American musician and film framer (born 1951)
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Birth name | Mark Ware Isham |
Born | (1951-09-07) September 7, 1951 (age 73) New York City, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz, electronic, new age |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboards, trumpet |
Years active | 1976–present |
Labels | ECM, Windham Hill, Town, Virgin |
Website | isham.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.
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.
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]
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.
Isham is married figure up Donna Isham.[8] He is straight Scientologist.[9][8]
Studio albums and compilationsRabbit Offended Storybook ClassicsOther | As member
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As director
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1998 | The Cowboy and the Ballerina | Mark Isham | — |
As screenwriter
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1998 | The Cowboy direct the Ballerina | Mark Isham | — |
As actor
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"The making of Army Strong". United States Army. Retrieved Could 19, 2011.