What I do

I produce, record, edit, and mix music.  Much like a performer my craft requires a lifetime of never-ending practice and improvement, as well as the need for the technique to become second nature so that I can focus on the music.  My goal is always to be able to step back and be absorbed by recordings on an emotional level - to not be conscious of the speakers, the processing, the mixing, the microphones.

“I am very impressed with the level of professionalism and quality of work that Mark delivered. He was able to accommodate our needs and understand our expectations despite project complexity. Indeed, he contributed a lot to the success of our project.” - Ziyad Al Harbi (Composer)

“Working with Mark has been just great. Great communication and, something I felt was very important for this project, great imagination. - I'm not overly technical with my instructions, but Mark was able to quickly turn my ideas into reality. And the final mix is simply Top Quality.” - Tony Yetzer (Producer)

“Mark really shaped and controlled the sound of this project to be as impactful, clean, and effective. With a project that will be used exclusively for live sound he made so many accommodations and thought through how to make the project the most effective it cold be.” - Adam Wesley (Composer)

Some highlights are:

FILM & MEDIA

  • Music Producer & Mixer for Kenji Kamiyama’s The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (composer: Stephen Gallagher) (New Line Cinema)

  • Supervising Music Editor for Sir Peter Jackson's Hobbit Trilogy & The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (composer: Howard Shore) (New Line Cinema)

  • Scoring Engineer, Mixer & Supervising Music Editor for Ultraman Rising (composer: Scot Stafford) (Netflix Feature Animation)

  • Music Mixer for Jim Capobianco’s The Inventor (composer: Alex Mandel) (Blue Fox Entertainment)

  • Music Producer & Scoring Mixer for Webzen's Soul of the Ultimate Nation MMORPG (composer: Howard Shore) (Webzen Games)

  • Scoring Engineer & Mixer for Korean feature 2009: Lost Memories - (composer: Dong-Jun Lee) (ADV Films)

  • Music Editor for Paul King’s Paddington 2 (composer: Dario Marianelli) (StudioCanal)

  • Scoring Mixer for The Aviator OST (composer: Howard Shore) (Miramax)

  • Music Editor & Scoring Mixer for Tonko House's animated short Moom (composers: Zach Johnston & Matteo Roberts) (Studio Anima)

CLASSICAL

  • Mixing & Mastering Engineer for Kaija Saariaho’s Opera Adriana Mater - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Sellars, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus (Deutsche Grammophon)

  • Balance Engineer, Digital Editing, & Mastering for the Cypress String Quartet's Beethoven: The Complete Quartets (Avie Records)

  • Producer, Editing, Mixing, & Mastering for the St. Lawrence String Quartet’s Haydn: Op 76 Quartets (Phenotypic)

  • Mixing & Mastering for Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the San Francisco Symphony - Complete Bartok Piano Concertos (Pentatone)

  • Producer, Digital Editing, Mixing, & Mastering for Elena Ruehr's Averno (Avie Records)

  • Mixing & Digital Editing for John Adam's The Dharma at Big Sur (Nonesuch)

  • Balance Engineer, Mixing, Digital Editing, & Mastering for The St. Lawrence String Quartet & Christos Hatzis The Awakening (EMI)

NON-Classical

  • Mixing Engineer for Michael Franti & Spearheads iconic “Stay Human” album.

  • Recording Engineer for the SF Jazz Collective’s “The Music of Stevie Wonder” record.

  • noise reduction & artifact removal for Lady Gaga, The San Francisco Symphony, and The Colorado Symphony

  • instrument programming for Peter Asher, Graham Nash, and Anna Vissi

 

  • 2019 Golden Reel Award - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Special Venue

  • Four Golden Reel nominations for best Music Editing in a Feature Film

  • Guest Audio Faculty at the world-renowned Banff Centre for the Arts (1999-2016)

  • Guest Audio Faculty at the Verbier Festival, Switzerland (2023->)

  • Developed and coded key analytical algorithms for Monogram Biosciences ETag Informer software; used in biopharmaceutical research at GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and LabCorp

  • Voting member of AES (Audio Engineering Society), NARAS (National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences), MPG (Music Producers Guild), & MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors)

 

MY Commitment to my clients

I will care for your music as if it were my own, but will always deliver your vision.

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