Using orchestral timbres and futuristic electronic sounds, Mark creates soundscapes, albums, and scores for modern dance, ballet, film, video, and high-tech planetariums.
In recent years Mercury has worked to a large extent on composing music for modern dance and ballet.
His music can be heard in such works as Francisco Martinez Dancetheatre’s “Orbital Dances” and The Ballet Collective’s “Spaces Between” and “Dawn to Dusk.” In his early school years Mercury studied classical piano, jazz, blues, and arranging.
He began his professional music career in the late 1970s in Hollywood working as a songwriter, studio musician, record arranger and producer.
With his entrance into the world of planetarium scores, Mercury’s musical style became more focused and began its evolution into what it is today.