Mark Willsher — Bio Site

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FYC Grammy® Awards: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Esa-Pekka Salonen Cello Concerto, Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements

World Soundtrack Awards Film Music Days - Workshop with Mark Willsher (Oct 15th) - the creative & technical process behind my work on The Lord of the Rings franchise and the animated feature Ultraman Rising.

World Soundtrack Awards Film Music Days - Workshop with Stephen Gallagher & Mark Willsher (Oct 16th) - the creative-technical partnership between composer and producer/engineer

2025 World Soundtrack Awards: Stephen Gallagher is nominated for the Public Choice Award for the score to "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim"

Stephen Gallagher and David Long are nominated for the APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award | Tohu Paerangi for their score to "Secrets at Red Rocks"

2024 Grammy® Win (Mixing Engineer) - Best Opera Recording - Saariaho: Adriana Mater (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus)

dCS at Verbier Festival 2025 - Charlotte Gardner discusses the Festival Academy's dedicated listening space

Stephen Gallagher and I talk about scoring The War of the Rohirrim with Jeff Stolhand on the Filmmaker Mixer podcast.

Ultraman Rising (Netflix Feature Animation) - the score was produced across three continents - vinyl soundtrack ordering link below

Production Expert Article about the Echo Project

Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim - Use of the Ring Theme - What we planned vs what we actually ended up doing (Clip from Musicians vs the World Podcast)

The Curse of Ghost Island (Director: Lisa Ovies / Composer: Stephen Gallagher) - RELEASE TBA 2026 - Music Mixer & Re-Recording Mixer

Wildwood (Composer: Dario Marianelli) - Laika Studios - Release TBA 2026 - Music Editor

BMiR 2026 - Professional Training Program - January 2026 - Faculty

Yang Bao - "Madlands" (Pentatone) - Release Autumn 2025 - Mastering Engineer (Immersive & Stereo)

Cringe (Director: Lisa Ovies / Composer: Stephen Gallagher) - Release October 15th, 2025 - Music Mixer and Re-Recording Mixer

Conquering Skin Cancer USA Documentary - Release Autumn 2025 - (Composer: Stephen Gallagher) - Music Mixed by

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 - Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony - Release TBA (SFS Media) Mixing & Mastering Engineer (Immersive & Stereo)

Asher Jaffe - Debut Album (Push & Pull) - Release Autumn 2025 - Mixing Engineer (Stereo & Immersive)

The Paper Bag Plan (Composer: Alex Mandel) - Release September 2025 - Orchestral Score & End Title Song Mixed by

Salonen: Cello Concerto - Rainer Eudeikis, Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony - Release August 15th, 2025 (SFS Media) Mixing & Mastering Engineer (Immersive & Stereo)

Take Heart: Songlines - Release July 2025 - (Composer: Stephen Gallagher) - Music Mixed By

Verbier Festival Academy - July 14th-26th, 2025 - Audio Faculty

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements - Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony - Release July 4th, 2025 (SFS Media) Mixing & Mastering Engineer (Immersive & Stereo)

AES Warsaw - Echo Project Workshop - May 23rd, 2025

Sibelius: Finlandia - Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony - Released May 23rd, 2025 (SFS Media) Mixing & Mastering Engineer (Immersive & Stereo)

Elena Ruehr: Songs for Stephen - Stephen Salters, Donald Berman, David Zobel - RELEASE MAY 2nd 2025 (AVIE RECORDS) - Mixing & Mastering Engineer

2024 Grammy® Winner - Best Opera Recording: Kaija Saariaho: Adriana Mater - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Sellars, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Jason O'Connell, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus - Release August 30th 2024 (Deutsche Grammophon) - Mixing & Mastering Engineer (Immersive & Stereo) - **Physical Release April 18th 2025**

Secrets at Red Rocks (Composers: David Long & Stephen Gallagher - Release March 9th 2025 - Main Titles Mixed By

ECHO-Project - Exploring the Cinematic Hemisphere for Orchestra

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Composer: Stephen Gallagher - Director: Kenji Kamiyama) New Line Cinema - Soundtrack Release: December 6th 2024 - Film Release: December 13th 2024 - Music Produced & Mixed By

Royal Kingdom (Composer: Stephen Spies, Musical Director: Scot Stafford) Dream Games - Release November 21st 2024 - Scoring Engineer/Mixer & Re-Recording Mixer

Paddington In Peru (Composer: Dario Marianelli) Columbia Pictures - Release November 8th 2024 - Music Editor

Conquering Skin Cancer - Release November 2024 - (Composer: Stephen Gallagher) - Music Mixed by

Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas (Pentatone) - Release October 4th 2024 - Mastering Engineer (Immersive & Stereo)I

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony - Release September 23rd 2024 (SFS Media) Mixing & Mastering Engineer (Immersive & Stereo)

PHYSICAL MEDIA ORDER LINKS

The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim OST (composer: Stephen Gallagher) - 4 X LP & 2 X CD

Ultraman Rising OST (Composer: Scot Stafford) - 2 X LP

Adriana Mater (Composer: Kaija Saariaho) - 2 CD Set **Grammy® Winner: Best Opera Recording

Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas - Deluxe CD Boxset

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire OST (Composer: Dario Marianelli) - 2 X LP

Songs for Stephen (Composer: Elena Ruehr) - CD