Mark Mothersbaugh

Born: 1950-05-18 in Akron, Ohio, USA

Known For: Sound

Biography

Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (/ˈmʌðərzbɔː/; born May 18, 1950) is an American musician and composer. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead vocalist, and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose "Whip It" was a top 20 single in the US in 1980, peaking at No. 14, and which has since maintained a cult following. Mothersbaugh was one of the primary composers of Devo's music. In addition to his work with Devo, Mothersbaugh has made music for television series, films, and video games via his production company, Mutato Muzika. He composed the music for the 13-year run of the animated series Rugrats and its three related theatrical films. He has created film scores for Wes Anderson and for Marvel Comics films. As a solo musician, Mothersbaugh has released four studio albums: Muzik for Insomniaks, Muzik for the Gallery, Joyeux Mutato, and The Most Powerful Healing Muzik in the Entire World. In 2004, he received the Richard Kirk Award at the BMI Film and TV Awards for his contributions to film and television music. In 2008, Mothersbaugh received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Kent State University, his alma mater. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Mothersbaugh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026

Hoppers ... (Original Music Composer)
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes ... (Original Music Composer)

2025

A Minecraft Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
The Residence ... (Original Music Composer)
Plankton: The Movie ... (Songs)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
Star Wars: A New Toke ... (Music)

2024

Time Bandits ... (Original Music Composer)
Interior Chinatown ... (Original Music Composer)
DEVO as Self
The World According to Allee Willis as Self
35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio
Pure Animation for Now People ... (Music)

2023

Cocaine Bear ... (Original Music Composer)
Hello Tomorrow! ... (Original Music Composer)
The Magician's Elephant ... (Original Music Composer)
Vacation Friends 2 ... (Original Music Composer)

2022

The Creature Cases ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania ... (Original Music Composer)
Our Flag Means Death ... (Original Music Composer)

2021

The Mitchells vs. the Machines ... (Original Music Composer)
Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short ... (Music)
America: The Motion Picture ... (Original Music Composer)
Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story ... (Original Music Composer)
Devolution: A Devo Theory

2020

Close Enough ... (Original Music Composer)
The Croods: A New Age ... (Original Music Composer)
Tiger King ... (Original Music Composer)
The Willoughbys ... (Original Music Composer)
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself ... (Original Music Composer)
Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale

2019

What We Do in the Shadows ... (Original Music Composer)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part ... (Original Music Composer)
Chi Chi & Devo as Self

2018

Summer Camp Island ... (Original Music Composer)
Disenchantment as (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ... (Original Music Composer)
Holmes & Watson ... (Original Music Composer)
Pandas ... (Original Music Composer)

2017

Thor: Ragnarok ... (Original Music Composer)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
The Lego Ninjago Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
Brad's Status ... (Original Music Composer)
Puppy! ... (Music)
Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
Beatriz at Dinner ... (Original Music Composer)
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special ... (Music)
Me gusta, pero me asusta ... (Music)

2016

Soundbreaking as Self
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade ... (Original Music Composer)
Pee-wee's Big Holiday ... (Original Music Composer)
The Interestings ... (Original Music Composer)
Along for the Ride as Self

2015

The Last Man on Earth ... (Music)
Hotel Transylvania 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
Pitch Perfect 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
Vacation ... (Original Music Composer)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip ... (Original Music Composer)
Regular Show: The Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe ... (Music)
Forever ... (Original Music Composer)
Devo: Hardcore Live! as Himself

2014

The Lego Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
22 Jump Street ... (Original Music Composer)
Steve's First Bath ... (Music)
The Radiator Springs 500½ ... (Music)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar ... (Original Music Composer)
Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear ... (Music)
Butch DEVO And The Sundance Gig

2013

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
Last Vegas ... (Original Music Composer)
Super Manny ... (Music)
Earl Scouts ... (Music)
The Short Game ... (Music)

2012

Hotel Transylvania ... (Original Music Composer)
21 Jump Street ... (Original Music Composer)
Safe ... (Original Music Composer)
What to Expect When You're Expecting ... (Original Music Composer)
Beauty Is Embarrassing as Self
Goodnight, Mr. Foot ... (Music)

2011

Hawaiian Vacation ... (Original Music Composer)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked ... (Original Music Composer)
Born to Be Wild ... (Original Music Composer)
Air Mater ... (Original Music Composer)
Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown ... (Original Music Composer)
Saving Private Pérez ... (Original Music Composer)
The Other F Word as Self
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind as Self
Devo | Live In Benicàssim as Self

2010

Regular Show ... (Original Music Composer)
Blue Mountain State ... (Music)
Ramona and Beezus ... (Original Music Composer)
Monster Truck Mater ... (Music)
Heavy Metal Mater ... (Music)
Catfish ... (Original Music Composer)
Moon Mater ... (Music)
Mater Private Eye ... (Music)
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott as Self
DEVO | Whistler Medals Plaza as Self

2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ... (Original Music Composer)
Fanboys ... (Original Music Composer)
Unidentified Flying Mater ... (Music)
Falling Up ... (Original Music Composer)
Circle of Eight ... (Original Music Composer)
DEVO | Live in London as Self
The Invention of Dr. NakaMats ... (Music)

2008

New York, I Love You ... (Original Music Composer)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales ... (Music)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist ... (Original Music Composer)
Quid Pro Quo ... (Original Music Composer)
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' as Self

2007

Yo Gabba Gabba!
Mama's Boy ... (Original Music Composer)

2006

Shorty McShorts' Shorts ... (Music)
How to Eat Fried Worms ... (Original Music Composer)
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk ... (Original Music Composer)
The Dog Problem ... (Original Music Composer)
Big Babies ... (Music)
Love Comes to the Executioner ... (Additional Music)

2005

Herbie Fully Loaded ... (Original Music Composer)
Lords of Dogtown ... (Original Music Composer)
The Big White ... (Original Music Composer)
The Ringer ... (Original Music Composer)
What Is It? ... (Thanks)
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White ... (Original Music Composer)
Commander Bunsworth ... (Music)
Derailroaded as Self
DEVO | Live 1980 as Self

2004

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ... (Original Music Composer)
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen ... (Original Music Composer)
Envy ... (Original Music Composer)
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy ... (Original Music Composer)
DEVO | Live as Self
Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun as Himself (as Devo)

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Musical Guest
All Grown Up! ... (Original Music Composer)
Thirteen ... (Original Music Composer)
Rugrats Go Wild ... (Original Music Composer)
A Guy Thing ... (Original Music Composer)
Gary the Rat ... (Music)
Good Boy! ... (Original Music Composer)
The Even Stevens Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
Stinky Pierre ... (Music)
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Monster O' McDonaldland Loch ... (Original Music Composer)

2002

Sorority Boys ... (Original Music Composer)
Welcome to Collinwood ... (Original Music Composer)
Cheats ... (Original Music Composer)
Second String ... (Original Music Composer)
The Groovenians ... (Music)

2001

The Royal Tenenbaums ... (Original Music Composer)
Sugar & Spice ... (Original Music Composer)
Camouflage ... (Original Music Composer)
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge ... (Original Music Composer)
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Have Time, Will Travel ... (Original Music Composer)
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Birthday World ... (Original Music Composer)
A Rugrats Kwanzaa ... (Music)

2000

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle ... (Original Music Composer)
The Other Me ... (Original Music Composer)

1999

Futurama as Mark Mothersbaugh (voice)
Mystery Men as Band Leader
Drop Dead Gorgeous ... (Original Music Composer)
200 Cigarettes ... (Original Music Composer)
All the Rage ... (Original Music Composer)
Can of Worms ... (Original Music Composer)
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island ... (Original Music Composer)
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space ... (Original Music Composer)
Last Rites ... (Original Music Composer)

1998

Rushmore ... (Original Music Composer)
The Rugrats Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
Halloweentown ... (Original Music Composer)
Dead Man on Campus ... (Original Music Composer)
Zoomates ... (Music)
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly ... (Original Music Composer)
Bongwater ... (Original Music Composer)
Principal Takes a Holiday ... (Original Music Composer)

1997

Perversions of Science ... (Music)
Breaking Up ... (Original Music Composer)
Men ... (Original Music Composer)
Unwed Father ... (Original Music Composer)
Best Men ... (Original Music Composer)
Quicksilver Highway ... (Original Music Composer)
The Best Of Liquid Television ... (Music)

1996

Happy Gilmore ... (Original Music Composer)
Bottle Rocket ... (Original Music Composer)
A Rugrats Chanukah ... (Music)
The Big Squeeze ... (Original Music Composer)
Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space as Keeper of the Gate

1995

Dumb and Dumber ... (Original Music Composer)
Santo Bugito ... (Music)
Four Rooms ... (Music Producer)
The Last Supper ... (Original Music Composer)
A.J.'s Time Travelers ... (Music)
The Courtyard ... (Original Music Composer)
Flesh Suitcase ... (Original Music Composer)

1991

Rugrats as Phonograph Singer (voice)

1990

The Spirit of '76 as Chevron-17

1989

Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton ... (Music)

1988

Slaughterhouse Rock ... (Original Music Composer)
Martini Ranch: Reach ... (Thanks)

1987

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise ... (Original Music Composer)

1983

We're All Devo as Self [DEVO]

1982

Human Highway as Nuclear Garbageperson / Booji Boy
3-DEVO as Self

1981

Urgh! A Music War as Self

1980

Fridays as Self - Musical Guest
Pray TV as Dove [DEVO]

1979

DEVO | The Men Who Make the Music as Self

1977

De-evolution: The Men Who Make The Music as Self

1976

In the Beginning Was the End: The Truth About De-Evolution as Booji Boy / Professor