Mark Maxwell, aka SILAS, is an American

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

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, and

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based in

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. He is best known for his work with

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, the

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, and

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. Maxwell co-wrote and produced seven songs for

's sophomore album ''

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'', which won the 2015

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for Top Dance/Electronic Album. Maxwell also composed the original score for the 2016 comedy film Brother Nature. Scoring credits also include the theme music for

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's '' Real World: Ex-Plosion''.

Discography

Remixes

References

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