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Mason Bates

American composer

Mason Wesley Bates (born January 23, 1977) is a Grammy award-winning American composer of symphonic music and DJ of electronic dance music. He is the first composer-in-residence of the Kennedy Center, and he has also been in residence with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the California Symphony. In addition to his notable works Mothership, Anthology of Fantastic Zoology, and The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, he composed the score to Gus Van Sant's film The Sea of Trees. In a 2018 survey of American orchestras, he was rated the second-most performed living composer. On September 21, 2025, his opera The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay opened the Metropolitan Opera's 140th season.

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Works

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  • Alternative Energy
  • Alternative Energy: I. Ford's Farm, 1896
  • Alternative Energy: II. Chicago, 2012
  • Alternative Energy: III. Xinjiang Province, 2112
  • Alternative Energy: IV. Reykjavik, 2222
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 1. Forest: Twilight
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 10. The Zaratan
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 11. Madrugada
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 2. Sprite
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 3. Dusk
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 4. The A Bao A Qu
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 5. Nymphs
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 6. The Night
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 7. The Gryphon
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 8. Midnight
  • Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: 9. Sirens
  • Bagatelles
  • Bagatelles: I. Rough Math
  • Bagatelles: II. Scrapyard Exotica
  • Bagatelles: III. On a Wire. Mating Dance
  • Bagatelles: IV. Viscera
  • Children of Adam
  • Children of Adam: I. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers
  • Children of Adam: II. Psalms 144 & 128
  • Children of Adam: III. I Sing the Body Electric
  • Children of Adam: IV. Turtle Island
  • Children of Adam: V. Prayers of Steel & Smoke and Steel
  • Children of Adam: VI. From the Book of Genesis
  • Children of Adam: VII. To the Garden, the World
  • Ford’s Farm
  • Liquid Interface
  • Liquid Interface: I. Glaciers Calving
  • Liquid Interface: II. Scherzo Liquido
  • Liquid Interface: III. Crescent City
  • Liquid Interface: IV. On the Wannsee
  • Mothership
  • Observer in the Magellanic Cloud
  • Red River
  • Red River: I. The Continental Divide
  • Red River: II. Interstate 70
  • Red River: III. Zuni Visions From the Canyon Walls
  • Red River: IV. Hoover Slates Vegas
  • Red River: V. Running Dry on the Sonoran Floor
  • Rusty Air in Carolina
  • Sea-Blue Circuitry
  • Sirens
  • Sirens: I. From The Odyssey
  • Sirens: II. Die Lorelei
  • Sirens: III. Stelle, vostra mercè l’eccelse sfere
  • Sirens: IV. Sirinu nuqa rikuni a
  • Sirens: V. From The Book of Matthew
  • Sirens: VI. From The Odyssey
  • Stereo Is King
  • The B-Sides
  • The B-Sides: I. Broom of the System
  • The B-Sides: II. Aerosol Melody (Hanalei)
  • The B-Sides: III. Gemini in the Solar Wind
  • The B-Sides: IV. Temescal Noir
  • The B-Sides: V. Warehouse Medicine