Mark Snow, the composer behind the widely acclaimed X-Files theme song, has passed away at the age of 78. A representative confirmed that the 15-time Emmy nominee breathed his last on Friday,

Snow, 78, died Friday, July 4 at his home in Connecticut, Variety reports. The composer, who enjoyed a long career in TV and film, once recounted how the “X-Files” theme came to be in an interview for the Television Academy Foundation.

Mark Snow, the veteran television composer who turned “The X-Files ” theme into an unlikely chart hit in the 1990s, died Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 78.