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Living peopleAmerican male composersAmerican film score composersAmerican television composersAnimation composersPeople from Irving, TexasMusicians from Texas1955 birthsMale film score composers
AmericancomposerChatsworthIrving, TexasUniversity of Southern CaliforniaTau Kappa Epsilon1996 Summer Olympics2002 Winter OlympicsThe Los Angeles PhilharmonicThe London SymphonyThe Detroit SymphonyThe Dallas SymphonyThe Atlanta SymphonyDirk BrosseThe Tokyo SymphonySociety of Composers & LyricistsATAS
Mark Watters | |
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Born | (1955-05-25) May 25, 1955 Irving, Texas |
Genres | Film scores |
Occupation(s) | Composer, Conductor, Music director |
Instruments | Saxophone |
Associated acts | Trisha Yearwood, Barry Manilow |
Mark Watters is an American composer of music for film and television. He currently lives in Chatsworth with his wife Vanessa.[1]
Contents
1 Biography
2 Discography
2.1 Film
2.2 Direct-To-Video
2.3 Television
2.4 Theater
2.5 Recordings, miscellaneous
3 Awards and nominations
3.1 Awards
3.2 Nominations
4 References
5 External links
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 Society of Composers & Lyricists and a former member of the ATAS Board of Governors.
Discography
Film
Doug's 1st Movie - Disney
The Pebble and the Penguin - MGM / Warner Bros.
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 - MGM
Quest for Camelot - Warner Bros.
Get a Horse! - Disney
Direct-To-Video
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers - Warner Bros.
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade - Paramount
Kronk's New Groove - Disney- My Little Pony: Very Minty Christmas - Paramount
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie - Disney
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone - Hallmark- Winnie the Pooh: Springtime With Roo - Disney
- A Very Merry Pooh Year - Disney
Tom Sawyer - MGM / MCA Records
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein - Universal
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman - Universal
The Return of Jafar - Disney
Aladdin and the King of Thieves - Disney
An All Dogs Christmas Carol - MGM
Babes in Toyland - MGM
Television
- Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games
- The 74th Annual Academy Awards
- True Life Adventures: Alaska: Dances of The Caribou - Disney
- True Life Adventures: Elephant Journey - Disney
- True Life Adventures: Sea Of Sharks - Disney
- True Life Adventures: Everglades: Land Of The Living Dinosaur - Disney
- 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta
Aladdin - Disney
Tiny Toon Adventures - Warner Bros.
Goof Troop - Disney
Raw Toonage - Disney
The Little Mermaid - Disney
The Lionhearts (series) - MGM
101 Dalmatians - Disney
Bonkers - Disney- In A Child's Name (miniseries) - CBS
It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie - NBC- Medal Of Honor (documentary)
- Merry Melodies - Warner Brothers
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series - MGM
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh - Disney
Taz-Mania - Warner Bros.- Paradise - CBS
Theater
- Babes In Toyland - California Music Theater / Orange County Center for the Performing Arts
- 101 Dalmatians (stage musical) - The Arvada Center, Denver, Colorado
- An Adventure of Robinson Crusoe (stage musical) - The Arvada Center, Denver, Colorado
- The Raft of the Medusa - The Incline Theater Group, Santa Monica, California
- Snitch - The Fountain Theater, Hollywood, California
- Hamlet - Globe Playhouse, West Hollywood, California
Recordings, miscellaneous
- "Thinking About You" by Trisha Yearwood
- Seville Film Music Festival
- "Because It's Christmas" by Barry Manilow - Arista Records
Awards and nominations
Awards
2008 Primetime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction (Movies Rock)
2002 Primetime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction (XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony)- 2001 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Music (True Life Adventures: Alaska: Dances Of The Caribou)
1997 Primetime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction (Centennial Olympic Games)
1995 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition - (Aladdin)
1992 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition - (Tiny Toon Adventures - "The Love Disconnection")
Nominations
2000 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - Outstanding Original Song - "Why Not Be Happy" - (All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series)
1999 Daytime Emmy Award Nominations - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition, and Outstanding Original Song - "Roar" - (The Lionhearts)
1997 Primetime Emmy Award Nomination - Outstanding Original Song (Centennial Olympic Games)
1997 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - Outstanding Original Song - (All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series)
1994 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - (The Little Mermaid)
1993 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - (Goof Troop - "Goof Troop Christmas")
1993 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - (Raw Toonage)
References
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External links
[1] for Mark Watters (includes sound clips)
Mark Watters on IMDb
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