Mark Snow

Born: 1946-08-26 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died: 2025-07-04

Known For: Sound

Biography

Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946) 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. Snow composed scores for notable television, including Hart to Hart, Starsky & Hutch (season 3), and Smallville.

Filmography

2020

The New Mutants ... (Original Music Composer)

2014

Life of Riley ... (Original Music Composer)

2012

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet ... (Original Music Composer)

2011

The Hunters ... (Original Music Composer)

2010

Blue Bloods ... (Original Music Composer)

2009

Wild Grass ... (Original Music Composer)

2004

Helter Skelter ... (Original Music Composer)
Paradise ... (Original Music Composer)
She's Too Young ... (Original Music Composer)

2003

One Tree Hill ... (Original Music Composer)
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear ... (Original Music Composer)
Critical Assembly ... (Music)

2001

Smallville ... (Music)
The Guardian ... (Music)
The Lone Gunmen ... (Original Music Composer)
For Love of Olivia ... (Music)

2000

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For ... (Original Music Composer)
Dirty Pictures ... (Original Music Composer)
Another Woman's Husband ... (Original Music Composer)
In the Name of the People ... (Original Music Composer)
Code Name: Phoenix ... (Music)

1999

Crazy in Alabama ... (Original Music Composer)
A Touch of Hope ... (Original Music Composer)
A Memory in My Heart ... (Original Music Composer)
Stranger in My House ... (Music)

1998

The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future' as Self
The X-Files ... (Original Music Composer)
Disturbing Behavior ... (Original Music Composer)
Mr. Murder ... (Original Music Composer)
Inside The X-Files ... (Music)
The Day Lincoln Was Shot ... (Original Music Composer)

1997

Perversions of Science ... (Music)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ... (Original Music Composer)
Night Sins ... (Music)
Cloned ... (Original Music Composer)
The Perfect Mother ... (Music)
Blessed Assurance ... (Music)
Payback ... (Original Music Composer)

1996

Project: ALF ... (Original Music Composer)
Forgotten Sins ... (Original Music Composer)
In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers ... (Music)
Special Report: Journey to Mars ... (Music)
Conundrum ... (Original Music Composer)
A Loss of Innocence ... (Music)

1995

Children of the Dust ... (Original Music Composer)
Born to Be Wild ... (Original Music Composer)
Trial by Fire ... (Original Music Composer)
Texas Justice ... (Original Music Composer)
Mixed Blessings ... (Music)
A Stranger in Town ... (Music)
Seduced and Betrayed ... (Music)
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice ... (Original Music Composer)
The Unspoken Truth ... (Original Music Composer)
Down, Out and Dangerous ... (Music)

1994

Heart of a Child ... (Original Music Composer)
A Place for Annie ... (Music)
Shadows of Desire ... (Original Music Composer)
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter ... (Music)
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance ... (Music)
Murder Between Friends ... (Original Music Composer)
Playmaker ... (Original Music Composer)
The Substitute Wife ... (Original Music Composer)
Caroline at Midnight ... (Original Music Composer)
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All ... (Original Music Composer)
Witness to the Execution ... (Music)
Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire ... (Original Music Composer)
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy ... (Music)

1993

The X-Files ... (Music)
Telling Secrets ... (Original Music Composer)
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco ... (Original Music Composer)
Born Too Soon ... (Original Music Composer)
Precious Victims ... (Music)
The Man with Three Wives ... (Music)
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations ... (Original Music Composer)
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story ... (Music)

1992

A Taste for Killing ... (Original Music Composer)
An American Story ... (Original Music Composer)
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story ... (Music)
Highway Heartbreaker ... (Music)
In the Line of Duty: Street War ... (Original Music Composer)
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story ... (Music)

1991

Dolly Dearest ... (Original Music Composer)
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw ... (Original Music Composer)
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd ... (Original Music Composer)
Living a Lie ... (Music)
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace ... (Original Music Composer)
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas ... (Music)
The Rape of Doctor Willis ... (Original Music Composer)
The Marla Hanson Story ... (Original Music Composer)
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story ... (Music)

1990

Miracle Landing ... (Music)
The Lost Capone ... (Original Music Composer)
Child in the Night ... (Original Music Composer)
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again ... (Original Music Composer)
Dead Reckoning ... (Original Music Composer)
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 ... (Original Music Composer)
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing ... (Music)
Opposites Attract ... (Music)
The Little Kidnappers ... (Original Music Composer)
The Girl Who Came Between Them ... (Original Music Composer)
Follow Your Heart ... (Music)

1989

When He's Not a Stranger ... (Music)
Settle the Score ... (Music)
Those She Left Behind ... (Original Music Composer)
Stuck with Each Other ... (Music)

1988

Bluegrass ... (Original Music Composer)
Ernest Saves Christmas ... (Original Music Composer)
Disaster at Silo 7 ... (Original Music Composer)
The In Crowd ... (Music)
Alone in the Neon Jungle ... (Original Music Composer)
Ladykillers ... (Original Music Composer)
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick ... (Original Music Composer)
Scandal in a Small Town ... (Music)
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July ... (Music)

1987

Murder Ordained ... (Original Music Composer)
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet ... (Music)
Roman Holiday ... (Music)
The Saint in Manhattan ... (Original Music Composer)
Pals ... (Music)
A Hobo's Christmas ... (Original Music Composer)
Cracked Up ... (Music)
Murder by the Book ... (Original Music Composer)
Still Crazy Like a Fox ... (Original Music Composer)

1986

Jake Speed ... (Original Music Composer)
Blood & Orchids ... (Original Music Composer)
News at Eleven ... (Original Music Composer)
Acceptable Risks ... (Original Music Composer)
One Police Plaza ... (Original Music Composer)
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills ... (Original Music Composer)
One Terrific Guy ... (Music)
The Deacon Street Deer ... (Music)

1985

California Girls ... (Original Music Composer)
Not My Kid ... (Original Music Composer)
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later ... (Original Music Composer)
The Lady from Yesterday ... (Music)
Challenge of a Lifetime ... (Music)

1984

Crazy like a Fox ... (Original Music Composer)
Something About Amelia ... (Original Music Composer)
A Good Sport ... (Music)
Secrets of a Married Man ... (Music)
The Pigs vs. The Freaks ... (Music)
I Married a Centerfold ... (Original Music Composer)

1983

Malibu ... (Music)
Two Kinds of Love ... (Music)
The Winter of Our Discontent ... (Music)
Packin' It In ... (Original Music Composer)

1982

Cagney & Lacey ... (Music)
T. J. Hooker ... (Original Music Composer)
Paper Dolls ... (Original Music Composer)
Games Mother Never Taught You ... (Music)

1981

Falcon Crest ... (Music)
Dynasty ... (Music)

1980

Casino ... (Original Music Composer)
Angel City ... (Original Music Composer)

1979

Hart to Hart ... (Music)
Brothers and Sisters ... (Music)
Hart to Hart ... (Music)
Something Short of Paradise ... (Original Music Composer)
The Return of Mod Squad ... (Music)

1978

Skateboard ... (Original Music Composer)
Overboard ... (Music)
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus ... (Music)
The Archie Situation Comedy Musical Variety Show ... (Music)

1977

The Love Boat ... (Music)

1976

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble ... (Original Music Composer)
The War Widow ... (Music Director)