Mark Watters is a five-time Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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 winning American

People of the United States

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 composer

Composer

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 of music for film and television. He currently lives in Chatsworth with his wife Vanessa.

Biography

Watters was born in Irving

Irving, Texas

Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated...

, Texas

Texas

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 and majored in Saxophone at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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. Mark served as the music director of the Centennial Olympics in 1996, and the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002. As part of his work with country music star Trisha Yearwood

Trisha Yearwood

Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA...

, Watters has served as guest conductor for ensembles such as The Los Angeles Philharmonic

Los Angeles Philharmonic

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, The London Symphony

London Symphony Orchestra

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, The Detroit Symphony

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan. Its main performance center is Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood...

, and The Atlanta Symphony

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Robert Spano has been its music director since 2001...

.

Film

• Doug's 1st Movie
  Doug's 1st Movie
  Doug's 1st Movie is a 1999 animated film based on the Disney version of the Nickelodeon television series Doug. The film was directed by Maurice Joyce, and stars the regular television cast of Tom McHugh, Fred Newman, Chris Phillips, Constance Shulman, Frank Welker, Alice Playten, and Guy Hadley...
  
   - Disney
  Walt Disney Pictures
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• The Pebble and the Penguin
  The Pebble and the Penguin
  The Pebble and the Penguin is a 1995 animated musical film, based on the true life mating rituals of the Adelie Penguins in Antarctica, produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The film was released to theatres on April 11, 1995 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the United States and...
  
   - MGM
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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• All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
  All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
  All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 is a 1996 American animated family film, and a sequel to United Artists' 1989 animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven. It is directed by Larry Leker and Paul Sabella...
  
   - MGM

Direct-To-Video

• Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
  Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
  Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers is a 2006 animated made-for-video motion picture starring Tom and Jerry.-Plot:The movie starts above a big ocean, which was having a huge storm with very loud thunder. A group of jolly pirates are sailing on their ship, and all of them are scared of the thunderstorm...
  
   - Warner Brothers
• My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade - Paramount
  Paramount
  -Companies:*Paramount Motion Pictures Group, a motion picture holding company owned by Viacom*Paramount Pictures, a motion picture studio*Paramount Vantage, specialty film division of Paramount Pictures*CBS Paramount Television, a television studio and library...
  
  
• Kronk's New Groove
  Kronk's New Groove
  Kronk's New Groove is a 2005 direct-to-video animated film released by The Walt Disney Company on December 13, 2005. The film is the sequel to the 2000 animated film The Emperor's New Groove, and features reprises of the roles of David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton and Wendie...
  
   - Disney
• My Little Pony: Very Minty Christmas - Paramount
• Pooh's Geffalump Halloween Movie - Disney
• Dinotopia: Quest For The Ruby Sunstone - Hallmark
  RHI Entertainment
  RHI Entertainment , formerly known as Hallmark Entertainment, is an American producer of television movies and miniseries, founded in 1979 by Robert Halmi Jr. and Robert Halmi Sr. as Robert Halmi Incorporated....
  
  
• Winnie The Pooh: Springtime With Roo - Disney
• Happy Pooh Year - Disney
• Tom Sawyer
  Tom Sawyer (2000 film)
  Tom Sawyer is a 2000 direct-to-video animated film from MGM. It is an adaptation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, with a cast of anthropomorphic animals instead of humans...
  
   - MGM / MCA Records
  MCA Records
  MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
  
  
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
  Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
  Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein is a 1999 animated horror-themed direct-to-video film, produced by Bagdasarian Productions and Universal Animation Studios, distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and based on characters from Alvin and the Chipmunks...
  
   - Universal
  Universal Studios
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• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
  Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
  Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman is a 2000 animated horror-themed direct-to-video film, produced by Bagdasarian Productions and Universal Animation Studios, distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and based on characters from Alvin and the Chipmunks...
  
   - Universal
• The Return of Jafar
  The Return of Jafar
  The Return of Jafar is a 1994 American animated film that is a direct-to-video sequel to the 1992 animated film Aladdin, both produced by The Walt Disney Company. The film was released on May 20, 1994 and serves as the origin of the Aladdin animated series...
  
   - Disney
• Aladdin and the King of Thieves
  Aladdin and the King of Thieves
  Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a 1996 animated film that is the second direct-to-video sequel to the Disney animated feature Aladdin...
  
   - Disney
• An All Dogs Christmas Carol
  An All Dogs Christmas Carol
  An All Dogs Christmas Carol is a 1998 animated TV movie which was originally aired on ABC. It is the third and currently final installment in the All Dogs Go to Heaven film series. Unlike the first two films, Carface is the story's main character...
  
   - MGM
• Babes in Toyland
  Babes in Toyland (1997 film)
  Babes in Toyland is a 1997 American animated musical film based on the original story. The animated feature stars Joseph Ashton, Lacey Chabert, Raphael Sbarge, Cathy Cavadini, Christopher Plummer, and Charles Nelson Reilly.-Plot:...
  
   - MGM

Television

• Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games
• The 74th Annual Academy Awards
• True Life Adventures: Alaska: Dances of The Caribou - Disney
• True Life Adventures: Elephant Journey - Disney
• True Life Adventures: Sea Of Sharks - Disney
• True Life Adventures: Everglades: Land Of The Living Dinosaur - Disney
• 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta
• Aladdin
  Aladdin (TV series)
  Aladdin is an animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1995, based on the original 1992 feature. Coming on the heels of the direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar, the series picked up where that installment left off, with Aladdin now living in the...
  
   - Disney
• Tiny Toon Adventures
  Tiny Toon Adventures
  Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros....
  
   - Warner Brothers
• Goof Troop
  Goof Troop
  Disney's Goof Troop is an American animated television series from The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and bonding with his son Max.-Premise:...
  
   - Disney
• Raw Toonage - Disney
• The Little Mermaid
  The Little Mermaid (TV series)
  The Little Mermaid is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based on the 1989 Disney film of the same name. It features the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the film. This series is the first Disney television series to be spun...
  
   - Disney
• Lionhearts (series) - MGM
• 101 Dalmatians - Disney
• Bonkers
  Bonkers (TV series)
  Bonkers is an animated American television series that aired from September 4, 1993 to February 23, 1994 in first-run syndication . The syndicated run was available both separately, and as part of The Disney Afternoon...
  
   - Disney
• In A Child's Name (miniseries) - CBS
  CBS
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• Medal Of Honor (documentary)
• Merry Melodies - Warner Brothers
• All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
  All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
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   - MGM
• Winnie The Pooh's "Boo To You Too" Halloween Special - Disney
• Tazmania - Warner Brothers
• Paradise - CBS

Theater

• Babes In Toyland - California Music Theater / Orange County Center for the Performing Arts
• 101 Dalmatians (stage musical) - The Arvada Center, Denver, Colorado
• An Adventure Of Robinson Crusoe (stage musical) - The Arvada Center, Denver, Colorado
• The Raft Of The Medusa - The Incline Theater Group, Santa Monica, California
• Snitch - The Fountain Theater, Hollywood, California
• Hamlet - Globe Playhouse, West Hollywood, California

Recordings, Miscellaneous

• "Thinking About You" by Trisha Yearwood
• Seville Film Music Festival
• "Because It's Christmas" by Barry Manilow - Arista Records
  Arista Records
  Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
  
  

Awards

• 2008 Primetime Emmy Award
  Primetime Emmy Award
  The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...
  
   - Outstanding Music Direction (Movies Rock)
• 2001 News & Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Music (True Life Adventures: Alaska: Dances Of The Caribou)
• 1997 Primetime Emmy Award
  Primetime Emmy Award
  The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...
  
   - Outstanding Music Direction (Centennial Olympic Games)
• 1995 Daytime Emmy Award
  Daytime Emmy Award
  The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
  
   - Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition - (Aladdin
  Aladdin (TV series)
  Aladdin is an animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1995, based on the original 1992 feature. Coming on the heels of the direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar, the series picked up where that installment left off, with Aladdin now living in the...
  
  )
• 1992 Daytime Emmy Award
  Daytime Emmy Award
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   - Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition - (Tiny Toon Adventures
  Tiny Toon Adventures
  Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros....
  
   - "The Love Disconnection")

Nominations

• 1999 Daytime Emmy Award Nominations - Best Score, Best Song (Lionhearts)
• 1997 Primetime Emmy Award Nomination - Outstanding Original Song (Centennial Olympic Games)
• 1997 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - (All Dogs Go To Heaven (series))
• 1994 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - (The Little Mermaid (series))
• 1993 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - (Goof Troop)
• 1993 Daytime Emmy Award Nomination - (Raw Toonage)

External links

• Air-Edel Entry for Mark Watters (includes sound clips)
• IMDb Entry for Mark Watters