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Mark Slater(XI)

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  • Music Department
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Panoramic visuals, cutting-edge technologies and engaging interviews position 400 Years of the Telescope as the must-see cinematic feature for the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Beautifully photographed in 4K digital cinematography, Yea Red
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Mark Slater was born in Surrey, England. His father, Christopher, was a conductor and professor at the Royal College of Music. Slater began musical study with the violoncello at age 5 and won a scholarship to enter Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford at age 7. He went from Oxford to Oakham School in Rutland also on a full music scholarship.

Slater studied Engineering Acoustics at Southampton University for a year, before changing to Law, completing his Bachelor's Degree in London. Following completion of his Law degree, Slater worked in transitional and supported housing for various special needs client groups in England.

After completing a Master's Degree in Music Composition for Film & Television at the London College of Music and Media, Slater was commissioned to write music for a major product launch for electronics company Philips and a project produced by Unit9 and Tribal DDB. The music score was recorded at Abbey Road with members of the London Symphony Orchestra. The site subsequently received several industry awards for innovation and music. Subsequently, Slater was chosen to write music for the HD documentary film, 400 Years of the Telescope, which was broadcast on PBS and funded by the National Science Foundation. This project also included a full-dome planetarium film, Two Small Pieces of Glass, which became the most played show worldwide for 3 years running.

In 2009, Slater moved to Los Angeles and and continues to write music for media productions, conducting orchestras in Prague and Budapest and supporting other composers with orchestration, computer programming and music preparation.
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Mars 1001 (2018)
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Steve Lee, Efthemia Papadopoulos, Al Medina, Gustavo Sainz de la Peña, Sergio Bonacci Lapalma, Matt Musgrove, Kevin Wooldridge, Danielle Swanson, Scott Takai, Lila Hart, and Brian Larios in Simply Us (2019)
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  • 2019
Hive Mind (2009)
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5.4
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  • 2009

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  • Make Art Not War Media (2022)
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  • Steve Lee, Efthemia Papadopoulos, Al Medina, Gustavo Sainz de la Peña, Sergio Bonacci Lapalma, Matt Musgrove, Kevin Wooldridge, Danielle Swanson, Scott Takai, Lila Hart, and Brian Larios in Simply Us (2019)
    Simply Us
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • Saved by Grace (2018)
    Saved by Grace
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Mars 1001 (2018)
    Mars 1001
    • Composer
    • 2018
  • Life Under the Arctic Sky 3D (2016)
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    • Short
    • 2016
  • Edge of Darkness (2015)
    Edge of Darkness
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    • Short
    • 2015
  • Swan Cake (2013)
    Swan Cake
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    • 2013
  • Dinosaurs at Dusk (2013)
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    • 2013
  • Broken Wing (2012)
    Broken Wing
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    • Short
    • 2012
  • Solar System Odyssey (2011)
    Solar System Odyssey
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    • 2011
  • Storm (2010)
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    • Short
    • 2010
  • Universal Senses (2010)
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    • 2010
  • Natural Selection: Darwin's Mystery of Mysteries (2010)
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    • Short
    • 2010
  • Two Small Pieces of Glass (2009)
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    • 2009

Music Department

  • Marcelo Bosco, Leticia Brédice, Christopher Doyle, Jo Johannes, Javier Lederkremer, Darin Wixon, Martín Yernazian, and Sergio Bonacci Lapalma in BJ: The Life and Times of Bosco and Jojo (2022)
    BJ: The Life and Times of Bosco and Jojo
    • music
    • 2022

Soundtrack

  • Poster For Flatland The Film
    Flatland
    • arranger: "Siegfried's Funeral March", "La Cucaracha"
    • Video
    • 2007

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400 Years of the Telescope - A journey of Science, Technology and Thought
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400 Years of the Telescope - A journey of Science, Technology and Thought

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    • Atsuko KohataJuly 6, 2011 - present
  • Other works
    Interactive Website for Philips, Seduction by Light, Tribal DDB

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    Web Award for Best Music for the Philips Aurea, Seduction by Light interactive website, produced by Tribal DDB Worldwide, original music by Mark Slater.

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