Mader's versatility and innovative style has allowed him to create a slew of evocative and memorable scores for films such as Ang Lee's ground- breaking early films THE WEDDING BANQUET and EAT DRINK, MAN WOMAN, both scored by Mader, and each nominated for Academy Awards, with wins for a Golden Globe and honours at the Cannes Film Festival. Robert Greenwald's STEAL THIS MOVIE (THE ABBIE HOFFMAN STORY) starring Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofolo and Jeanne Tripplehorn, and ROW YOUR BOAT with Bei Ling, Jon Bon Jovi and William Forsythe are both well received independent films. Previous works include Sundance favourites CLOCKWATCHERS, directed by Lisa Sprecher, starring Lisa Kudrow, Toni Colette and Parker Posey, and Wonsuk Chin's TOO TIRED TO DIE starring Mira Sorvino. Mader numbers THE DON'S ANALYST for Paramount and Showtime and LITTLE CITY starring Jon Bon Jovi and Annabella Sciorra for Miramax as being among his favourites.

Mader recently created an evocative Baroque score for the multimillion dollar Hallmark miniseries LA FEMME MUSKETEER (starring Gerard Depardieu), which premiered in France on Christmas Day, 2004. He also created a vibrant Latin score for THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT for director Stuart Gordon and Disney, starring Edward James Olmos, Joe Mantegna and Esai Morales; a jazz improvisation for GIVING UP THE GHOST for Executive Producers Paula Weinstein and Anthea Sylbert and director Claudia Weill, and a cool blues score for TUMBLEWEED'S director Gavin O'Connor's first film, COMFORTABLY NUMB.

Mader was introduced to the world of film music at age 19 when Michel Magne, a noted French Film composer living in St Paul de Vence, took on Mader (pronounced Ma Dare) as his assistant. Short...cont'd