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name: "Mark Kilian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-kilian"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1967"
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average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:55:56.811150+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mark Kilian

Composer. Born 1 January 1967 in South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1967, South Africa
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6768380, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13083

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Official Secrets*](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md) (65)

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## Biography

Mark Kilian is a South African composer. Born in 1967, he moved to Los Angeles in 1994 after studying composition at the University of Natal and completing the film scoring programme at the University of Southern California. He began his career assisting composer Christopher Young before scoring features and television projects.

He is known for his scores for films including *Tsotsi* (2005), *Rendition* (2007), *Traitor* (2008), *The Ward* (2010), *Pitch Perfect* (2012), *Eye in the Sky* (2015), *Replicas* (2018) and *Official Secrets* (2019), several of them in collaboration with Paul Hepker. His television credits include *Killer Women* and *President in Waiting*.

*Sources: ascap.com, filmmusic.com, imdb.com, musicinafrica.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Official Secrets* (2019), Fi1m 65, Orchestrator, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Barroz: Guardian of Treasures* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Eraser: Reborn* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Wahl Street* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Five Tiger* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Deep Blue Sea 3* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Official Secrets* (2019), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)
- *Blood Brother* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Replicas* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *S.M.A.R.T. Chase* (2017), Music
- *Honey 3: Dare to Dance* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Lady Bloodfight* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Eye in the Sky* (2015), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
- *Tiger Tiger* (2015), Music
- *Revenge of the Green Dragons* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Parts Per Billion* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Repentance* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Gus* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Trust Me* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Bless Me, Ultima* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Pitch Perfect* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *41* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Legacy* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Ward* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Least Among You* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Traitor* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Bird Can't Fly* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Rendition* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Before the Rains* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Tsotsi* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Icon* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *King Solomon's Mines* (2004), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Skulls III* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Blind Horizon* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Fashionably L.A.* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Lover Girl* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Clockwatchers* (1997), Music Arranger, Music Editor
- *Thinner* (1996), Music Editor

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