We are proud to announce that Mark Wood is the recipient
of an EMMY AWARD for music he composed for CBS-TV's broadcast of the 2002 Tour de France!
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As owner and operator of Mark Wood Music Productions, Mark Wood is an innovative and versatile Emmy-winning composer, acclaimed electric violinist, and inventor. He began his career with a full scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School of Music and had the privilege of studying under Maestro Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Program. As an international recording artist, he has released several albums, including collections of his dramatic and inspirational scores, along with CDs showcasing his unique approach to the electric violin, playing on his own line of patented instruments (see links below for other sites relating to Mark Wood). In the capacity of composer, he has received national recognition by the television industry in the form of an Emmy award for his outstanding work on the 2002 Tour de France bicycle race broadcast on CBS-TV. He has been nominated for an Emmy three times before; the first for an ABC-TV documentary, the second for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics on CBS-TV, and the most recent for music he composed for the 2003 Tour de France on CBS-TV. With a background as diverse as his, Mark Wood’s compositional style encompasses a wide range of music for television and film projects. His body of work is extensive and varied and, among others, has been featured on the following (see our Clients list below for a more extensive listing): |
• CBS-TV, NBC-TV, ABC-TV - themes and scores for various programs • USA Network - all music for sports presentations • ESPN and ESPN International • Lifetime Network • The Discovery Channel • VH1 and MTV • PBS - Two major specials: “Spontaneous Healing with Dr. Andrew Weil” and two Deepak Chopra broadcasts • Various special productions, commercial spots, and sporting events
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He has toured and recorded with dozens of the world’s most popular performers, including Celine Dion; he also functioned as string arranger on two of her albums. He was the featured violinist in Billy Joel’s video for “All About Soul,” appeared on “MTV Unplugged” with Lenny Kravitz, and performed live with Everclear for New York radio station WPLJ-FM. Mark is also lead violinist and string conductor with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and was awarded a platinum record for his involvement.
In addition, Mark is a New York Foundation for the Arts grant recipient and teaches special Master Classes at the Berklee School of Music and other schools and universities across the country. Along with such formidable colleagues as Arnold Steinhardt of the Guarnari String Quartet, Isaac Stern, and Yo Yo Ma, he is an instructor of a special course at the annual Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camps held in Nashville and San Diego.
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CBS-TV - 1998 Winter Olympics - Emmy nomination
for original score; and 1992 Winter Olympics CBS-TV - 2001 Tour de France (CD to be released
shortly) - theme and incidental music ESPN - Original music for "Sports Center," "Classic Sport," and ESPN's 10th Anniversary special CBS-TV - Theme for "Iron Man"
National commercial spots including: Minute Maid
Microsoft - "Windows '95 Video Companion" starring Jennifer
Aniston and Matthew Perry from "Friends" - Original score and sound design New York Yankees - "Champions of the Heart"
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - strings on their platinum selling CD "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" and "Beethoven's Last Night" Mark's own releases include the groundbreaking "Voodoo Violince" and "Guts, Grace and Glory" which features music from the CBS Winter Olympics. Click on the link below for "Mark Wood Electric Violinist" for more information on Mark's complete catalogue of CDs. A more complete listing of projects by Mark Wood Music Productions, as well as detailed information about the company and its facilities, is available by contacting Mark Wood Music Productions: (516)-767-6677
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Original
music is regularly featured on many of the major networks, in addition to regular
use by USA Network, MTV, ESPN and ESPN International, Entertainment Tonight, The Discovery
Channel, MSG, Fox, VH1, ABC, CBS, PBS, Lifetime, E! Entertainment, and Crest Films,
among others
ABC-TV
- "Tim McCarver's World of Adventure" 
Original
scores 
