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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, and is best known for his score for the Academy Award-nominated film Nebraska (2013).
Mark Orton is a composer working in the mediums of film scoring, concert music, and radio/podcast. He is the co-founder of Tin Hat, an internationally renowned composer/improviser collective with seven critically acclaimed albums.
Mark Orton is a composer working in the mediums of film scoring, concert music, and radio drama. He is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on all manner of guitars, keyboards,...
Mark Orton is a versatile and award-winning composer, producer and musician who has worked on films, TV shows, podcasts and more. He is a founding member of the acoustic chamber ensemble Tin Hat and a frequent collaborator with Tom Waits, Willie Nelson and others.
- Composer, Music Department, Producer
Mark Orton is a versatile composer who creates music for film, concert, and radio. He is also a co-founder of Tin Hat, a collective of improvisers with seven albums.
Dec 4, 2023 · Mark Orton is a BMI composer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter who scored films like Nebraska and The Holdovers. Learn about his creative process, musical influences, and collaboration with director Alexander Payne in this interview.
For Mark Orton, it was the acoustically folksy music of the acclaimed indie-alt. group Tin Hat that caught Payne’s sight as he drove a bickering son and father from Montana to “Nebraska.”
