Composer
Mark Snow
- Born August 26, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died July 4, 2025
Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946 – July 4, 2025) was an American composer for film and television. Among his most famous compositions is the theme and incidental music for the 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.
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Snow composed scores for notable television, including Hart to Hart, Starsky & Hutch (season 3), and Smallville.
Known for
Smallville2001
The New Mutants2020
The X-Files1993
The X-Files1998
Ghost Whisperer2005
The X-Files: I Want to Believe2008
Blue Bloods2010
One Tree Hill2003
Filmography
- 2020The New MutantsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-FilesFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Life of RileyFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2012You Ain't Seen Nothin' YetFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2011The HuntersFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Blue BloodsSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2009Wild GrassFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2008The X-Files: I Want to BelieveFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2008Hidden Treasure of the MississippiFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2008The Hamlet AdventureFilmMusic
- 2006Private Fears in Public PlacesFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2005Ghost WhispererSeriesMusic
- 2005Odd Girl OutFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2005Defenders of Justice: The Story of The Lone GunmenFilmSelf
- 2004Helter SkelterFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2004She's Too YoungFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2004ParadiseFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2003One Tree HillSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2003D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of FearFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Critical AssemblyFilmMusic
- 2001SmallvilleSeriesMusic, Original Music Composer
- 2001The Lone GunmenSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2001The GuardianSeriesMusic
- 2001For Love of OliviaFilmMusic
- 2000Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die ForFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2000Sole SurvivorFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2000Dirty PicturesFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2000Another Woman's HusbandFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2000Code Name: PhoenixFilmMusic
- 2000In the Name of the PeopleFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1999Crazy in AlabamaFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1999A Memory in My HeartFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1999Stranger in My HouseFilmMusic
- 1999A Touch of HopeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1998The X-FilesFilmOriginal Music Composer, Conductor
- 1998Disturbing BehaviorFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Inside The X-FilesFilmMusic
- 1998Mr. MurderFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1998The Day Lincoln Was ShotFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1998The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'FilmSelf
- 199720,000 Leagues Under the SeaSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 1997The Perfect MotherFilmMusic
- 1997Perversions of ScienceSeriesMusic
- 1997ClonedFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Night SinsFilmMusic
- 1997PaybackFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Blessed AssuranceFilmMusic
- 1997Night SinsSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 1996Project: ALFFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1996ConundrumFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1996Summer of FearFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1996In the Line of Duty: Smoke JumpersFilmMusic
- 1996Special Report: Journey to MarsFilmMusic
- 1996A Loss of InnocenceFilmMusic
- 1996Forgotten SinsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Born to Be WildFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Texas JusticeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Trial by FireFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Mixed BlessingsFilmMusic
- 1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Seduced and BetrayedFilmMusic
- 1995Down, Out and DangerousFilmMusic
- 1995Children of the DustSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 1995The Unspoken TruthFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1995A Stranger in TownFilmMusic
- 1994A Place for AnnieFilmMusic
- 1994The Substitute WifeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1994PlaymakerFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Caroline at MidnightFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last ChapterFilmMusic
- 1994Heart of a ChildFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Moment of Truth: Cradle of ConspiracyFilmMusic
- 1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Shadows of DesireFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Witness to the ExecutionFilmMusic
- 1994In the Line of Duty: The Price of VengeanceFilmMusic
- 1994Murder Between FriendsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Moment of Truth: Caught in the CrossfireFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1993The X-FilesSeriesMusic, Original Music Composer
- 1993In the Line of Duty: Ambush in WacoFilmOriginal Music Composer, Songs, Lyricist