# Mark Petrie

Mark Petrie (born 20 May 1979) is a New Zealand film, television and video game composer. He is best known for composing the music in trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy, Life of Pi, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Avengers: Infinity War, and Venom, as well as writing the score for EA Sports' Madden NFL American football video games. He has also composed scores for films, television shows, documentaries, political campaigns and sporting events.

## Early life and influences

Petrie was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He began his early musical training while boarding at Dilworth School for eight years, studying piano and composition. After winning a scholarship to study film scoring at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, he relocated to the United States, and completed a degree majoring in film scoring.

## Career

After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Petrie was awarded the BMI Foundation's Pete Carpenter Film Composing Fellowship. He was flown to Los Angeles to work under the Grammy Award-winning composer Mike Post. He then began writing for TV shows and independent films. In 2007, he collaborated with PostHaste Music to compose music for trailers. He went on to compose dozens of tracks for them. He is known for "infusing contemporary elements on top of epic orchestral writing" (Output.com).
In 2012, he released his first album 'Genesis', featuring 27 tracks in the "modern, epic orchestral style showcased in his work in trailers for The Amazing Spider-Man, Green Lantern, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and Battleship." In 2021, several of Petrie's tracks were added to the main entrance area music of Epcot.
Fan made music videos featuring Petrie's music began to surface on YouTube around 2010 and many have amassed millions of views.

## Filmography / Discography
### Trailers

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2011 | Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2012 | Lockout | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2013 | Oblivion | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2014 | Noah | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2014 | Into the Storm | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2014 | Selma | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2015 | Insurgent | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2015 | Tomorrowland | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2015 | The Walk | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | The Fifth Wave | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | The Finest Hours | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | The Last King | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | Allegiant | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | Command and Control | Composer: trailer music | Documentary |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | The BFG | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | Blood Father | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | Independence Day: Resurgence | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2016 | Overwatch | Composer: trailer music | Video game |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2017 | Borg vs McEnroe | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2018 | Venom | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Composer: trailer music | |
| 2024 | ‘’Flow’’ | Composer: trailer music | |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Minimal Knowledge | Composer | |
| 2003 | Cafe and Tobacco | Composer, music producer, musician, orchestrator | Won: Columbine Award at the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival |
| 2003 | Cog | Composer | Short film |
| 2003 | Wasted | Composer | TV movie documentary |
| 2003 | A Stranger Within | Composer | Video |
| 2004 | Once Upon a Jedi | Composer | Short film |
| 2004 | Mums Behind Bars | Composer | TV movie documentary |
| 2004 | Two Women and Two Babies | Composer | TV movie documentary |
| 2004 | O Destino | Composer | Short film |
| 2005 | Swamper | Composer | |
| 2005 | Without You | Composer | Short film |
| 2005 | Thug | Composer | Short film |
| 2006 | The Sand Creek Massacre | Composer | Video documentary |
| 2006 | Knife Shift | Composer | Short film |
| 2006 | A Different Light | Composer | Short film |
| 2006 | The Naked Ape | Composer | |
| 2006 | Dumpster Diver | Composer | Short film |
| 2006 | Blame Falls | Composer | Short film |
| 2007 | The Road to Empire | Composer | |
| 2007 | Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse | Composer | Short film |
| 2007 | Lake Dead: Behind the Scenes | Composer | Video documentary short |
| 2007 | Mr. Blue Sky | Composer | |
| 2007 | Lake Dead | Composer | |
| 2007 | Polly and Marie | Composer | TV movie |
| 2007 | Watching the Detectives | Composer: additional music, writer: "B Team", "Behind Enemy Lines", "Dream Spinner" | |
| 2008 | Valley of Angels | Composer | |
| 2008 | The Tell Tale Heart | Composer: theme music, composer | Short film |
| 2008 | Johnny Appleweed | Composer | |
| 2008 | A 1000 Points of Light | Composer | Video |
| 2008 | Apron Strings | Composer | |
| 2008 | Pittsburgh Passion | Composer | |
| 2008 | Farmhouse | Composer | |
| 2008 | Black | Composer | Short film |
| 2008 | Knocked Down | Composer | Short film |
| 2009 | Tender as Hellfire | Composer | Short film |
| 2009 | Mortal Kombat | Composer | Documentary |
| 2009 | The Rift | Composer | Short film |
| 2009 | No Strings Attached | Composer: stock music | |
| 2010 | Officer Down | Composer | Short film |
| 2010 | Native Time | Composer | Short film |
| 2010 | God's Fools | Composer | Short film |
| 2010 | El Dorado | Composer | Short film |
| 2010 | Play On | Soundtrack | |
| 2010 | Kill's Hollow | Composer: stock music | Video |
| 2010 | Wrong Side of Town | Performer: "Acquisition", writer: "Acquisition" | Video |
| 2010 | Some Days Are Better Than Others | Performer: "Reality TV Show Music: Furnace, Nailbiter, Dismissal", writer: "Reality TV Show Music: Furnace, Nailbiter, Dismissal" | |
| 2010 | Cool It | Writer: "Swamp Monster" | Documentary |
| 2011 | Kin | Composer | Short film |
| 2011 | Constitutional Literacy with Michael Farris | Composer | Documentary |
| 2011 | The Repressed | Composer | Short film |
| 2011 | Cast Alaska | Composer | |
| 2011 | Love Eterne | Writer: "Swirling" | |
| 2012 | A Dangerous Place | Composer | Video |
| 2012 | Kyren and the Mysterious World of Sight | Composer | Documentary short |
| 2012 | Three Paces Flat | Composer | Short film |
| 2012 | The Backpack | Composer | |
| 2012 | Unconditional | Composer, music mixer | |
| 2012 | Future Hope | Composer | Short film |
| 2013 | DICE Awards Intro Film | Composer | Short film |
| 2013 | Strangers | Composer | Short film |
| 2013 | Side Effects | Composer: additional music | |
| 2013 | This Is the End | Composer: additional music | |
| 2014 | The Calling | Composer: additional music, performer: "Winter Sets In", writer: "Winter Sets In" | |
| 2017 | Razor | Composer | |
| 2018 | American Mirror | Composer | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Fox Major League Baseball | Composer: additional music | |
| 2003 | Big West Conference: NCAA Basketball | Composer: additional music | |
| 2007 | The Millen Baird Show | Composer: additional music | |
| 2007 | American Idol | Composer: additional music | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | American Idol Extra | Composer: additional music | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | My Super Sweet 16 | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Sjukhuset | Composer: theme music | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Made | Composer: additional music | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Cribs | Composer: additional music | 2 episodes |
| 2006–07 | Entourage | Composer: additional music | 2 episodes |
| 2006–07 | The Simple Life | Composer: additional music | 20 episodes |
| 2008 | The Real World Awards Bash | Composer: additional music | TV special |
| 2008 | The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2008 | The Millen Baird Show | Composer | |
| 2006–08 | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Composer: additional music | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | UFO Hunters | Composer: additional music | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Burn Notice | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2009 | 16 and Pregnant | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Real Housewives of New Jersey | Composer: additional music | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Surf Patrol | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2009 | How Do I Look? | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Dogs 101 | Composer: additional music | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Gone Too Far | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2007–09 | Real World | Composer: additional music | 52 episodes |
| 2007–09 | The Best Damn Sports Show Period | Composer: additional music | 12 episodes |
| 2007–09 | Keeping Up With the Kardashians | Composer: additional music | 31 episodes |
| 2008–09 | Making the Band 4 | Composer: additional music | 5 episodes |
| 2008–09 | Fox NFL | Composer: additional music | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Teen Cribs | Composer: additional music | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Parental Control | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2010 | The Robert Verdi Show Starring Robert Verdi | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Cougar Town | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2010 | True Life | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Moving In | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2009–10 | Quiero mis quinces | Composer: additional music | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2008–14 | Attitude | Composer | |
| 2017 | Darryl: An Outward Bound Story | Composer | |
| 2018 | Impossible Builds | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Westworld | Composer: additional music | 1 episode |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Madden NFL 15 | Composer | Video game |
| 2016 | Overwatch | Composer: trailer music | Video game |
| 2016 | Madden NFL 16 | Composer: additional music | Video game |
| 2017 | Madden NFL 17 | Composer: additional music | Video game |

## Awards and nominations

In 2004, Petrie won the Columbine Award at the Moondance International Film Festival for the 2003 film Cafe and Tobacco, shared with Michael Justiz. In the same year, he was awarded the Pete Carpenter Fellowship.
In 2018, he won the ASCAP Screen Music Award for Top Television Series for The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.