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Mark Graham
BornJune 23, 1960
OccupationOrchestrator, conductor, collaborator
GenreFilm scores, soundtracks
Website
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Mark Graham (born June 23, 1960) is an orchestrator and conductor for film and television scores. He is the head of music preparation at JoAnn Kane Music Service.[1] Graham has worked with composers such as John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Alexandre Desplat, John Debney and Theodore Shapiro.[2]

Career

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Mark Graham has orchestrated music for many films, including A Quiet Place, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Luck and Trumbo.[3] Graham has worked with composer John Williams since 1998. He was a music copyist and librarian on three prequels of the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[4]

Graham has worked with Alexandre Desplat as an orchestrator, conductor and music director for The Grand Budapest Hotel,[5] an orchestrator for The Secret Life of Pets[6] and the music librarian for Godzilla (2014).[7]

Graham was an orchestrator for composer Alan Silvestri on Avengers: Infinity War and conducted the recording session at Abbey Road Studios.[8] He was the music librarian for Silvestri's score to Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.[9]

In 2017, he conducted an 85-piece ensemble from the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra for Rob Simonsen's score to Going in Style.[10]

Graham has been an orchestrator on many scores by composer Theodore Shapiro, including Ghostbusters (2016),[11] Why Him?,[12] Central Intelligence[13] and The Eyes of Tammy Faye.[14]

For composer John Debney, Graham has been a music librarian for Hotel for Dogs,[15] and an orchestrator for Luck[16] and Hocus Pocus 2.[17] He was the head of music preparation for The Orville[18] and The Jungle Book (2016 film).[19]

Graham was the orchestrator for Dan Romer's score to the Pixar film Luca, and conducted the 82-piece orchestra that recorded the score at Fox's Newman Scoring Stage in 2021.[20]

Many film scores have been adapted for orchestra as a live-to-picture format by Graham, including scores to Jaws, Skyfall, Back to the Future and the Harry Potter and Star Wars franchise. Graham's adaptation of Mark Knopfler's score to The Princess Bride was premiered at the Hollywood Bowl in 2021 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.[21]

In 2021, he began working with Robbie Robertson on the score to Killers of the Flower Moon. Throughout the scoring process, Robertson would record videos of him singing or playing guitar and send them to Graham for orchestration.[22] On November 9, 2023, Graham conducted segments of music to film at Royce Hall on the University of California, Los Angeles campus as a part of Deadline's Sound & Screen concert.[23]

In 2024, he worked with Pharrell Williams and produced "Double Life" that appeared in Despicable Me 4.

References

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  1. ^ Yoho, Scott (2017-05-04). "May the Fourth Spotlight on Joann Kane Music". Finale. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  2. ^ graham, mark. "Search results from Mark Graham". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  3. ^ graham, mark. "Search results from Mark Graham". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  4. ^ Yoho, Scott (2017-05-04). "May the Fourth Spotlight on Joann Kane Music". Finale. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  5. ^ "THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  6. ^ Alexandre Desplat - The Secret Life Of Pets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2016-07-08, retrieved 2023-11-20
  7. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (2014-05-16). "Alexandre Desplat scores Godzilla". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  8. ^ "Release "Avengers: Infinity War" by Alan Silvestri - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  9. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (2009-04-29). "Alan Silvestri scores Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  10. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (2017-04-07). "Rob Simonsen scores Zach Braff's Going in Style". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  11. ^ "GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  12. ^ "WHY HIM?". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  13. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (2016-06-17). "Theodore Shapiro and Ludwig Göransson score Central Intelligence". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  14. ^ "THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE – Theodore Shapiro". MOVIE MUSIC UK. 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  15. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (2008-09-04). "John Debney scores Hotel for Dogs". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  16. ^ "G010004860514N | Luck: Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  17. ^ John Debney - Hocus Pocus 2 (Original Soundtrack), 2022, retrieved 2023-11-21
  18. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (2017-09-08). "Broughton, McNeely and Debney score MacFarlane's The Orville". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  19. ^ "The Jungle Book". Walt Disney Music Credits. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  20. ^ Comments, Eden Arnold | (2021-06-30). "Luca Score by Composer Dan Romer, the Music of Pixar's New Film". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  21. ^ "'The Princess Bride' fans at the Hollywood Bowl will hear live score for the first time". Daily News. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  22. ^ Greiving, Tim (2023-11-13). "For his final work, with Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson found a personal connection". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  23. ^ Lang, Robert (2023-11-10). "Deadline's Sound & Screen Film Photo Gallery: Portraits and Performances". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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