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From his days as one of the pioneering icons of electronic music to his current status as a world-renowned legendary film composer, Mark Isham continues to be one of the most prolific and provocative artists on the scene. His gift for creating unforgettable melodies and his love of fresh, innovative sonic palettes have earned Isham many awards including a Grammy... See full bio »

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Once Upon a Time (TV series) (composer: theme music - 13 episodes, 2011-2013) (theme by - 9 episodes, 2011-2012) (composer: theme - 5 episodes, 2012-2013)
– Tiny (2013) (composer: theme)
– The Cricket Game (2013) (composer: theme music)
– Child of the Moon (2012) (composer: theme music)
– Tallahassee (2012) (composer: theme music)
– The Doctor (2012) (composer: theme music)
See all 27 episodes »
 
2011 Warrior (music producer)
 
2009 Crash (TV series) (composer: theme music - 11 episodes, 2009) (theme by - 2 episodes, 2009)
– Los Angeles (2009) (composer: theme music)
– Alone Again Or... (2009) (composer: theme music)
– Calm Like a Bomb (2009) (composer: theme music)
– Master of Puppets (2009) (composer: theme music)
– Endangered Species (2009) (composer: theme music)
See all 13 episodes »
 
2009 Fame (score producer)
 
2009 Crossing Over (musician: piano)
 
2009 My One and Only (musician: trumpet, score producer)
 
2008 The Secret Life of Bees (musician: piano solos)
 
2007 Reservation Road (musician: piano solos)
 
2007 Gracie (music producer)
 
2006 Bobby (music producer)
 
2004/I Crash (music arranger, music producer, musician)
 
2003 The Hitcher: 'How Do These Movies Get Made?' (video documentary short) (composer: themes from The Hitcher)
 
2003 The Cooler (musician: trumpet solo)
 
2001 Impostor (score producer)
 
2001 Life as a House (music programmer)
 
2000 Trixie (orchestrator)
 
Chicago Hope (TV series) (composer: opening credits - 91 episodes, 1996-2000) (composer: theme music - 48 episodes, 1994-2000)
– Have I Got a Deal for You (2000) (composer: opening credits)
– Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope (2000) (composer: opening credits)
– Thoughts of You (2000) (composer: opening credits)
– Miller Time (2000) (composer: opening credits)
– Devoted Attachment (2000) (composer: opening credits)
See all 139 episodes »
 
2000 Where the Money Is (music producer, musician: electronics)
 
2000 Rules of Engagement (musician: solo trumpet)
 
1999 Body Shots (musician: solo trumpet, score producer)
 
1999 Breakfast of Champions (score producer)
 
1998 Hurlyburly (musician: trumpet)
 
1997 Nothing Sacred (TV series) (composer: theme music)
 
1997 Michael Hayes (TV series) (composer: theme music)
 
1997 Afterglow (musician: trumpet and electronics)
 
1997 EZ Streets (TV series) (composer: theme music - 7 episodes)
– A Ceremony of Innocence (1997) (composer: theme music)
– On the Left Side of the Angel (1997) (composer: theme music)
– One Acquainted with the Night (1997) (composer: theme music)
– Every Dog Has Its Day (1997) (composer: theme music)
– St. Jude Took a Bullet (1997) (composer: theme music)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan (music arranger)
 
1996 High Incident (TV series) (musician: theme performed by - 10 episodes)
– The Lady or the Tiger (1996) (musician: theme performed by)
– Truth or Consequences (1996) (musician: theme performed by)
– 52 Car Pick-Up (1996) (musician: theme performed by)
– Follow the Leader (1996) (musician: theme performed by)
– Father Knows Best (1996) (musician: theme performed by)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1996 Shattered Mind (TV movie) (music producer)
 
1995 Miami Rhapsody (conductor)
 
1994 Quiz Show (musician: trumpet solos)
 
1993 Short Cuts (performer: music score)
 
1991 Little Man Tate (musician: trumpet)
 
1991 Point Break (producer: original motion picture score)
 
1990 Love at Large (musician: saxophone and electronics)
 
1989 Cat Chaser (musician)
 
1988 The Moderns (musician: trumpet and electronics, Orchestre Moderne)
 
1987 Made in Heaven (musical score performer)
 
1985 Trouble in Mind (musician: trumpet and saxophone)
 
1984 Country (composer: additional music)
 
1983 Never Cry Wolf (musician: synthesizer performance, synthesizer programming)
 
1982 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (musician: Soprano sax solo on 'Revetie')
 
Show ShowComposer (133 titles)
2014 Heat (filming)
 
2013 Once Upon a Time: The Price of Magic (TV movie)
 
2013 42
 
2011-2013 Once Upon a Time (TV series)
– Tiny (2013)
– The Cricket Game (2013)
– Child of the Moon (2012)
– Tallahassee (2012)
– The Doctor (2012)
See all 28 episodes »
 
2013 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
 
2012 Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
– Pilot (2012)
 
2012/V The Factory
 
2012 Once Upon a Time: Magic Is Coming (TV movie)
 
2012 Stolen
 
2012 The Lucky One
 
2011 Dolphin Tale
 
2011 Warrior
 
2011 The Mechanic
 
2011/I Morning (short)
 
2010 The Conspirator
 
2010 The Crazies
 
2008-2009 Crash (TV series)
– Los Angeles (2009)
– Alone Again Or... (2009)
– Calm Like a Bomb (2009)
– Master of Puppets (2009)
– Endangered Species (2009)
See all 26 episodes »
 
2009 Fame
 
2009 The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
 
2009 Crossing Over
 
2009 My One and Only
 
2009 Not Forgotten
 
2008 The Express
 
2008 Pride and Glory
 
2008 The Secret Life of Bees
 
2008/I The Women
 
2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (video documentary short)
 
2008 The Courier/2.0 (TV movie)
 
2007 The Mist
 
2007 The Black Donnellys (TV series)
– Easy Is the Way (2007)
– Wasn't That Enough? (2007)
– The Black Drop (2007)
– When the Door Opens (2007)
– All of Us Are in the Gutter (2007)
See all 13 episodes »
 
2007 Lions for Lambs
 
2007 Reservation Road
 
2007 In the Valley of Elah
 
2007 Next
 
2007 Gracie
 
2007 Freedom Writers
 
2006 Bobby
 
2006 Invincible
 
2006 The Black Dahlia
 
2006 Running Scared: Through the Looking Glass (video documentary short)
 
2006 Eight Below
 
2006 Running Scared
 
2005 In Her Shoes
 
2005 Kicking & Screaming
 
2005 Racing Stripes
 
2004/I Crash
 
2004/I Twisted
 
2004 Highwaymen
 
2004 Miracle
 
2004 Spartan
 
2003 The Hitcher: 'How Do These Movies Get Made?' (video documentary short)
 
2003 The Cooler
 
2002 Moonlight Mile
 
2001 The Majestic
 
2001 Impostor
 
2001 The Making of 'Life as a House' (TV documentary)
 
2001 Don't Say a Word
 
2001 Hard Ball
 
2001 Life as a House
 
2001 Save the Last Dance
 
2001 From the Ground Up (video short)
 
2001 Character Building: Inside 'Life as a House' (video documentary short)
 
2000 Men of Honor
 
2000 Trixie
 
2000 Where the Money Is
 
2000 Rules of Engagement
 
1999 Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage (documentary short)
 
1999 Body Shots
 
1999 Family Law (TV series)
 
1999 October Sky
 
1999 Breakfast of Champions
 
1999 Varsity Blues
 
1999 At First Sight
 
1998 The Blood Tide (video documentary short)
 
1998 Free Money
 
1998 The Defenders: Taking the First (TV movie)
 
1998 Blade
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
– For Miles and Miles (1998)
– We Have Cleared the Tower (1998)
 
1998 The Gingerbread Man
 
1998 The Defenders: Choice of Evils (TV movie)
 
1997 The Education of Little Tree
 
1997 The Defenders: Payback (TV movie)
 
1997 Kiss the Girls
 
1997 Afterglow
 
1996 EZ Streets (TV series)
– Every Picture Tells a Story (1996)
– Pilot (1996)
 
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan
 
1996 Fly Away Home
 
1996 Gotti (TV movie)
 
1996 Last Dance
 
1995 Home for the Holidays
 
1995 The Net
 
1995 Losing Isaiah
 
1995 Miami Rhapsody
 
1994 Safe Passage
 
1994 Nell
 
1994 Chicago Hope (TV series)
– Pilot (1994)
 
1994 Timecop
 
1994 Quiz Show
 
1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
 
1994 The Browning Version
 
1994 Thumbelina
 
1994 The Getaway
 
1993 Romeo Is Bleeding
 
1993 Short Cuts
 
1993 Made in America
 
1993 Fire in the Sky
 
1993 Nowhere to Run
 
1993 Hidden Hawaii (documentary short)
 
1992 Of Mice and Men
 
1992 The Public Eye
 
1992 A River Runs Through It
 
1992 Cool World
 
1992 Sketch Artist (TV movie)
 
1992 A Midnight Clear
 
1991 Billy Bathgate
 
1991 Little Man Tate
 
1991 Point Break
 
1991 Crooked Hearts
 
1991 Mortal Thoughts
 
1990 Reversal of Fortune
 
1990 Tibet (video)
 
1990 Love at Large
 
1990 Everybody Wins
 
1988 The Beast of War
 
1988 The Moderns
 
1987 Made in Heaven
 
1986 The Hitcher
 
1985 Trouble in Mind
 
1985 Portraits of Anorexia (documentary)
 
1985 Rabbit Ears: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (video short)
 
1984 Mrs. Soffel
 
1984 The Times of Harvey Milk (documentary)
 
1983 Never Cry Wolf
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (24 titles)
2012 Argo (writer: "Upside Down")
 
2012 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– Top 10 Perform (2012) (performer: "The Cool World Stomp Reprise")
 
2008 Schlaflos in Oldenburg (TV movie) (writer: "Wait for cry", "Shades")
 
2008 Pride and Glory (writer: "Waterline")
 
2007 The Mist (writer: "The Vicious Blues")
 
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
– Screwed (2007) ("Sense of Touch")
 
2007 Hot Fuzz (writer: "Foot Chase" / performer: "Foot Chase")
 
2005 Racing Stripes (writer: "Taking The Inside Rail" / producer: "Taking The Inside Rail")
 
2004/I Crash (writer: "Redemption" 2004 / performer: "Redemption" 2004)
 
2004/I Twisted (writer: "For Bill" / producer: "For Bill", "The Nearness of You")
 
2003 The Cooler (writer: "Blue Shelly" 2003 / performer: "Blue Shelly" 2003 / arranger: "My Funny Valentine" 1937)
 
2001 The Princess Diaries (writer: "The Make Break Over" / performer: "The Make Break Over" / producer: "The Make Break Over" / "SuperGirl" Who's Gonna Save Me" Mix)
 
2001 Aleph, lectures contades (TV series documentary)
– Michel Tournier (2001) (writer: "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Emperor and the Nightingale")
 
2000 What Women Want (writer: "My Pander Bear")
 
2000 Rules of Engagement (performer: "On the Threshold of Liberty" / "On the Threshold of Liberty")
 
1999 Body Shots (writer: "UFO" / performer: "UFO")
 
1999 At First Sight (music: "Love Is Where You Are")
 
1996 Fly Away Home (producer: "10,000 Miles")
 
1995 Waterworld (writer: "MUSIC BOX THEME")
 
1995 Miami Rhapsody (performer: "I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD", "LOVE IS THE TENDER TRAP", "HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON")
 
1989 Cat Chaser (writer: "CAT CHASER" / performer: "CAT CHASER")
 
1988 The Moderns (producer: "Parlez-moi d'amour" 1930)
 
1987 Made in Heaven (writer: "Same Time, Another Place" - uncredited, "Beyond the Frames" - uncredited, "Instead of Floating" - uncredited / performer: "Same Time, Another Place" - uncredited, "Beyond the Frames" - uncredited, "Instead of Floating" - uncredited)
 
1987 Miami Vice (TV series)
– By Hooker by Crook (1987) (writer: "Raffles in Rio" - uncredited / performer: "Raffles in Rio" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2001 Don't Say a Word (programmer)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1998 The Cowboy and the Ballerina (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1987 Made in Heaven
Zeus - Keyboards
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2003 The Hitcher: 'How Do These Movies Get Made?' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen (TV documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Pollock (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
2010 Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Conversations on Alex North's Spartacus: The Celebration of a Masterpiece (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Deep Currents: Making 'A River Runs Through It' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The Making of 'Miracle' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The Sound of 'Miracle' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The Hitcher: 'How Do These Movies Get Made?' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen (TV documentary short)
Himself - Composer
 
1999 Searching for Jimi Hendrix (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music (video)
Himself
 
1995 Der Klang der Bilder (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 VH1 New Visions (TV series)
Himself - Guest Host (1987)
 

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[on composing the score for 'Once Upon a Time'] I long ago gave up trying to predict popular tastes. I stopped thinking about whether something would be a success or not. I know that when I read the script I thought, 'Well, even if people decide they don't want to watch it, even if it falls apart and goes down and is not as successful as we'd all like it tho be... See more »

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Was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2007 by the International Film Music Critics Association. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo