Adler, Mark

PERSONAL

Education: University of California, Los Angeles, degree in film; studied piano.

Addresses:

Agent—Soundtrack Music Associates, 2229 Cloverfield Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. Publicist—Costa Communications, 8265 Sunset Blvd., Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career:

Composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music editor. Heart of Gold Band, member.

Member:

Society of Composers and Lyricists (vice president), Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (member of the music peer group executive committee and national awards committee).

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding music composition for a miniseries or a movie (dramatic underscore), 1998, for Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone; Emmy Award, outstanding music direction, 1999, for The Rat Pack; received a American Film Institute grant for a screenplay he wrote; created an animated short film that has been added to the permanent archive collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Music arranger: additional arrangements and music producer, Never Cry Wolf, Buena Vista, 1983.

Music arranger: string arrangements, Mrs. Soffel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984.

Music editor, Amadeus (also known as Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" and Amadeusz), Orion, 1984, director's cut released as Amadeus: Director's Cut (also known as Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus": Director's Cut, Amadeus: El montaje del director, Amadeus—ohjaajan versio, and Amadeus—version integrale).

Music editor, Blue Velvet (also known as Ble veloudo, Blue Velvet—ja sinisempi oli yo, Blue Velvet—och blaaare var natten, Blue Velvet—Verbotene Blicke, Modry samet, Plavi barsun, Plavi somot, Terciopelo azul, Velluto blu, and Veludo azul), De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986.

Music editor, River's Edge (also known as Brzeg rzeki, Das Messer am Ufer, I ragazzi del fiume, Instinto sadico, Juventude assassina, Le fleuve de la mort, Tuhon ranta, and Vid flodens strand), Hemdale/Island Films, 1986.

Music arranger, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (also known as A insustentavel leveza do ser, Die Unertraegliche Leichtigkeit des Seins, L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'essere, L'insoutenable legerete de l'etre, La insoportable levedad del ser, Nieznosna lekkosc bytu, Olemisen sietaemaetoen keveys, Tilvaerelsens ulidelige lethed, and Varats olidliga laetthet), Orion, 1988.

Music editor and band arranger ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home"), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (also known as Tucker, Tucker—Ein Mann und sein Traum, Tucker, el hombre y su sueno, Tucker—en man och hans droem, Tucker: L'homme et son reve, Tucker—mies ja unelma, Tucker—O homem e o seu sonho, Tucker-Um homem e seu sonho, and Tucker, un uomo e il suo sogno), Paramount, 1988.

Music conductor (orchestral ensemble) and orchestrations, The Blood of Heroes, New Line Cinema, 1989.

Musician (pianist), Eat a Bowl of Tea (also known as Comete una taza de te, Den kinesiska bruden, Eine Tasse Tee fuer die Liebe, Kulhollinen teetae, Mangia una tazza di te, Napijmy sie razem herbaty, and Por uma xicara de cha), Columbia, 1989.

Musician ("Magnificent Seven"), Life Is Cheap … but Toilet Paper Is Expensive, Silverlight Entertainment, 1989.

Music editor, Cadillac Man (also known as Cadillac man, Mister occasionissima, Ish Ha-Cadillac, Sprzedawca cadillacow, Um conquistador em apuros, and Um sedutor em apuros), Orion, 1990.

Music editor, Cold Dog Soup, HandMade Films, 1990.

Music editor, The Godfather: Part III (also known as Mario Puzo's "The Godfather: Part III," The Death of Michael Corleone, Baba III, Boter 3, Der pate—Teil III, Der pate 3, El padri III, El padrino. Parte III, El padrino III, Gudfadern del III, Il padrino parte terza, Keresztapa 3., Kmotr 3, Kummisetae III, Le parrain 3, Le parrain III, Mario Puzo's "Der Pate—Teil III," O padrinho: Parte III, O poderoso chefao III, and Ojciec chrzestny III), Paramount, 1990, included in the video compilation The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (also known as La trilogia de el padrino: 1901-80), Paramount Home Video, 1992.

Indigenous music producer, At Play in the Fields of the Lord (also known as A brincar nos campos do Senhor, Brincando nos campos do Senhor, Ein Pfeil in den Himmel, Eleftheros sta livadia tou Theou, En liberte dans le champs du seigneur, Giocando nei campi del Signore, Jugando en los campos del Senor, and Leikkiae luojan laitumilla), Universal, 1991.

Musician (pianist), Picture Bride (also known as A mulher prometida, Alesul din fotografie, Bijo photo, Brud per fotografi, Das Geheimnis der Braut, La foto del compromiso, Ocean hozott, Postorderbruden, and Synoikesio), Miramax, 1994.

Performer of song "St James Infirmary," God Said, "Ha!," Miramax, 1998.

Orchestrator, The Sterling Chase (also known as Graduation Week), OverSeas Film Group, 1999.

Conductor, orchestrator, and musician (pianist), Focus (also known as Foco), Paramount Classics, 2001.

Orchestrator and musician (pianist), Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (also known as Un toque de seduccion), Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2005.

Performer of song "Courtship," Fun with Dick and Jane (also known as Alternative Career, Fun with Dick & Jane, As loucuras de Dick & Jane, Braqueurs amateurs, Dick e Jane—operazione furto, Dick und Jane, Dick y Jane—Ladrones de risa, Fun with Dick and Jane: Ola ta lefta!, Las locuras de Dick y Jane, Les folies de Dick et Jane, and Taalat taskuun, Dick & Jane), Sony Pictures Releasing, 2005.

DVA recordist, Crossover, TriStar, 2006.

Television Work:

Editor, For Better or For Worse (documentary special; also known as Na dobre i na zle), PBS, 1993.

Conductor, music producer, and orchestrator, The Rat Pack (movie), HBO, 1998.

WRITINGS

Film Music:

La ofrenda: The Days of the Dead (documentary; also known as La ofrenda: Days of the Dead), First Run Features, 1985.

Las madres de la Plaza de Mayo (documentary; also known as The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), First Run Features, 1985.

Prehistoric Beast (animated short film), 1985.

Incidental music, Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (ballet; also known as Der Nussknacker), Atlantic Releasing, 1986.

Heat and Sunlight (also known as Cieplo i slonecznie), New Front Alliance Pictures/Silverlight Entertainment, 1987.

Where the Heart Roams (documentary), New Yorker Films, 1987.

(With others) Carved in Silence (short documentary), 1988.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (also known as A insustentavel leveza do ser, Die Unertraegliche Leichtigkeit des Seins, L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'essere, L'insoutenable legerete de l'etre, La insoportable levedad del ser, Nieznosna lekkosc bytu, Olemisen sietaemaetoen keveys, Tilvaerelsens ulidelige lethed, and Varats olidliga laetthet), Orion, 1988.

Eat a Bowl of Tea (also known as Comete una taza de te, Den kinesiska bruden, Eine Tasse Tee fuer die Liebe, Kulhollinen teetae, Mangia una tazza di te, Napijmy sie razem herbaty, and Por uma xicara de cha), Columbia, 1989.

Life Is Cheap … but Toilet Paper Is Expensive, Silverlight Entertainment, 1989.

Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (documentary), c. 1989.

Henry & June, Universal, 1990.

Additional music, A grande arte (also known as Exposure, High Art, The Knife, and Knight Fighter), Miramax, 1991.

Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (documentary), 1992.

N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdoes (documentary; also known as N Is a Number and N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos), 1993.

Coming out under Fire (documentary), Fox Lorber/Zeitgeist Films, 1994.

Picture Bride (also known as A mulher prometida, Alesul din fotografie, Bijo photo, Brud per fotografi, Das Geheimnis der Braut, La foto del compromiso, Ocean hozott, Postorderbruden, and Synoikesio), Miramax, 1994.

Slam Dunk Ernest, Buena Vista, 1995.

Ernest in the Army, Active Entertainment/Ventura Distribution, 1998.

The Sterling Chase (also known as Graduation Week), OverSeas Film Group, 1999.

First Person Plural (documentary), c. 2000.

Focus (also known as Foco), Paramount Classics, 2001.

Family Fundamentals (documentary), DeepFocus Productions, 2002.

Leo, First Look International, 2002.

The Olive Harvest, Ananda Films, 2003.

Save It for Later (also known as Water under the Bridge), Lightyear Entertainment, 2003.

There's Something about W (short documentary), CustomFlix, 2004.

The Fall of Fujimori (documentary), Cinema Libre Studio, 2005.

Life of the Party (also known as Glory Days), Warner Bros., 2005.

Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (also known as Un toque de seduccion), Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2005.

When Do We Eat?, THINKFilm, 2005.

The Far Side of Jericho, Mountainair Films, 2006.

Hollywood Chinese (documentary), DeepFocus Productions, 2007.

Nobel Son, Gimme Five Films/Unclaimed Freight Productions, 2007.

Film Music; Themes:

Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army (documentary; also known as Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst), Magnolia Pictures, 2004.

Das Goebbels-Experiment (documentary; also known as The Goebbels Experiment), First Fun Features, 2005.

Film Music; Songs:

"I Don't Belong to You" and "Life Is Cheap …," Life Is Cheap … but Toilet Paper Is Expensive, Silverlight Entertainment, 1989.

"Spring in New York," Eat a Bowl of Tea (also known as Comete una taza de te, Den kinesiska bruden, Eine Tasse Tee fuer die Liebe, Kulhollinen teetae, Mangia una tazza di te, Napijmy sie razem herbaty, and Por uma xicara de cha), Columbia, 1989.

"Last Call Blues," Pontiac Moon, Paramount, 1994.

"Courtship," Fun with Dick and Jane (also known as Alternative Career, Fun with Dick & Jane, As loucuras de Dick & Jane, Braqueurs amateurs, Dick e Jane—operazione furto, Dick und Jane, Dick y Jane—Ladrones de risa, Fun with Dick and Jane: Ola ta lefta!, Las locuras de Dick y Jane, Les folies de Dick et Jane, and Taalat taskuun, Dick & Jane), Sony Pictures Releasing, 2005.

"Holiday Blessing" and "Holy Thing to Do," When Do We Eat?, THINKFilm, 2005.

Screenplays:

Author of screenplays and created short animated films.

Television Music; Series:

The de Medici Kitchen, PBS, beginning 1992.

Green Means, PBS, beginning 1993.

Television Theme Music; Series:

The American Experience, PBS, beginning 1992.

Television Music; Miniseries:

"The Road to Memphis," The Blues (also known as Du Mali au Mississippi), PBS, beginning 2003.

Television Music; Movies:

Break of Dawn, 1988.

Decoy, HBO, 1995.

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (also known as Forbidden Territory), ABC, 1997.

(And song "The Least I Can Do") The Rat Pack, HBO, 1998.

Thicker Than Blood, TNT, 1998.

The Apartment Complex, Showtime, 1999.

Above Suspicion, USA Network, 2000.

Flowers for Algernon (also known as Charlie, Experimentet med Charlie, Kukkia Algernonille, and Un sueno imposible), CBS, 2000.

A Tale of Two Bunnies (also known as The Price of Beauty), ABC, 2000.

Till Dad Do Us Part, Fox Family Channel, 2001.

Fatal Conflict: Bird Flu in America (also known as Fatal Conflict), ABC, 2006.

The Ron Clark Story (also known as The Triumph, A historia de Ron Clark, O triunfo, and Unidos para triunfar), TNT, 2006.

Television Music; Specials:

Zebras: Patterns in the Grass, National Geographic Television, 1991.

Mysteries Underground, PBS, 1992.

For Better or For Worse (also known as Na dobre i na zle), PBS, 1993.

Keepers of the Wild, PBS, 1993.

The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal, TBS, 1993.

Wolf: Return of a Legend, ABC, 1993.

El diablo nunca duerme (also known as The Devil Never Sleeps), Independent Television Service, 1994.

Indian American: A Gift from the Past, PBS, 1994.

Reflections on Elephants, PBS, 1994.

Russia's Last Tsar, NBC, c. 1994.

Cyclone!, NBC, 1995.

Inside the White House (also known as National Geographic's "Inside the White House"), PBS, 1996.

Okavango: Africa's Savage Oasis, NBC, 1996.

Wildlife Warriors, NBC, 1996.

Asteroids: Deadly Impact, NBC, 1997.

Wolves at Our Door, The Discovery Channel, 1997.

America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Goodbye, NBC, 1998.

Ancient Graves: Voices of the Dead (also known as National Geographic's "Ancient Graves: Voices of the Dead"), 1998.

Sea Monsters: Search for the Giant Squid, NBC, 1998.

Storm of the Century, NBC, 1998.

Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey (also known as Wayfinders), PBS, c. 1999.

Horses, PBS, 1999.

Search for the Submarine I-52, NBC, 1999.

Sumo: Dance of the Gargantuans/Survive the Sahara, TBS, 1999.

"Cupid & Cate," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 2000.

Mummies: Voices of the Dead, PBS, 2000.

Urban Elephant, PBS, 2000.

"Follow the Stars Home" (also known as "A Second Chance"), Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 2001.

Inside the Vatican (also known as National Geographic: "Inside the Vatican"), National Geographic Television, 2001.

Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack, NBC and National Geographic Television, 2001.

Roots—Celebrating 25 Years: The Saga of an American Classic, NBC, 2002.

Sherman's March, History Channel, 2007.

Television Theme Music; Specials:

Die Luftbruecke (documentary), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF, Germany), 2005.

Television Music; Episodic:

"Chinatown," Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco (also known as Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco—Chinatown), PBS, 1997.

"Extraordinary Dogs," Nature, PBS, 1997.

The American Experience, PBS, episodes beginning c. 1998.

"Lost World of the Holy Land," Nature, PBS, 2003.

"Wright Brothers' Flying Machine," Nova, PBS, 2003.

"Ocean in Glass: Behind the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium," Nature, PBS, 2006.

Albums; with Others:

The Miramax Films Greatest Hits, Hollywood Records, 1997.

Adler's work appeared in the album Picture Bride (soundtrack), Virgin Records; and has appeared in other soundtracks, compilations, and other recordings.