Mark Watters
Born (1955-05-25) May 25, 1955 (age 68)
Irving, Texas
GenresFilm scores
Occupation(s)Composer
Conductor
Music director
Instrument(s)Saxophone
Years active1990-present

Mark Watters (born May 25, 1955) is an American composer of music for film and television.[1]

Biography

Watters is a six-time Emmy award-winning composer, conductor and arranger. He was born in Irving, Texas and majored in Saxophone at the University of Southern California where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Mark served as the music director of the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Watters has served as guest conductor for ensembles such as The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The London Symphony, The Detroit Symphony, The Dallas Symphony, and The Atlanta Symphony. In 2009, he co-conducted a nationwide tour of Star Wars: In Concert with Dirk Brosse. In August 2012, he conducted the Japanese tour featuring The Tokyo Symphony.

He is a former president of the Society of Composers & Lyricists and a former member of the ATAS Board of Governors.

Discography

Film

Direct-to-video

Television

Video games

Theater

Recordings, miscellaneous

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

References

  1. ^ "Air Edel | Composers | MARK WATTERS". Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
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  4. ^ a b c "Mark's "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" score to be featured on "Bambi" 75-Anniversary Blu-Ray Release". markwatters.com. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Mark Watters". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  6. ^ Simon, Ben (2004-12-06). "Sneak peek at Mary Poppins' The Cat That Looked At A King short". Animated Views. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  7. ^ "Mark Watters - Eastman School of Music". University of Rochester. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  8. ^ Ebbinghaus, Peter (2015-12-03). "Introducing young composer Jeremy Nathan Tisser". Behind the Audio. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  9. ^ Sullivan, Dan (1988-12-22). "STAGE REVIEW : There's Trouble in Bluth's 'Toyland' : Low Energy and Gaps of Logic Weaken Revival of 1903 Musical Opening at Center in Costa Mesa". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  10. ^ Koehler, Robert (1990-03-16). "'Snitch': Black Comedy Keeps 'Em Guessing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  11. ^ "Biography • Lorraine Feather". lorrainefeather.com. Retrieved 2020-06-05.

External links

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction
Authority control databases
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