Mark Snow

 

Following a start in the music industry as a popular recording artist with his band, the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, Brooklyn native Mark Snow made the switch to composer for television and film in the 1970s. He quickly became known for his scores for such television series as The X-Files, The Ghost Whisperer, Smallville, One Tree Hill, Kojak, Millenium, Pasadena, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, T. J. Hooker, Cagney and Lacey, Starsky and Hutch, Gemini Man, Family and Hart to Hart. Snow has been nominated 14 times for Emmy’s for his work on television series and television films including Helter Skelter, Children of the Dust, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and Something about Amelia. Feature film projects include the scores for the X-Files movie, White Irish Drinkers, The New Mutants, and several features by the iconic and legendary French director Alain Resnais (the only composer to do multiple films for him). Snow is currently working on CBS’ hit Blue Bloods.