Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (/ˈmʌðərzbɔː/; born May 18, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, author and visual artist.

Mothersbaugh came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead singer, keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose "Whip It" was a Top 20 single in the US in 1980 and which has since maintained a cult following. Mothersbaugh is one of the main composers of Devo's music.

In addition to his work with Devo, Mothersbaugh has made music for television series, films and video games via his production company, Mutato Muzika. He composed the music for the 13-year run of the animated series Rugrats and its three related theatrical films. As a solo musician, Mothersbaugh has released four studio albums: Muzik for Insomniaks, Muzik for the Gallery, Joyeux Mutato and The Most Powerful Healing Muzik in the Entire World.

In 2004, he received the Richard Kirk award at the BMI Film and TV Awards for his contributions to film and television music. In 2008, Mothersbaugh received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Kent State University, his alma mater.

His lifelong interest in creating multimedia art pieces has resulted in gallery exhibitions of items such as his "Beautiful Mutants" photograph series, postcard diaries, art rugs, sculptures and musical instruments created from salvaged organ pipes and bird vocalizations. He has married twice and is the father of two adopted children.

Filmography

Film

1980s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
1987	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	Joe Roth	20th Century Fox
1988	Slaughterhouse Rocks	Dimitri Logothetis	Arista Films

1990s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
1992	Frosty Returns	Evert Brown Bill Melendez	CBS Productions Broadway Video Bill Melendez Productions	Animated television special
1994	It's Pat	Adam Bernstein	Touchstone Pictures
	The New Age	Michael Tolkin	Warner Bros. Pictures Regency Enterprises Alcor Films Ixtlan
1995	Four Rooms	Allison Anders Alexander Rockwell Robert Rodrigeuz Quentin Tarantino	A Band Apart Miramax Films	Music producer
	The Last Supper	Stacy Title	Columbia Pictures

2010s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2010	Ramona and Beezus	Elizabeth Allen	20th Century Fox Fox 2000 Pictures Di Novi Pictures Impact Productions Walden Media Dune Entertainment Eyeline Entertainment
2011	Saving Private Perez	Beto Gómez	Lionsgate Videocine Pantelion Films Salamandra Films Lemon Films Terregal Films Via Media	Mexican film
	Born to Be Wild	David Lickley	Warner Bros. Pictures IMAX Pictures Walker World Pictures	IMAX documentary
	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	Mike Mitchell	20th Century Fox Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises Bagdasarian Company Dune Entertainment
2012	21 Jump Street	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Columbia Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Relativity Media Original Film Cannell Studios
	Safe	Boaz Yakin	Lionsgate IM Global Lawrence Bender Productions Trigger Street Productions Automatik 87Eleven Productions
	What to Expect When You're Expecting	Kirk Jones	Lionsgate Alcon Entertainment Phoenix Pictures What to Expect Productions Georgia Public
	Hotel Transylvania	Genndy Tartakovsky	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation
2013	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Cody Cameron Kris Pearn
	Last Vegas	Jon Turteltaub	CBS Films Good Universe
2014	The Lego Movie	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group Village Roadshow Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment Lego Systems A/S Vertigo Entertainment Lin Pictures
	22 Jump Street		Columbia Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer LStar Capital MRC Original Film Cannell Studios Storyville 75 Year Plan Productions
	Island of Lemurs: Madagascar	David Douglas	Warner Bros. Pictures IMAX Corporation	IMAX film
2015	Pitch Perfect 2	Elizabeth Banks	Universal Pictures Gold Circle Films Brownstone Productions
	Vacation	Jonathan Goldstein John Francis Daley	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema RatPac-Dune Entertainment BenderSpink Big Kid Pictures
	Regular Show: The Movie	J.G. Quintel	Cartoon Network Studios	Television movie
	Hotel Transylvania 2	Genndy Tartakovsky	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation LStar Capital
	Forever	Tatia Pilieva	Monterey Media Elysium Bandini Studios Foreverland Productions
	Alvin and the Chpimunks: The Road Chip	Walt Becker	20th Century Fox Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises Bagdasarian Productions TSG Entertainment
	Scrat's Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe	Mike Thurmeier	20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Animation Blue Sky Studios	Ice Age short film

2020s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2020	The Willoughbys	Kris Pearn	Netflix Bron Studios
	The Croods: A New Age	Joel Crawford	Universal Pictures Dreamworks Animation	Replaced Alan Silvestri
2021	Monster Pets	Jennifer Kluska Derek Drymon	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation
	The Mitchells Vs. The Machines	Mike Rianda	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Lord Miller Productions One Cool Films Netflix
	America: The Motion Picture	Matt Thompson	Netflix Netflix Animation Lord Miller Productions Floyd County Productions Free Association
2022	Hotel Transylvania: Transformania	Jennifer Kluska Derek Drymon	Amazon Studios Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation
2023	Dragon Tales: The Movie	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Lord Miller Productions	Nominated-Academy Award for Best Original Score
2024	De Blob		Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios Lord Miller Productions
2025	Project Hail Mary	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arcana Lord Miller Productions	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score
	Daily Dose of Hydro's Life Lost World: The Movie		Sony Pictures Animation DreamWorks Animation SKG Star Cinema Viva Films Pascal Pictures
2026	The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
2027	Artemis		20th Century Studios Regency Enterprises New Regency TSG Entertainment Kinberg Genre Lord Miller Productions
2029	De Blob 2: The Second Part		Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios Lord Miller Productions

Television

Years	Title	Notes
1991	Rugrats
1992	Adventures in Wonderland
1992	Beakman's World