Mark Watters Explained
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 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
- Babes in Toyland - California Music Theater / Orange County Center for the Performing Arts[9]
- 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 Theatre, Los Angeles, California[10]
- Hamlet - Globe Playhouse, West Hollywood, California
Recordings, miscellaneous
Awards and nominations
Awards
Nominations
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Air Edel Composers MARK WATTERS . 14 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110505011721/https://www.air-edel.co.uk/representation/composers/18/mark-watters/ . 5 May 2011 .
- Web site: Watters, Mark Encyclopedia.com . Encyclopedia.com. en-US. 2020-06-05.
- Web site: CREDITS markwatters . markwatters.com. en-US. 2020-06-05.
- Web site: Mark's "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" score to be featured on "Bambi" 75-Anniversary Blu-Ray Release . markwatters.com. en-US. 2020-06-05.
- Web site: Mark Watters. IMDb. 2020-06-05.
- Web site: Sneak peek at Mary Poppins' The Cat That Looked At A King short . Simon . Ben . 2004-12-06 . Animated Views . 2020-06-05 .
- Web site: Mark Watters - Eastman School of Music . University of Rochester . en-US. 2020-06-05.
- Web site: Introducing young composer Jeremy Nathan Tisser . Ebbinghaus . Peter . 2015-12-03 . Behind the Audio . 2020-06-05 .
- News: 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 . 2020-06-05 .
- News: Koehler . Robert . 1990-03-16 . 'Snitch': Black Comedy Keeps 'Em Guessing . Los Angeles Times . 2020-06-05 .
- Web site: Biography • Lorraine Feather . lorrainefeather.com. en-US. 2020-06-05.