Mark Isham

Mark Isham
Born	September 7, 1951 (1951-09-07) (age 60) New York City, New York, USA
Occupation	Musician, composer

Mark Isham (born September 7, 1951) is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film.^[1][2]

Life and career

Isham was born in New York City, New York, the son of Patricia (née Hammond), a violinist, and Howard Fuller Isham, a professor of humanities.^[3]

Isham is a Scientologist.^[4][5] He is married to Donna Isham.^[5]

Discography

As sideman

With Art Lande

• Rubisa Patrol (ECM, 1976)
• Desert Marauders (ECM 1978)

With David Torn

• Cloud About Mercury (ECM, 1986)

Studio albums and compilations

• 1983 Vapor Drawings
• 1985 Film Music
• 1987 We Begin (with Art Lande)
• 1988 Castalia
• 1989 Tibet - a soundtrack
• 1990 Mark Isham
• 1991 Songs My Children Taught Me (music only, from the first four Rabbit Ears titles, see below)
• 1995 Blue Sun
• 1998 Mark Isham: A Windham Hill Retrospective
• 1999 Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project

Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics

• 1987 The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Narrated by Jeremy Irons)
• 1988 The Emperor and the Nightingale (Narrated by Glenn Close)
• 1989 Thumbelina (Narrated by Kelly McGillis)
• 1990 The Emperor's New Clothes (Narrated by John Gielgud)
• 1992 The Boy Who Drew Cats (Narrated by William Hurt)
• 1994 The Firebird (Narrated by Susan Sarandon)

Other

• 2000 Hymn of Asia: L. Ron Hubbard (Instrument Orchestration and Choral Arrangements)
• 2006 Theme to the United States Army's Army Strong campaign^[6]
• 2007 Human the Death Dance by Sage Francis (Production on "Good Fashion" and "Water Line")

Contributions to soundtracks

1980s

• Never Cry Wolf (1983)
• The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
• Country (1984)
• Mrs. Soffel (1984)
• Trouble in Mind (1985)
• The Hitcher (1986)
• Portraits of Anorexia (1986)
• Made in Heaven (1986)
• The Moderns (1988)
• The Beast (1988)
• Cat Chaser (1989)

1990s

• Everybody Wins (1990)
• Tibet (1990)
• Love at Large (1990)
• Reversal of Fortune (1990)
• Mortal Thoughts (1991)
• Crooked Hearts (1991)
• Point Break (1991)
• Little Man Tate (1991)
• Billy Bathgate (1991)
• A Midnight Clear (1992)
• Sketch Artist (1992)
• Cool World (1992)
• A River Runs Through It (1992)
• The Public Eye (1992)
• Of Mice and Men (1992)
• Hawaii: Born in Paradise (1993)
• Nowhere to Run (1993)
• Fire in the Sky (1993)
• Made in America (1993)
• Short Cuts (1993)
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
• The Getaway (1994)
• The Browning Version (1994)
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
• Quiz Show (1994)
• Timecop (1994)
• Chicago Hope (1994)
• Nell (1994)
• Safe Passage (1994)
• Miami Rhapsody (1995)
• Losing Isaiah (1995)
• The Net (1995)
• Home for the Holidays (1995)
• Last Dance (1996)
• Gotti (1996)
• Fly Away Home (1996)
• EZ Streets (1996)
• Afterglow (1997)
• Kiss the Girls (1997)
• Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
• Michael Hayes (1997)
• Nothing Sacred (1997)
• The Defenders: Payback (1997)
• The Education of Little Tree (1997)
• The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998)
• The Gingerbread Man (1998)
• From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
• Blade (1998)
• The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)
• Free Money (1998)
• The Blood Tide (1998)
• At First Sight (1999)
• Varsity Blues (1999)
• Breakfast of Champions (1999)
• October Sky (1999)
• Family Law (1999)
• Body Shots (1999)
• Galapagos (1999)

2000s

• Rules of Engagement (2000)
• Where the Money Is (2000)
• Trixie (2000)
• Men of Honor (2000)
• What Women Want (2000)
• From the Ground Up (2001)
• Save the Last Dance| (2001)
• Life as a House (2001)
• Hard Ball (2001)
• Don't Say a Word (2001)
• The Majestic (2001)
• Impostor (2002)
• Moonlight Mile (2002)
• Highwaymen (2003)
• The Cooler (2003)
• Spartan (2004)
• Miracle (2004)
• Twisted (2004)
• Crash (2004)
• Racing Stripes (2005)
• Kicking & Screaming (2005)
• In Her Shoes (2005)
• Running Scared (2006)
• Eight Below (2006)
• Invincible (2006)
• Bobby (2006)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• Freedom Writers (2007)
• In the Valley of Elah (2007)
• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Gracie (2007)
• Reservation Road (2007)
• Next (2007)
• The Mist (2007)
• Pride and Glory (2008)
• The Express (2008)
• The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
• Crossing Over (2009)
• Not Forgotten (2009)
• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
• Fame (2009)
• The Crazies (2010)
• The Mechanic (2011)
• Dolphin Tale (2011)
• The Factory (2011)

References

1. ^ Huey, Steve. "Mark Isham Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p2616/biography. Retrieved 22 March 2010. 
2. ^ The New York Times
3. ^ Film Reference
4. ^ Richardson, John M. (September 11, 1993). "The Scientology Church of Hollywood". The Globe and Mail (Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc). 
5. ^ ^{a b} Wright, Lawrence (February 14, 2011). "The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright?currentPage=15. Retrieved March 16, 2011. 
6. ^ Nickerson, Thomas (9 November 2006). "The making of Army Strong". United States Army. http://www.army.mil/-news/2006/11/09/568-the-making-of-army-strong/. Retrieved 19 May 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Mark Isham at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Isham, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer.
Date of birth	September 7, 1951
Place of birth	New York City, New York, United States
Date of death
Place of death