{"id":8,"date":"2023-01-26T19:17:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T19:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-02-03T18:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T18:25:36","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mark Koval is a twice Emmy-nominated composer with a long history composing music for television.\u00a0His music can be heard in such shows as\u00a0<em>Batman<\/em>: <em>the Animated Series, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest<\/em>, and the popular children\u2019s show <em>Bobby\u2019s World<\/em>.\u00a0His film credits include the cult favorite <em>Love Bites <\/em>and the psychological-thriller<em> The Guest House<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mark_Koval_Bio.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mark_Koval_Bio.jpeg 537w, https:\/\/markkoval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mark_Koval_Bio-300x268.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a classical composer, his concert works have been noted for their use of drama and provocative subject matter. His marriage equality oratorio <em>We the People<\/em>&nbsp;(music, lyrics, and libretto) was premiered in 2006 to critical acclaim. Other classical compositions include his large-scale orchestral work <em>Entropy<\/em> and his <em>Concerto for Harp<\/em>, which was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation of Harvard University and premiered by harpist Marcia Dickstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His scores for television have been honored with two Emmy Award nominations and an International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) nomination. His concert music has been recognized by grants and awards from the American Composers Forum, the Fromm Foundation of Harvard University, the Minnesota Orchestra,&nbsp;and the William Walton Trust Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/film-television\/\" target=\"_blank\">Listen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credits on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0468277\/?ref_=nmawd_awd_nm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">imdb.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Koval is a twice Emmy-nominated composer with a long history composing music for television.\u00a0His music can be heard in such shows as\u00a0Batman: the Animated Series, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, and the popular children\u2019s show Bobby\u2019s World.\u00a0His film credits include the cult favorite Love Bites and the psychological-thriller The Guest House. As a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/biography\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markkoval.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}