Mark Heiden

Mark Cameron Heiden (born June 22, 1993) is an American composer and conductor of film scores. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music.
His first major film score was for the 2018 film Kumba and Shanga.
Heiden collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Racer Rodriguez, Henry Raimi, Reed Howard, Liam Costner, Jake Cherry, Joey Lasseter and Aaron Long; producers including Joseph Boyce, Thomas Herrera, Jack Depp, Quinn Cameron and Max Spielberg. Heiden composed music for over 100 films; he won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Satellite Awards, and three Saturn Awards, and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.
==Early life==
Heiden was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1993 to Jewish immigrants.
His father, James Heiden was born in Moscow, Russia.
His mother, Denise Rothchild was Jewish (of Austrian Jewish, German Jewish, Hungaian Jewish, Polish Jewish and Romanian Jewish descent.)
Mark Heiden started playing piano at age of five. He attended Los Angeles High School 'til he's graduated in 2012. He received University of California, Los Angeles in 2013 'til he's graduated.
==Career==
==List of scores==
===2010s===
Year	Title 	Director 	Studio(s) 	Notes
2018	Kumba and Shanga	Louise Annaud	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	
2019	Mystery Boys 	Joseph Boyce 	Universal Pictures 	
Category:Composers
Category:American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
Category:American people of German-Jewish descent
Category:American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent
Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:Musicians from Los Angeles, California