Shadow Of A MemoryTension-building action tracks with brooding synths, propulsive strings and brass, and epic drums. 
Mark Petrie
Mark Petrie (ASCAP)
Trailer titan whose music transports listeners to fantastical worlds.
Selected Albums
- Shadow Of A MemoryTension-building action tracks with brooding synths, propulsive strings and brass, and epic drums.
Approaching The SummitHeroic brass and brooding strings create stirring orchestral themes
Maximum Impact AtonementClassic orchestral trailers with epic percussion and stirring orchestral themes
Maximum Impact SupervoidEpic, hybrid orchestral trailers with electronic production, synths and sweeps
Maximum Impact Big SkyA Hollywood blockbuster collection of emotive and dramatic trailer music
Latest Tracks
- Plasma4505/1Wonderous and driven, this epic orchestral hybrid soars with compelling strings, bending synths, and thunderous percussion.2:50
- From The Brink4427/1Slick hybrid tension with synthwave inspired synth layers, percussion, piano & huge strings & brass. Subtle suspense gradually builds to a heroic, definitive conclusion2:51
- Restless4427/2Dark hybrid tension with atmospheric beds, powerful rasping brass, lush strings, guitars, synths & huge drums. Builds3:33
- Edge Of Shadows4427/3Brooding & suspenseful hybrid orchestral tension with synth layers, strings, brass & propulsive percussion. Builds to epic conclusion3:13
- Hang On4427/4Brooding tense hybrid action with massive swelling strings, brass, guitars, synths, percussion & processed piano. Builds to epic finale3:16
- Instigator4427/5Powerful hybrid tension with intensifying synth beds, huge swelling brass & strings, driving percussion. Builds to massive cinematic finale3:16
- Their Whispers4427/6Powerful hybrid tension with brooding synths, brass, strings, guitars & percussion. Starts small & gradually ramps up3:16
- Hot Seat4427/7Brooding & serious hybrid tension with gradually intensifying beds, strings, brass, guitars, synths & percussion. Builds to epic climax2:59
The story behind the sound
New Zealand composer Mark Petrie has a blockbuster pedigree, having written for the film trailers of outrageous worlds, including Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers: Infinity War. A generous sprinkle of the present-day makes his timeless sound contemporary. His scores lift audiences to fantastical worlds filled with chaotic action, merging the modern with the orchestral to lend reality to the outlandish. His music propels film trailers, luring audiences with his authentic and singular knack for the hook. Mark studied film scoring at the Berklee College of Music before working under award-winning composer Mark Post. His life may have geographically shifted from Auckland to Los Angeles, but it is his music that will propel you out of this world.
His scores lift audiences to fantastical worlds filled with chaotic action, merging the modern with the orchestral to lend reality to the outlandish.