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Cinematic music for your narrative-driven games and visual media experiences


Mark is a freelance composer primarily for video games, theatre and animation, with a background as a classically trained pianist from the Royal Academy of Music. He holds a MA (Distinction) in Orchestration for Film, Games and TV from Thinkspace Education (University of Chichester) and a BSc in Computer Science from Clare College (University of Cambridge). Mark is a BAFTA Games Connect member and is represented by The Composerworks.

Games credits include Tower Five’s Pégases winning and Gamescom nominated Empire of the Ants (published by Microids), Talewind’s Breezy Bay, Studio Witchstar’s Anchored Hearts and Captilight’s Path of Kami. As a pianist, he has recorded and performed in prestigious venues such as Abbey Road Studios, Southbank Centre and ITV London Studios, as well as at notable events including the Golden Joystick Awards and O2 Wireless @ Hyde Park.

Since 2015, he has been Resident Composer of Whole Hog Theatre, a company that exclusively creates Anglo-Japanese and anime-to-stage adaptations. Their latest show was the world premiere of The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭) Official Stage Production, a film created by one of anime's most beloved directors, Makoto Shinkai (your name.), with kind permission from ComixWave Films. Mark received an Offies nomination for his score in August 2023.

As an arranger and orchestrator, Mark was nominated for a Game Music Remix Award in both 2021 and 2023 for his arrangements; and in 2024, maestro Borislav Slavov commissioned Mark to create an official piano version of Down By The River for the Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe Edition Vinyl release. He has been an arranger for the London Video Game Orchestra since inception and has also had his work recorded by the Virtual Video Game Orchestra.

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