Mark Snow
{{short description|American composer for film and television}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2011}}
{{intro-rewrite|date=August 2024}}
{{For|the fictional character|Mark Snow (Person of Interest)}}
{{Infobox person
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| name = Mark Snow
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|08|26}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, United States
| death_date =
| birth_name = Martin Fulterman
| spouse =
| occupation = Composer
| website =
}}
Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946) is an American composer for film and television.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Mark-Snow.htm|title=Mark Snow - composer for television|last=Paterson|first=Jim|website=www.mfiles.co.uk|access-date=2018-04-13}}{{cite web|title=Mark Snow|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/112009/Mark-Snow/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523120509/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/112009/Mark-Snow/filmography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2015|archive-date=2015-05-23}} Among his most famous compositions is the theme music for science fiction television series The X-Files.
The X Files instrumental was released as a single in the United Kingdom, where the series aired on BBC Two and BBC One, in early-1996, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Snow also wrote the music for another Chris Carter series, Millennium, and the background music scores for both shows, a total of 12 seasons. Snow composed scores for other notable television, including Hart to Hart, Starsky & Hutch (season 3), and Smallville.
Early life and education
Snow grew up in Brooklyn, New York.{{Cite web|url=https://thescl.com/ambassador-program/mark-snow/|title=Mark Snow|first=David|last=Das|date=March 7, 2014|website=The Society of Composers and Lyricists}} After graduating High School of Music & Art in 1964, he attended the Juilliard School. With roommate Michael Kamen, Snow formed a band called Emil and the Detectives, which later became group New York Rock & Roll Ensemble.{{Cite web|url=https://www.michaelkamen.com/catalogue/forms-a-baroque-rock-band|title=Forms a baroque rock band (1967)|website=Michael Kamen - Official Website}}{{cite book|title=The Spectre of Sound: Music in Film and Television|last=Donnelly|first=Kevin|year=2019|page=170|publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781839020629|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTr8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA170}}
Works
=Television series=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Notes |
1976
! The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | {{N/A}} |
1975–1976
| {{N/A}} |
1976
| {{N/A}} |
1976
! Visions | {{N/A}} |
1977
| Theme music |
1977–1979
| {{N/A}} |
1979
! Flatbush | {{N/A}} |
1978–1979
| {{N/A}} |
1979
| {{N/A}} |
1980
| {{N/A}} |
1978–1980
! Family | {{N/A}} |
1978–1981
! Vega$ | {{N/A}} |
1978–1982
| {{N/A}} |
1979–1981
| {{N/A}} |
1979-1984
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1981
! Dynasty | {{N/A}} |
Strike Force
| {{N/A}} |
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1981–1984
| {{N/A}} |
1982
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1983
| {{N/A}} |
Matt Houston
| {{N/A}} |
1983–1984
! Lottery! | {{N/A}} |
1984
| {{N/A}} |
1984–1985
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="3" | 1986
| {{N/A}} |
The Wonderful World of Disney
| {{N/A}} |
Kay O'Brien
| {{N/A}} |
1986–1988
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1987
| {{N/A}} |
Vietnam War Story
| {{N/A}} |
1988
| {{N/A}} |
1989–1990
| {{N/A}} |
1991
| {{N/A}} |
1992–1993
| {{N/A}} |
1993–2002, 2016–2018
| style="text-align:center;"|{{#tag:ref|According to the "Behind the Truth" segment on the X-Files Season 1 DVD, Mark Snow created the echo effect on "The X-Files" theme song by accident. Snow said that he had gone through several revisions, but X-Files creator/writer/director Chris Carter felt that something was not quite right. Carter walked out of the room and Snow put his hand and forearm on his keyboard in frustration. Snow said, "this sound was in the keyboard. And that was it."|group=N}} |
1995–1996
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1997
! 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | {{N/A}} |
Perversions of Science
| {{N/A}} |
1996–1999
| Released as The Best of Millennium |
1998
| {{N/A}} |
1999–2000
| {{N/A}} |
2000–2001
! Bull | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 2001
| {{N/A}} |
Wolf Lake
| Unaired pilot episode |
rowspan="2" | 2001–2002
! Pasadena | {{N/A}} |
Special Unit 2
| {{N/A}} |
2001–2007
| {{N/A}} |
2002
! Haunted | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 2002–2003
| {{N/A}} |
The Twilight Zone
| {{N/A}} |
2003–2005
| {{N/A}} |
2005
! Kojak | {{N/A}} |
2005–2010
| {{N/A}} |
2008
| {{N/A}} |
2010–2020
| {{N/A}} |
2011–2012
! Ringer | {{N/A}} |
=Television films=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |
1976
! The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1978
! Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus | {{N/A}} |
Overboard
| {{N/A}} |
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1979
! The Return of Mod Squad | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1980
! Casino | {{N/A}} |
Angel City
| Philip Leacock | {{N/A}} |
1981
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="3" | 1982
| {{N/A}} |
Games Mother Never Taught You
| {{N/A}} |
I'd Rather Be Calm
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="4" | 1983
! Malibu | {{N/A}} |
Packin' It In
| {{N/A}} |
Two Kinds of Love
| {{N/A}} |
The Winter of Our Discontent
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="4" | 1984
| {{N/A}} |
A Good Sport
| {{N/A}} |
Secrets of a Married Man
| {{N/A}} |
I Married a Centerfold
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="9" | 1985
| {{N/A}} |
Challenge of a Lifetime
| {{N/A}} |
California Girls
| {{N/A}} |
The Lady from Yesterday
| {{N/A}} |
International Airport
| Don Chaffey | {{N/A}} |
Rockhopper
| {{N/A}} |
Royal Match
| E.W. Swackhamer | {{N/A}} |
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
| {{N/A}} |
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="6" | 1986
! One Terrific Guy | Lou Antonio | {{N/A}} |
Blood & Orchids
| Composed with Charles Fox |
Acceptable Risks
| Rick Wallace | {{N/A}} |
News at Eleven
| Mike Robe | {{N/A}} |
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
| {{N/A}} |
One Police Plaza
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="10" | 1987
! Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | {{N/A}} |
Pals
| Lou Antonio | {{N/A}} |
Murder by the Book
| {{N/A}} |
Still Crazy Like a Fox
| {{N/A}} |
Murder Ordained
| Mike Robe | {{N/A}} |
Cracked Up
| {{N/A}} |
Kids Like These
| {{N/A}} |
A Hobo's Christmas
| {{N/A}} |
The Father Clements Story
| {{N/A}} |
Roman Holiday
| Noel Nosseck | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="9" | 1988
! Alone in the Neon Jungle | Georg Stanford Brown | {{N/A}} |
The Return of Ben Casey
| {{N/A}} |
Bluegrass
| {{N/A}} |
Scandal in a Small Town
| {{N/A}} |
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick
| Robert Lewis | {{N/A}} |
Ladykillers
| Robert Michael Lewis | {{N/A}} |
Disaster at Silo 7
| Larry Elikann | {{N/A}} |
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
| George Miller | {{N/A}} |
Aaron's Way: The Harvest
| Noel Nosseck | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="5" | 1989
| Noel Nosseck | {{N/A}} |
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
| Mel Damski | {{N/A}} |
Stuck with Each Other
| Georg Stanford Brown | {{N/A}} |
Settle the Score
| Edwin Sherin | {{N/A}} |
When He's Not a Stranger
| John Gray | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="11" | 1990
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
The Girl Who Came Between Them
| Mel Damski | {{N/A}} |
Follow Your Heart
| Noel Nosseck | {{N/A}} |
Child in the Night
| Mike Robe | {{N/A}} |
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Dead Reckoning
| Robert Michael Lewis | {{N/A}} |
The Little Kidnappers
| {{N/A}} |
The Lost Capone
| John Gray | {{N/A}} |
Opposites Attract
| Noel Nosseck | {{N/A}} |
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
| {{N/A}} |
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="8" | 1991
! The Marla Hanson Story | John Gray | {{N/A}} |
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
| {{N/A}} |
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Living a Lie
| {{N/A}} |
The Rape of Doctor Willis
| Lou Antonio | {{N/A}} |
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Wife, Mother, Murderer
| Mel Damski | {{N/A}} |
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="10" | 1992
! Battling for Baby | {{N/A}} |
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
| Georg Stanford Brown | {{N/A}} |
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Highway Heartbreaker
| {{N/A}} |
Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View
| {{N/A}} |
In the Line of Duty: Street War
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
A Taste for Killing
| Lou Antonio | {{N/A}} |
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
| {{N/A}} |
An American Story
| John Gray | {{N/A}} |
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="8" | 1993
| {{N/A}} |
The Disappearance of Nora
| Joyce Chopra | {{N/A}} |
The Man with Three Wives
| {{N/A}} |
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
| Georg Stanford Brown | {{N/A}} |
Born Too Soon
| Noel Nosseck | {{N/A}} |
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Precious Victims
| Peter Levin | {{N/A}} |
Scattered Dreams
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="9" | 1994
! Murder Between Friends | Waris Hussein | {{N/A}} |
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Witness to the Execution
| {{N/A}} |
A Place for Annie
| John Gray | {{N/A}} |
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
| {{N/A}} |
Heart of a Child
| {{N/A}} |
The Substitute Wife
| {{N/A}} |
Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire
| {{N/A}} |
Shadows of Desire
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="9" | 1995
! Texas Justice | Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
A Stranger in Town
| Peter Levin | {{N/A}} |
The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie
| {{N/A}} |
Seduced and Betrayed
| {{N/A}} |
Down, Out & Dangerous
| Noel Nosseck | {{N/A}} |
The Unspoken Truth
| Peter Werner | {{N/A}} |
Trial by Fire
| {{N/A}} |
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Mixed Blessings
| Bethany Rooney | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="9" | 1996
! Smoke Jumpers | rowspan="2" | Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Project ALF
| {{N/A}} |
Conundrum
| Douglas Barr | {{N/A}} |
Sweet Temptation
| {{N/A}} |
Forgotten Sins
| Dick Lowry | {{N/A}} |
Special Report: Journey to Mars
| {{N/A}} |
Summer of Fear
| Mike Robe | {{N/A}} |
A Loss of Innocence
| {{N/A}} |
Phone Calls from the Dead
| {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="6" | 1997
! Payback | {{N/A}} |
The Perfect Mother
| Peter Levin | {{N/A}} |
Night Sins
| {{N/A}} |
The Price of Heaven
| {{N/A}} |
Cloned
| Douglas Barr | {{N/A}} |
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
| John Gray | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1999
! A Memory in My Heart | {{N/A}} |
A Touch of Hope
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="6" | 2000
| Peter Levin | {{N/A}} |
Code Name Phoenix
| Jeff Freilich | {{N/A}} |
Another Woman's Husband
| Noel Nosseck | {{N/A}} |
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
| Anthony Pullen Shaw | {{N/A}} |
Dirty Pictures
| {{N/A}} |
Sole Survivor
| {{N/A}} |
2001
! For Love of Olivia | Douglas Barr | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 2003
| {{N/A}} |
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
| Tom McLoughlin | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="4" | 2004
| {{N/A}} |
Helter Skelter
| John Gray | {{N/A}} |
Bereft
| Tim Daly | {{N/A}} |
Paradise
| {{N/A}} |
2005
| Tom McLoughlin | {{N/A}} |
=Theatrical films=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |
1977
! Flush | {{N/A}} |
1978
| George Gage | {{N/A}} |
1979
| David Helpern | {{N/A}} |
1981
| {{N/A}} |
1983
! Over Here, Mr. President | {{N/A}} |
1986
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1988
| {{N/A}} |
Ernest Saves Christmas
| {{N/A}} |
---|
1991
| Maria Lease | {{N/A}} |
1994
| Scott McGinnis | {{N/A}} |
1994
| Yuri Zeltser | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1995
! Dead Badge | {{N/A}} |
Born to Be Wild
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1998
| {{N/A}} |
Disturbing Behavior
| {{N/A}} |
rowspan="2" | 1999
! Stranger in My House | Joe Cacaci | {{N/A}} |
Crazy in Alabama
| {{N/A}} |
2006
! Private Fears in Public Places | {{N/A}} |
rowspan="3" | 2008
! The Hamlet Adventure | {{ubl|Ivaylo Dikanski|Greg Roach}} | {{N/A}} |
The X Files: I Want to Believe
| {{N/A}} |
Adventures in Appletown
| {{N/A}} |
2009
| Alain Resnais | {{N/A}} |
2010
| {{N/A}} |
2011
| Chris Briant | {{N/A}} |
2012
| rowspan="2" | Alain Resnais | {{N/A}} |
2014
| {{N/A}} |
2020
| {{N/A}} |
=Video games=
class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Notes |
rowspan="2" | 1998
| Composed with Sylvius Lack |
The X-Files Game
| Composed with Paul Wayne Hiaumet |
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2004
! Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain | Composed with Mike Reagan |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0006296|name=Mark Snow}}
- [http://www.gsamusic.com GSA Music] Agency representation
- [http://www.ascap.com/filmtv/snow.html ASCAP Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231223813/http://ascap.com/filmtv/snow.html |date=2010-12-31 }}
- [http://www.buysoundtrax.com/larsons_soundtrax_5_23_08.html Interview] with Randall D. Larson, Soundtrax: Episode 2008-11, 23 May 2008
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