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{{short description|American musician and film composer (born 1951)}}
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| background     = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name     = Mark Ware Isham
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| birth_place     = New York City, U.S.
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1951|09|07}}
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| instrument     = [[Piano]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[trumpet]]
| genre        = [[Jazz]], [[Electronic music|electronic]], [[new-age music|new age]]
| occupation     = Musician, composer
| years_active    = 1976–present
| label        = [[ECM Records|ECM]], [[Windham Hill Records|Windham Hill]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
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| website       = {{URL|https://isham.com/}}
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'''Mark Ware Isham''' (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician and composer. A [[trumpet]]er and keyboardist, Isham works in a variety of genres, including [[jazz]] and [[electronic music|electronic]]. He is also a prolific and acclaimed composer of [[Film score|film scores]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Huey |first=Steve |title=Mark Isham Biography |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p2616/biography|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=March 22, 2010 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/movies |access-date=October 9, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> and has scored over 200 film and television productions since his debut in 1983.

Isham is a nine-time [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominee, winning [[Grammy Award for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album|Best New Age Album]] for his 1990 [[Mark Isham (album)|self-titled album]]. He was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Academy Award]] for [[A River Runs Through It (film)|''A River Runs Through It'']] (1992), and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Golden Globe Award]] for [[Nell (film)|''Nell'']] (1994). He has also been nominated for six [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], winning [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music|Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]] for ''[[EZ Streets]]''.

{{external media|float=right|image1=[https://isham.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MIM_Spain_0055-copy-cmyk-500x331.jpg Portrait of Mark Isham]<ref>Source : [https://isham.com/bio/ official bio].</ref>.}}

==Early life==
Isham was born in [[New York City]],<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=649/50}}</ref> the son of Patricia (née Hammond), a violinist, and Howard Fuller Isham, a professor of [[humanities]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/39/Mark-Isham.html|title=Mark Isham Biography (1951-)|website=Filmreference.com|access-date=October 9, 2019}}</ref> He studied [[trumpet]] from a very young age, and made his professional debut at the age of 12. When he was a teenager, Isham and his family moved to the [[San Francisco bay area]], where he played with the [[Oakland East Bay Symphony]].

== Career ==
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His discography is extensive and varied, including participation with artists including [[David Sylvian]], Group 87, [[Art Lande]], [[Pharoah Sanders]], [[Van Morrison]], [[David Torn]], and sessions with people like [[Brian Wilson]], [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Terry Bozzio]], [[Bill Bruford]], [[XTC]],<ref name="Larkin"/> and [[Siouxsie Sioux]].<ref>{{citation |title=Siouxsie on Hector Zazou's 'Songs from the Cold Seas' - CD Columbia|publisher=Columbia CD |year=1995|quote=liner notes for Siouxsie's song "The Lighthouse", featuring Mark Isham on trumpet, recorded in Paris, in February 1994}}</ref> His musical styles include [[crossover jazz]], [[post-bop]], [[Ambient music|ambient]], [[progressive electronic]], [[chamber jazz]], and [[New-age music|new age]].<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-isham-mn0000236246/biography Artist Biography by Steve Huey] on ''Allmusic.com''.</ref>

=== Film and television scores ===
He is also a [[film composer]], having worked on numerous films and television series, including ''[[The Hitcher (1986 film)|The Hitcher]], [[Reversal of Fortune]],'' ''[[Point Break]]'', ''[[A Midnight Clear]],'' ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]'', ''[[Of Mice and Men (1992 film)|Of Mice and Men]], [[Warrior (2011 film)|Warrior]], [[Nell (film)|Nell]], [[Blade (1998 film)|Blade]],'' ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'', ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]'', ''[[The Lucky One (film)|The Lucky One]]'', ''[[October Sky]]'', and ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]].''

Isham acted as well in ''[[Made in Heaven (1987 film)|Made in Heaven]]'' by [[Alan Rudolph]] (1987) and directed ''The Cowboy and the Ballerina'' in 1998.

== Personal life ==
Isham is married to Donna Isham.<ref name="newyorker">{{cite magazine |last=Wright |first=Lawrence |date=February 14, 2011 |title=The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright?currentPage=15 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref> He is a [[Scientology|Scientologist]].<ref name="richardson19930911">{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=John M. |date=September 11, 1993 |title=The Scientology Church of Hollywood |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |publisher=Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc}}</ref><ref name="newyorker" />

==Discography==
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===Studio albums and compilations===
*1983 ''[[Vapor Drawings]]''
*1985 ''[[Film Music (album)|Film Music]]''
*1987 ''[[We Begin]]'' (with [[Art Lande]])
*1988 ''[[Castalia (album)|Castalia]]''
*1989 ''Tibet'' – a soundtrack
*1990 ''[[Mark Isham (album)|Mark Isham]]''
*1991 ''Songs My Children Taught Me'' {{small|(music only, from the first four Rabbit Ears titles, see below)}}
*1995 ''Blue Sun''
*1998 ''Mark Isham: A Windham Hill Retrospective''
*1999 ''Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project''
*2009 ''[[Bittersweet (Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano album)|Bittersweet]]'' with [[Kate Ceberano]]
*2015 ''The Longest Ride (Original Score Album)''.

===Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics===
*1987 ''[[The Steadfast Tin Soldier]]'' (Narrated by [[Jeremy Irons]])
*1988 ''The Emperor and the Nightingale'' (Narrated by [[Glenn Close]])
*1989 ''[[Thumbelina]]'' (Narrated by [[Kelly McGillis]])
*1990 ''[[The Emperor's New Clothes]]'' (Narrated by [[John Gielgud]])
*1992 ''[[The Boy Who Drew Cats]]'' (Narrated by [[William Hurt]])
*1994 ''[[The Firebird]]'' (Narrated by [[Susan Sarandon]])

===Other===
*2000 ''Hymn of Asia: L. Ron Hubbard'' (Instrument Orchestration and Choral Arrangements)
*2006 Theme to the [[United States Army]]'s [[Army Strong]] campaign<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/568/the-making-of-army-strong/|title=The making of Army Strong|last=Nickerson|first=Thomas|date=November 9, 2006|publisher=[[United States Army]]|access-date=May 19, 2011}}</ref>
*2007 ''[[Human the Death Dance]]'' by [[Sage Francis]] (Production on "Good Fashion" and "Water Line")
*2009 ''Dallas et Kate'' with [[Kate Ceberano]]
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===As member===
;With Group 87
*''Group 87'' (Columbia Records, 1980)
*''A Career in Dada Processing'' (Capitol Records, 1984)

===As sideman===
;With Art Lande
* ''[[Rubisa Patrol]]'' (ECM, 1976)
* ''[[Desert Marauders]]'' (ECM 1978)
;With Pharoah Sanders
*''[[Journey to the One]]'' (Theresa, 1980)
;With Van Morrison
*''[[Into the Music]]'' (Mercury, 1979)
*''[[Common One]]'' (Mercury, 1980)
*''[[Beautiful Vision]]'' (Mercury, 1982)
*''[[Inarticulate Speech of the Heart]]'' (Mercury, 1983)
*''[[Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast ]]'' (Mercury, 1984)
;With David Sylvian
*''[[Brilliant Trees]]'' (Virgin, 1984)
*''[[Secrets of the Beehive]]'' (Virgin, 1987)
;With David Torn
* ''[[Cloud About Mercury]]'' (ECM, 1987)
;With Andy Summers
* ''[[Charming Snakes]]'' ([[Private Music]], 1990)
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==Contributions to soundtracks==

===Films===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Never Cry Wolf (film)|Never Cry Wolf]]'' 
| [[Carroll Ballard]]
| 
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Country (film)|Country]]''
| [[Richard Pearce (film director)|Richard Pearce]]
| additional music (uncredited)
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Mrs. Soffel]]''
| [[Gillian Armstrong]]
| 
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Trouble in Mind (film)|Trouble in Mind]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 1986
| ''The Making of Liberty''
| [[Charles Guggenheim]]
| 
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Hitcher (1986 film)|The Hitcher]]''
| [[Robert Harmon]]
| 
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Made in Heaven (1987 film)|Made in Heaven]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Moderns]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 1988
| ''[[C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf]]''
| [[William Friedkin]]
| "On the Threshold of Liberty" from ''[[Vapor Drawings]]''
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Beast (1988 film)|The Beast]]''
| [[Kevin Reynolds (director)|Kevin Reynolds]]
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Everybody Wins (1990 film)|Everybody Wins]]''
| [[Karel Reisz]]
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Love at Large]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Reversal of Fortune]]''
| [[Barbet Schroeder]]
| 
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Mortal Thoughts]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Crooked Hearts]]''
| Michael Bortman
| 
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Point Break]]''
| [[Kathryn Bigelow]]
| 
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Little Man Tate]]''
| [[Jodie Foster]]
| 
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Billy Bathgate (film)|Billy Bathgate]]''
| [[Robert Benton]]
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[A Midnight Clear]]''
| [[Keith Gordon]]
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Sketch Artist]]''
| [[Phedon Papamichael]]
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Cool World]]''
| [[Ralph Bakshi]]
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]''
| [[Robert Redford]]
| Nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].<br />Nominated for an Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Music.<br />Nominated for a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media]].
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Public Eye (film)|The Public Eye]]''
| [[Howard Franklin]]
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Of Mice and Men (1992 film)|Of Mice and Men]]''
| [[Gary Sinise]]
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Nowhere to Run (1993 film)|Nowhere to Run]]''
| [[Robert Harmon]]
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Fire in the Sky]]''
| [[Robert Lieberman]]
| Nominated for a [[Saturn Awards|Saturn Award]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]].
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Made in America (1993 film)|Made in America]]''
| [[Richard Benjamin]]
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Short Cuts (film)|Short Cuts]]''
| [[Robert Altman]]
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Romeo Is Bleeding]]''
| [[Peter Medak]]
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Getaway (1994 film)|The Getaway]]''
| [[Roger Donaldson]]
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Browning Version (1994 film)|The Browning Version]]''
| [[Mike Figgis]]
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]''
| [[Robert Redford]]
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Timecop]]''
| [[Peter Hyams]]
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Nell (film)|Nell]]''
| [[Michael Apted]]
| Nominated for a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score - Motion Picture]].
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Safe Passage (film)|Safe Passage]]''
| [[Robert Allan Ackerman]]
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Miami Rhapsody]]''
| [[David Frankel]]
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Waterworld]]''
| [[Kevin Reynolds (director)|Kevin Reynolds]]
| Rejected score<br />Replaced by [[James Newton Howard]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Losing Isaiah]]''
| [[Stephen Gyllenhaal]]
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Net (1995 film)|The Net]]''
| [[Irwin Winkler]]
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]''
| [[Jodie Foster]]
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Last Dance (1996 film)|Last Dance]]''
| [[Bruce Beresford]]
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Gotti (1996 film)|Gotti]]''
| [[Steve Shagan]]
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Fly Away Home]]''
| [[Carroll Ballard]]
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Night Falls on Manhattan]]''
| [[Sidney Lumet]]
| 
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Afterglow (1997 film)|Afterglow]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Kiss the Girls (1997 film)|Kiss the Girls]]''
| [[Gary Fleder]]
| 
|-
| 1997
| ''The Defenders: Payback''
| [[Andy Wolk]]
| 
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Education of Little Tree (film)|The Education of Little Tree]]''
| [[Richard Friedenberg]]
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''The Defenders: Choice of Evils''
| [[Andy Wolk]]
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Gingerbread Man (film)|The Gingerbread Man]]''
| [[Robert Altman]]
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Blade (1998 film)|Blade]]''
| [[Stephen Norrington]]
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''The Defenders: Taking the First''
| [[Andy Wolk]]
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Free Money (film)|Free Money]]''
| [[Yves Simoneau]]
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[At First Sight (1999 film)|At First Sight]]''
| [[Irwin Winkler]]
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Varsity Blues (film)|Varsity Blues]]''
| [[Brian Robbins]]
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Breakfast of Champions (film)|Breakfast of Champions]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[October Sky]]''
| [[Joe Johnston]]
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Body Shots (film)|Body Shots]]''
| [[Michael Cristofer]]
| 
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Rules of Engagement (film)|Rules of Engagement]]''
| [[William Friedkin]]
| 
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Where the Money Is]]''
| [[Marek Kanievska]]
| 
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Trixie (film)|Trixie]]''
| [[Alan Rudolph]]
| 
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Men of Honor]]''
| [[George Tillman, Jr.]]
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Save the Last Dance]]''
| [[Thomas Carter (director)|Thomas Carter]]
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Life as a House]]''
| [[Irwin Winkler]]
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Hardball (film)|Hardball]]''
| [[Brian Robbins]]
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Don't Say a Word]]''
| [[Gary Fleder]]
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Majestic (film)|The Majestic]]''
| [[Frank Darabont]]
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Impostor (2002 film)|Impostor]]''
| [[Gary Fleder]]
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Moonlight Mile (film)|Moonlight Mile]]''
| [[Brad Silberling]]
| 
|-
| 2003
| ''[[The Cooler]]''
| [[Wayne Kramer (filmmaker)|Wayne Kramer]]
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Spartan (film)|Spartan]]''
| [[David Mamet]]
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Miracle (2004 film)|Miracle]]''
| [[Gavin O'Connor (director)|Gavin O'Connor]]
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Highwaymen (film)|Highwaymen]]''
| [[Robert Harmon]]
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Twisted (2004 film)|Twisted]]''
| [[Philip Kaufman]]
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]''
| [[Paul Haggis]]
| 
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Racing Stripes]]''
| [[Frederik Du Chau]]
| 
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Kicking & Screaming (2005 film)|Kicking & Screaming]]''
| [[Jesse Dylan]]
| 
|-
| 2005
| ''[[In Her Shoes (film)|In Her Shoes]]''
| [[Curtis Hanson]]
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Running Scared (2006 film)|Running Scared]]''
| [[Wayne Kramer (filmmaker)|Wayne Kramer]]
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Eight Below]]''
| [[Frank Marshall (producer)|Frank Marshall]]
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Invincible (2006 film)|Invincible]]''
| [[Ericson Core]]
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]''
| [[Emilio Estevez]]
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]''
| [[Brian De Palma]]
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Freedom Writers]]''
| [[Richard LaGravenese]]
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[In the Valley of Elah]]''
| [[Paul Haggis]]
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Lions for Lambs]]''
| [[Robert Redford]]
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Gracie (film)|Gracie]]''
| [[Davis Guggenheim]]
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Reservation Road]]''
| [[Terry George]]
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[No Reservations (film)|No Reservations]]''
| [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]]
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Next (2007 film)|Next]]''
| [[Lee Tamahori]]
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Mist (film)|The Mist]]''
| [[Frank Darabont]]
| 
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Pride and Glory (film)|Pride and Glory]]''
| [[Gavin O'Connor (director)|Gavin O'Connor]]
| 
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Express: The Ernie Davis Story]]''
| [[Gary Fleder]]
| 
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Secret Life of Bees (film)|The Secret Life of Bees]]''
| [[Gina Prince-Bythewood]]
| 
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Crossing Over (film)|Crossing Over]]''
| [[Wayne Kramer (filmmaker)|Wayne Kramer]]
| 
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Not Forgotten (film)|Not Forgotten]]''
| [[Dror Soref]]
| 
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]]''
| [[Werner Herzog]]
| 
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Fame (2009 film)|Fame]]''
| [[Kevin Tancharoen]]
| 
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Crazies (2010 film)|The Crazies]]''
| [[Breck Eisner]]
| 
|-
| 2010
| ''The Conspirator''
| [[Robert Redford]]
| 
|-
| 2011
| ''[[The Mechanic (2011 film)|The Mechanic]]''
| [[Simon West]]
| 
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Dolphin Tale]]''
| [[Charles Martin Smith]]
| 
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Warrior (2011 film)|Warrior]]''
| [[Gavin O'Connor (director)|Gavin O'Connor]]
| 
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Factory (2012 film)|The Factory]]''
| [[Morgan O'Neill]]
| 
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Lucky One (film)|The Lucky One]]''
| [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]]
| Won a [[BMI Awards|BMI Award]] for Film Music.
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Conjuring]]''
| [[James Wan]]
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete|The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete]]''
| [[George Tillman, Jr.]]
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[42 (film)|42]]''
| [[Brian Helgeland]]
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Homefront (2013 film)|Homefront]]''
| [[Gary Fleder]]
| 
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Beyond the Lights]]''
| [[Gina Prince-Bythewood]]
| Nominated for a [[Black Reel Awards|Black Reel Award]] for [[Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Score|Outstanding Original Score]].
|-
| 2015
| ''[[The Longest Ride (film)|The Longest Ride]]''
| [[George Tillman, Jr.]]
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[A Family Man]]''
| [[Mark Williams (filmmaker)|Mark Williams]]
| 
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Mr. Church]]''
| [[Bruce Beresford]]
| 
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Mechanic: Resurrection]]''
| [[Dennis Gansel]]
| 
|-
| 2016
| ''[[The Accountant (2016 film)|The Accountant]]''
| [[Gavin O'Connor (filmmaker)|Gavin O'Connor]]
| 
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Fallen (2016 film)|Fallen]]''
| [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]]
| 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Megan Leavey (film)|Megan Leavey]]''
| [[Gabriela Cowperthwaite]]
| 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Dirty Dancing (2017 film)|Dirty Dancing]]''
| [[Wayne Blair (director)|Wayne Blair]]
| 
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Duck Duck Goose (film)|Duck Duck Goose]]''
| [[Chris Jenkins (film producer)|Chris Jenkins]]
| 
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Bolden (film)|Bolden]]''
| [[Dan Pritzker]]
| 
|-
| 2019
| ''[[A Dog's Journey (film)|A Dog's Journey]]''
| [[Gail Mancuso]]
| 
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Togo (film)|Togo]]''
| [[Ericson Core]]
| 
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Bill & Ted Face the Music]]''
| [[Dean Parisot]]
| 
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Honest Thief]]''
| [[Mark Williams (filmmaker)|Mark Williams]]
| 
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Judas and the Black Messiah]]''
| [[Shaka King]]
| 
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Needle in a Timestack]]''
| [[John Ridley]]
| 
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Blacklight (film)|Blacklight]]''
| [[Mark Williams (filmmaker)|Mark Williams]]
| 
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent]]''
| Tom Gormican
| 
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Shooting Stars (2023 film)|Shooting Stars]]''
| [[Chris Robinson (director)|Chris Robinson]]
| 
|}

===Television series===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Episode(s)
! Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Chicago Hope]]''
| "Pilot"
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[[EZ Streets]]''
| 2
| 
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Michael Hayes (TV series)|Michael Hayes]]''
| "Prequel"
| 
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Nothing Sacred (TV series)|Nothing Sacred]]''
| 
| TV series theme
|-
| 1998
| ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]''
| 2
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Family Law (American TV series)|Family Law]]''
| 18
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Black Donnellys]]''
| 18
| 
|-
| 2008–2009
| ''[[Crash (2008 TV series)|Crash]]''
| 26
| 
|-
| 2011–2018
| ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''
| 147
| 
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| "Pilot"
| 
|-
| 2013–2014
| ''[[Once Upon a Time in Wonderland]]''
| 7
| 
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Blood & Oil]]''
| 10
| 
|-
| 2015
| ''[[American Crime (TV series)|American Crime]]''
| 21
| 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Black Mirror]]''
| "Arkangel"
| 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams]]''
| "Autofac," "Safe and Sound"
| 
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''[[Cloak & Dagger (TV series)|Marvel's Cloak & Dagger]]''
| 20
| 
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Godfather of Harlem]]''
| 10
| 
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Little Fires Everywhere (miniseries)|Little Fires Everywhere]]''
| 8
| 
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Amazing Stories (2020 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]''
| "The Rift"
| 
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Nevers]]''
| 
| 
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Sex/Life]]''
| 8
| 
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]''
| 
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Justified: City Primeval]]''
| 
|
|}

===Documentaries and shorts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Times of Harvey Milk]]''
| [[Rob Epstein]]
| 
|-
| 1985
| ''Portraits of Anorexia''
|
| 
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Steadfast Tin Soldier#Adaptations|Rabbit Ears: The Steadfast Tin Soldier]]''
|
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''Tibet''
|
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''Hawaii: Born in Paradise''
| Robert Hillmann
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''Hidden Hawaii''
| Robert Hillmann
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''The Blood Tide''
|
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''Galapagos''
|
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''From the Ground Up''
| Laura Nix
| 
|-
| 2011
| "Morning"
| [[Dror Soref]]
| 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992]]''
| [[John Ridley]]
| 
|}

== Filmography ==
'''As director'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1998
| ''The Cowboy and the Ballerina''
|Mark Isham
| {{N/A}}
|}
'''As screenwriter'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1998
| ''The Cowboy and the Ballerina''
|Mark Isham
| {{N/A}}
|}
'''As actor'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Made in Heaven (1987 film)|Made in Heaven]]'' 
|[[Alan Rudolph]]
| {{N/A}}
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of ambient music artists]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://isham.com/}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/MarkIshamMusic/videos YouTube channel]
* [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-isham-mn0000236246/biography Artist Biography by Steve Huey] at ''Allmusic.com''
* {{IMDb name|6142}}

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