[1] Schwartz attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
[2] The theme for his first network television series, Northern Exposure, resulted in a Grammy nomination.
[3] "Theme from Northern Exposure", credited to Schwartz, hit #15 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in late 1992.
[2] He has scored themes for television productions including Reaper, Two of Us, The Good Place, Deadwood, Arrested Development, Carpoolers, Running Wilde, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
[5] He is the father of singer-songwriter Lucy Schwartz,[6] with whom he has collaborated on several projects, including the music for Arrested Development and Rutherford Falls.