# Mark Snow

Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946) is an American composer for film and television. Among his most famous compositions is the theme music for 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 other notable television, including Hart to Hart, Starsky & Hutch (season 3), and Smallville.

## Early life and education

Snow grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating High School of Music & Art in 1964, he attended the Juilliard School. With roommate Michael Kamen, Snow formed a band called Emil and the Detectives, which later became group New York Rock & Roll Ensemble.

## Works
### Television series

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1976 | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | — |
| 1975–1976 | The Rookies | — |
| 1976 | Gemini Man | — |
| 1976 | Visions | — |
| 1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | Theme music |
| 1977–1979 | Starsky & Hutch | — |
| 1979 | Flatbush | — |
| 1978–1979 | The Next Step Beyond | — |
| 1979 | Brothers and Sisters | — |
| 1980 | When the Whistle Blows | — |
| 1978–1980 | Family | — |
| 1978–1981 | Vega$ | — |
| 1978–1982 | The Love Boat | — |
| 1979–1981 | 240-Robert | — |
| 1979-1984 | Hart to Hart | — |
| 1981 | Dynasty | — |
| 1981 | Strike Force | — |
| 1981–1984 | Cagney & Lacey | — |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | — |
| 1983 | The Family Tree | — |
| 1983 | Matt Houston | — |
| 1983–1984 | Lottery! | — |
| 1984 | Paper Dolls | — |
| 1984–1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | — |
| 1986 | Bridges to Cross | — |
| 1986 | The Wonderful World of Disney | — |
| 1986 | Kay O'Brien | — |
| 1986–1988 | Aaron's Way | — |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | — |
| 1987 | Vietnam War Story | — |
| 1988 | Aaron's Way | — |
| 1989–1990 | Pee-wee's Playhouse | — |
| 1991 | All Together Now | — |
| 1992–1993 | Dark Justice | — |
| 1993–2002, 2016–2018 | The X-Files | |
| 1995–1996 | Nowhere Man | — |
| 1997 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | — |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science | — |
| 1996–1999 | Millennium | Released as The Best of Millennium |
| 1998 | Mr. Murder | — |
| 1999–2000 | Harsh Realm | — |
| 2000–2001 | Bull | — |
| 2001 | The Lone Gunmen | — |
| 2001 | Wolf Lake | Unaired pilot episode |
| 2001–2002 | Pasadena | — |
| 2001–2002 | Special Unit 2 | — |
| 2001–2007 | Smallville | — |
| 2002 | Haunted | — |
| 2002–2003 | Birds of Prey | — |
| 2002–2003 | The Twilight Zone | — |
| 2003–2005 | One Tree Hill | — |
| 2005 | Kojak | — |
| 2005–2010 | Ghost Whisperer | — |
| 2008 | Wonder Pets! | — |
| 2010–2020 | Blue Bloods | — |
| 2011–2012 | Ringer | — |

### Television films

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1976 | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Randal Kleiser | — |
| 1978 | Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus | Jack Starrett | — |
| 1978 | Overboard | John Newland | — |
| 1979 | The Return of Mod Squad | George McCowan | — |
| 1980 | Casino | Don Chaffey | — |
| 1980 | Angel City | Philip Leacock Steve Carver | — |
| 1981 | Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks) | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1982 | Paper Dolls | Edward Zwick | — |
| 1982 | Games Mother Never Taught You | Lee Philips | — |
| 1982 | I'd Rather Be Calm | Linda Day | — |
| 1983 | Malibu | E. W. Swackhamer | — |
| 1983 | Packin' It In | E. W. Swackhamer | — |
| 1983 | Two Kinds of Love | Jack Bender | — |
| 1983 | The Winter of Our Discontent | Waris Hussein | — |
| 1984 | Something About Amelia | Randa Haines | — |
| 1984 | A Good Sport | Lou Antonio | — |
| 1984 | Secrets of a Married Man | William A. Graham | — |
| 1984 | I Married a Centerfold | Peter Werner | — |
| 1985 | Not My Kid | Michael Tuchner | — |
| 1985 | Challenge of a Lifetime | Russ Mayberry | — |
| 1985 | California Girls | Rick Wallace | — |
| 1985 | The Lady from Yesterday | Robert Day | — |
| 1985 | International Airport | Don Chaffey Charles S. Dubin | — |
| 1985 | Rockhopper | Bill Bixby | — |
| 1985 | Royal Match | E.W. Swackhamer | — |
| 1985 | Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues | Corey Allen | — |
| 1985 | I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later | William Asher | — |
| 1986 | One Terrific Guy | Lou Antonio | — |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids | Jerry Thorpe | Composed with Charles Fox |
| 1986 | Acceptable Risks | Rick Wallace | — |
| 1986 | News at Eleven | Mike Robe | — |
| 1986 | Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills | Burt Kennedy | — |
| 1986 | One Police Plaza | Jerry Jameson | — |
| 1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | James Frawley | — |
| 1987 | Pals | Lou Antonio | — |
| 1987 | Murder by the Book | Mel Damski | — |
| 1987 | Still Crazy Like a Fox | Paul Krasny | — |
| 1987 | Murder Ordained | Mike Robe | — |
| 1987 | Cracked Up | Karen Arthur | — |
| 1987 | Kids Like These | Georg Stanford Brown | — |
| 1987 | A Hobo's Christmas | Will Mackenzie | — |
| 1987 | The Father Clements Story | Edwin Sherin | — |
| 1987 | Roman Holiday | Noel Nosseck | — |
| 1988 | Alone in the Neon Jungle | Georg Stanford Brown | — |
| 1988 | The Return of Ben Casey | Joseph L. Scanlan | — |
| 1988 | Bluegrass | Simon Wincer | — |
| 1988 | Scandal in a Small Town | Anthony Page | — |
| 1988 | The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick | Robert Lewis | — |
| 1988 | Ladykillers | Robert Michael Lewis | — |
| 1988 | Disaster at Silo 7 | Larry Elikann | — |
| 1988 | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | George Miller | — |
| 1988 | Aaron's Way: The Harvest | Noel Nosseck | — |
| 1989 | Those She Left Behind | Noel Nosseck | — |
| 1989 | Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure | Mel Damski | — |
| 1989 | Stuck with Each Other | Georg Stanford Brown | — |
| 1989 | Settle the Score | Edwin Sherin | — |
| 1989 | When He's Not a Stranger | John Gray | — |
| 1990 | Miracle Landing | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1990 | The Girl Who Came Between Them | Mel Damski | — |
| 1990 | Follow Your Heart | Noel Nosseck | — |
| 1990 | Child in the Night | Mike Robe | — |
| 1990 | Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1990 | Dead Reckoning | Robert Michael Lewis | — |
| 1990 | The Little Kidnappers | Donald Shebib | — |
| 1990 | The Lost Capone | John Gray | — |
| 1990 | Opposites Attract | Noel Nosseck | — |
| 1990 | Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 | Philip Saville | — |
| 1990 | In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1991 | The Marla Hanson Story | John Gray | — |
| 1991 | White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd | Paul Wendkos | — |
| 1991 | In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1991 | Living a Lie | Larry Shaw | — |
| 1991 | The Rape of Doctor Willis | Lou Antonio | — |
| 1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1991 | Wife, Mother, Murderer | Mel Damski | — |
| 1991 | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Peter Markle | — |
| 1992 | Battling for Baby | Art Wolff | — |
| 1992 | The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story | Georg Stanford Brown | — |
| 1992 | A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1992 | Highway Heartbreaker | Paul Schneider | — |
| 1992 | Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View | Peter Levin | — |
| 1992 | In the Line of Duty: Street War | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1992 | A Taste for Killing | Lou Antonio | — |
| 1992 | The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story | Joyce Chopra | — |
| 1992 | An American Story | John Gray | — |
| 1992 | Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1993 | Telling Secrets | Marvin J. Chomsky | — |
| 1993 | The Disappearance of Nora | Joyce Chopra | — |
| 1993 | The Man with Three Wives | Peter Levin | — |
| 1993 | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | Georg Stanford Brown | — |
| 1993 | Born Too Soon | Noel Nosseck | — |
| 1993 | In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1993 | Precious Victims | Peter Levin | — |
| 1993 | Scattered Dreams | Neema Barnette | — |
| 1994 | Murder Between Friends | Waris Hussein | — |
| 1994 | In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1994 | Witness to the Execution | Tommy Lee Wallace | — |
| 1994 | A Place for Annie | John Gray | — |
| 1994 | Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy | Gabrielle Beaumont | — |
| 1994 | Heart of a Child | Sandor Stern | — |
| 1994 | The Substitute Wife | Peter Werner | — |
| 1994 | Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire | Chuck Bowman | — |
| 1994 | Shadows of Desire | Sam Pillsbury | — |
| 1995 | Texas Justice | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1995 | A Stranger in Town | Peter Levin | — |
| 1995 | The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie | Bethany Rooney | — |
| 1995 | Seduced and Betrayed | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | — |
| 1995 | Down, Out & Dangerous | Noel Nosseck | — |
| 1995 | The Unspoken Truth | Peter Werner | — |
| 1995 | Trial by Fire | Alan Metzger | — |
| 1995 | In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1995 | Mixed Blessings | Bethany Rooney | — |
| 1996 | Smoke Jumpers | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1996 | Project ALF | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1996 | Conundrum | Douglas Barr | — |
| 1996 | Sweet Temptation | Ron Lagomarsino | — |
| 1996 | Forgotten Sins | Dick Lowry | — |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Robert Mandel | — |
| 1996 | Summer of Fear | Mike Robe | — |
| 1996 | A Loss of Innocence | Graeme Clifford | — |
| 1996 | Phone Calls from the Dead | — | — |
| 1997 | Payback | Ken Cameron | — |
| 1997 | The Perfect Mother | Peter Levin | — |
| 1997 | Night Sins | Robert Allan Ackerman | — |
| 1997 | The Price of Heaven | Peter Bogdanovich | — |
| 1997 | Cloned | Douglas Barr | — |
| 1997 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | John Gray | — |
| 1999 | A Memory in My Heart | Harry Winer | — |
| 1999 | A Touch of Hope | Craig R. Baxley | — |
| 2000 | In the Name of the People | Peter Levin | — |
| 2000 | Code Name Phoenix | Jeff Freilich | — |
| 2000 | Another Woman's Husband | Noel Nosseck | — |
| 2000 | Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For | Anthony Pullen Shaw | — |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures | Frank Pierson | — |
| 2000 | Sole Survivor | Mikael Salomon | — |
| 2001 | For Love of Olivia | Douglas Barr | — |
| 2003 | Critical Assembly | Eric Laneuville | — |
| 2003 | D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | Tom McLoughlin | — |
| 2004 | She's Too Young | Tom McLoughlin | — |
| 2004 | Helter Skelter | John Gray | — |
| 2004 | Bereft | Tim Daly | — |
| 2004 | Paradise | Frank Pierson | — |
| 2005 | Odd Girl Out | Tom McLoughlin | — |

### Theatrical films

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1977 | Flush | Andrew J. Kuehn | — |
| 1978 | Skateboard | George Gage | — |
| 1979 | Something Short of Paradise | David Helpern | — |
| 1981 | High Risk | Stewart Raffill | — |
| 1983 | Over Here, Mr. President | Noam Pitlik | — |
| 1986 | Jake Speed | Andrew Lane | — |
| 1988 | The In Crowd | Mark Rosenthal | — |
| 1988 | Ernest Saves Christmas | John R. Cherry III | — |
| 1991 | Dolly Dearest | Maria Lease | — |
| 1994 | Caroline at Midnight | Scott McGinnis | — |
| 1994 | Playmaker | Yuri Zeltser | — |
| 1995 | Dead Badge | Douglas Barr | — |
| 1995 | Born to Be Wild | John Gray | — |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Rob Bowman | — |
| 1998 | Disturbing Behavior | David Nutter | — |
| 1999 | Stranger in My House | Joe Cacaci | — |
| 1999 | Crazy in Alabama | Antonio Banderas | — |
| 2006 | Private Fears in Public Places | Alain Resnais | — |
| 2008 | The Hamlet Adventure | Ivaylo DikanskiGreg Roach | — |
| 2008 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | Chris Carter | — |
| 2008 | Adventures in Appletown | Robert Moresco | — |
| 2009 | Wild Grass | Alain Resnais | — |
| 2010 | White Irish Drinkers | John Gray | — |
| 2011 | The Hunters | Chris Briant | — |
| 2012 | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | Alain Resnais | — |
| 2014 | Life of Riley | Alain Resnais | — |
| 2020 | The New Mutants | Josh Boone | — |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1998 | Urban Assault | Composed with Sylvius Lack |
| 1998 | The X-Files Game | Composed with Paul Wayne Hiaumet |
| 2004 | Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain | Composed with Mike Reagan |