Overview

• His death at 78 was confirmed by his agent and Variety after he passed away Friday at his home in Connecticut, with no cause disclosed.
• He was born Martin Fulterman in Brooklyn in 1946 and began composing for television in the late 1970s.
• He created the eerie whistle theme and scored music for over 200 episodes of The X-Files.
• His work also included scores for series such as Smallville, Blue Bloods and The Ghost Whisperer as well as for films like The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.
• He received ASCAP’s Golden Note Award in 2005, earned fifteen Emmy nominations without a win, and is survived by his wife Glynn Snow and three daughters.