Mark Watters (born May 25, 1955) is an

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

of music for film and television.

Biography

Watters is a six-time

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award-winning composer, conductor and arranger. He was born in

Irving, Texas Irving is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in Dallas County, it is also an inner ring suburb of Dallas. The city of Irving is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. According to a 2019 estimate from the United States Census Bureau, ...

and majored in Saxophone at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

where he was a member of

Tau Kappa Epsilon Tau Kappa Epsilon (), commonly known as or Teke, is a social college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899, at Illinois Wesleyan University. The organization has chapters throughout the United States and Canada, making the Fraternity an internat ...

fraternity. Mark served as the music director of the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, and the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

. 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 A dirk is a long bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), ''Dagger'', The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729 Historically, it gained its name from the Highland Dirk (Scot ...

. 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

*''Petal to the Metal'' - Disney *'' The Pebble and the Penguin'' -

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*'' All Dogs Go to Heaven 2'' - MGM *'' Doug's 1st Movie'' -

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

*'' Get a Horse!'' - Disney *''

Poor Papa ''Poor Papa'' is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced and directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon is the first produced Oswald cartoon, featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character that Disney and Ub Iwerks created for Universal Pictures ...

'' - Disney *''

Africa Before Dark ''Africa Before Dark'' is a 1928 American animated short film featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Plot summary Oswald is big-game hunting in Africa, and is riding an elephant, which trips and then accidental ...

'' - Disney *''

Hungry Hobos ''Hungry Hoboes'' (alternate spelling: ''Hungry Hobos'') is a silent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released by Universal Studios in 1928. It had been lost since before World War II, and was rediscovered in 2011. Plot summary Oswald the Lucky R ...

'' - Disney

Direct-to-video

*'' Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation'' -

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(co-composed with

Steven Bramson Steven (Steve) Bramson is a professional composer who has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and has won one Daytime Emmy Award and three ASCAP Awards. He has written music to George Lucas' ''Young Indiana Jones'' and the CBS series ...

Bruce Broughton Bruce Harold Broughton (born March 8, 1945) is an American orchestral composer of television, film, and video game scores and concert works. He has composed several highly acclaimed soundtracks over his extensive career and has contributed man ...

, Don Davis, Albert Lloyd Olson, Richard Stone, and Stephen James Taylor) *'' The Return of Jafar'' - Disney *''

Aladdin and the King of Thieves ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'' is a 1996 American direct-to-video animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It is the second sequel to the 1992 film ''Aladdin'', and serves as the final chapter and ...

'' - Disney *'' Babes in Toyland'' - MGM *'' An All Dogs Christmas Carol'' - MGM *''

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein ''Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein'' is a 1999 American animated dark comedy horror film produced by Bagdasarian Productions, LLC. and Universal Cartoon Studios and distributed by Universal Studios Home Video. It is directed by Kathi Ca ...

'' -

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*''

Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), ''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and ''Tom Sawyer, Dete ...

'' - MGM /

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...

*''

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman ''Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman'' is a 2000 American animated horror musical dark comedy film produced by Bagdasarian Productions and Universal Cartoon Studios and based on characters from '' Alvin and the Chipmunks''. It is the secon ...

'' - Universal * '' Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year'' - Disney * '' Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo'' - Disney * '' My Little Pony: A Charming Birthday'' -

Paramount Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to: Entertainment and music companies * Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. The following busin ...

/ Hasbro / SD Entertainment * ''

The Cat That Looked at a King ''Mary Poppins Opens the Door'' is a British children's fantasy novel by the Australian-British writer P.L. Travers, the third book and last novel in the ''Mary Poppins'' series that features the magical English nanny Mary Poppins. It was pub ...

'' - Disney * '' My Little Pony: Dancing in the Clouds'' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment * '' Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure'' (songs only) - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment * '' Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone'' - Hallmark * '' My Little Pony: Friends are Never Far Away'' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment * ''

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie ''Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie'' (also known as ''Pooh's Heffalump Halloween: The Movie'') is a 2005 American direct-to-video animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and DisneyToon Studios, featuring the characters from Winnie t ...

'' - Disney * '' My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas'' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment *''

Kronk's New Groove ''Kronk's New Groove'' (also known as ''The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove'') is a 2005 American direct-to-video animated musical comedy film animated by Toon City Animation and released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on December ...

'' - Disney *'' My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade'' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment *''Winnie the Pooh: Shapes and Sizes'' - Disney *''Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure'' - Disney *'' Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers'' - Warner Bros. *'' My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow'' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment *'' My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place'' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment *'' Timon and Pumbaa's Wild About Safety'' - Disney *'' My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure'' -

Shout! Factory Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy ...

/ Hasbro / SD Entertainment *''Once Upon a My Little Pony Time: So Many Ways to Play'' (theme music) (uncredited) - Hasbro *''The Further Adventures of Thunderbolt'' - Disney

Television

*''Medal of Honor'' *''In a Child's Name'' - CBS *''

Tiny Toon Adventures ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first collaborative effort of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation ...

'' - Warner Bros. *''

The Plucky Duck Show ''Steven Spielberg Presents The Plucky Duck Show'' (often shortened to ''The Plucky Duck Show'') is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment. It is a short-lived spin-off of ''Tiny Toon Adve ...

'' - Warner Bros. *''

Raw Toonage ''Disney's Raw Toonage'' is a half-hour American Disney animated series that aired on CBS on September 19, 1992. The show was cancelled on December 5 after 12 episodes had been broadcast. '' Bonkers'' and ''Marsupilami'' were spun off from this ...

'' - Disney *'' Darkwing Duck'' - Disney *''

Goof Troop ''Goof Troop'' is an American animated sitcom television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series focuses on the relationship between single father Goofy and his son, Max, as well as their neighbors Pete and his family. C ...

'' - Disney *'' Marsupilami'' - Disney *'' Taz-Mania'' - Warner Bros. *''

Bonkers Bonkers is an informal British term that means "crazy" or "insane." It may also refer to: Television * ''Bonkers'' (American TV series), a 1993–1994 animated series * ''Bonkers'' (British TV series), 2007 comedy * ''Bonkers!'', a 1979 Brit ...

'' - Disney *'' The Little Mermaid'' - Disney *''

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...

'' - Disney *''The Bug Hunt'' - Disney *

(

opening Opening may refer to: * Al-Fatiha, "The Opening", the first chapter of the Qur'an * The Opening (album), live album by Mal Waldron * Backgammon opening * Chess opening * A title sequence or opening credits * , a term from contract bridge * , ...

and

closing ceremonies Closing may refer to: Business and law * Closing (law), a closing argument, a summation * Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction * Closing (sales), the process of making a sale * Closing a business, the proc ...

) *'' All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series'' - MGM *'' Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh'' - Disney *'' The Pink Panther'' - MGM *''

101 Dalmatians 101 Dalmatians may refer to: * ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1956 novel written by Dodie Smith * 101 Dalmatians (franchise), a Disney film franchise based on the novel ** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1961 animated film based on the ...

'' - Disney *''

The Lionhearts ''The Lionhearts'' is an American animated television series from MGM that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings in syndication from September 19 to December 12, 1998. The series aired on syndication in the United States and was also seen in Aust ...

'' - MGM *''

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

'' - Disney *''New True Life Adventures: Alaska: Dances of the Caribou'' - Disney *''New True Life Adventures: Elephant Journey'' - Disney *''New True Life Adventures: Sea of Sharks'' - Disney *''New True Life Adventures: Everglades: Land of the Living Dinosaur'' - Disney *

(

and

) * The 74th Academy Awards (co-composed with

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) -

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*''

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie ''It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie'' is a 2002 American musical fantasy comedy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis. The film premiered November 29, 2002 on NBC and the first film to be m ...

'' - NBC *'' Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus'' - Hallmark *''

The Long Shot ''The Long Shot'', sometimes called ''The Long Shot: Believe in Courage'', is a Hallmark Channel film that aired April 18, 2004. It stars Julie Benz and Marsha Mason and centers around a dressage competition. Plot summary Annie Garrett (Julie B ...

'' - Hallmark *''

Meet the Santas ''Meet the Santas'' is an American television film starring Steve Guttenberg and Crystal Bernard. It premiered on Hallmark Channel in 2005. It is a sequel to 2004's '' Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus''. As of 2010, it is shown in the 25 Days of Chr ...

'' - Hallmark *''Movies Rock'' (theme music) - CBS *''

Have a Laugh! ''Have a Laugh!'' is an American animated comedy series produced by the Walt Disney Company for the Disney Channel. The series is a set of interstitials, presenting edited versions of classic ''Mickey Mouse'' cartoons that lasted from 2009 to 201 ...

'' - Disney *'' Cars Toons'' - Disney *''Composers on Composing'' *''

Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...

'' - Warner Bros. *''

Paradise In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradis ...

'' - CBS *'' ''Noddy'''' - PBS

Video games

*'' Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey'' - Disney Interactive Studios *'' Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell'' - Disney Interactive *'' Coraline'' -

D3 Publisher is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on February 5, 1992. The company is known for the ''Simple'' series of budget-priced video games. Their games have been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Ninten ...

*'' Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks'' - D3 Publisher *'' Toy Story 3'' - Disney Interactive Studios / Disney Mobile Studios *'' Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction'' - D3 Publisher *'' Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure'' - Disney Interactive Studios *''Cars Mania'' - Disney Interactive

Theater

*'' Babes in Toyland'' - California Music Theater / Orange County Center for the Performing Arts *''101 Dalmatians'' (stage musical) - The Arvada Center,

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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

*'' An Adventure of Robinson Crusoe'' (stage musical) - The Arvada Center, Denver, Colorado *''The Raft of the Medusa'' - The Incline Theater Group, Santa Monica,

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

*''Snitch'' -

The Fountain Theatre The Fountain Theatre is a theatre in Los Angeles. Along with its programming of live theatre, it's also the foremost producer of flamenco on the West Coast. History The Fountain Theatre was founded in Los Angeles in 1990 by co-artistic direct ...

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, California *''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' - Globe Playhouse,

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, California

Recordings, miscellaneous

Thinkin' About You ''Thinkin' About You'' is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. The album reached #3 on the ''Billboard'' country albums chart. This album produced back-to-back Number One hits for Yearwood on the ''Billboard'' ...

" by Trisha Yearwood *2001 Seville Film Music Festival *"Because It's Christmas" by

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

Arista Records Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertainmen ...

*'' My Little Pony Live: The World's Biggest Tea Party'' (co-composed with Jon Baker) -

VEE Corporation VStar Entertainment Group is a family entertainment production company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It produced Sesame Street Live, a live touring stage show based on the television series. It has also produced stage s ...

Awards and nominations

Awards

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

- Outstanding Music Direction ('' Movies Rock'') *

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

- Outstanding Music Direction ('' Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games'') * 2001

News & Documentary Emmy Award The News & Documentary Emmy Awards, or News & Documentary Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the National Academy of Television Arts and Scien ...

- Outstanding Music (''New True Life Adventures: Alaska: Dances Of The Caribou'') *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

- Outstanding Music Direction ('' Opening Ceremonies: Centennial Olympic Games'') *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

- Outstanding Music Direction and Composition - (''

: Season 1'') *

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

- Outstanding Music Direction and Composition - (''

'' - "The Love Disconnection")

Nominations

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

- Outstanding Original Song - "Why Not Be Happy" - ('' All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series'') *

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

- Outstanding Music Direction and Composition, and Outstanding Original Song - "Roar" - (''

'') *

- Outstanding Original Song ('' Opening Ceremonies: Centennial Olympic Games'') *

- Outstanding Original Song - ('' All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series'') *

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

- Outstanding Music Direction and Composition - ('' The Little Mermaid'') *

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

- Outstanding Music Direction and Composition - (''

'' - "Goof Troop Christmas: Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas") *

- Outstanding Music Direction and Composition - (''

'')

References

External links

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