Mark Snow, who conjured the ‘X-Files’ Theme, dies at his CT home. He was 78

Mark Snow, who conjured the ‘X-Files’ Theme, dies at his CT home. He was 78

Mark Snow, a Juilliard-trained soundtrack composer who earned 15 Emmy Award nominations, including one for his eerily astral opening theme to “The X-Files,” a 1990s answer to the timeless “Twilight Zone” theme and the basis of a surprising dance hit in Europe, died July 4 at his home in Washington, Connecticut. He was 78. The cause was myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare form of blood cancer, his son-in-law Peter Ferland said. Over an extraordinari…