American composer for film and television
Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946) is an American composer for film and television.[1][2] Among his most famous compositions is the theme music for science fiction television series The X-Files. The X Files theme tune 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.
Works
Television series
Television films
Theatrical films
Video games
Notes
- ^ 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."
References
- ^ Paterson, Jim. "Mark Snow - composer for television". www.mfiles.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- ^ "Mark Snow". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-23.
External links
- Mark Snow at IMDb
- GSA Music Agency representation
- ASCAP Biography Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview with Randall D. Larson, Soundtrax: Episode 2008-11, 23 May 2008