Mark Snow
Known for: Sound
Born: August 26, 1946
Died: July 4, 2025
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946 – July 4, 2025) was an American composer for film and television. Among his most famous compositions is the theme and incidental music for the science fiction television series The X-Files. The X Files instrumental was released as a single in the United Kingdom, where the series aired on BBC Two and BBC One in early 1996, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Snow also wrote the music for another Chris Carter series, Millennium, and the background music scores for both shows, a total of 12 seasons. Snow composed scores for notable television, including Hart to Hart, Starsky & Hutch (season 3), and Smallville.
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Filmography
155 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
6.1
The New Mutants
2020
5.2
Life of Riley
2014
6.6
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
2012
4.2
The Hunters
2011
7.8
Blue Bloods
2010
6.0
Wild Grass
2009
6.6
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
2008
5.9
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
NR
The Hamlet Adventure
2008
6.4
Private Fears in Public Places
2006
8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
5.6
Odd Girl Out
2005
NR
Defenders of Justice: The Story of The Lone Gunmen
2005
5.8
Helter Skelter
2004
5.8
She's Too Young
2004
4.1
Paradise
2004
6.4
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003
7.8
One Tree Hill
2003
5.4
Critical Assembly
2003
8.2
Smallville
2001
7.0
The Guardian
2001
5.0
For Love of Olivia
2001
6.8
The Lone Gunmen
2001
6.8
Sole Survivor
2000
6.1
Dirty Pictures
2000
6.8
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
4.0
Another Woman's Husband
2000
5.0
Code Name: Phoenix
2000
5.5
In the Name of the People
2000
6.0
Crazy in Alabama
1999
5.3
A Touch of Hope
1999
5.6
A Memory in My Heart
1999
4.3
Stranger in My House
1999
5.0
Mr. Murder
1998
5.8
Disturbing Behavior
1998
6.9
The X-Files
1998
6.8
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
1998
7.0
Inside The X-Files
1998
7.0
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
1998
5.2
Cloned
1997
5.6
Night Sins
1997
7.0
Blessed Assurance
1997
6.2
Perversions of Science
1997
5.9
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997NR
Night Sins
1997
6.7
The Perfect Mother
1997
6.8
Payback
19974.7
A Loss of Innocence
1996
5.0
Summer of Fear
1996
5.8
Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
5.5
Forgotten Sins
1996
5.9
Conundrum
1996
6.0
Project: ALF
1996
4.3
In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers
1996
6.1
Mixed Blessings
1995
5.5
Trial by Fire
1995
4.8
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
8.1
The Unspoken Truth
1995
5.7
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995
6.6
Seduced and Betrayed
1995
5.3
Born to Be Wild
1995
5.3
A Stranger in Town
1995
7.1
Children of the Dust
1995
5.5
Texas Justice
1995
6.3
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994
2.6
Shadows of Desire
1994
7.0
Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire
1994
5.5
The Substitute Wife
1994
5.9
Playmaker
1994
5.2
Heart of a Child
1994
6.2
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
1994
4.5
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
6.1
A Place for Annie
1994
5.0
Witness to the Execution
1994
3.9
Caroline at Midnight
1994
5.7
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
10.0
Murder Between Friends
1994
7.0
Precious Victims
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
5.0
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
1993
5.4
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
1993
6.0
Born Too Soon
1993
6.2
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993
8.0
The Man with Three Wives
1993
5.0
Telling Secrets
1993
6.4
An American Story
1992
5.4
In the Line of Duty: Street War
1992
3.9
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
5.4
A Taste for Killing
1992
5.0
Highway Heartbreaker
1992
5.9
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
1992
5.7
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
1991
6.0
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
1991
6.3
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
4.8
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
10.0
Living a Lie
1991
5.6
Dolly Dearest
1991
5.8
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991
7.5
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991
6.7
The Marla Hanson Story
1991
5.6
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
1990
6.5
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
1990
7.0
Opposites Attract
1990
4.8
The Lost Capone
1990
5.7
The Little Kidnappers
1990
4.3
Dead Reckoning
1990
7.3
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
1990
5.6
Child in the Night
1990
10.0
Follow Your Heart
1990
7.0
The Girl Who Came Between Them
1990
5.8
Miracle Landing
1990
4.6
When He's Not a Stranger
1989
5.3
Settle the Score
1989
9.0
Stuck with Each Other
1989
6.7
Those She Left Behind
1989
9.0
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988
7.3
Disaster at Silo 7
1988
5.4
Ernest Saves Christmas
1988
3.0
Ladykillers
1988
6.0
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick
1988
9.0
Bluegrass
1988
6.1
The In Crowd
1988
4.3
Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988
5.5
Scandal in a Small Town
1988
4.7
Roman Holiday
1987
6.0
A Hobo's Christmas
1987
7.0
The Saint in Manhattan
19877.0
Cracked Up
1987
5.0
Murder Ordained
19878.3
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
6.2
Murder by the Book
1987
5.3
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987
5.2
Pals
1987
9.0
One Police Plaza
1986
6.6
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
1986
4.6
Jake Speed
1986
8.0
The Deacon Street Deer
1986
8.0
News at Eleven
1986
5.0
Acceptable Risks
1986
7.2
Blood & Orchids
1986
8.0
One Terrific Guy
1986
5.7
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
1985
7.0
The Lady from Yesterday
1985
4.6
California Girls
19855.0
Challenge of a Lifetime
1985
7.5
Not My Kid
1985
7.2
Crazy like a Fox
19843.0
Secrets of a Married Man
1984
5.1
I Married a Centerfold
1984
4.5
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
9.0
A Good Sport
1984
5.6
Something About Amelia
1984
5.3
The Winter of Our Discontent
1983
7.5
Two Kinds of Love
1983
7.5
Packin' It In
1983
3.8
Malibu
1983
8.0
Games Mother Never Taught You
1982
4.5
Paper Dolls
1982
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
6.5
Dynasty
1981
6.0
Angel City
1980
10.0
Casino
1980
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
3.8
Something Short of Paradise
1979
7.5
Hart to Hart
1979
7.0
The Return of Mod Squad
1979
5.9
Brothers and Sisters
1979
3.0
Overboard
1978NR
The Archie Situation Comedy Musical Variety Show
1978
6.0
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978
5.1
Skateboard
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
5.6
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976
6.1
The War Widow
1976