Mark Smythe is a New Zealand-born, Los Angeles-based composer known for his choral, chamber and film music. His harp piece "Moto Mojo" is played by radio NZ Concert pretty much every week.

His recent film scores include the romcom Love You Like That and exorcism thriller The Possessed, his fourth collaboration with horror master Chris Sun. In 2022 Mark scored The Reef: Stalked, the much-anticipated sequel to Andrew Traucki's cult shark film The Reef. The film releases July 29 on AMC's Shudder network and in select cinemas. 

Mark is a three-time Hollywood Music in Media Awards nominee, and two-time winner of the Australian Screen Industry Network Best Score award.

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Trivia: Mark once played a Centaur on Xena, Warrior Princess.