Mark Watters (born May 25, 1955) 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 Star Wars: In Concert 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
- Get a Horse! - Disney
- Poor Papa - Disney
- Africa Before Dark - Disney
- Hungry Hobos - Disney
Direct-to-video[]
- Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation - Warner Bros. (co-composed with Steven Bramson, Bruce Broughton, Don Davis, Albert Lloyd Olson, Richard Stone, and Stephen James Taylor)
- 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
- Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year - Disney
- Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo - Disney
- The Cat That Looked at a King - Disney
- Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure (songs only) - Paramount / Hasbro / SD Entertainment
- Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone - Hallmark
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie - Disney
- Kronk's New Groove - Disney
- Winnie the Pooh: Shapes and Sizes - Disney
- Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure - Disney
- Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers - Warner Bros.
- Timon and Pumbaa's Wild About Safety - Disney
- The Further Adventures of Thunderbolt - Disney