Mark Snow Biography (1946-)

Born August 26, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York, NY; married Glynn Daly (a lyricist); children: Sarah, Megan, Nora. Addresses: Agent: Gorfaine-SchwartzAgency, 13245 Riverside Dr., Suite 450, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423-2172.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer
Birth Details: August 26, 1946; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
(Music consultant) Ghosts Can't Do It, Triumph Releasing, 1990
(Music conductor) The X-Files (also known as Aux frontieres dureel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Television Work
Music Conductor; Movies
The Girl Who Spelled Freedom, ABC, 1986
RECORDINGS
Recorded three albums for Atlantic Records and two for Columbia Records with the New York Rock `n' Roll Ensemble.
WRITINGS
Television Music
Series
The Rookies, ABC, 1972-1976
Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975-1979
The Gemini Man, NBC, 1976
Family, ABC, 1976-1980
The San Pedro Beach Bums, ABC, 1977
The Love Boat, ABC, 1977-1986
The Next Step Beyond, syndicated, 1978
Vega$, ABC, 1978-1981
Brothers and Sisters, NBC, 1979
Flatbush, CBS, 1979
240-Robert, ABC, 1979-1981
When the Whistle Blows, ABC, 1980
Strike Force, ABC, 1981-1982
Dynasty, ABC, 1981-1989
Falcon Crest, CBS, 1981-1990
T. J. Hooker, ABC, 1982-1985, then CBS, 1985-1987
Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1982-1988
The Family Tree, NBC, 1983
Lottery$, ABC, 1983-1984
Double Trouble, NBC, 1984-1985
Crazy Like a Fox, CBS, 1984-1986
Hometown, CBS, 1985
Bridges to Cross, CBS, 1986
Kay O'Brien, CBS, 1986
Aaron's Way, NBC, 1988
The X-Files, Fox, 1993-2002
Nowhere Man, UPN, 1995-1996
Millennium, Fox, 1996-1999
Nikita (also known as La Femme Nikita), USA Network, 1997-2001
Harsh Realm, Fox, 1999, F/X, 2000
Muneca brava, Television Federal (Argentina), beginning in 1999
Bull, TNT, 2000
Dark Realm (also known as Frightmares and Le monde des tenebres), 2000
The Lone Gunmen, Fox, 2001
Pasadena, Fox, 2001
Theme Music; Series
Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975-1979
Hart to Hart, ABC, 1979-1984
T. J. Hooker, ABC, 1982-1985, then CBS, 1985-1987
Special Unit 2 (also known as SU2), UPN, 2001-2002
The Guardian, CBS, 2001-
Miniseries
Blood and Orchids, CBS, 1987
Telling Secrets (also known as Contract for Murder), ABC, 1993
The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, CBS, 1994
A Good Day to Die (also known as Children of the Dust), CBS, 1995
Texas Justice, CBS, 1995
Night Sins, CBS, 1997
20,000 Leagues under the Sea, ABC, 1997
Mr. Murder (also known as Dean Koontz's Mr. Murder), ABC, 1998
Sole Survivor (also known as Dean Koontz's Sole Survivor),Fox, 2000
Movies
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, ABC, 1976
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus, NBC, 1978
(And theme song) Overboard, NBC, 1978
The Return of Mod Squad, ABC, 1979
Angel City (also known as Field of Tears), CBS, 1980
Games Mother Never Taught You, CBS, 1982
John Steinbeck's "The Winter of Our Discontent," CBS, 1983
Packin' It In, CBS, 1983
A Good Sport, CBS, 1984
I Married a Centerfold, NBC, 1984
Off Sides, NBC, 1984
Secrets of a Married Man, NBC, 1984
Something about Amelia, ABC, 1984
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues, CBS, 1985
California Girls, ABC, 1985
Challenge of a Lifetime, ABC, 1985
I Dream of Jeannie: Fifteen Years Later, NBC, 1985
The Lady from Yesterday, CBS, 1985
Not My Kid, CBS, 1985
Acceptable Risks, ABC, 1986
The Girl Who Spelled Freedom, ABC, 1986
Louis L'Amour's "Down the Long Hills," The Disney Channel, 1986
New at Eleven, CBS, 1986
One Police Plaza, CBS, 1986
One Terrific Guy, CBS, 1986
Cracked Up, ABC, 1987
The Father Clements Story, NBC, 1987
A Hobo's Christmas, CBS, 1987

Kids Like These, CBS, 1987
Murder by the Book, NBC, 1987
Murder Ordained (also known as Broken Commandments and Kansas Gothic), CBS, 1987
Pals, CBS, 1987
Roman Holiday, NBC, 1987
The Saint, CBS, 1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox, CBS, 1987
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (also known as Babytalk), CBS, 1987
Alone in the Neon Jungle (also known as Command in Hell), CBS, 1988
Bluegrass, CBS, 1988
Disaster at Silo 7, ABC, 1988
Ladykillers, USA Network, 1988
The Return of Ben Casey, syndicated, 1988
Scandal in a Small Town (also known as The Education of Leda Beth Vincent), NBC, 1988
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, ABC, 1989
Stuck with Each Other, NBC, 1989
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (also known as Archie: Return to Riverdale and Weekend Reunion), 1990
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (also known as Aftermathand Aftermath: The Fate of Flight 1501), NBC, 1990
Follow Your Heart (also known as Walk Me to the Distance),NBC, 1990
The Girl Who Came between Them (also known as Victim of Innocence), NBC, 1990
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (also known as A Copfor the Killing and In the Line of Duty: Blood Brothers), NBC, 1990
The Lost Capone, TNT, 1990
Miracle Landing, CBS, 1990
Opposites Attract, NBC, 1990
Aftermath: A Test of Love, CBS, 1991
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (also known as In the Line of Duty: The Twilight Murders and Midnight Murders), NBC,1991
Living a Lie, NBC, 1991
The Marla Hanson Story (also known as Face Value), NBC, 1991
The Rape of Doctor Willis, 1991
Wife, Mother, Murderer (also known as Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story), ABC, 1991
Battling for Baby, CBS, 1992
The Danger of Love, CBS, 1992
Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (also known as Take Down), 1992
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (also known as Till Murder Do Us Part II), CBS, 1992
Highway Heartbreaker, CBS, 1992
In the Line of Duty: Mob Justice (also known as Dead and Alive:The Race for Gus Farace I and Mob Justice), HBO, 1992
In the Line of Duty: Street War (also known as Urban Crossfire), 1992
A Taste for Killing, 1992
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (also known as TillMurder Do Us Part), NBC, 1992
Born Too Soon, NBC, 1993
The Disappearance of Nora, CBS, 1993
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (also known as DangerousRelations and On the Streets of L.A.), NBC, 1993
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco, NBC, 1993
The Man with Three Wives, CBS, 1993
Precious Victims, CBS, 1993
Scattered Dreams (also known as Scattered Dreams: The Kathryn Messenger Story), CBS, 1993
Heart of a Child, Lifetime, 1994
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance, NBC, 1994
Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire (also known as Caughtin the Crossfire), NBC, 1994
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy, NBC, 1994
Murder between Friends, NBC, 1994
A Place for Annie, ABC, 1994
Witness to the Execution, NBC, 1994
Down, Out, and Dangerous, USA Network, 1995
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (also known as In the Line of Duty: Trackdown), NBC, 1995
Mixed Blessings (also known as Danielle Steel's "Mixed Blessings"), NBC, 1995
The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie, Lifetime, 1995
Seduced and Betrayed, NBC, 1995
Trial by Fire, ABC, 1995
The Unspoken Truth (also known as Living the Lie), Lifetime, 1995
Forgotten Sins, ABC, 1996
A Loss of Innocence (also known as The End of Eden), ABC, 1996
Project: ALF (also known as Alf--Der Film), ABC, 1996
Smoke Jumpers (also known as In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers), NBC, 1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars, CBS, 1996
Summer of Fear (also known as Father's Day and Simon Says), CBS, 1996
Sweet Temptation, CBS, 1996
Cloned, NBC, 1997
The Perfect Mother, CBS, 1997
The Price of Heaven (also known as Blessed Assurance), CBS,1997
The Day Lincoln Was Shot, TNT, 1998
A Memory in My Heart, CBS, 1999
Stranger in My House (also known as Total Stranger), Lifetime, 1999
A Touch of Hope, NBC, 1999
Another Woman's Husband, Lifetime, 2000
Dirty Pictures, Showtime, 2000
In the Name of the People, CBS, 2000
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For, CBS, 2000
For Love of Olivia, CBS, 2001
Specials
Day-to-Day Affairs, HBO, 1985
Vietnam War Story, HBO, 1987
Episodic
"The Deacon Street Deer," Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1986
Pilots
Hart to Hart, ABC, 1979
Casino, ABC, 1980
Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1981
I'd Rather Be Calm, CBS, 1982
Paper Dolls, ABC, 1982
The Six of Us, NBC, 1982
T. J. Hooker, ABC, 1982
Malibu, ABC, 1983
Hollywood Starr, ABC, 1985
International Airport, ABC, 1985
Rockhopper, CBS, 1985
Royal Match, CBS, 1985
The X-Files, Fox, 1993
Wolf Lake, CBS, 2001
Other
Two Kinds of Love, 1983
Pigs vs. Freaks (also known as Off Sides), 1984
Aaron's Way: The Harvest (also known as Aaron's Way and Circle of Love), 1988
Settle the Score, 1989
Those She Left Behind, 1989
Dead Reckoning, 1990
An American Story (also known as After the Glory), CBS, 1992
The Little Kidnappers, c. 1992
The Substitute Wife, 1994
Conundrum (also known as Frame by Frame), Showtime, 1996
Payback, ABC, 1997
Film Music
Flush, 1977
Skateboard (also known as Skateboard: The Movie), Universal, 1977
(Title song) Something Short of Paradise (also known as PerfectLove), American International Pictures, 1979
High Risk, Viacom/Hemdale, 1981
Jake Speed, New World Pictures, 1986
Ernest Saves Christmas, 1988
The In Crowd, Orion, 1988
Child in the Night, 1990
(Additional music) Cold Dog Soup, Handmade, 1990
Dolly Dearest, Trimark, 1992
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story, 1993
Caroline at Midnight (also known as Someone's Watching), New Horizons, 1994
Playmaker, Orion, 1994
Born to Be Wild (also known as Katie), Warner Bros., 1995
Dead Badge, 1995
Disturbing Behavior, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1998
The X-Files (also known as Aux frontieres du reel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Code Name Phoenix, Paramount, 1999
Crazy in Alabama, Columbia, 1999
The Dancing Cow, Built-d Media, 1999
Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon, Built-d Media, 2001
Composer for Video Games
The X-Files Game (also known as The X-Files), 1998
Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Interplay Productions, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Starlog, April, 1997
TV Guide, June 27, 1998, p. 7

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