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Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter.

Mothersbaugh is a composer, lyricist, and a founding member of the New Wave rock group Devo. Mothersbaugh developed a successful career scoring for film and television. His music has been a staple of the children's television shows Rugrats and Clifford the Big Red Dog. He also wrote the theme song for the new Felix the Cat show for Hanna Barbera, some music for Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and in 1990 and the theme song for The New Super Mario World for DiC Entertainment in 1991. In film, Mothersbaugh has worked frequently with filmmaker Wes Anderson, scoring all of his feature films (including Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou). Mark is also known for his music in video games including Sony's Crash Bandicoot series, the Jak and Daxter series, and Maxis' The Sims 2. This work is often performed with Mutato Muzika, the music production company he formed with several other former members of Devo including his brother Bob Mothersbaugh.

Mothersbuagh is also a noted member of The Church of the Subgenius, a parody religion mocking consumerism, cults, and the commercialisation of religion, and has produced songs and visual arts for the Church. Mothersbaugh also paints, in a style influenced by surrealism and Andy Warhol.

Filmography

Composer

• Feed Me (2006)
• Eureka (2006) (TV) (Theme)
• How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
• Big Love (2006)(TV)
• The Ringer (2005)
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
• Lords of Dogtown (2005)
• The Big White (2005)
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
• Jak 3 (2004) (VG)
• Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004) (V)
• The Sims 2 (2004) (VG)
• Envy (2004)
• Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
• The Complete Truth About De-Evolution (2004) (V)
• Jak II (2003) (VG)
• Good Boy! (2003)
• All Grown Up (2003) (TV)
• The Even Stevens Movie (2003) (TV)
• Thirteen (2003)
• A Guy Thing (2003)
• Second String (2002) (TV)
• Cheats (2002)
• MDs (2002) (TV)
• Hidden Hills (2002) (TV)
• Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
• Sorority Boys (2002)
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001) (VG)
• Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) (TV)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
• Rugrats: Still Babies After All These Years (2001) (TV) (for Mutato Muzika)
• The Rugrats: All Growed Up (2001) (TV)
• Sugar & Spice (2001)
• Camouflage (2001/I)
• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001) (VG)
• Glass, Necktie (2001)
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II (2000)
• Tucker (2000) (TV)
• Grosse Pointe (2000) (TV)
• The Other Me (2000) (TV)
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000) (TV)
• The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
• All the Rage (1999)
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
• Can of Worms (1999) (TV)
• 200 Cigarettes (1999)
• Interstate '82 (1999) (VG)
• Crash Team Racing (1999) (VG)
• Rocket Power (1999) (TV)(theme music)
• The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space (1999) (V)
• The Rugrats Movie (1998)
• Halloweentown (1998) (TV)
• Rushmore (1998)
• Dead Man on Campus (1998)
• Principal Takes a Holiday (1998) (TV)
• Last Rites (1998) (TV)
• The Mr. Potato Head Show (1998) (TV)
• Stories from My Childhood (1998) (TV)
• Crash Bandicoot: Warped (1998) (VG)
• Men (1997)
• Best Men (1997)
• Breaking Up (1997)
• Unwed Father (1997) (TV)
• Working (1997) (TV)(theme)
• Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997) (VG)
• Quicksilver Highway (1997) (TV)
• Fired Up (1997) (TV)
• Bongwater (1997)
• The Big Squeeze (1996)
• Class Reunion (1996) (TV)
• Bottle Rocket (1996)
• Happy Gilmore (1996)
• Crash Bandicoot (1996) (VG)
• Too Something (1995) (TV)
• If Not for You (1995)(TV)
• Strange Luck (1995) (TV)
• The Last Supper (1995)
• Sliders (1995) (TV)
• The Courtyard (1995) (TV)
• Dumb and Dumber (1995) (TV)
• Flesh Suitcase (1995)
• The New Age (1994)
• It's Pat (1994)
• Hotel Malibu (1994) TV Series
• Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle (1994) (TV)
• Beakman's World(1993) (TV) (theme)
• Bakersfield, P.D. (1993) (TV)
• South Beach (1993) (TV)
• Down on the Waterfront (1993)
• Frosty Returns (1992) (TV)
• Mann & Machine (1992) (TV)
• Rugrats (1991) (TV)
• Liquid Television (1991) (TV)
• Davis Rules (1991) (TV)
• Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)
• Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
• Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) TV Series (also theme)

External links

• Extensive interview from 1998 on Liveworld.com
• Mark talks about music, his visual art, science, and Hollywood on www.gocodon.org.
• Professional Website
• Devo Live Guide - Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.
• Amazon.com: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (SOUNDTRACK) - Playable samples by Mark Mothersbaugh

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