Mark Morgan (born October 22, 1961) is an American musician and score composer for

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and films. He is known for his work in ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Planescape: Torment'', and for being a former member of

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. He was born in Los Angeles, California, to an architect, Melford Morgan and Betty Morgan, a classically trained pianist. It was while living with his parents that he became interested in music, and started to learn to play the piano. Upon graduating from high school, he moved to Boston, where he enrolled in the

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cou ...

, where he studied piano and composition, and where he learned about electronic music. In 1988, he joined

on keyboards, played on the ''

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'' album with the band, and toured with them until 1990.

Albums

*''Fade to Black'' (1987) (with Larry John McNally) *''

'' (1989) (with

) *''So Many Routes'' (2004) (with

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)

Guest appearances

*1987 -

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(on "Miracle of Love" and "The Heart Has Its Reasons" from '' Can't Wait to See the Movie'') *1987 -

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(on " Skin Deep" from ''

'') *1994 - '' Stephen King's The Stand (Original Television Soundtrack)'' *1994 - '' My So-Called Life (Music from the Television Series)''

Film

*'' Where the Day Takes You'' (1992) *''The Prophet's Game'' (2000) *'' Shark Attack 2'' (2000) (direct-to-video)

Video games

* '' Zork Nemesis'' (1995) * '' Dark Seed II'' (1995) * '' Shattered Steel'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1996) * '' Zork: Grand Inquisitor'' (1997) * '' NetStorm: Islands At War'' (1997) * ''

'' (1997) * ''

'' (1998) * '' Planescape: Torment'' (1999) * '' Civilization: Call to Power'' (1999) * '' Giants: Citizen Kabuto'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' Need for Speed: Shift'' (2009) * ''

Wasteland 2 ''Wasteland 2'' is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Deep Silver. It is the sequel to 1988's '' Wasteland'', and was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter. After the postponemen ...

'' (2014) * ''

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'' (canceled in 2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Torment: Tides of Numenera'' (2017) * '' The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep'' (2018) * '' Wasteland 3'' (2020)

Television

*''

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'' (1996) * '' Ink'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Brimstone'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2003–2012) * ''

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'' (2004) *'' Helter Skelter'' (2004) *''

Odd Girl Out ''Odd Girl Out'' is a 2005 drama telefilm starring Alexa Vega, Lisa Vidal, Elizabeth Rice, Alicia Morton, Leah Pipes, Shari Dyon Perry, Joey Nappo, and Chad Biagini. First aired April 4, 2005 on Lifetime, the film is based on the book ''Odd Gi ...

'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006–2008)

References

External links

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at

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