Mark Snow in 2016: his musical life began aged 10 when he reluctantly agreed to have piano lessons in return for being allowed to stay up and watch I Love Lucy - Alberto E Rodriguez/Getty Images for ...

During the promotional period for the 2016 reboot/sequel season of the program, Carter and Snow chatted with NPR’s All Things Considered. The pair reflected on their collaboration and how the theme ...

When you think about The X-Files, a few things instantly come to mind. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson’s paranormal-investigating FBI agents shining their flashlights into a void. The glow of the ...

Mark Snow created one of the most memorable TV themes of all time. As composer of “The X-Files,” he delivered each note of the brooding, atmospheric scores in every episode. But it was his ...

Snow’s music covered even more series, including Hart to Hart, T.J. Hooker, Smallville, and Blue Bloods. He began his career writing orchestral music but learned to adopt the electronic techniques ...

Mark Snow, who composed the ghostly theme for the long-running occult TV series “The X-Files” and more than 200 episodes of the show as well as its spin-off films, died July 3 at his home in ...

There’s nothing like music to take you right back. The near-time-machine quality of the perfect song is a powerful thing. And TV themes and theme songs often offer that in an even more concentrated ...

Lauren Ancona wasn’t really paying attention to the “X-Files” episode she had on her TV on Monday night. Then she heard the song. It played as a character walked into a rural bar, a lilting country ...

DETROW: He was 78 years old. NPR's Andrew Limbong has this appreciation. ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: Today, we know the music of "The X Files," the sonic soundscape of the show to be spooky and synthy (ph ...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - When "X-Files" heroes Fox Mulder and Dana Scully wrap up their second big-screen search for the truth this summer, audiences will exit to two tracks by UK-based ...

Two days ago, Dan Marfisi, a longtime musician and songwriter in the L.A. area, received a text from a composer friend. “He wrote, ‘Did you write this song on The X-Files?’” Marfisi says. “He said, ...