Mark Snow

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Mark Snow

Sound August 26, 1946

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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…

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Smallville

Smallville

8.2 2001 TV Show
The X-Files

The X-Files

8.4 1993 TV Show
The New Mutants

The New Mutants

6.0 2020 Movie
Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

8.1 2005 TV Show
Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

7.8 2010 TV Show
The X-Files

The X-Files

6.9 1998 Movie
The X-Files: I Want to Believe

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

5.9 2008 Movie
One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill

7.8 2003 TV Show
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

5.5 1981 TV Show
Dynasty

Dynasty

6.5 1981 TV Show
T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

6.5 1982 TV Show

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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. Snow composed scores for notable television, including Hart to Hart, Starsky & Hutch (season 3), and Smallville.

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  1. 2020
    The New Mutants

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2014
    Life of Riley

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2012
    You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2011
    The Hunters

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2010
    Blue Bloods

    TV show Original Music Composer

  6. 2009
    Wild Grass

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2008
    Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2008
    The X-Files: I Want to Believe

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2008
    The Hamlet Adventure

    Movie Music

  10. 2006
    Private Fears in Public Places

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2005
    Ghost Whisperer

    TV show Music

  12. 2005
    Odd Girl Out

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2005
    Defenders of Justice: The Story of The Lone Gunmen

    Movie Self

  14. 2004
    Helter Skelter

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2004
    She's Too Young

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2004
    Paradise

    Movie Original Music Composer

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  1. 2003
    D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2003
    One Tree Hill

    TV show Original Music Composer

  3. 2003
    Critical Assembly

    Movie Music

  4. 2001
    Smallville

    TV show Music

  5. 2001
    The Guardian

    TV show Music

  6. 2001
    For Love of Olivia

    Movie Music

  7. 2001
    The Lone Gunmen

    TV show Original Music Composer

  8. 2000
    Sole Survivor

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2000
    Dirty Pictures

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2000
    Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2000
    Another Woman's Husband

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2000
    Code Name: Phoenix

    Movie Music

  13. 2000
    In the Name of the People

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1999
    Crazy in Alabama

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1999
    A Touch of Hope

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1999
    A Memory in My Heart

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1999
    Stranger in My House

    Movie Music

  18. 1998
    Mr. Murder

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1998
    Disturbing Behavior

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 1998
    The X-Files

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 1998
    The Day Lincoln Was Shot

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 1998
    Inside The X-Files

    Movie Music

  23. 1998
    The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'

    Movie Self

  24. 1997
    Cloned

    Movie Original Music Composer