Mark Watters

Mark Watters
Born	(1955-05-25) May 25, 1955 Irving, Texas
Genres	Film scores
Occupation(s)	Composer, Conductor, Music director
Instrument	Saxophone

Mark Watters is a six-time Emmy Award winning American composer of music for film and television. He currently lives in Chatsworth with his wife Vanessa.

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. Mark served as the music director of the Centennial Olympics in 1996, and the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002. 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 will conduct the Japanese tour featuring the The Tokyo Symphony.

He is a former president of The Society of Composers and Lyricists The SCL and a former member of the ATAS Board of Governors.

Discography

Film

• Doug's 1st Movie - Disney
• The Pebble and the Penguin - Warner Bros.
• All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 - MGM
• Quest for Camelot - Warner Bros. (conducting only)
• The Black Cauldron - Disney (Elmer Bernstein only; Mark Watters in the sequel)
• Get a Horse! - Disney

Direct-To-Video

• Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers - Warner Brothers
• 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 Brothers
• 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 Brothers
• 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)

External links

• Air-Edel Entry for Mark Watters (includes sound clips)
• IMDb Entry for Mark Watters