Mark Snow Was A 15-Time Emmy Award Nominee

According to Variety, Mark Snow, the renowned television composer who created the spooky and tense theme music for “The X-Files,” passed away on Friday, July 4, at his Connecticut home.

The composer of the theme tune for the popular “X-Files,” Mark Snow, has away.

View Mark Snow’s process for writing the “X-Files” theme song.

The 78-year-old composer and musician was trained at the Juilliard School.

According to IMDB, Snow was a seasoned television composer who worked on dozens of television series during his nearly 50-year career. During that period, he received 15 Emmy Award nominations.

According to composer Sean Callery, Snow possessed “limitless talent and boundless creativity.”

Callery, who viewed Snow as a mentor, told Variety that “when listening to the work of other young artists (myself included), he would give the most inspiring and intelligent feedback.” “He blended his decades of expertise with the advice that composers give to one another: believe in oneself, embrace your own voice, and learn to trust your gut. And he did it with a sense of comedy and self-loathing that added longevity to his wisdom.

Snow’s compositions for “The X-Files,” “Blue Bloods,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Cagney & Lacey,” “Pee Wee’s Playhouse,” “Smallville,” and numerous other shows followed.