Mark Petrie

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Mark Petrie

Born| 20 May 1979
Auckland, New Zealand
Genres| Film scores, orchestral, contemporary
Occupation| Composer
Years active| 2002–present
Website| http://www.markpetrie.com

Musical artist

Mark Petrie (born 20 May 1979) is a New Zealand film, television and video game composer.[1][2][3] He is best known for composing the music in trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy, Life of Pi, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Avengers: Infinity War, and Venom,[4][5] as well as writing the score for EA Sports' Madden NFL American football video games. He has also composed scores for films, television shows, documentaries, political campaigns and sporting events.[6]

## Early life and influences

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Petrie was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He began his early musical training while boarding at Dilworth School for eight years, studying piano and composition. After winning a scholarship to study film scoring at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, he relocated to the United States, and completed a degree majoring in film scoring.[7]

## Career

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After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Petrie was awarded the BMI Foundation's Pete Carpenter Film Composing Fellowship. He was flown to Los Angeles to work under the Grammy Award-winning composer Mike Post.[8][9] He then began writing for TV shows and independent films. In 2007, he collaborated with PostHaste Music to compose music for trailers. He went on to compose dozens of tracks for them.[10] He is known for "infusing contemporary elements on top of epic orchestral writing" (Output.com).[11]

In 2012, he released his first album 'Genesis', featuring 27 tracks in the "modern, epic orchestral style showcased in his work in trailers for The Amazing Spider-Man, Green Lantern, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and Battleship."[12][13] In 2021, several of Petrie's tracks were added to the main entrance area music of Epcot.[14]

Fan made music videos featuring Petrie's music began to surface on YouTube around 2010 and many have amassed millions of views.[15][16][17]

## Filmography / Discography

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### Trailers

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2011  | Green Lantern | Composer: trailer music  |
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows |
2012  | Lockout | Composer: trailer music  |
Life of Pi |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
2013  | Oz the Great and Powerful | Composer: trailer music  |
Jack the Giant Slayer |
Oblivion |
2014  | Noah | Composer: trailer music  |
Guardians of the Galaxy |
Into the Storm |
Selma |
2015  | Insurgent | Composer: trailer music  |
Tomorrowland |
The Walk |
2016  | The Fifth Wave | Composer: trailer music  |
The Finest Hours |
Zoolander 2 |
The Last King |
Allegiant |
Command and Control | Documentary
Alice Through the Looking Glass |
The BFG |
Blood Father |
The Secret Life of Pets |
Independence Day: Resurgence |
Deepwater Horizon |
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children |
Overwatch | Video game
Deepwater Horizon | Composer: trailer music  |
2017  | Borg vs McEnroe |
Downsizing |
Blade Runner 2049 |
2018  | Avengers: Infinity War | Composer: trailer music  |
Venom |
2019  | Avengers: Endgame | Composer: trailer music  |
2024  | ‘’Flow’’  | Composer: trailer music  |

### Films

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2002  | Minimal Knowledge | Composer  |
2003  | Cafe and Tobacco | Composer, music producer, musician, orchestrator  | Won: Columbine Award at the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival
Cog | Composer  | Short film
Wasted | TV movie documentary
A Stranger Within | Video
2004  | Once Upon a Jedi | Composer  | Short film
Mums Behind Bars | TV movie documentary
Two Women and Two Babies | TV movie documentary
O Destino | Short film
2005  | Swamper | Composer  |
Without You | Short film
Thug | Short film
2006  | The Sand Creek Massacre | Composer  | Video documentary
Knife Shift | Short film
A Different Light | Short film
The Naked Ape |
Dumpster Diver | Short film
Blame Falls | Short film
2007  | The Road to Empire | Composer  |
Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse | Short film
Lake Dead: Behind the Scenes | Video documentary short
Mr. Blue Sky |
Lake Dead |
Polly and Marie | TV movie
Watching the Detectives | Composer: additional music, writer: "B Team", "Behind Enemy Lines", "Dream Spinner"  |
2008  | Valley of Angels | Composer  |
The Tell Tale Heart | Composer: theme music, composer  | Short film
Johnny Appleweed | Composer  |
A 1000 Points of Light | Video
Apron Strings |
Pittsburgh Passion |
Farmhouse |
Black | Short film
Knocked Down | Short film
2009  | Tender as Hellfire | Composer  | Short film
Mortal Kombat | Documentary
The Rift | Short film
No Strings Attached | Composer: stock music  |
2010  | Officer Down | Composer  | Short film
Native Time | Short film
God's Fools | Short film
El Dorado | Short film
Play On | Soundtrack  |
Kill's Hollow | Composer: stock music  | Video
Wrong Side of Town | Performer: "Acquisition", writer: "Acquisition"  | Video
Some Days Are Better Than Others | Performer: "Reality TV Show Music: Furnace, Nailbiter, Dismissal", writer: "Reality TV Show Music: Furnace, Nailbiter, Dismissal"  |
Cool It | Writer: "Swamp Monster"  | Documentary
2011  | Kin | Composer  | Short film
Constitutional Literacy with Michael Farris | Documentary
The Repressed | Short film
Cast Alaska |
Love Eterne | Writer: "Swirling"  |
2012  | A Dangerous Place | Composer  | Video
Kyren and the Mysterious World of Sight | Documentary short
Three Paces Flat | Short film
The Backpack |
Unconditional | Composer, music mixer  |
Future Hope | Composer  | Short film
2013  | DICE Awards Intro Film | Composer  | Short film
Strangers | Short film
Side Effects | Composer: additional music  |
This Is the End |
2014  | The Calling | Composer: additional music, performer: "Winter Sets In", writer: "Winter Sets In"  |
2017  | Razor | Composer  |
2018  | American Mirror | Composer  |

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1996  | Fox Major League Baseball | Composer: additional music  |
2003  | Big West Conference: NCAA Basketball | Composer: additional music  |
2007  | The Millen Baird Show | Composer: additional music  |
American Idol | 5 episodes
American Idol Extra | 5 episodes
My Super Sweet 16 | 1 episode
Sjukhuset | Composer: theme music  | 1 episode
Made | Composer: additional music  | 2 episodes
Cribs | 2 episodes
2006–07  | Entourage | Composer: additional music  | 2 episodes
The Simple Life | 20 episodes
2008  | The Real World Awards Bash | Composer: additional music  | TV special
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency | 1 episode
The Millen Baird Show | Composer  |
2006–08  | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Composer: additional music  | 3 episodes
2009  | UFO Hunters | Composer: additional music  | 2 episodes
Burn Notice | 1 episode
16 and Pregnant | 1 episode
The Real Housewives of New Jersey | 6 episodes
Surf Patrol | 1 episode
How Do I Look? | 1 episode
Dogs 101 | 2 episodes
Gone Too Far | 1 episode
2007–09  | Real World | Composer: additional music  | 52 episodes
The Best Damn Sports Show Period | 12 episodes
Keeping Up With the Kardashians | 31 episodes
2008–09  | Making the Band 4 | Composer: additional music  | 5 episodes
Fox NFL | 5 episodes
2010  | Teen Cribs | Composer: additional music  | 3 episodes
Parental Control | 1 episode
The Robert Verdi Show Starring Robert Verdi | 1 episode
Cougar Town | 1 episode
True Life | 1 episode
Funny or Die Presents | 1 episode
Moving In | 1 episode
2009–10  | Quiero mis quinces | Composer: additional music  | 2 episodes
2011  | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Composer: additional music  | 1 episode
2008–14  | Attitude | Composer  |
2017  | Darryl: An Outward Bound Story | Composer  |
2018  | Impossible Builds | Composer: additional music  | 1 episode
Westworld | Composer: additional music  | 1 episode

### Video games

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2014  | Madden NFL 15 | Composer  | Video game
2016  | Overwatch | Composer: trailer music  | Video game
2016  | Madden NFL 16 | Composer: additional music  | Video game
2017  | Madden NFL 17 | Composer: additional music  | Video game

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## Awards and nominations

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In 2004, Petrie won the Columbine Award at the Moondance International Film Festival for the 2003 film Cafe and Tobacco, shared with Michael Justiz. In the same year, he was awarded the Pete Carpenter Fellowship.

In 2018, he won the ASCAP Screen Music Award for Top Television Series for The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.[20]

## References

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1. ^ "An interview with Mark Petrie".
2. ^ "Composer Interview – Mark Petrie". Film and Game Composers. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
3. ^ "Mark Petrie Composer". SoundCloud. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
4. ^ Aletras, Adonis (20 January 2017). "Mark Petrie". PERSPECTIVE: A FORUM FOR FILM, TV, AND MEDIA COMPOSERS. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
5. ^ "About | Mark Petrie – music composer for trailers, games, film and TV". MarkPetrie.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. ^ "Mark Petrie". IMDb. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
7. ^ "Berklee Today | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
8. ^ "BMI Foundation Names 2004 Pete Carpenter Film Composing Fellows". BMI Foundation. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
9. ^ "Carpenter Fellows Begin Work With Mike Post". BMI.com. 24 October 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
10. ^ "Best Composer « Trailer Music News". trailermusicnews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
11. ^ "How Mark Petrie Scored EA's Madden 15 | Output". Output. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
12. ^ "Composer Mark Petrie Today Releases First Album of Epic Trailer Music: 'Genesis'". www.studentfilmmakers.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
13. ^ "FIRED EARTH MUSIC releases new album "HEROES" featuring Mark Petrie". Soundtracks and Trailer Music. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
14. ^ Epcot Main Entrance BGM 2021 Music Live Recording, 3 March 2021, retrieved 4 March 2021
15. ^ foreeverandmore72 (30 May 2014), Epic Music Soundtracks (Battle Music, 42min), retrieved 14 April 2017`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
16. ^ Trailer Music World II (25 July 2013), Audiomachine – Godspeed (Mark Petrie – Epic Choral Action), retrieved 14 April 2017
17. ^ ThePrimeCronus (18 August 2012), 1-Hour Epic Music Mix | Mark Petrie Vol. 1, retrieved 14 April 2017
18. ^ "Mark Petrie". IMDb. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
19. ^ ACE. "ACE Repertory". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
20. ^ "2018 ASCAP Screen Music Awards". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

## External links

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* Mark Petrie on YouTube
* Mark Petrie on SoundCloud
* Mark Petrie at IMDb

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