Mark Snow, the veteran television composer who turned “The X-Files” theme into an unlikely chart hit in the 1990s, died Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 78. A 15-time Emmy nominee, he not ...

It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television’s most memorable melodies. By Alex Williams Mark Snow, a Juilliard-trained ...

DETROW: He was 78 years old. NPR's Andrew Limbong has this appreciation. ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: Today, we know the music of "The X Files," the sonic soundscape of the show to be spooky and synthy (ph ...

Snow’s music covered even more series, including Hart to Hart, T.J. Hooker, Smallville, and Blue Bloods. He began his career writing orchestral music but learned to adopt the electronic techniques ...

Mark Snow created one of the most memorable TV themes of all time. As composer of “The X-Files,” he delivered each note of the brooding, atmospheric scores in every episode. But it was his ...

This brings us to the "Kolchak" saga, a forgotten '70s horror franchise that paved the way for supernatural procedural yarns on the small-screen. Based on Jeff Rice's novel "The Night Stalker," the ...

Mark Snow, the Emmy-nominated composer behind the beloved X-Files theme song, has died. He was 78. Snow died Friday at his home in Connecticut, a representative confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

Veteran television composer Mark Snow — best known for his work on the iconic X-Files theme that hit the top of the charts in the UK, as well as penning the music for series such as Smallville, Ghost ...