Mark Mothersbaugh
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-->Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter.
Mothersbaugh is a composer, lyricist, and founding member of the New Wave rock group Devo. After Devo disbanded in 1990, Mothersbaugh developed a successful career scoring for film and television. His music has been a staple of the children's television shows Rugrats and Clifford the Big Red Dog. He also wrote the theme song for the new Felix the Cat show for Hanna Barbera, some music for Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and in 1990 and the theme song for The New Super Mario World for DiC Entertainment in 1991. In film, Mothersbaugh has worked frequently with filmmaker Wes Anderson, scoring all of his feature films (including Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou). Mark is also known for his music in video games including Sony's Crash Bandicoot series, the Jak and Daxter series, and Maxis' The Sims 2. This work is often performed with Mutato Muzika, the music production company he formed with several other former members of Devo including his brother Bob Mothersbaugh.
Mothersbaugh also paints, in a style influenced by surrealism and Andy Warhol.
Filmography
Composer
- Feed Me (2006)
- Johnny Appleseed (2007)
- How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
- Big Love (2006)(TV)
- The Ringer (2005)
- Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
- Lords of Dogtown (2005)
- The Big White (2005)
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
- Jak 3 (2004) (VG)
- (2004) (V)
- The Sims 2 (2004) (VG)
- Envy (2004)
- Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
- The Complete Truth About De-Evolution (2004) (V)
- Jak II (2003) (VG)
- Good Boy! (2003)
- All Grown Up (2003) (TV)
- The 'Even Stevens' Movie (2003) (TV)
- Thirteen (2003)
- A Guy Thing (2003)
- Second String (2002) (TV)
- Cheats (2002)
- MDs (2002) (TV)
- Hidden Hills (2002) (TV)
- Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
- Sorority Boys (2002)
- (2001) (VG)
- (2001) (TV)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- (2001) (TV) (for Mutato Muzika)
- (2001) (TV)
- Sugar & Spice (2001)
- Camouflage (2001/I)
- (2001) (VG)
- Glass, Necktie (2001)
- (2000)
- Tucker (2000) (TV)
- Grosse Pointe (2000) (TV)
- The Other Me (2000) (TV)
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000) (TV)
- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
- All the Rage (1999)
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
- Can of Worms (1999) (TV)
- 200 Cigarettes (1999)
- Interstate '82 (1999) (VG)
- Crash Team Racing (1999) (VG)
- Rocket Power (1999) (TV)(theme music)
- (1999) (V)
- The Rugrats Movie (1998)
- Halloweentown (1998) (TV)
- Rushmore (1998)
- Dead Man on Campus (1998)
- Principal Takes a Holiday (1998) (TV)
- Last Rites (1998) (TV)
- The Mr. Potato Head Show (1998) (TV)
- Stories from My Childhood (1998) (TV)
- (1998) (VG)
- Men (1997)
- Best Men (1997)
- Breaking Up (1997)
- Unwed Father (1997) (TV)
- Working (1997) (TV)(theme)
- (1997) (VG)
- Quicksilver Highway (1997) (TV)
- Fired Up (1997) (TV)
- Bongwater (1997)
- The Big Squeeze (1996)
- Class Reunion (1996) (TV)
- Bottle Rocket (1996)
- Happy Gilmore (1996)
- Crash Bandicoot (1996) (VG)
- Too Something (1995) (TV)
- If Not for You (1995)(TV)
- Strange Luck (1995) (TV)
- The Last Supper (1995)
- Sliders (1995) (TV)
- The Courtyard (1995) (TV)
- Dumb and Dumber (1995) (TV)
- Flesh Suitcase (1995)
- The New Age (1994)
- It's Pat (1994)
- Hotel Malibu (1994) TV Series
- (1994) (TV)
- Beakman's World(1993) (TV) (theme)
- Bakersfield, P.D. (1993) (TV)
- South Beach (1993) (TV)
- Down on the Waterfront (1993)
- Frosty Returns (1992) (TV)
- Mann & Machine (1992) (TV)
- Rugrats" (1991) (TV)
- Liquid Television (1991) (TV)
- Davis Rules (1991) (TV)
- Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)
- (1987)
- Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) TV Series (also theme)
External links
- [Extensive interview from 1998 on Liveworld.com]
- [Mark talks about music, his visual art, science, and Hollywood on www.gocodon.org.]
- [Biography]
- [Professional Website]
- [Devo Live Guide] - Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.
- [Amazon.com: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (SOUNDTRACK)] - Playable samples by Mark Mothersbaugh
- [Ms Divine's Video Interview] Mark is interviewed during his Beatiful Mutants Art tour for the show Ms. Divine's Tee Hee Heure - a show comprised of a collection of sketch comedy films by Ms Divine
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