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- In 1983 Isham received critical recognition as a solo artist with the release of his debut album Vapor Drawings on Windham Hill Records. He went on to release Castalia for Virgin Records and Tibet for Windham Hill. Most notable of his accomplishments as a solo artist is his 1990 Grammy Award for his album, Mark Isham on Virgin Records.
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In 1983 Isham received critical recognition as a solo artist with the release of his debut album Vapor Drawings on Windham Hill Records. He went on to release Castalia for Virgin Records and Tibet for Windham Hill.
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Going Solo. Isham made a solo breakthrough with Vapor Drawings, his 1983 long‑player debut for Wyndham Hill, and was initially perceived as a New Age artist. Most notable of his accomplishments in that oft‑misinterpreted genre was his self‑titled solo album, which won him a Grammy for 'Best New Age Performer' and coincided with his ...
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Born September 7, 1951, in New York, NY; son of Howard Fuller (a professor of humanities) and Patricia (a violinist; maiden name, Hammond) Isham; married Margaret Johnstone (a music publicist), May 24, 1986 (marriage ended); married Donna Linson, February 24, 1990. Education: Attended University of California, Santa Barbara; studied classical trump...
Film Work:
Horn player, The Secret Policeman's Other Ball,Almi Cinema 5, 1981. Musician, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman,Castle Hill, 1982. Musician, Never Cry Wolf,Buena Vista, 1983. Musician, The Times of Harvey Milk,New Yorker, 1984. Musician, Trouble in Mind,Island Alive, 1985. Musician, Made in Heaven,Lorimar, 1987. Song producer and musician, The Moderns,Alive Films, 1988. Song performer, title song, Cat Chaser,1989. Song performer, Everybody Wins,Orion, 1990. Band leader for Blue Danube and musicia...
Film Director:
The Cowboy and the Ballerina,1998.
Film Appearances:
Zeus, Made in Heaven,Lorimar, 1987.
Albums:
(With Art Lande) Rubisa Patrol,ECM, 1976. (With Lande) Desert Marauders,ECM, 1978. (With Van Morrison) Into the Music,Warner Bros., 1979. (With Morrison) Common One,Warner Bros., 1980. (With Morrison) Beautiful Vision,Warner Bros., 1980. (With Group 87) Group 87,Columbia, 1980. (With Morrison) Live at the Belfast Opera House,Mercury, 1983. (With Morrison) Inarticulate Speech of the Heart,Warner Bros., 1983. Vapor Drawings,Windham Hill, 1983. (With Group 87) A Career in Dada Processing,Capitol...
Videos:
The Steadfast Tin Soldier,Random House, 1987. Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music,1998. The Hitcher—How Do These Movies Get Made?,Kinowelt Home Entertainment, 2003. "Moonlight Mile": A Journey to Screen,Buena Vista Home Video, 2003. The Sound of "Miracle," Buena Vista Home Video, 2004. The Making of "Miracle," Buena Vista Home Video, 2004.
Film Music:
Never Cry Wolf,Buena Vista, 1983. Mrs. Soffel,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1984. The Times of Harvey Milk,New Yorker, 1984. Additional music, Country,Buena Vista, 1984. Trouble in Mind,Island Alive, 1985. The Hitcher,American Film, 1986. Portraits of Anorexia,1986. Made in Heaven,Lorimar, 1987. Tibet (also known as Tibet—Widerstand des geistes), 1988. The Moderns,Alive Films, 1988. The Beast (also known as The Beast of War), Columbia, 1988. Title song, Cat Chaser,1989. Everybody Wins,Orion, 1990. Rev...
Songs Featured in Films:
"My Pander Bear," What Women Want,Paramount, 2000. The Princess Diaries,Buena Vista, 2001. "Foot Chase," Hot Fuzz,Rogue Pictures, 2007.
Screenplays:
The Cowboy and the Ballerina,1998.
Isham's compositions and his work as music producer and musician for motion pictureshave been recorded on numerous original soundtrack albums.
Books:
Contemporary Musicians,Volume 14, Gale, 1995.
Periodicals:
Downbeat,November, 1995, p. 30. Los Angeles,October, 1995, p. 74.
Electronic:
Mark Isham Official Site,http://www.isham.com/, May 18, 2007.
In 1983 Isham received critical acclaim as a solo artist with the release of his debut album Vapor Drawings, which led to Isham being hired to compose the music for Disney’s critically acclaimed Never Cry Wolf.
Film composing for Mark began in 1983. Already an established performer and recording artist by that time, Mark had begun experimenting with electronic music. He circulated a demo CD intending to catch the attention of ECM Records, but fortuitously catching the attention of someone else as well.
His solo recordings span from electronica and classic jazz to hip-hop and ethnic world music, receiving worldwide critical acclaim including Grammy nominations for his albums Castalia and Tibet, and a win for his Virgin Records release, Mark Isham.
In 1979, Isham formed Group 87 a progressive jazz ensemble and in 1983 began a parallel career as a soloist. Through the 80s and early 90s, Isham did his group and solo work while developing a career as a movie music composer.
