Raised in Winnipeg, Mark began formal music education in Edmonton in 1977 where he studied jazz arranging and composition. Success as a singer/songwriter led to a 1987 move to Toronto where he released an album with Duke Street Records and wrote the music score for "I've Heard the Mermaid's Singing" [Patricia Rozema].

In the last twelve years he has been nominated for 9 genie awards, and 8 Gemini awards for his work in Television and film, as well as winning the Hot Docs award for documentary film music for "Hearts of Hate" and again in 2000 for "The Toughest Job in the World".

In 1996 Mark won a Genie award for best Film score for "Curtis' Charm" [Dir. John L'Ecuyer] and in 1999 a Gemini award for "A Scattering of Seeds". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.