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Mike Marciano is a two-time
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-winning
audio engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction ...
, and six time Grammy nominated, multi-platinum and gold record award, GMA and Junos award recipient. He started his career in 1980, working exclusively at Systems Two Recording Studio in
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. Early in his career, he worked with many well-known rock and heavy metal groups, including
Type O Negative Type O Negative were an American gothic metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989 by Peter Steele (bass, lead vocals), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), and Sal Abruscato (drums, percu ...
,
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,
Agnostic Front Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City. Founded in 1980, the band is considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre. History First era (1980–19 ...
,
Life of Agony Life of Agony is an American alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 1989 by singer Mina Caputo (then known as Keith Caputo), bassist Alan Robert and guitarist Joey Z. The band has released six studio albums to date, mos ...
. Many of his hardcore and metal credits are noted in Encyclopaedia Metallum. His work with Type O Negative was used in multiple movie soundtracks and other media. Since the early 90s, he has worked with some of the top musicians in the jazz field, including jazz greats like
Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...
(and his Grammy-nominated “Joe Cool’s Blues”),
Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duk ...
,
Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...
, and
Steve Coleman Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Early life Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing ...
. His work with Don Braden was used as the theme song for '' Cosby''.


Accolades

In 2011, he received his first Grammy Award for
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" The Mosaic Project" by Terri Lynne Carrington. Then, in 2013 he received his second Grammy Award for
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, '' Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue'', by Terri Lynne Carrington. In 2016, Marciano recorded ''
In for a Penny, In for a Pound ''In for a Penny, In for a Pound'' is an album composed by Henry Threadgill for his jazz quintet Zooid, featuring Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Christopher Hoffman, and Elliot Humberto Kavee. It was released by Pi Recordings and was awarded the 2 ...
'' by Henry Threadgill, which received a
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. The same year his work on ''Impromptu'' by the Rodriguez Brothers was also nominated for a Grammy Award. In 2017, his work on
Madera Latino ''Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective on the Music of Woody Shaw'' is an album by Brian Lynch and various artists. It earned Lynch a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album. References 2016 albums Brian Lynch (musician) alb ...
by Brian Lynch was nominated for a Grammy. In 2018, Two additional projects that Marciano engineered were nominated for Grammy's,''Tipico'' by Miguel Zenón and ''Art of the Arrangement'' by Doug Beavers. Also in 2019, Mike's work on ''Happened, Happening'' by Yuying Hsu won him a
Golden Melody Award The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music i ...
for Best Instrumental Recording Album - Technical Category. In 2019, his work on Elio Villafranca's ''Cinque'' was nominated for a Best Latin Jazz Album Grammy Award. In 2020, his work on ''Carib'' by David Sánchez was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Latin Jazz album category. In 2021, Mike received his Grammy Win certificate for his mastering work on "Puertos: Music from International Waters: by The Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra, Best Jazz Album Also in 2021, he received a
Juno award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall o ...
for
Andy Milne Andy Milne (born January 30, 1969) is a Canadian jazz pianist, who records and performs both as a solo artist and as the leader of the ensemble Dapp Theory. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised in Kincardine and Toronto. One of ten sibl ...
and Unison's Best Jazz Album Award for ''reMission''. Also in 2021, another project Mike recorded, mixed and mastered received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album for Dafnis Prieto Sextet "Transparency" In the meantime Marciano is credited for over 1,300 recordings. He continues his career as "Systems Two", recording, mixing, and mastering jazz albums.


Gold and Platinum RIAA Certified Awards

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Soundtrack (Cert. Platinum 1996) * Howard Stern - Private Parts (Cert. Platinum 1997) *
Bloody Kisses ''Bloody Kisses'' is the third studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative and the last recording with their original lineup, as drummer Sal Abruscato left the group in late 1993 to join labelmates Life of Agony. The album inclu ...
(Cert. Gold 1995, Cert. Platinum 2000) * October Rust (Cert. Gold 2000) *
Nativity in Black ''Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath'' are two Black Sabbath tribute albums, released in 1994 and 2000 respectively. The albums feature various heavy metal groups performing cover versions of Black Sabbath songs in tribute to the band. ...
- A Tribute to Black Sabbath (Cert. Gold 2000) *After Dark DVD (Cert. Gold 2000)


Recorded Work Used on Movie Soundtracks

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Bride of Chucky ''Bride of Chucky'' is a 1998 American black comedy slasher film written by Don Mancini and directed by Ronny Yu. The fourth installment in the ''Child's Play'' franchise, it stars Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Ritter, Katherine Heigl, a ...
'' ("Love You to Death" by
Type O Negative Type O Negative were an American gothic metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989 by Peter Steele (bass, lead vocals), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), and Sal Abruscato (drums, percu ...
) *''
Freddy vs. Jason ''Freddy vs. Jason'' is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a crossover between the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' and ''Friday the 13th'' series, being the eighth installment ...
'' ("We Were Electrocute" by Type O Negative) *''
I Know What You Did Last Summer ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Jim Gillespie, written by Kevin Williamson, and starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. It is loosely base ...
'' ("Summer Breeze" by Type O Negative) *'' Howard Stern - Private Parts'' ("Pictures of Matchstick Men" by
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with Type O Negative) *''
Mortal Kombat ''Mortal Kombat'' is an American media franchise centered on a series of video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992. The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a ...
'' ("Blood and Fire" by Type O Negative) *''
The Blair Witch Project ''The Blair Witch Project'' is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It is a fictional story of three student filmmakers—Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Josh ...
'' ("Haunted" by Type O Negative) *''
Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...
'' (Type O Negative Compilation) *'' Descent 2''


Recorded Work Used in Other Media

*'' Cosby'' (theme song) *''
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'' *'' Descent II - The Vertigo Series'' *''
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Grand Theft Auto IV ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2004's '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', and the e ...
'' *'' The Darkness'' *'' NASCAR: Crank It Up''


References

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