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.)
Snow at work / Photo credit: Invision/AP
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.
