Mark Orton | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | composer, guitarist, arranger |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Website | www.markortonmusic.com |
Mark Orton (born ca. 1968[1]) is an American composer and musician. An alumnus of the Peabody Conservatory[2] and the Hartt School of Music, he is a founding member of the San Francisco-based Tin Hat chamber music group
As a film composer, he is probably best known for his scores for the Academy Award-nominated film Nebraska (2013) and the Academy Award-winning The Holdovers (2023), both directed by Alexander Payne. A recipient of a Sundance Composer Fellowship[3] and nominee for Best New Composer by The International Film Music Critics Association,[4] some of his other film credits as a composer include The Good Girl (2002), My Old Lady (2014) and Sweet Land (2006), while he has written or performed songs in films including Everything Is Illuminated (2005) and The Boxtrolls (2014).
Orton lives in Portland, Oregon and is a collector of antique and unusual instruments.[5]
- ^ The Holdovers Interview: Composer Mark Orton On New England & Hopeful Melancholy
- ^ Biography at Hans Wendl Produktion Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Indiewire: Sundance Picks Six Composer Fellows
- ^ 2006 IFMCA Awards
- ^ "About - Mark Orton - Co-founder of Tin Hat and composer of Nebraska, Sweet Land, Boxtrolls, and more". Mark Orton. Retrieved 2024-08-25.