Mark Morgan (born October 22, 1961) is an American musician and score

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for

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and

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s. He is known for his work in ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Planescape: Torment'', and for being a former member of

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. He was born in Los Angeles, California, to an architect, Melford Morgan and Betty Morgan, a classically trained pianist. It was while living with his parents that he became interested in music, and started to learn to play the piano. Upon graduating from high school, he moved to Boston, where he enrolled in the

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, where he studied piano and composition, and where he learned about electronic music. In 1988, he joined

on keyboards, played on the ''

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'' album with the band, and toured with them until 1990.

Albums

*''Fade to Black'' (1987) (with Larry John McNally) *''

'' (1989) (with

) *''So Many Routes'' (2004) (with

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)

Guest appearances

*1987 -

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(on "Miracle of Love" and "The Heart Has Its Reasons" from '' Can't Wait to See the Movie'') *1987 -

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(on " Skin Deep" from ''

'') *1994 - '' Stephen King's The Stand (Original Television Soundtrack)'' *1994 - '' My So-Called Life (Music from the Television Series)''

Film

*''

Where the Day Takes You ''Where the Day Takes You'' is a 1992 American crime drama thriller film directed by Marc Rocco and starring Dermot Mulroney, Sean Astin, Balthazar Getty, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ricki Lake, James LeGros, Laura San Giacomo, David Arquette, Christian ...

'' (1992) *''The Prophet's Game'' (2000) *'' Shark Attack 2'' (2000) (direct-to-video)

Video games

* ''

Zork Nemesis ''Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands'' is a graphic adventure game developed by Zombie LLC, published by Activision, and released in 1996 for Windows 95, MS-DOS, and Macintosh. It is the eleventh game in the ''Zork'' series, and the first title n ...

'' (1995) * ''

Dark Seed II ''Dark Seed II'' is a psychological horror point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Cyberdreams and distributed by MGM Interactive in 1995, and is the sequel to the 1992 game '' Dark Seed''. It sees recurring protagonist Mike Daw ...

'' (1995) * ''

Shattered Steel ''Shattered Steel'' is a Mecha, mech Vehicle simulation game, simulation game released in 1996 by BioWare for MS-DOS, and later ported to Mac OS by now-defunct Logicware. It is notable for the deformable terrain effects, and for being BioWare's ...

'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1996) * '' Zork: Grand Inquisitor'' (1997) * '' NetStorm: Islands At War'' (1997) * ''

'' (1997) * ''

'' (1998) * '' Planescape: Torment'' (1999) * '' Civilization: Call to Power'' (1999) * '' Giants: Citizen Kabuto'' (2000) * '' Allods Online'' (2009) * '' Need for Speed: Shift'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

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'' (canceled in 2014) * '' Stasis'' (2015) * '' Torment: Tides of Numenera'' (2017) * '' The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2020)

Television

*''

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'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Brimstone'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2003–2012) * ''

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'' (2004) *'' Helter Skelter'' (2004) *''

Odd Girl Out ''Odd Girl Out'' is a 2005 drama telefilm starring Alexa Vega, Lisa Vidal, Elizabeth Rice, Alicia Morton, Leah Pipes, Shari Dyon Perry, Joey Nappo, and Chad Biagini. First aired April 4, 2005 on Lifetime, the film is based on the book ''Odd Gi ...

'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006–2008)

References

External links

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