By McKinley Franklin, Hollywood Reporter | Mark Snow, the Emmy-nominated composer behind the beloved X-Files theme song, has died. He was 78. Snow died Friday at his home in Connecticut, a representative confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sean Callery, a fellow composer and friend of Snow’s, also announced his death on Facebook.
“Mark Snow, and one of the most wonderful and talented people I’ve ever known, has passed away,” he wrote in the Friday post. “33 years ago he began mentoring me as an artist. Who knew that I was also at the beginning of a deep friendship that would only grow and evolve over 3 decades along with our graying hair and tighter deadlines.” . . .
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Snow notably composed the iconic opening theme for The X-Files. He worked on the crime drama series during its full time on-air from 1993 until its end in 2018.
Aside from the theme song, he worked on the rest of the show’s music, earning six Emmy nominations throughout his X-Files tenure. Snow, too, served as the composer of the franchise’s 1998 film, The X Files.
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Read more on Mr. Snow’s extraordinary life here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/mark-snow-the-x-files-theme-song-composer-dies-at-78/