Mark Mothersbaugh

Known For: Sound
Born: May 18, 1950
Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, USA

Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (/ˈmʌðərzbɔː/; born May 18, 1950) is an American musician and composer. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead vocalist, and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose "Whip It" was a top 20 single in the US in 1980, peaking at No. 14, and which has since maintained a cult following. Mothersbaugh was one of the primary 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. He has created film scores for Wes Anderson and for Marvel Comics 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 t…

Filmography

Regular Show: The Lost Tapes

2026 · Original Music Composer

Hoppers

2026 · Original Music Composer

A Minecraft Movie

2025 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: A New Toke

2025 · Music

The Residence

2025 · Original Music Composer

Plankton: The Movie

2025 · Songs

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025 · Self

Interior Chinatown

2024 · Original Music Composer

The World According to Allee Willis

2024 · Self, Original Music Composer

Pure Animation for Now People

2024 · Music

Time Bandits

2024 · Original Music Composer

35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio

2024

DEVO

2024 · Self, Music

Vacation Friends 2

2023 · Original Music Composer

The Magician's Elephant

2023 · Original Music Composer

Cocaine Bear

2023 · Original Music Composer

Hello Tomorrow!

2023 · Original Music Composer

The Creature Cases

2022 · Main Title Theme Composer

Our Flag Means Death

2022 · Original Music Composer

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

2022 · Original Music Composer

Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story

2021 · Original Music Composer

America: The Motion Picture

2021 · Original Music Composer

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

2021 · Original Music Composer

Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short

2021 · Music

Devolution: A Devo Theory

2021

The Croods: A New Age

2020 · Original Music Composer

Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale

2020

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself

2020 · Original Music Composer

Close Enough

2020 · Original Music Composer

The Willoughbys

2020 · Original Music Composer

Tiger King

2020 · Original Music Composer

Chi Chi & Devo

2019 · Self

What We Do in the Shadows

2019 · Original Music Composer

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019 · Original Music Composer

Holmes & Watson

2018 · Original Music Composer

Disenchantment

2018 · (voice), Music

Summer Camp Island

2018 · Main Title Theme Composer, Original Music Composer

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

2018 · Original Music Composer

Pandas

2018 · Original Music Composer

The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

2017 · Music

Thor: Ragnarok

2017 · Original Music Composer

Me gusta, pero me asusta

2017 · Music

The Lego Ninjago Movie

2017 · Original Music Composer

Brad's Status

2017 · Original Music Composer

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

2017 · Self

Puppy!

2017 · Music

Beatriz at Dinner

2017 · Original Music Composer

Score: A Film Music Documentary

2017 · Self

Soundbreaking

2016 · Self

Along for the Ride

2016 · Self

The Interestings

2016 · Original Music Composer

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

2016 · Original Music Composer

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016 · Original Music Composer

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

2015 · Original Music Composer

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

2015 · Music

Forever

2015 · Original Music Composer

Hotel Transylvania 2

2015 · Original Music Composer

Regular Show: The Movie

2015 · Original Music Composer

Vacation

2015 · Original Music Composer

Pitch Perfect 2

2015 · Original Music Composer

The Last Man on Earth

2015 · Music

Devo: Hardcore Live!

2015 · Himself

22 Jump Street

2014 · Original Music Composer

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014 · Music

Butch DEVO And The Sundance Gig

2014

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar

2014 · Original Music Composer

The Lego Movie

2014 · Original Music Composer

Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear

2014 · Music

Steve's First Bath

2014 · Music

Last Vegas

2013 · Original Music Composer

Earl Scouts

2013 · Music

Super Manny

2013 · Music

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013 · Original Music Composer

The Short Game

2013 · Music

Goodnight, Mr. Foot

2012 · Music

Hotel Transylvania

2012 · Original Music Composer

Beauty Is Embarrassing

2012 · Self

What to Expect When You're Expecting

2012 · Original Music Composer

Safe

2012 · Original Music Composer

21 Jump Street

2012 · Original Music Composer

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

2011 · Original Music Composer

The Other F Word

2011 · Self

Air Mater

2011 · Original Music Composer

Hawaiian Vacation

2011 · Original Music Composer

Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

2011 · Self

Born to Be Wild

2011 · Original Music Composer

Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown

2011 · Original Music Composer

Saving Private Pérez

2011 · Original Music Composer

Devo | Live In Benicàssim

2011 · Self

Mater Private Eye

2010 · Music

Moon Mater

2010 · Music

Heavy Metal Mater

2010 · Music

Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott

2010 · Self

Catfish

2010 · Original Music Composer

Regular Show

2010 · Original Music Composer

Monster Truck Mater

2010 · Music

Ramona and Beezus

2010 · Original Music Composer

DEVO | Whistler Medals Plaza

2010 · Self

Blue Mountain State

2010 · Music

Unidentified Flying Mater

2009 · Music

The Invention of Dr. NakaMats

2009 · Music

Circle of Eight

2009 · Original Music Composer

Falling Up

2009 · Original Music Composer

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009 · Original Music Composer

DEVO | Live in London

2009 · Self

Fanboys

2009 · Original Music Composer

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

2008 · Self

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

2008 · Music

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

2008 · Original Music Composer

New York, I Love You

2008 · Original Music Composer

Quid Pro Quo

2008 · Original Music Composer

Mama's Boy

2007 · Original Music Composer

Yo Gabba Gabba!

2007

The Dog Problem

2006 · Original Music Composer

How to Eat Fried Worms

2006 · Original Music Composer

Love Comes to the Executioner

2006 · Additional Music

Shorty McShorts' Shorts

2006 · Music

Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk

2006 · Original Music Composer

Big Babies

2006 · Music

The Ringer

2005 · Original Music Composer

The Big White

2005 · Original Music Composer

Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White

2005 · Original Music Composer

DEVO | Live 1980

2005 · Self

Herbie Fully Loaded

2005 · Original Music Composer

Lords of Dogtown

2005 · Original Music Composer

Commander Bunsworth

Commander Bunsworth

2005 · Music

Derailroaded

2005 · Self

What Is It?

2005 · Thanks

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004 · Original Music Composer

Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun

2004 · Himself (as Devo)

Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy

2004 · Original Music Composer

Envy

2004 · Original Music Composer

DEVO | Live

2004 · Self

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

2004 · Original Music Composer

Good Boy!

2003 · Original Music Composer

Thirteen

2003 · Original Music Composer

Gary the Rat

2003 · Music

Rugrats Go Wild

2003 · Original Music Composer

The Even Stevens Movie

2003 · Original Music Composer

Stinky Pierre

2003 · Music

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Monster O' McDonaldland Loch

2003 · Original Music Composer

All Grown Up!

2003 · Original Music Composer

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Self - Musical Guest

A Guy Thing

2003 · Original Music Composer

Second String

2002 · Original Music Composer

The Groovenians

2002 · Music

Cheats

2002 · Original Music Composer

Welcome to Collinwood

2002 · Original Music Composer

Sorority Boys

2002 · Original Music Composer

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Have Time, Will Travel

2001 · Original Music Composer

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

2001 · Original Music Composer

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 · Original Music Composer

A Rugrats Kwanzaa

2001 · Music

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Birthday World

2001 · Original Music Composer

Sugar & Spice

2001 · Original Music Composer

Camouflage

2001 · Original Music Composer

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

2000 · Original Music Composer

The Other Me

2000 · Original Music Composer

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000 · Original Music Composer

All the Rage

1999 · Original Music Composer

Mystery Men

1999 · Band Leader, Additional Music

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999 · Original Music Composer

Last Rites

1999 · Original Music Composer

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space

1999 · Original Music Composer

Can of Worms

1999 · Original Music Composer

Futurama

1999 · Mark Mothersbaugh (voice)

200 Cigarettes

1999 · Original Music Composer

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island

1999 · Original Music Composer

Rushmore

1998 · Original Music Composer

The Rugrats Movie

1998 · Original Music Composer

Halloweentown

1998 · Original Music Composer

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly

1998 · Original Music Composer

Zoomates

1998 · Music

Dead Man on Campus

1998 · Original Music Composer

Bongwater

1998 · Original Music Composer

Principal Takes a Holiday

1998 · Original Music Composer

Men

1997 · Original Music Composer

Best Men

1997 · Original Music Composer

Breaking Up

1997 · Original Music Composer

Unwed Father

1997 · Original Music Composer

Perversions of Science

1997 · Music

The Best Of Liquid Television

1997 · Music

Quicksilver Highway

1997 · Original Music Composer

A Rugrats Chanukah

1996 · Music

The Big Squeeze

1996 · Original Music Composer

Bottle Rocket

1996 · Original Music Composer

Happy Gilmore

1996 · Original Music Composer

Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space

1996 · Keeper of the Gate

Four Rooms

1995 · Music Producer

Dumb and Dumber

1995 · Original Music Composer

Flesh Suitcase

1995 · Original Music Composer

The Courtyard

1995 · Original Music Composer

A.J.'s Time Travelers

1995 · Music

The Last Supper

1995 · Original Music Composer

Santo Bugito

1995 · Songs, Music

The New Age

1994 · Original Music Composer

It's Pat: The Movie

1994 · Original Music Composer

Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home

1994 · Music

Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle

1994 · Music

Devo: The Complete Truth About De-Evolution

1993 · Self

The Louie N' Louie Show in: A Seedy Situation

1993 · Music

Frosty Returns

1992 · Music

Will Vinton's Claymation Easter

1992 · Music

Adventures in Wonderland

1992 · Music

Arise! SubGenius Recruitment Film #16

1992

Rugrats

1991 · Phonograph Singer (voice), Reptar / Jingle Singer (voice), Music

The Spirit of '76

1990 · Chevron-17

Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton

1989 · Music

Slaughterhouse Rock

1988 · Original Music Composer

Martini Ranch: Reach

1988 · Thanks

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

1987 · Original Music Composer

We're All Devo

1983 · Self [DEVO]

3-DEVO

1982 · Self

Human Highway

1982 · Nuclear Garbageperson / Booji Boy

Urgh! A Music War

1981 · Self

Pray TV

1980 · Dove [DEVO]

Fridays

1980 · Self - Musical Guest

DEVO | The Men Who Make the Music

1979 · Self

De-evolution: The Men Who Make The Music

1977 · Self

In the Beginning Was the End: The Truth About De-Evolution

1976 · Booji Boy / Professor

Are We Not Men?

— · Self

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