Mark Snow | |
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Born | Martin Fulterman August 26, 1946 New York City, New York, United States |
Occupation | Composer |
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.
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1976 | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Randal Kleiser | — |
1978 | Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus | Jack Starrett | — |
Overboard | John Newland | — | |
1979 | The Return of Mod Squad | George McCowan | — |
1980 | Casino | Don Chaffey | — |
Angel City | Philip Leacock Steve Carver | — | |
1981 | Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks) | Dick Lowry | — |
1982 | Paper Dolls | Edward Zwick | — |
Games Mother Never Taught You | Lee Philips | — | |
I'd Rather Be Calm | Linda Day | — | |
1983 | Malibu | E. W. Swackhamer | — |
Packin' It In | E. W. Swackhamer | — | |
Two Kinds of Love | Jack Bender | — | |
The Winter of Our Discontent | Waris Hussein | — | |
1984 | Something About Amelia | Randa Haines | — |
A Good Sport | Lou Antonio | — | |
Secrets of a Married Man | William A. Graham | — | |
I Married a Centerfold | Peter Werner | — | |
1985 | Not My Kid | Michael Tuchner | — |
Challenge of a Lifetime | Russ Mayberry | — | |
California Girls | Rick Wallace | — | |
The Lady from Yesterday | Robert Day | — | |
International Airport | Don Chaffey Charles S. Dubin | — | |
Rockhopper | Bill Bixby | — | |
Royal Match | E.W. Swackhamer | — | |
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues | Corey Allen | — | |
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later | William Asher | — | |
1986 | One Terrific Guy | Lou Antonio | — |
Blood & Orchids | Jerry Thorpe | Composed with Charles Fox | |
Acceptable Risks | Rick Wallace | — | |
News at Eleven | Mike Robe | — | |
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills | Burt Kennedy | — | |
One Police Plaza | Jerry Jameson | — | |
1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | James Frawley | — |
Pals | Lou Antonio | — | |
Murder by the Book | Mel Damski | — | |
Still Crazy Like a Fox | Paul Krasny | — | |
Murder Ordained | Mike Robe | — | |
Cracked Up | Karen Arthur | — | |
Kids Like These | Georg Stanford Brown | — | |
A Hobo's Christmas | Will Mackenzie | — | |
The Father Clements Story | Edwin Sherin | — | |
Roman Holiday | Noel Nosseck | — | |
1988 | Alone in the Neon Jungle | Georg Stanford Brown | — |
The Return of Ben Casey | Joseph L. Scanlan | — | |
Bluegrass | Simon Wincer | — | |
Scandal in a Small Town | Anthony Page | — | |
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick | Robert Lewis | — | |
Ladykillers | Robert Michael Lewis | — | |
Disaster at Silo 7 | Larry Elikann | — | |
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | George Miller | — | |
Aaron's Way: The Harvest | Noel Nosseck | — | |
1989 | Those She Left Behind | Noel Nosseck | — |
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure | Mel Damski | — | |
Stuck with Each Other | Georg Stanford Brown | — | |
Settle the Score | Edwin Sherin | — | |
When He's Not a Stranger | John Gray | — | |
1990 | Miracle Landing | Dick Lowry | — |
The Girl Who Came Between Them | Mel Damski | — | |
Follow Your Heart | Noel Nosseck | — | |
Child in the Night | Mike Robe | — | |
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again | Dick Lowry | — | |
Dead Reckoning | Robert Michael Lewis | — | |
The Little Kidnappers | Donald Shebib | — | |
The Lost Capone | John Gray | — | |
Opposites Attract | Noel Nosseck | — | |
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 | Philip Saville | — | |
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing | Dick Lowry | — | |
1991 | The Marla Hanson Story | John Gray | — |
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd | Paul Wendkos | — | |
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas | Dick Lowry | — | |
Living a Lie | Larry Shaw | — | |
The Rape of Doctor Willis | Lou Antonio | — | |
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | Dick Lowry | — | |
Wife, Mother, Murderer | Mel Damski | — | |
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Peter Markle | — | |
1992 | Battling for Baby | Art Wolff | — |
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story | Georg Stanford Brown | — | |
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story | Dick Lowry | — | |
Highway Heartbreaker | Paul Schneider | — | |
Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View | Peter Levin | — | |
In the Line of Duty: Street War | Dick Lowry | — | |
A Taste for Killing | Lou Antonio | — | |
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story | Joyce Chopra | — | |
An American Story | John Gray | — | |
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter | Dick Lowry | — | |
1993 | Telling Secrets | Marvin J. Chomsky | — |
The Disappearance of Nora | Joyce Chopra | — | |
The Man with Three Wives | Peter Levin | — | |
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | Georg Stanford Brown | — | |
Born Too Soon | Noel Nosseck | — | |
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco | Dick Lowry | — | |
Precious Victims | Peter Levin | — | |
Scattered Dreams | Neema Barnette | — | |
1994 | Murder Between Friends | Waris Hussein | — |
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | Dick Lowry | — | |
Witness to the Execution | Tommy Lee Wallace | — | |
A Place for Annie | John Gray | — | |
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy | Gabrielle Beaumont | — | |
Heart of a Child | Sandor Stern | — | |
The Substitute Wife | Peter Werner | — | |
Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire | Chuck Bowman | — | |
Shadows of Desire | Sam Pillsbury | — | |
1995 | Texas Justice | Dick Lowry | — |
A Stranger in Town | Peter Levin | — | |
The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie | Bethany Rooney | — | |
Seduced and Betrayed | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | — | |
Down, Out & Dangerous | Noel Nosseck | — | |
The Unspoken Truth | Peter Werner | — | |
Trial by Fire | Alan Metzger | — | |
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Dick Lowry | — | |
Mixed Blessings | Bethany Rooney | — | |
1996 | Smoke Jumpers | Dick Lowry | — |
Project ALF | — | ||
Conundrum | Douglas Barr | — | |
Sweet Temptation | Ron Lagomarsino | — | |
Forgotten Sins | Dick Lowry | — | |
Special Report: Journey to Mars | Robert Mandel | — | |
Summer of Fear | Mike Robe | — | |
A Loss of Innocence | Graeme Clifford | — | |
Phone Calls from the Dead | — | — | |
1997 | Payback | Ken Cameron | — |
The Perfect Mother | Peter Levin | — | |
Night Sins | Robert Allan Ackerman | — | |
The Price of Heaven | Peter Bogdanovich | — | |
Cloned | Douglas Barr | — | |
The Day Lincoln Was Shot | John Gray | — | |
1999 | A Memory in My Heart | Harry Winer | — |
A Touch of Hope | Craig R. Baxley | — | |
2000 | In the Name of the People | Peter Levin | — |
Code Name Phoenix | Jeff Freilich | — | |
Another Woman's Husband | Noel Nosseck | — | |
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For | Anthony Pullen Shaw | — | |
Dirty Pictures | Frank Pierson | — | |
Sole Survivor | Mikael Salomon | — | |
2001 | For Love of Olivia | Douglas Barr | — |
2003 | Critical Assembly | Eric Laneuville | — |
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | Tom McLoughlin | — | |
2004 | She's Too Young | Tom McLoughlin | — |
Helter Skelter | John Gray | — | |
Bereft | Tim Daly | — | |
Paradise | Frank Pierson | — | |
2005 | Odd Girl Out | Tom McLoughlin | — |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1977 | Flush | Andrew J. Kuehn | — |
1978 | Skateboard | George Gage | — |
1979 | Something Short of Paradise | David Helpern | — |
1981 | High Risk | Stewart Raffill | — |
1983 | Over Here, Mr. President | Noam Pitlik | — |
1986 | Jake Speed | Andrew Lane | — |
1988 | The In Crowd | Mark Rosenthal | — |
Ernest Saves Christmas | John R. Cherry III | — | |
1991 | Dolly Dearest | Maria Lease | — |
1994 | Caroline at Midnight | Scott McGinnis | — |
1994 | Playmaker | Yuri Zeltser | — |
1995 | Dead Badge | Douglas Barr | — |
Born to Be Wild | John Gray | — | |
1998 | The X-Files | Rob Bowman | — |
Disturbing Behavior | David Nutter | — | |
1999 | Stranger in My House | Joe Cacaci | — |
Crazy in Alabama | Antonio Banderas | — | |
2006 | Private Fears in Public Places | Alain Resnais | — |
2008 | The Hamlet Adventure |
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The X Files: I Want to Believe | Chris Carter | — | |
Adventures in Appletown | Robert Moresco | — | |
2009 | Wild Grass | Alain Resnais | — |
2010 | White Irish Drinkers | John Gray | — |
2011 | The Hunters | Chris Briant | — |
2012 | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | Alain Resnais | — |
2014 | Life of Riley | — | |
2020 | The New Mutants | Josh Boone | — |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1998 | Urban Assault | Composed with Sylvius Lack |
The X-Files Game | Composed with Paul Wayne Hiaumet | |
2004 | Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain | Composed with Mike Reagan |
The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original television series aired from September 1993 to May 2002 on Fox. During its original run, the program spanned nine seasons, with 202 episodes. A short tenth season consisting of six episodes ran from January to February 2016. Following the ratings success of this revival, The X-Files returned for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which ran from January to March 2018. In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: The 1998 film The X-Files and the stand-alone film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released in 2008, six years after the original television run had ended.
Christopher Carl Carter is an American television and film producer, director and writer who gained fame in the 1990s as the creator of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files.
David Arnold is a British film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films, as well as Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998) and the television series Little Britain and Sherlock. For Independence Day, he received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television, and for Sherlock, he and co-composer Michael Price won a Creative Arts Emmy for the score of "His Last Vow", the final episode in the third series. Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series Good Omens (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett. Arnold is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
Millennium is an American television series created by Chris Carter, which aired on Fox from October 25, 1996, to May 21, 1999. The series follows the investigations of ex-FBI agent Frank Black, now a consultant, with the ability to see inside the minds of criminals, working for a mysterious organization known as the Millennium Group.
The first season of the science fiction television series The X-Files commenced airing on the Fox network in the United States on September 10, 1993, and concluded on the same channel on May 13, 1994, after airing all 24 episodes.
The fourth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files commenced airing on the Fox network in the United States on October 4, 1996, concluding on the same channel on May 18, 1997, and contained 24 episodes. Following the filming and airing of the season, production began on The X-Files feature film, which was released in 1998 following the show's fifth season.
The X-Files is a 1998 American science fiction thriller film based on Chris Carter's television series of the same name, which revolves around fictional unsolved cases called the X-Files and the characters solving them. It was directed by Rob Bowman, written by Carter and Frank Spotnitz and featured five main characters from the television series: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, John Neville, and William B. Davis reprise their respective roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, Well-Manicured Man, and the Cigarette-Smoking Man. The film was promoted with the tagline Fight the Future.
Murray Jonathan Gold is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. He is best known as the musical director and composer of the music for Doctor Who from its revival in 2005 until 2017. In 2023, he was announced to be returning to the series. Gold's other television work includes Queer as Folk, Last Tango in Halifax and Gentleman Jack. He has been nominated for five BAFTAs.
"Deep Throat" is the second episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. This episode premiered on the Fox network on September 17, 1993. Written by series creator Chris Carter and directed by Daniel Sackheim, the episode introduces several elements which became staples of the series' mythology.
"Ice" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, premiering on the Fox network on November 5, 1993. It was directed by David Nutter and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. The debut broadcast of "Ice" was watched by 10 million viewers in 6.2 million households. The episode received positive reviews at large from critics, who praised its tense atmosphere.
The Truth and the Light: Music from the X-Files is a 1996 album by Mark Snow. The album is composed of excerpts of instrumental music scores from the first three seasons of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, on which Snow was the resident composer. These tracks are linked together with portions of dialogue from the series.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a 2008 American supernatural thriller film directed by Chris Carter and written by both Carter and Frank Spotnitz. It is the second feature film installment of The X-Files franchise created by Carter, following the 1998 film. Three main actors from the television series, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and Mitch Pileggi, reappear in the film to reprise their respective roles as Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, and Walter Skinner.
"The Blessing Way" is the first episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on September 22, 1995. It was directed by R.W. Goodwin, and written by series creator Chris Carter. "The Blessing Way" featured guest appearances by Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Peter Donat and Jerry Hardin, and introduced John Neville as the Well-Manicured Man. The episode helped explore the overarching mythology, or fictional history of The X-Files. "The Blessing Way" earned a Nielsen household rating of 12.3, being watched by 19.94 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics.
Merchandise related to the American television The X-Files franchise includes VHS and DVD sets, compact discs, video games, T-shirts and a magazine devoted specifically to the show.
"The Post-Modern Prometheus" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files and originally aired on the Fox network on November 30, 1997. Written and directed by series creator Chris Carter, "The Post-Modern Prometheus" is a "Monster-of-the-Week" episode, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the overarching mythology of The X-Files. "The Post-Modern Prometheus" earned a Nielsen household rating of 11.5, being watched by 18.68 million viewers upon its initial broadcast. The episode was nominated for seven awards at the 1998 Emmys and won one. The entry generally received positive reviews; some reviewers called it a classic, with others calling it the most striking stand-alone episode of the show's fifth season.
"Improbable" is the thirteenth episode of the ninth season and the 195th episode overall of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode first aired in the United States and Canada on April 7, 2002, on Fox, and subsequently aired in the United Kingdom. It was written and directed by series creator and executive producer Chris Carter. The episode is a "monster-of-the-week" episode, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the mythology, or overarching fictional history, of The X-Files. The episode earned a Nielsen rating of 5.1 and was viewed by 9.1 million viewers. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics.
"The X-Files" is an instrumental written and produced by American film and television composer Mark Snow. On its parent album, The Truth and the Light: Music from the X-Files, the track is titled "Materia Primoris". It is a remixed version of the original theme Snow composed for the science fiction television series The X-Files in 1993. The composition was released as a single in 1996 and achieved chart success, particularly in France, where it reached number one on the SNEP Singles Chart. The composition has since been covered by many artists, including DJ Dado and Triple X; DJ Dado's version was a major hit in Europe while Triple X's version reached number two in Australia.
Music of The X-Files franchise is composed and written by American Mark Snow; the franchise was created by Chris Carter. Snow has composed the music for all the franchise main releases. Together with the show, the music was positively met by critics and viewers of the show alike. Snow has been nominated with over twenty awards and nominations for his music on the various franchise releases, but notably The X-Files. Among the most famous compositions of the franchise is the theme song for The X-Files. The theme was a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart.
"Per Manum" is the thirteenth episode of the eighth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on February 18, 2001. Written by Frank Spotnitz and series creator Chris Carter, and directed by Kim Manners, the episode helps to explore the series' overarching mythology. "Per Manum" received a Nielsen rating of 9.4 and was watched by 9.61 million households. Overall, the episode received mostly positive reviews from critics.
The tenth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files commenced airing in the United States on January 24, 2016, on Fox. The season consists of six episodes and concluded airing on February 22, 2016. When Fox initially announced the string of episodes, the network referred to them collectively as an "event series". After the episodes' release, Fox began referring to the string of episodes on their website as "season 10", as did streaming sites like Amazon Prime and Hulu, and myriad critics.