Emmy Award Winner
Composer.Pianist.Performer.
A multi-dimensional artist bridging the gap between cinematic scores and classical intimacy. From the Vatican to the Olympic flame, Mark Chait creates music that transcends boundaries.
The Artist
Mark Chait
Cape Town · Sydney · Los Angeles · Athens · Shanghai. A life lived between the worlds his music bridges.
World-renowned composer of film, television and the concert stage.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa and raised between Australia and the United States, Mark is an Emmy Award winner, three-time Telly Award recipient and IFMCA nominee — recognized for rich melodies, sweeping orchestrations and a virtuoso's touch at the piano.
His work spans Hollywood feature films, ratings-record-breaking Chinese television, hit pop songs, symphonic premieres and intimate solo recitals — from command performances for a US Presidential Candidate, the late King of Swaziland and the Vatican, to renowned artistic and cultural institutions throughout Europe.
Awards & legacy
Decorated across film, television and the concert stage.
An Emmy, three Tellys, and an IFMCA nod.
Mark Chait's catalogue spans Hollywood features, ratings-record-breaking Chinese television, a Billboard-charting Donna Summer hit produced by David Foster, and command performances from Paris to the Vatican.
He composed for an Academy Award-nominated film starring Brad Pitt and Elias Koteas, and was nominated by the International Film Music Critics Association for Best Original Score for a Television Series.
"The breadth and diversity of the film music world continues to astound me, and this is no better illustrated by the career of composer Mark Chait." — Jon Broxton, Movie Music UK
International Honors
Emmy Award
Honored with the prestigious Emmy Award — broadcasting's highest distinction — for original music composition.
- —Recognized for film and television scoring excellence
- —One of music's most coveted accolades
Three Telly Awards
Three-time recipient of the Telly Award, NYC's premier honor recognizing the finest film and television productions worldwide.
- —Multiple commendations for original score and theme music
- —Honoring excellence across cinematic disciplines
Featured Work
Mao Weining Trilogy/ China · CCTV Prime Time
Frontier of Love 《爱情的边疆》
Television · 2018
Best Score 2018 — Movie Music UK · IFMCA Nominated
Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine 《老中医》
Television · 2019
Ratings-record-breaking historical drama starring Chen Baoguo
Featured Work
The Power of One/ Donna Summer · David Foster
Pokémon — The Power of One
Theme Song · 2000
Co-written with Merv Warren · 8 weeks on the Billboard charts
Contact
Film · 1992 · Brad Pitt, Elias Koteas
Score for the Oscar-nominated short film directed by Jonathan Darby
Latest Release
On And On
The newest single from Mark Chait — now streaming on Spotify.
Singer: Mark Chait
Written by: Mark Chait
Lyrics by: Multiple Grammy Award winner Charlie Midnight
Press & Critical Reception
Covered across two continents.
Guerlain · Natural History Museum, London
Mark's symphonies, scores and performances have been profiled by CCTV, CGTN, Movie Music UK, the IFMCA, the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation and outlets across Europe, the United States and Asia.
- Best Original Score 2018 — Movie Music UK
- World Premiere — Symphony 'A Trip Down Poetry Lane' 《诗路寻音》
- Performance for the Vatican & Pope Leo — October 2025
Working Method
Score
Song
Symphony
Three disciplines, one musical voice.
Whether scoring a feature film, writing a chart-topping song, or premiering a symphony, Mark approaches every project from the same place — the piano, a clear melody, and a deep respect for the story being told.
Cinematic Authenticity
Lush, melodic, emotionally honest scores — written from the piano outward. Every cue serves the story, the silence, and the soul of the scene.
Global Collaboration
Decades of partnerships with Donna Summer, David Foster, Brad Pitt, Dean Zanuck, Charlie Midnight, Director Mao Weining, scriptwriter Gao Mantang and China's most celebrated actors.
Cultural Bridge
A Hollywood composer who became a celebrated voice in Chinese prestige television — fluent in both Western symphonic tradition and the storytelling traditions of the East.
A global creative practice
"Studios in Hollywood, Europe and Shanghai — a global team crafting world-class scores for film, television, theater and media."
— Mark Chait
Studio CHAIT · Shanghai
As 'Master of Music' at De Tao Masters Academy, Mark founded Asia's premier Hollywood-style scoring studio.
Studio CHAIT is the creative home for original scoring, songwriting and orchestral production across China, with collaborators in Los Angeles, Athens and London.
Mark Chait & Friends · St. James, Piccadilly · London 2024
The Concert Stage
From the Vatican to Piccadilly to Shanghai.
On October 1st, 2025, Mark performed at the Vatican for Pope Leo — "Music that will save the world and heal a divided humanity."
In November 2024 he played a sold-out benefit concert at St. James Church Piccadilly with Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Il Postino) and cellist Adrian Brendel, with a BAFTA reception following, in support of SameYou and Children & War.
His composition "The Passion to Heal" was performed in July 2024 with the Oxford Philharmonic at London's Natural History Museum.
- Vatican
- Pope Leo · 2025
- London
- St. James · Piccadilly
- Shanghai
- Kee Club · Library
A creative life
Icons. Disciplines. Continents.
A four-decade catalogue built on long collaborations with legends of pop, Hollywood and Chinese prestige drama — and a refusal to stay inside any one genre or country.
01
Collaborators
Donna Summer, David Foster, Brad Pitt, Dean Zanuck, Charlie Midnight, Mao Weining, Gao Mantang, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Adrian Brendel — Mark has scored, written and performed with icons across continents.
02
Disciplines
Film score, television theme, orchestral symphony, pop songwriting, musical theater, themed environments and the solo concert stage — all in one voice.
03
Geographies
Hollywood, Athens, London, Paris, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang. A career that follows the music wherever it leads — and brings audiences with it.
Films & television
Three decades of original scores & themes.
From Oscar-nominated Hollywood productions to internationally developed feature films and China's most-watched prestige dramas, Mark's screen career reflects an unusually global reach.
01
Contact (1992)
Brad Pitt · Elias Koteas — Oscar-nominated short, dir. Jonathan Darby.
02
Pokémon — The Power of One (2000)
Theme song co-written with Merv Warren · Donna Summer · Prod. David Foster.
03
Allie & Me (1997)
Lainie Kazan · Dyan Cannon · Harry Hamlin — dir. Michael Rymer.
04
Stories of My Childhood (1999)
Gregory Hines · Cathy Moriarty — produced by Mikhail Baryshnikov.
05
Elena Undone (2010)
Necar Zadegan · Traci Dinwiddie — dir. Nicole Conn.
06
Frontier of Love 《爱情的边疆》 (2018)
CCTV prestige drama · IFMCA Nominated · Movie Music UK Best Score 2018.
07
Doctor of TCM 《老中医》 (2019)
Chen Baoguo · Xu Qing — ratings-record-breaking historical drama.
08
The Fiery Years of Gaodaxia 《霞光》 (2021)
Liya Tong · Wei Liu — dir. Mao Weining.
09
The Man Who Saved Paris (in pre-production)
Kristin Scott Thomas · Jean Reno — dir. Dean Zanuck.
The Music — SPECTRA
Deep and contemplative orchestral score — chamber strings, woodwind, piano and harp.
Emotive, human drama — in motion.
SPECTRA · Selected cues · Full album available on streaming
Now Playing
Divided By Time
SPECTRA · Mark Chait
A journey across continents, genres & emotion.
More than a composer.A storyteller.A performer.A cultural bridge.
Mark Chait
Composer · Performer · Visionary