For nearly five decades, music composer Mark Snow had a profound impact on television's soundscape.
Snow, who passed away at his home on July 4 at the age of 78, was a network TV mainstay — especially when it came to creating memorable theme songs and music for a variety of series, like ABC's Hart to Hart and Fox's The X-Files, with the latter arguably his most famous work. (Snow also did the episodic score for Chris Carter's Emmy-winning show.)
Trained at Juilliard, Snow began his television career working on The Rookies, Dynasty and Starsky and Hutch. He then went on to compose for dozens of shows throughout his decades-long career, including The Ghost Whisperer, Blue Bloods (both on CBS) and The WB's long-running DC Comics series, Smallville.
In honor of the late composer's legacy, click here to revisit his 2016 interview with the Foundation, where he discusses the origins of The X-Files theme's trademark "whistle," his relationship with mentor and composer Earle Hagen and how he would like to be remembered.
