Mark Isham

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-07 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Mark Isham

Biography

Mark Ware Isham (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician and composer. A trumpeter and keyboardist, Isham works in a variety of genres, including jazz and electronic. He is also a prolific and acclaimed composer of film scores. He has scored over 200 film and television productions since his debut in 1983. Isham is a nine-time Grammy Award nominee, winning the award for Best New Age Album for his 1990 self-titled album. He was nominated for an Academy Award for A River Runs Through It (1992) and a Golden Globe Award for Nell (1994). He has also been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Original Main Title Them...

Production

1992

A River Runs Through It

as Original Music Composer

1991

Point Break

as Original Music Composer

2005

Crash

as Original Music Composer

1993

Short Cuts

as Original Music Composer

2006

Bobby

as Original Music Composer

2003

The Cooler

as Original Music Composer

1993

Nowhere to Run

as Original Music Composer

1994

Nell

as Original Music Composer

2000

Rules of Engagement

as Original Music Composer

1993

Romeo Is Bleeding

as Original Music Composer

1994

The Getaway

as Original Music Composer

2004

Spartan

as Original Music Composer

1996

Last Dance

as Original Music Composer

2001

Impostor

as Original Music Composer

1996

Fly Away Home

as Original Music Composer

2007

The Mist

as Original Music Composer

2001

The Majestic

as Original Music Composer

1991

Little Man Tate

as Original Music Composer

2005

Racing Stripes

as Original Music Composer

1994

Quiz Show

as Original Music Composer

2001

Life as a House

as Original Music Composer

2006

Invincible

as Original Music Composer

1985

Trouble in Mind

as Original Music Composer

2006

Running Scared

as Original Music Composer

2009

1999

Breakfast of Champions

as Original Music Composer

1994

Timecop

as Original Music Composer

1998

The Gingerbread Man

as Original Music Composer

2006

The Black Dahlia

as Original Music Composer

2009

My One and Only

as Original Music Composer

1997

Kiss the Girls

as Original Music Composer

2008

The Secret Life of Bees

as Original Music Composer

2007

Reservation Road

as Original Music Composer

2001

Save the Last Dance

as Original Music Composer

1986

The Hitcher

as Original Music Composer

2008

Pride and Glory

as Original Music Composer

1991

Billy Bathgate

as Original Music Composer

1992

Of Mice and Men

as Original Music Composer

2005

Kicking & Screaming

as Original Music Composer

2011

The Mechanic

as Original Music Composer

2010

The Crazies

as Original Music Composer

1987

Made in Heaven

as Original Music Composer

1998

Blade

as Original Music Composer

2011

The Conspirator

as Original Music Composer

1988

The Beast of War

as Original Music Composer

1997

The Education of Little Tree

as Original Music Composer

1995

The Net

as Original Music Composer

2022

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

as Original Music Composer

2011

Warrior

as Original Music Composer

2012

Stolen

as Original Music Composer

2022

Blacklight

as Original Music Composer

1994

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

as Original Music Composer

1992

The Public Eye

as Original Music Composer

2021

Needle in a Timestack

as Original Music Composer

2014

Beyond the Lights

as Original Music Composer

2000

Where the Money Is

as Original Music Composer

2013

Homefront

as Original Music Composer

1994

Safe Passage

as Original Music Composer

2011

Dolphin Tale

as Original Music Composer

1988

The Moderns

as Original Music Composer

1999

IMAX: Galapagos 3D

as Original Music Composer

1995

Losing Isaiah

as Original Music Composer

1990

Everybody Wins

as Original Music Composer

2001

Don't Say a Word

as Original Music Composer

2015

The Longest Ride

as Original Music Composer

2016

A Family Man

as Original Music Composer

2013

42

as Original Music Composer

2013

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

as Original Music Composer

1992

A Midnight Clear

as Original Music Composer

1991

Kim's War

as Original Music Composer

1999

Body Shots

as Original Music Composer

2016

Mr. Church

as Original Music Composer

2004

Twisted

as Original Music Composer

1984

Mrs. Soffel

as Original Music Composer

2020

Bill & Ted Face the Music

as Original Music Composer

2008

The Women

as Original Music Composer

2015

The Great Gilly Hopkins

as Original Music Composer

1997

Afterglow

as Original Music Composer

1999

October Sky

as Original Music Composer

2017

Sun Dogs

as Original Music Composer

2005

In Her Shoes

as Original Music Composer

2006

Eight Below

as Original Music Composer

1992

Cool World

as Original Music Composer

1994

The Browning Version

as Original Music Composer

2009

Fame

as Original Music Composer

2002

Moonlight Mile

as Original Music Composer

2007

Freedom Writers

as Original Music Composer

2015

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

as Original Music Composer

2007

In the Valley of Elah

as Original Music Composer

2017

Megan Leavey

as Original Music Composer

2012

The Lucky One

as Original Music Composer

2019

See You Soon

as Original Music Composer

2016

Fallen

as Original Music Composer

1990

Reversal of Fortune

as Original Music Composer

2009

Not Forgotten

as Original Music Composer

2000

Men of Honor

as Original Music Composer

2016

Mechanic: Resurrection

as Original Music Composer

1995

Home for the Holidays

as Original Music Composer

2015

Septembers of Shiraz

as Original Music Composer

2001

Hardball

as Original Music Composer

2012

The Factory

as Original Music Composer

2009

Crossing Over

as Original Music Composer

2007

Lions for Lambs

as Original Music Composer

2016

The Accountant

as Original Music Composer

2019

A Dog's Journey

as Original Music Composer

1999

Varsity Blues

as Original Music Composer

1999

At First Sight

as Original Music Composer

1991

Crooked Hearts

as Original Music Composer

2000

Trixie

as Original Music Composer

1991

Mortal Thoughts

as Original Music Composer

1990

Love at Large

as Original Music Composer

1992

Sketch Artist

as Original Music Composer

2023

Shooting Stars

as Original Music Composer

1993

Fire in the Sky

as Original Music Composer

2007

Next

as Original Music Composer

2018

Duck Duck Goose

as Original Music Composer

2008

1984

The Times of Harvey Milk

as Original Music Composer

2017

Instrument of War

as Original Music Composer

1993

Made in America

as Original Music Composer

1984

Windham Hill: Western Light

as Original Music Composer

2007

Gracie

as Original Music Composer

2006

2003

1997

Night Falls on Manhattan

as Original Music Composer

2008

The Express

as Original Music Composer

1996

Gotti

as Original Music Composer

1982

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

as Original Music Composer

1998

Free Money

as Original Music Composer

1998

The Defenders: Taking the First

as Original Music Composer

1988

Windham Hill: Tibet

as Original Music Composer

1993

De fyras gäng

as Original Music Composer

1998

The Blood Tide

as Original Music Composer

2005

Crash

as Music Arranger

1983

Never Cry Wolf

as Original Music Composer

2004

Miracle

as Original Music Composer

2019

Bolden

as Original Music Composer

2019

Togo

as Original Music Composer

1995

Miami Rhapsody

as Original Music Composer

2004

Highwaymen

as Original Music Composer

2020

Honest Thief

as Original Music Composer

2021

Judas and the Black Messiah

as Original Music Composer

2017

Dirty Dancing

as Original Music Composer

1997

The Defenders: Payback

as Original Music Composer

2025

Soul on Fire

as Original Music Composer

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