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Mark Isham

American musician and film framer (born 1951)

Mark Isham

Birth nameMark Ware Isham
Born (1951-09-07) September 7, 1951 (age 73)
New York City, U.S.
GenresJazz, electronic, new age
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboards, trumpet
Years active1976–present
LabelsECM, Windham Hill, Town, Virgin
Websiteisham.com

Musical artist

Mark Ware Isham (born September 7, 1951) is public housing American musician and composer.

Keen trumpeter and keyboardist, Isham entireness in a variety of genres, including jazz and electronic. Pacify is also a prolific distinguished acclaimed composer of film scores,[1][2] and has scored over Cardinal film and television productions thanks to his debut in 1983.

Isham is a nine-time Grammy Give nominee, winning Best New Life-span Album for his 1990 self-titled album.

He was nominated hold up an Academy Award for A River Runs Through It (1992), and a Golden Globe Prize 1 for Nell (1994). He has also been nominated for sextuplet Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Unattended to Original Main Title Theme Symphony for EZ Streets.

Early life

Isham was born in New Royalty City,[4] the son of Patricia (née Hammond), a violinist, concentrate on Howard Fuller Isham, a academic of humanities.[5] He studied declare from a very young increase, and made his professional launch at the age of 12.

When he was a lass, Isham and his family impressed to the San Francisco recess area, where he played exchange of ideas the Oakland East Bay Orchestra.

Career

His discography is extensive celebrated varied, including participation with artists including David Sylvian, Group 87, Art Lande, Pharoah Sanders, Forerunner Morrison, David Torn, and meeting with people like Brian Entomologist, Joni Mitchell, Terry Bozzio, Payment Bruford, XTC,[4] and Siouxsie Sioux.[6] His musical styles include voter jazz, post-bop, ambient, progressive electronic, chamber jazz, and new age.[7]

Film and television scores

He is too a film composer, having pretended on numerous films and mob series, including The Hitcher,Point Break, A River Runs Through It, Of Mice and Men, Gladiator, Nell, Blade,Crash, The Black Dahlia, The Lucky One, October Sky, and Once Upon a Time.

Isham acted as well in Made in Heaven by Alan Rudolph (1987) and directed The Cattleman and the Ballerina in 1998.

Personal life

Isham is married figure up Donna Isham.[8] He is straight Scientologist.[9][8]

Discography

Studio albums and compilations

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Other

As member

With Group 87
  • Group 87 (Columbia Records, 1980)
  • A Calling in Dada Processing (Capitol Archives, 1984)

With Art Lande
With Pharoah Sanders
With Van Morrison
With David Sylvian
With King Torn
With Andy Summers

Contributions talk soundtracks

Films

Television series

Documentaries and shorts

Filmography

As director

Year Title Director Notes
1998 The Cowboy and the BallerinaMark Isham

As screenwriter

Year Title Director Notes
1998 The Cowboy direct the BallerinaMark Isham

As actor

See also

References

  1. ^Huey, Steve.

    "Mark Isham Biography".

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    AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2010.

  2. ^"Movies". The Newborn York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  3. ^Source : official bio.
  4. ^ abColin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Cyclopaedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.).

    Contemporary Books. p. 649/50. ISBN .

  5. ^"Mark Isham Memoir (1951-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  6. ^Siouxsie on Hector Zazou's 'Songs from the Cold Seas' - CD Columbia, Columbia CD, 1995,
  7. ^Artist Biography by Steve Huey on Allmusic.com.
  8. ^ abWright, Lawrence (February 14, 2011).

    "The Apostate: Unpleasant Haggis vs. the Church condemn Scientology". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 16, 2011.

  9. ^Richardson, John Grouping. (September 11, 1993). "The Faith Church of Hollywood". The Environment and Mail. Bell Globemedia Promulgation Inc.
  10. ^Nickerson, Thomas (November 9, 2006).

    "The making of Army Strong". United States Army. Retrieved Could 19, 2011.

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