Mark Watters
Mark Watters is an American composer of music for film and television.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
- Petal to the Metal - Disney
- The Pebble and the Penguin - MGM
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 - MGM
- Doug's 1st Movie - Disney
- Hungry Hobos - Disney
- Get a Horse! - Disney
- Poor Papa - Disney
- Africa Before Dark - Disney
Direct-to-video
- ' - Warner Bros.
- The Return of Jafar - Disney
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves - Disney
- Babes in Toyland - MGM
- An All Dogs Christmas Carol - MGM
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein - Universal
- Tom Sawyer - MGM / MCA Records
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman - Universal
- ' - Disney
- ' - Disney
- ' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- The Cat That Looked at a King - Disney
- ' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- ' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- ' - Hallmark
- ' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie - Disney
- ' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- Kronk's New Groove - Disney
- ' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure - Disney
- ' - Warner Bros.
- ' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- ' - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- Timon and Pumbaa's Wild About Safety - Disney
- ' - Shout! Factory / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- Once Upon a My Little Pony Time: So Many Ways to Play - Hasbro
- The Further Adventures of Thunderbolt - Disney
Television
- Medal of Honor
- In a Child's Name - CBS
- Tiny Toon Adventures - Warner Bros.
- The Plucky Duck Show - Warner Bros.
- Raw Toonage - Disney
- Darkwing Duck - Disney
- Goof Troop - Disney
- Marsupilami - Disney
- Taz-Mania - Warner Bros.
- Bonkers - Disney
- The Little Mermaid - Disney
- Aladdin - Disney
- The Bug Hunt - Disney
- 1996 Summer Olympics
- ' - MGM
- Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh - Disney
- The Pink Panther - MGM
- 101 Dalmatians - Disney
- The Lionhearts - MGM
- Hercules - 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
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- The 74th Academy Awards - ABC
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie - NBC
- Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus - Hallmark
- The Long Shot - Hallmark
- Meet the Santas - Hallmark
- Movies Rock - CBS
- Have a Laugh! - Disney
- Cars Toons - Disney
- Composers on Composing
- Merrie Melodies - Warner Bros.
- Paradise - CBS
- 'Noddy - PBS
Video games
- ' - Disney Interactive Studios
- ' - Disney Interactive
- Coraline - D3 Publisher
- ' - D3 Publisher
- Toy Story 3 - Disney Interactive Studios / Disney Mobile Studios
- ' - D3 Publisher
- - Disney Interactive Studios
- Cars Mania - Disney Interactive
Theater
- Babes in Toyland - California Music Theater / Orange County Center for the Performing Arts
- 101 Dalmatians - The Arvada Center, Denver, Colorado
- An Adventure of Robinson Crusoe - The Arvada Center, Denver, Colorado
- The Raft of the Medusa - The Incline Theater Group, Santa Monica, California
- Snitch - The Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles, California
- Hamlet - Globe Playhouse, West Hollywood, California
Recordings, miscellaneous
- "Thinkin' About You" by Trisha Yearwood
- 2001 Seville Film Music Festival
- "Because It's Christmas" by Barry Manilow - Arista Records
- - VEE Corporation
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 2008 Primetime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction
- 2002 Primetime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction
- 2001 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Music
- 1997 Primetime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction
- 1995 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition -
- 1992 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition -
Nominations
- 2000 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Original Song - "Why Not Be Happy" -
- 1999 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition, and Outstanding Original Song - "Roar" -
- 1997 Primetime Emmy Award - Outstanding Original Song
- 1997 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Original Song -
- 1994 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition -
- 1993 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition -
- 1993 Daytime Emmy Award - Outstanding Music Direction and Composition -
