--- name: "Mark Mothersbaugh" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-mothersbaugh" fi1m_id: "mark-mothersbaugh" imdb_id: "nm0006205" tmdb_id: 5666 wikidata_id: "Q1351259" roles: ["Composer"] born: "18 May 1950" reviewed_on_fi1m: 20 average_fi1m_score: 65 average_over: 19 updated: "2026-10-23T04:14:50.484743+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." --- # Mark Mothersbaugh ## Identity Mark Mothersbaugh - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-mothersbaugh - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mark-mothersbaugh - **IMDb ID:** nm0006205 - **TMDB ID:** 5666 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1351259 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351259, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006205/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5666 Composer. Born 18 May 1950 in Akron, Ohio, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 18 May 1950, Akron, Ohio, USA - **Active:** 1996–present - **Also known as:** Mark Mothersbug, DEVO, DEV-O - **Titles on Fi1m:** 20: 1 acting, 19 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Adam Sandler](https://film.one/person/adam-sandler.md), [Andy Samberg](https://film.one/person/andy-samberg.md), [Phil Lord](https://film.one/person/phil-lord.md), [Christopher Miller](https://film.one/person/christopher-miller.md), [Genndy Tartakovsky](https://film.one/person/genndy-tartakovsky.md), [Selena Gomez](https://film.one/person/selena-gomez.md), [Elizabeth Banks](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-banks.md), [Michelle Murdocca](https://film.one/person/michelle-murdocca.md) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (3), 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 56 (8), 2020s 65 (7) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 63 across 19 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 11 at 60–79, 5 under 60 - **Genres:** Comedy 19, Animation 10, Family 10, Adventure 7, Fantasy 7, Crime 4 - **Screen time:** 28 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $5,256m across 16 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351259, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006205/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5666 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*The Mitchells vs. the Machines*](https://film.one/film/the-mitchells-vs-the-machines.md) (76), [*Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation*](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation.md) (64), [*The Residence*](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md) (62), [*Hotel Transylvania 2*](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania-2.md) (52) - **Apple TV:** [*The Lego Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md) (83), [*Time Bandits*](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md) (62) - **Disney+:** [*Hoppers*](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md) (76), [*Thor: Ragnarok*](https://film.one/film/thor-ragnarok.md) (74) - **Peacock:** [*The Croods: A New Age*](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md) (70), [*Cocaine Bear*](https://film.one/film/cocaine-bear.md) (60) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bottle Rocket*](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md) (78) - **The Roku Channel:** [*Hotel Transylvania*](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania.md) (54) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Mark Mothersbaugh is an American composer and musician. He co-founded the new wave band Devo in the 1970s, serving as lead vocalist and keyboardist. Through his company Mutato Muzika he has composed scores for numerous films and television series. His credits include *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), the *Hotel Transylvania* films (2012–2018), *21 Jump Street* (2012), *The Lego Movie* (2014), *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017), *Cocaine Bear* (2023) and *A Minecraft Movie* (2025), as well as the series *Rugrats* and *The Residence* (2025). In 2004 he received the Richard Kirk Award from BMI for his contributions to film and television music. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Kent State University in 2008. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmmusicreporter.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (20) ### Performed in (1) - *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, as Mark Mothersbaugh (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) ### Crew (19) — the average rests on these - *Hoppers* (2026), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md) - *A Minecraft Movie* (2025), Fi1m 52, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/a-minecraft-movie.md) - *The Residence* (2025), Fi1m 62, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md) - *Time Bandits* (2024), Fi1m 62, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md) - *Cocaine Bear* (2023), Fi1m 60, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/cocaine-bear.md) - *The Mitchells vs. the Machines* (2021), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mitchells-vs-the-machines.md) - *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), Fi1m 70, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md) - *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md) - *Holmes & Watson* (2018), Fi1m 24, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md) - *Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation* (2018), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation.md) - *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/thor-ragnarok.md) - *Hotel Transylvania 2* (2015), Fi1m 52, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania-2.md) - *The Lego Movie* (2014), Fi1m 83, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md) - *Hotel Transylvania* (2012), Fi1m 54, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania.md) - *Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked* (2011), Fi1m 35, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-chipwrecked.md) - *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009), Fi1m 75, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs.md) - *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md) - *Rushmore* (1998), Fi1m 83, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md) - *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md) ## Complete filmography (195) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Regular Show: The Lost Tapes* (2026), series, Original Music Composer - *Hoppers* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md) - *A Minecraft Movie* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/a-minecraft-movie.md) - *Star Wars: A New Toke* (2025), Music - *The Residence* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md) - *Plankton: The Movie* (2025), as Songs - *Interior Chinatown* (2024), series, Original Music Composer - *The World According to Allee Willis* (2024), Original Music Composer - *Pure Animation for Now People* (2024), Music - *Time Bandits* (2024), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md) - *35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio* (2024), Actor - *DEVO* (2024), Music - *Vacation Friends 2* (2023), Original Music Composer - *The Magician's Elephant* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Cocaine Bear* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/cocaine-bear.md) - *Hello Tomorrow!* (2023), series, Original Music Composer - *The Creature Cases* (2022), series, Main Title Theme Composer - *Our Flag Means Death* (2022), series, Original Music Composer - *Hotel Transylvania: Transformania* (2022), Original Music Composer - *Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story* (2021), series, Original Music Composer - *America: The Motion Picture* (2021), Original Music Composer - *The Mitchells vs. the Machines* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mitchells-vs-the-machines.md) - *Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short* (2021), Music - *Devolution: A Devo Theory* (2021), Actor - *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md) - *Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale* (2020), Actor - *Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Close Enough* (2020), series, Original Music Composer - *The Willoughbys* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Tiger King* (2020), series, Original Music Composer - *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019), series, Original Music Composer - *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md) - *Holmes & Watson* (2018), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md) - *Disenchantment* (2018), series, as (voice) · Music - *Summer Camp Island* (2018), series, Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer - *Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation* (2018), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation.md) - *Pandas* (2018), Original Music Composer - *The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special* (2017), Music - *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/thor-ragnarok.md) - *Me gusta, pero me asusta* (2017), Music, Original Music Composer - *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017), Original Music Composer - *Brad's Status* (2017), Original Music Composer - *Puppy!* (2017), Music - *Beatriz at Dinner* (2017), Original Music Composer - *The Interestings* (2016), series, Original Music Composer - *Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Pee-wee's Big Holiday* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip* (2015), Original Music Composer - *Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe* (2015), Music - *Forever* (2015), Original Music Composer - *Hotel Transylvania 2* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania-2.md) - *Regular Show: The Movie* (2015), Original Music Composer - *Vacation* (2015), Original Music Composer - *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), Original Music Composer - *The Last Man on Earth* (2015), series, Music - *22 Jump Street* (2014), Original Music Composer - *The Radiator Springs 500½* (2014), Music - *Butch DEVO And The Sundance Gig* (2014), Actor - *Island of Lemurs: Madagascar* (2014), Original Music Composer - *The Lego Movie* (2014), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md) - *Steve's First Bath* (2014), Music - *Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear* (2014), Music - *Last Vegas* (2013), Original Music Composer - *Earl Scouts* (2013), Music - *Super Manny* (2013), Music - *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2* (2013), Original Music Composer - *The Short Game* (2013), Original Music Composer - *Goodnight, Mr. Foot* (2012), Music - *Hotel Transylvania* (2012), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-transylvania.md) - *What to Expect When You're Expecting* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Safe* (2012), Original Music Composer - *21 Jump Street* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-chipwrecked.md) - *Air Mater* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Hawaiian Vacation* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Born to Be Wild* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Saving Private Pérez* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Mater Private Eye* (2010), Music - *Moon Mater* (2010), Music - *Heavy Metal Mater* (2010), Music - *Catfish* (2010), Original Music Composer - *Regular Show* (2010), series, Original Music Composer - *Monster Truck Mater* (2010), Music - *Ramona and Beezus* (2010), Original Music Composer - *Blue Mountain State* (2010), series, Music - *Unidentified Flying Mater* (2009), Music - *The Invention of Dr. NakaMats* (2009), Music - *Circle of Eight* (2009), Original Music Composer - *Falling Up* (2009), Original Music Composer - *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs.md) - *Fanboys* (2009), Original Music Composer - *Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales* (2008), Music - *Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist* (2008), Original Music Composer - *New York, I Love You* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Quid Pro Quo* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Mama's Boy* (2007), Original Music Composer - *Yo Gabba Gabba!* (2007), series, Actor - *The Dog Problem* (2006), Original Music Composer - *How to Eat Fried Worms* (2006), Original Music Composer - *Love Comes to the Executioner* (2006), Additional Music - *Shorty McShorts' Shorts* (2006), series, Music - *Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk* (2006), Original Music Composer - *Big Babies* (2006), Music - *The Ringer* (2005), Original Music Composer - *The Big White* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Herbie Fully Loaded* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Lords of Dogtown* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Commander Bunsworth* (2005), Music - *What Is It?* (2005), Thanks - *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), Original Music Composer - *Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy* (2004), Original Music Composer - *Envy* (2004), Original Music Composer - *Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen* (2004), Original Music Composer - *Good Boy!* (2003), Original Music Composer - *Thirteen* (2003), Original Music Composer - *Gary the Rat* (2003), series, Music - *Rugrats Go Wild* (2003), Original Music Composer - *The Even Stevens Movie* (2003), Original Music Composer - *Stinky Pierre* (2003), Music - *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Monster O' McDonaldland Loch* (2003), Original Music Composer - *All Grown Up!* (2003), series, Original Music Composer - *A Guy Thing* (2003), Original Music Composer - *Second String* (2002), Original Music Composer - *The Groovenians* (2002), Music - *Cheats* (2002), Original Music Composer - *Welcome to Collinwood* (2002), Original Music Composer - *Sorority Boys* (2002), Original Music Composer - *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Have Time, Will Travel* (2001), Original Music Composer - *Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge* (2001), Original Music Composer - *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md) - *A Rugrats Kwanzaa* (2001), Music - *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Birthday World* (2001), Original Music Composer - *Sugar & Spice* (2001), Original Music Composer - *Camouflage* (2001), Original Music Composer - *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Other Me* (2000), Original Music Composer - *It's the Rage* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle* (2000), Original Music Composer - *Mystery Men* (1999), as Band Leader · Additional Music - *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999), Original Music Composer - *Last Rites* (1999), Original Music Composer - *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space* (1999), Original Music Composer - *Can of Worms* (1999), Original Music Composer - *Futurama* (1999), series, as Mark Mothersbaugh (voice) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) - *200 Cigarettes* (1999), Original Music Composer - *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island* (1999), Original Music Composer - *Rushmore* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md) - *The Rugrats Movie* (1998), Original Music Composer - *Halloweentown* (1998), Original Music Composer - *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly* (1998), Original Music Composer - *Zoomates* (1998), Music - *Dead Man on Campus* (1998), Original Music Composer - *Bongwater* (1998), Original Music Composer - *Principal Takes a Holiday* (1998), Original Music Composer - *Men* (1997), Original Music Composer - *Best Men* (1997), Original Music Composer - *Breaking Up* (1997), Original Music Composer - *Unwed Father* (1997), Original Music Composer - *Perversions of Science* (1997), series, Music - *The Best Of Liquid Television* (1997), Music - *Quicksilver Highway* (1997), Original Music Composer - *A Rugrats Chanukah* (1996), Music - *The Big Squeeze* (1996), Original Music Composer - *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md) - *Happy Gilmore* (1996), Original Music Composer - *Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space* (1996), as Keeper of the Gate - *Four Rooms* (1995), Music Producer - *Dumb and Dumber* (1995), series, Music - *Flesh Suitcase* (1995), Original Music Composer - *The Courtyard* (1995), Original Music Composer - *A.J.'s Time Travelers* (1995), series, Music - *The Last Supper* (1995), Original Music Composer - *Santo Bugito* (1995), series, Music, Songs - *The New Age* (1994), Original Music Composer - *It's Pat: The Movie* (1994), Original Music Composer - *Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home* (1994), Music - *Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle* (1994), Music - *The Louie N' Louie Show in: A Seedy Situation* (1993), Music - *Frosty Returns* (1992), Original Music Composer - *Will Vinton's Claymation Easter* (1992), Music - *Adventures in Wonderland* (1992), series, Music - *Arise! SubGenius Recruitment Film #16* (1992), Actor - *Rugrats* (1991), series, as Phonograph Singer (voice), Reptar / Jingle Singer (voice) · Music - *The Spirit of '76* (1990), as Chevron-17 - *Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton* (1989), series, Music - *Slaughterhouse Rock* (1988), Original Music Composer - *Martini Ranch: Reach* (1988), Thanks - *Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise* (1987), Original Music Composer - *Human Highway* (1982), as Nuclear Garbageperson / Booji Boy - *Pray TV* (1980), as Dove [DEVO] - *Devo: The Men Who Make the Music Live in Japan* (1979), Actor - *DEVO: The Men Who Make the Music* (1979), Writer - *In the Beginning Was the End: The Truth About De-Evolution* (1976), as Booji Boy / Professor · Writer ## Gallery - ![Mark Mothersbaugh](https://film.one/media/person/7024/gallery-cfe9c13195fc.jpg) Mark Mothersbaugh — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/DevoEventim190823_%289_of_60%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Devo - American New Wave band (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/7024/gallery-977558388b99.jpg) Devo - American New Wave band (2008) — livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Devo_2008.05.31_001.jpg/1280px-Devo_2008.05.31_001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Devo - American New Wave band (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/7024/gallery-77cc810e32a2.jpg) Devo - American New Wave band (2008) — livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Devo_2008.05.31_003.jpg/1280px-Devo_2008.05.31_003.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Devo - American New Wave band (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/7024/gallery-3a766c3c16da.jpg) Devo - American New Wave band (2008) — livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Devo_2008.05.31_004.jpg/1280px-Devo_2008.05.31_004.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mark Mothersbaugh](https://film.one/media/person/7024/gallery-259c02f048ad.jpg) Mark Mothersbaugh — Image via TMDB - ![Devo - American New Wave band (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/7024/gallery-c8a6f449cbd3.jpg) Devo - American New Wave band (2008) — livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Devo_2008.05.31_005.jpg/1280px-Devo_2008.05.31_005.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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