I’m Rino Darusman, an Indonesian music composer and producer who relocated to Amsterdam after building creative and client-facing experience across Australia. I specialize in music composition for advertisements and sonic branding, translating creative briefs into emotive, high-impact sonic worlds and managing fast-moving stakeholder workflows with calm clarity. I also work as a freelance composer/producer/performer and DJ, creating releases across pop, R&B, neo-soul, hip-hop, and electronic, and collaborating with a wide international network of musicians, labels, and production partners. With fluent English, French, and Indonesian, I genuinely value diversity and meaningful multicultural connection while staying hands-on in Ableton Live (and occasionally Logic Pro/Pro Tools) from pre-production through production-ready delivery.…

Rino Darusman

I’m Rino Darusman, an Indonesian music composer and producer who relocated to Amsterdam after building creative and client-facing experience across Australia. I specialize in music composition for advertisements and sonic branding, translating creative briefs into emotive, high-impact sonic worlds and managing fast-moving stakeholder workflows with calm clarity. I also work as a freelance composer/producer/performer and DJ, creating releases across pop, R&B, neo-soul, hip-hop, and electronic, and collaborating with a wide international network of musicians, labels, and production partners. With fluent English, French, and Indonesian, I genuinely value diversity and meaningful multicultural connection while staying hands-on in Ableton Live (and occasionally Logic Pro/Pro Tools) from pre-production through production-ready delivery.…

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I’m Rino Darusman, an Indonesian music composer and producer who relocated to Amsterdam after building creative and client-facing experience across Australia. I specialize in music composition for advertisements and sonic branding, translating creative briefs into emotive, high-impact sonic worlds and managing fast-moving stakeholder workflows with calm clarity.

I also work as a freelance composer/producer/performer and DJ, creating releases across pop, R&B, neo-soul, hip-hop, and electronic, and collaborating with a wide international network of musicians, labels, and production partners. With fluent English, French, and Indonesian, I genuinely value diversity and meaningful multicultural connection while staying hands-on in Ableton Live (and occasionally Logic Pro/Pro Tools) from pre-production through production-ready delivery.

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Language

English
Fluent
French
Advanced
Indonesian
Fluent

Work Experience

Music Composer for Advertisements & Sonic Branding (In-house) at Rumble Studios
October 1, 2023 - March 1, 2026
In-house music composer for an Australian sound studio, partnering with major advertising agencies and creative teams to deliver bespoke compositions and sonic branding. Worked with agencies including Wieden+Kennedy, TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Leo Burnett, contributing to high-profile campaigns for brands such as Pepsi, McDonald’s, Virgin, GWM, Toyota, and Nintendo. Led pre-production creative direction by running musical reference searches and developing clear, brief-to-sound translation for agency creatives, marketing executives, directors, and producers. Hosted client-attending recording sessions with musicians scouted from my network, and used Ableton Live as a primary workflow (with occasional Logic Pro and Pro Tools) for moving-media composition and sonic branding production.
Sales Assistant and Back-of-House at INCU Retail Australia (INCU.com)
October 1, 2022 - October 1, 2023
Delivered style-led customer interactions and completed brand knowledge training to maintain high-quality service for the brands carried by INCU. Consistently met KPI results and daily/monthly team targets. Managed merchandise packing and movement to ensure critical delivery pickup deadlines, performed stock takes every two weeks, recorded deviations, and liaised with the head office team for stock orders and new release rollouts.
Product Specialist (Part-time) at Apple Retail Australia
January 1, 2019 - February 1, 2021
Supported in-store sales with strong customer service and solution-focused selling. Completed needs analysis and rapport building to recommend tailored product options, consistently achieving high attachment rates aligned with company goals. Maintained excellent Net Promoter Scores (NPS) through customer survey feedback each quarter. Proactively initiated feedback loops with leadership regarding iPhone contract sales performance and addressed missed opportunities, while completing product knowledge training and applying Apple’s customer service standards.
Freelance Music Composer / Producer / Performer / DJ at RinoProductions.com
January 1, 2018 - Present
Freelance creator working across artistic and commercial projects in multiple genres, including pop, R&B, neo-soul, hip-hop, and electronic. Produced records for a range of artists and maintained organic business growth through word of mouth and a dependable international network of musicians. Released original electronic music through respected Australian and UK labels (including Mushroom AU, all my thoughts UK, Silver Bear Recordings UK, and Gallery Recordings AU), coordinating with label A&R, mixing/mastering engineers, graphic designers, film directors, and fellow artists. Managed core operations such as administration, financing, marketing, and planning, while also performing as a solo electronic DJ across clubs and bars in Australia and Indonesia.

Education

Bachelor of Music [BMUS] and Bachelor of Commerce [BCOM] at Monash University (Australia)
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018
International Baccalaureate (IB) at Australian International School, Singapore (AIS)
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Retail, Consumer Goods
    Creative Australia – Ausify Your Algo 2026

    Ausify Your Algo – 2026

    Coopers 'Forever Original' Campaign 2025

    Coopers ‘Forever Original’ Campaign 2025

    The Coopers Brewery’s “Forever Original” campaign was a brief that needed one piece of music to work equally well in a pub and in an art gallery. Building bottle sounds into playable synths, holding a polyrhythmic groove steady under hundreds of quick-cut visuals, and keeping the whole thing feeling human rather than manufactured is the kind of problem solving I enjoy most.

    GWM Haval Tank 500 Advertisement – 2024

    GWM Haval Tank 500 Advertisement Campaign 2024

    “Out There Awaits” was campaign for GWM’s new Haval Tank 500 released across Australia in May 2024. Agency: The Hallway