Mark Snow, the veteran television composer who turned “The X-Files” theme into an unlikely chart hit in the 1990s, died Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 78. A 15-time Emmy nominee, he ...

Mark Snow, the veteran television composer who turned “The X-Files” theme into an unlikely chart hit in the 1990s, died Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 78. A 15-time Emmy nominee, he ...

Snow’s first nomination was in 1994 for the main title theme music. The “X-Files” theme ended up charting in various countries, reaching No. 2 in the United Kingdom.

In addition to X-Files, Snow wrote the music for Millennium, another Chris Carter-created project. He did worked on both shows over 12 seasons total. You can listen to his X-Files theme below.

Composer Mark Snow attends The Television Academy Presents: Score! A concert celebrating music composed for television at Royce Hall, UCLA on May 21, 2014 in Westwood, California. Earl Gibson III ...