Mark Snow
Sound

Mark Snow

Born 26 August 1946 · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Died 4 July 2025

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.

Known for

Smallville
The New Mutants
The X-Files
The X-Files
Ghost Whisperer
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Blue Bloods
One Tree Hill
Disturbing Behavior
Ernest Saves Christmas
The Love Boat
Project: ALF
The New Mutants
Life of Riley
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
The Hunters
Wild Grass
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
The Hamlet Adventure
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Private Fears in Public Places
Odd Girl Out
Paradise
She's Too Young
Helter Skelter
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
Critical Assembly
For Love of Olivia
Dirty Pictures
Code Name: Phoenix
Another Woman's Husband
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
In the Name of the People
Sole Survivor
A Touch of Hope
Stranger in My House
A Memory in My Heart
Crazy in Alabama
The X-Files
Disturbing Behavior
Inside The X-Files
Mr. Murder
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Cloned
Blessed Assurance
The Perfect Mother
Night Sins
Payback
Project: ALF
Forgotten Sins
In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers
Conundrum
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Summer of Fear
Trial by Fire
Mixed Blessings
A Stranger in Town
Born to Be Wild
The Unspoken Truth
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Down, Out and Dangerous
Seduced and Betrayed
Texas Justice
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Caroline at Midnight
Heart of a Child
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
Murder Between Friends
Shadows of Desire
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
The Substitute Wife
A Place for Annie
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire
Witness to the Execution
Playmaker
Born Too Soon
The Man with Three Wives
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
Precious Victims
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Telling Secrets
Highway Heartbreaker
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
An American Story
In the Line of Duty: Street War
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
A Taste for Killing
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
Living a Lie
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Dolly Dearest
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Marla Hanson Story
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
The Lost Capone
Follow Your Heart
The Little Kidnappers
The Girl Who Came Between Them
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
Opposites Attract
Child in the Night
Miracle Landing
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
Dead Reckoning
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
Stuck with Each Other
Settle the Score
Those She Left Behind
When He's Not a Stranger
Alone in the Neon Jungle
The In Crowd
Disaster at Silo 7
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Ladykillers
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick
Ernest Saves Christmas
Scandal in a Small Town
Pals
Roman Holiday
Murder by the Book
The Saint in Manhattan
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
Murder Ordained
A Hobo's Christmas
One Terrific Guy
News at Eleven
The Deacon Street Deer
One Police Plaza
Jake Speed
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Acceptable Risks
Not My Kid
The Lady from Yesterday
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
California Girls
Something About Amelia
I Married a Centerfold
A Good Sport
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Packin' It In
Malibu
Two Kinds of Love
The Winter of Our Discontent
Games Mother Never Taught You
Paper Dolls
Casino
Angel City
The Return of Mod Squad
Hart to Hart
Something Short of Paradise
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
Overboard
Skateboard
The Archie Situation Comedy Musical Variety Show
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Mark Snow · Midrow