Watters, Mark

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Watters, Mark

PERSONAL

Born in Irving, TX. Education: Attended University of Southern California.

Addresses:

Agent—Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, 4111 West Alameda Ave., Suite 509, Burbank, CA 91505.

Career:

Composer, conductor, orchestrator, and saxophonist. Music arranger and conductor for recording artists Art Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, Mel Torme, Trisha Yearwood, and others; guest conductor of symphony and philharmonic orchestras, including the presentation "Video Games Live," Los Angeles Philharmonic, 2005.

Member:

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (member of board of governors), Society of Composers and Lyricists (past president).

Awards, Honors:

Daytime Emmy Award, best score, 1992, for Stephen Spielberg Presents "Tiny Toon Adventures"; Daytime Emmy Award nominations, for Goof Troop and Raw Toonage, both 1993, and The Little Mermaid, 1994; Daytime Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding music direction and composition, 1994, for The Pink Panther; Film and Television Music Award, most performed underscore, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, 1995; Daytime Emmy Award, best score, 1995, for the animated series Aladdin; Annie Award nomination (with Carl Johnson), best music in a feature or home video production, International Animated Film Society, 1997, for Aladdin and the King of Thieves; Emmy Award, outstanding music direction, 1997, for Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies; Emmy Award nomination (with Lorraine Feather), outstanding music and lyrics, 1997 for "Faster, Higher, Stronger," Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding music direction and composition, 1999, for The Lionhearts; Daytime Emmy Award nomination (with Feather), outstanding original song, 1999, for "Roar," The Lionhearts; Daytime Emmy Award nomination (with Feather), outstanding original song, 2000, for "Why Not Be Happy," All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series; Emmy Award, outstanding music for a news or documentary program, 2001, for New True Life Adventures; DVD Premiere Award nomination, best original score, DVD Exclusive Awards, 2003, for Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year; DVDX Award nomination, best original score for a DVD-premiere movie, DVD Exclusive Awards, 2005, for Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Music orchestrator, Saving Grace, Columbia, 1985.

Saxophone soloist, Terminal Entry, United Film Distribution, 1986.

Arranger of string music, D.O.A., Buena Vista, 1988.

Music orchestrator, Animal Behavior, Millimeter Films, 1989.

Additional orchestrations, Bird on a Wire, Universal, 1990.

Additional orchestrations, Haakon Haakonsen (also known as Shipwrecked and Piratgrottans hemlighet), 1990, dubbed version, Buena Vista, 1991.

Music orchestrator, Problem Child 2, Universal, 1991.

Music orchestrator, Hudson Hawk, TriStar, 1991.

Music orchestrator, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Warner Bros., 1991.

Music orchestrator, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, Vestron Video, 1991.

Music orchestrator, The Pebble and the Penguin (animated), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.

Music orchestrator and conductor, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (animated), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996.

Music conductor, An All Dogs Christmas Carol (animated), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 1998.

Music conductor, Quest for Camelot, Warner Bros., 1998.

Music conductor, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Music conductor for alternate version, The Temptress, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2005.

Music conductor for alternate version, Souls for Sale, Turner Entertainment, 2006.

Television Work; Animated Series:

Music director, Steven Spielberg Presents "Tiny Toon Adventures," 1990.

Song arranger, The Little Mermaid (also known as Disney's "The Little Mermaid"), CBS, beginning 1993.

Television Work; Movies:

Music conductor, Cast a Deadly Spell, HBO, 1991.

Song arranger, Tom Sawyer (animated), The Nashville Network, 2000.

Television Work; Specials:

Vocal arranger and musical director, Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies (also known as 1996 Summer Olympics), NBC, 1996.

Music arranger, To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th, CBS, 1998.

Musical director, XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, NBC, 2002.

Music conductor (with John Williams), The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Judge, The Score, TCM, 2005.

Stage Work:

Principal music arranger for Babes in Toyland, California Music Theatre, Orange County Center for the Performing Arts, Costa Mesa, CA.

WRITINGS

Animated Film Composer:

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, 1992.

Petal to the Metal (short film), Buena Vista, 1992.

The Return of Jafar (also known as Aladdin 2), Buena Vista Home Video, 1994.

(With Carl Johnson) Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Walt Disney Home Video, 1995.

The Pebble and the Penguin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996.

Score and songs, Babes in Toyland, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997.

(Including songs) An All Dogs Christmas Carol, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 1998.

Doug's 1st Movie, Buena Vista, 1999.

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, Universal Studios Home Video, 1999.

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman, 2000.

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year, Buena Vista Home Video, 2002.

Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo, Buena Vista Home Video, 2004.

Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone, Goodtimes Entertainment, 2005.

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie, Walt Disney, 2005.

A My Little Pony: Very Minty Christmas, Paramount Home Entertainment, 2005.

Kronk's New Groove, Buena Vista Home Video, 2005.

My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade, Paramount Home Entertainment, 2006.

Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers, Warner Bros., 2006.

Television Composer; Animated Series:

(And song "The Love Disconnection") Steven Spielberg Presents "Tiny Toon Adventures," 1990.

Raw Toonage (also known as Disney's "Raw Toonage"), CBS, 1992.

Goof Troop (also known as Disney's "Goof Troop"), ABC, 1992.

The Little Mermaid (also known as Disney's "The Little Mermaid"), CBS, beginning 1993.

Marsupilami, CBS, 1993.

(With others) The Pink Panther, 1993.

Aladdin (also known as Disney's "Aladdin"), CBS and syndicated, 1994.

Songs "A Little Heaven" and "Why Not Be Happy," lyrics by Lorraine Feather, All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, syndicated, 1996.

101 Dalmatians (also known as Disney's "101 Dalmatians: The Series" and 101 Dalmatians: The Series), 1997.

(Including song "Roar," lyrics by Feather) The Lionhearts, syndicated, 1998.

Also composer for the series Bonkers.

Television Composer; Movies:

Tom Sawyer (animated), The Nashville Network, 2000.

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, NBC, 2002.

Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus, Hallmark Channel, 2004.

The Long Shot (also known as The Long Shot: Believe in Courage), Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Meet the Santas, Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Television Composer; Specials:

Song composer, "Faster, Higher, Stronger," lyrics by Lorraine Feather, Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies (also known as 1996 Summer Olympics), NBC, 1996.

Songs "I Am Not Afraid" and "I Wanna Scare Myself," Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (animated), CBS, 1996.

Featured composer, XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, NBC, 2002.

Television Composer; Miniseries:

(With Richard Stone) Medal of Honor: True Stories of America's Greatest War Heroes (series of specials), syndicated, 1990-91.

In a Child's Name, CBS, 1991.

New True Life Adventures (also known as Disney's "New True Life Adventures"), syndicated, 2000.

Stage Composer:

Composer of scores and songs for the musicals An Adventure of Robinson Crusoe and 101 Dalmatians, both Arvada Center, Denver, CO; composer of original scores for Hamlet, Globe Playhouse, West Hollywood, CA; The Raft of the Medusa, Incline Theatre Group, Santa Monica, CA; and Snitch, Fountain Theatre, Hollywood, CA; also contributor of compositions to Babes in Toyland, California Music Theatre, Orange County Center for the Performing Arts, Costa Mesa, CA.

ADAPTATIONS

Watters's music has been featured in soundtrack albums for The Pebble and the Penguin, Kid Rhino, 1995; All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, Angel, 1996; Music of the Games, 2002; Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Walt Disney Records; and Medal of Honor, Prometheus.