and Creative Productions in Los Angeles, which provides music directly to new and established reality cable shows. Tracey and Vance write custom cues for the shows Project Runway, The Challenge, among many others.
They recently signed a new Dramedy Beats project with collaborator Composer & Technicolor Foley Artist Larry Hopkins for the trailer library Spider Cues, distributed by 5 Alarm Music and Sonoton.
T&V are currently writing and producing a collection of songs for a new production music library, Ninja Kitty owned by renowned Sound Adventures Orchestral and Trailer Composer (Marvel, Spider-Man, etc.) Timo Spekkens and distributed by Bulletproof Bear.
In August 2019, T&V finished a collection of six PD (Public Domain) Christmas songs with Indie artists Juliet Lyons, Aaron Nichols, Katleen Dugas, and Jackson & eleni. Tracey and Vance executive produced, arranged, and signed these songs to the licensing company Imaginary Friends Music Partners. To listen to the songs, click HERE. For licensing, contact Beth at IFMP.
Tracey & Vance's collections of original songs are represented by Publisher Four Jays, a division of Harry Warren Entertainment. Prolific Composer Harry Warren had hundreds of classic hits including "At Last," "That's Amore," "Jeepers, Creepers," and "I Only Have Eyes For You." Mr. Warren was President of ASCAP from 1929 until 1932. T&V are honored to have their songs signed with Four Jays, now managed by Harry Warren's granddaughter Julia Riva. In February 2019, at Julia's request, Tracey and Vance produced and performed on recorded covers of Harry Warren's songs "Kelly Green" (for St. Patrick's Day 2019) and "The Little Christmas Tree," available now on the Christmas Treats album. For licensing, contact Ian Vargas at Four Jays Publishing.
Indie Folk Pop Collection for APM / Sonoton
In 2017, Tracey & Vance signed their upbeat, acoustic Indie Folk 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 several times daily in TV shows around the world, including the Hallmark Channel, SNL, and on the popular long-running CBeebies show on the BBC. Organic Sweets, Vol. 2, will be available August 2019.
Recent National Commercial Placements
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Recent National TV Placement on
SNL (Saturday Night Live) "Pug Wigs" Dog Infomercial Skit
SNL (Saturday Night Live) "Pug Wigs" Dog Infomercial Skit
Background music: "Beautiful Way" and "When We Get Together"
from the Organic Sweets, vol. 1, collection, APM/Sonoton
from the Organic Sweets, vol. 1, collection, APM/Sonoton
TV Reality Show "Forged In Fire"
Not ALL of Tracey & Vance's music is happy. Their Rock cue "Big And Bad" is heard as the contestants are being introduced on every episode of the History Channel's popular reality TV show "Forged In Fire" and on the spin-off shows
Additioinal Notable 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. The Marino's also have placements in dozens of documentaries, indie films, and trailers.
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.
Composers for TV Daytime Talk Shows including: The Marino's custom-composed and placed hundreds of upbeat, positive custom cues in the Emmy Award-winning shows The Dr. Oz Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Nate Berkus Show, The Steve Harvey Show, and many others.
National Commercial placements: Besides the 2018 holiday commercial placements, recent ads include Clorox “Live A Little” campaign, partnered with Disney and has been running continuously since 2016, Ebates (which ran for two years), Gazelle, and more.
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.
Composers for TV Daytime Talk Shows including: The Marino's custom-composed and placed hundreds of upbeat, positive custom cues in the Emmy Award-winning shows The Dr. Oz Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Nate Berkus Show, The Steve Harvey Show, and many others.
National Commercial placements: Besides the 2018 holiday commercial placements, recent ads include Clorox “Live A Little” campaign, partnered with Disney and has been running continuously since 2016, Ebates (which ran for two years), Gazelle, and more.
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