Orchestral film scores for fulldome planetarium, PBS documentary, and immersive cinema.

Abbey Road sessions with the London Symphony Orchestra for PBS’s 400 Years of the Telescope and the Webby-winning Aurea — now scoring King Tut for Mirage3D.

PBS’s 400 Years of the Telescope – BTS at Abbey Road.

Right now: scoring a travel montage for a planetarium feature, building the Music Analyzer, and drafting a novel.

Music

Film, concert, and immersive scores

Orchestral music for fulldome film, documentary, animation, concert work, and multi-sensory cinema — from Abbey Road sessions to the current King Tut commission.

Music & Film

Orchestra recording session for 400 Years of the Telescope

Software

The Music Analyzer Project

A composer-built software project for making musical structure, orchestration, color, and attention easier to inspect. It sits alongside other technical tools in progress, including teaching and language-learning work.

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Manuscript paper with musical score

Writing

Fiction and other writing

A novel in progress is one thread in a wider writing practice: fiction, voice, memory, and the odd weather of becoming visible to yourself.

Writing Projects

Atmospheric creative project still

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About

Mark Slater is an orchestral film composer with credits spanning PBS documentary, Cannes Lions, and Webby Award–winning productions — including Abbey Road sessions with the London Symphony Orchestra for PBS’s 400 Years of the Telescope and Aurea. He scores for fulldome planetarium, immersive cinema, animation, and drama, and builds software on the side.

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