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Mark Orton
- From
- United States
- Since
- present
- Releases
- 9
About
Mark Orton (born ca. 1968) is an American composer and musician. An alumnus of the Peabody Conservatory and the Hartt School of Music, he is a founding member of the San Francisco-based Tin Hat chamber music group
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As a film composer, he is probably best known for his scores for the Academy Award-nominated film Nebraska (2013) and the Academy Award-winning The Holdovers (2023), both directed by Alexander Payne. A recipient of a Sundance Composer Fellowship and nominee for Best New Composer by The International Film Music Critics Association, some of his other film credits as a composer include The Good Girl (2002), My Old Lady (2014) and Sweet Land (2006), while he has written or performed songs in films including Everything Is Illuminated (2005) and The Boxtrolls (2014).
Orton lives in Portland, Oregon and is a collector of antique and unusual instruments.
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On Swift Horses: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Somewhere in Queens: Original Motion Picture Score
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12 Mighty Orphans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
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The Last Shift
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Loop (Original Score) Apple Music
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People Places Things (Music From The Motion Picture) Apple Music
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My Old Lady (Music from the Motion Picture) Apple Music
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Nebraska Apple Music
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Sweet Land Apple Music
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- MusicBrainz
- eaa71731-95b5-485f-9d7f-7af32acb7ec2
- IPI
- 00444133680
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.