Mark Mothersbaugh

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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 founding member of the New Wave rock group Devo. Mothersbaugh has 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 many 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.
Mothersbaugh also paints, in a style influenced by surrealism and Andy Warhol.

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1	Let Me Tell You About My Boat	400
2	We Call Them Pirates Out Here	258
3	Loquasto International Film Festival	243
4	Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op	228
5	Nick & Norah's Theme	206
6	Hardest Geometry Problem in the World	189
7	I Always Wanted to Be a Tenenbaum	187
8	Mothersbaugh's Canon	177
9	Sharp Little Guy	172
10	Sparkplug Minuet	170
11	The Lad with the Silver Button	166
12	111 Archer Avenue	160
13	Kite Flying Society	146
14	Edward Appleby (In Memoriam)	145
15	Margaret Yang's Theme	139

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revowilliams wrote:
October 2008

I can't say enough about this man. When I was growing up, I had no heroes. And then along came David Bowie... and then Punk Rock... New Wave... AND DEVO. They spoke my language like no one ever had before. This aint rock'n'roll, this is catharsis! Revo Williams

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PLasmoEsmata wrote:
October 2008

Mr Mothersbaugh did the soundtracks for crash bandicoot for playstation too! classic, just wish i could get that on cd!

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masked_mouse wrote:
October 2008

I hope he supplies the soundtrack for Wes' next film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Imagine how awesome that would be. Also, Nick & Norah's Theme is his best work since "Let Me Tell You About My Boat."

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optimistic_tour wrote:
October 2008

His latest is the Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist ost... decent sounds there. classic Mothersbaugh.

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Sylvictus wrote:
October 2008

I want "Having Trouble Sleeping" :'(

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Wiswinner wrote:
August 2008

She's relly nice. Did you have all her songs? Try here http://justmusicstore.com/Search/?bg=Mark+Mothersbaugh

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gregruben wrote:
August 2008

does anyone know where to get ahold of the music he's done for tv shows like pee wee's playhouse, rugrats, and yo gabba gabba? if so, please message me.

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Thorpe wrote:
August 2008

Yeah, The Sims 2 menu music is so awesome. I also noticed he did Rushmore soundtrack. Saw the movie the other day.

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maqaqa wrote:
August 2008

ping island (L)

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Megapump wrote:
August 2008

Dude! :O

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LongTallSally wrote:
June 2008

He also does the music for The Sims 2. :)

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allbadendsall wrote:
May 2008

yo gabba gabba

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jones83 wrote:
May 2008

I was pretty shocked to find out he did so much work. found a nice interview on video i thought people might find interesting http://www.scion.com/broadband/index.html?ch=0&sh=4&ep=13

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notjustonce wrote:
May 2008

I love the Ping theme.

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LazyMFTX wrote:
March 2008

His best work is on the Bottle Rocket soundtrack. Give it a listen.

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sawaawawa wrote:
February 2008

MUZIK FOR INSOMNIAKS VOL.1&2 <3333

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coxxxyyy wrote:
February 2008

An edit of Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op is used in one of the new Honda adverts. Actually suits the advert quite while.

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blinka86 wrote:
January 2008

this guy is awesome!

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thatsneakyfox wrote:
January 2008

Did not know he did Pee-Wee's Playhouse music.

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optimistic_tour wrote:
January 2008

one of my very favorite film music composers... and he totally slams that Rugrats theme! seriously though, we should comment about something beside his absence on Darjeeling Limited... has anybody else seen the flick? It's perfectly amazing w/o M.M.

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