Mark Snow

Mark Snow
Mark Snow
Born	Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946; New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Composer
Spouse(s)	Glynn Daly 5 July 1980-present (3 children)

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 theme reached no. 2 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.

He is married to Glynn Daly, sister of actors Tim Daly and Tyne Daly.[3]

Early life and education

Born in New York City on August 26, 1946, Snow grew up in Brooklyn, graduating from the High School of Music and Art (1964) and, afterwards, the Juilliard School of Music. He was a co-founder of the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble.

He is commonly known for his work in X-Files and Smallville, both very successful franchises.

Credits

TV series themes

Nowhere Man (1995)
La Femme Nikita (1997–2001)
Millennium (all episodes; 1996–99)
The Lone Gunmen (all episodes; 2001)
The Guardian (2001–2004)
Smallville (2001–2007)
Ghost Whisperer (all episodes, 1 exception; 2005–2010)

The X-Files [N 1] (1993–2002, 2016, 2018)
T. J. Hooker (1982–87)
Hart to Hart (1979–84)
The War Widow (1976)

TV series

Gemini Man (1976, with Lee Holdridge)
Starsky and Hutch (1976)
240-Robert (1979)
Brothers and Sisters (1979)
When the Whistle Blows (1980)
T. J. Hooker (1982)
Lottery! (1983)
Falcon Crest (1986)
Pee-wee's Playhouse (1990)
Dark Justice (1990)
Birds of Prey (2002)
The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)
Blue Bloods (2010–12)
Ringer (2011–12)

Theatrical films

Flush (1977)
High Risk (1981)
Jake Speed (1986)
The In Crowd (1988)
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
Dolly Dearest (1991)
Caroline at Midnight (1994)
Playmaker (1994)
Born to Be Wild (1995)
The X-Files (1998)
Disturbing Behavior (1998)
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Wild Grass (2009)
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
Life of Riley (2014)
The New Mutants (2020)

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."

gollark: You retracted that ages ago.

gollark: But what about rocketrace?

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gollark: Wait, so can someone display the current vote status again?

gollark: We need 25 votes in total.

References

Paterson, Jim. "Mark Snow - composer for television". www.mfiles.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
"Mark Snow". The New York Times.
"Mark Snow's IMDb bio". Retrieved 31 January 2015.

External links

Mark Snow on IMDb
GSA Music Agency representation
ASCAP Biography
Interview with Randall D. Larson, Soundtrax: Episode 2008-11, 23 May 2008

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[4] 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."

[1] Paterson, Jim. "Mark Snow - composer for television". www.mfiles.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

[NYT-2] "Mark Snow". The New York Times.

[3] "Mark Snow's IMDb bio". Retrieved 31 January 2015.