Man who died on Mt. Wilson identified as film and TV composer Mark Smythe, 53 - BERITAJA

The about caller decease connected Mt. Wilson claimed the life of a man identified arsenic New Zealand-born, L.A.-based composer Mark Smythe. Following the tragedy, his colleagues and family poured retired their hearts arsenic they remembered a man they called smart, funny and a existent protagonist of his peers.

Smythe died Saturday astatine 53 aft suffering a cardiac emergency connected a hiking trail, according to the coroner’s online database. His origin of decease was atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, successful which plaque builds up successful arterial walls and could lead to a bosom attack.

The Sierra Madre Police Department said Saturday that a man — astatine that constituent unidentified — died aft having a aesculapian emergency connected the way and that nary foul play was suspected. First responders arrived astatine the tract about 10 a.m. and administered assistance but were incapable to prevention his life.

Smythe had been caput of the section of Composing for Visual Media astatine Los Angeles Music College since past summer, according to his website. Among different honors, he was nominated for a 2023 Society of Composers and Lyricists Award for his activity scoring the movie “The Reef: Stalked.”

Kate Ward-Smythe, the composer’s sister, acknowledged his decease precocious Sunday connected Facebook.

“It is simply a comfortableness to cognize that he was doing 1 of the things he loved, hiking successful the hills, and we are grateful to his awesome friends (and emergency work responders) who tried truthful difficult to resuscitate him,” she wrote.

“Mark was a beardown larger than life connector successful LA, arsenic a professor, composer, musician, and loyal friend. He was besides fiercely talented, and an absolute cheerleader for euphony capacity and signaling crossed aggregate genres.. he was only conscionable getting started and had truthful overmuch much to springiness .. We are heartbroken and trying to process this tragedy, arsenic are each Mark’s friends and family.”

Bear McCreary, known for scoring TV bid including “Outlander,” “The Walking Dead,” “Black Sails” and “Snowpiercer” and movies including “Happy Death Day,” “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” and Blumhouse’s “Fantasy Island,” called news of Smythe’s decease “awful and surreal,” saying they had conscionable been chatting astatine a communal friend’s statement a fewer weeks ago.

“Mark’s enthusiasm and joke were disconnected the charts,” McCreary wrote Sunday connected Instagram. “He brought a shark pinch a bowtie to the reddish carpet of an SCL awards ceremonial erstwhile he was nominated for his activity connected a shark movie - hilarious! When he recovered retired I was penning a metallic album, he curated his favourite German people metallic bands for maine (turning maine connected to his favourite band, Finsterforst).”

Having said he ever thought he would get to cognize Smythe amended 1 day, McCreary called his decease “a stark reminder to walk clip pinch the group you attraction about while you can.”

John Massari, who has much than 150 euphony credits stretching backmost to “Little House connected the Prairie” and contributed euphony to TV bid including “Dancing With the Stars,” “Pawn Stars” and “It’s Always Sunny successful Philadelphia,” said in comments that “Mark was a agleam ray and a refreshing tone successful our community. He is greatly missed.”

“I’m truthful profoundly sad to suffer my friend. Mark, I miss you and emotion you. Thank you for your love, passion, humor, and joyousness and for ever making maine consciousness loved and valued,” vocalist Baraka May, whose sound could beryllium heard successful “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” “Wicked: For Good” and “Beavis and Butt-Head,” wrote Monday connected Instagram.

“He was funny and snarky and whip-smart, yet erstwhile we collaborated, he conscionable melted into the euphony and gushed for illustration a instrumentality pinch child-like wonder. What a tremendous bosom and mind!” the vocalist wrote. “I had the grant of collaborating pinch him connected 3 of his beautiful pieces arsenic a conductor, and I loved his boyish, genuine joyousness and excitement moreover successful our rehearsals. He wrote and voiced his euphony beautifully, which often felt haunting, romantic, deep, and sensitive, and his bass playing was truthful beautiful and thoughtful. He was specified a vivid, enthusiastic euphony lover, and I was very overmuch looking guardant to making much euphony pinch him.”

The Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive besides mourned the loss, saying online that “Mark was a superb talent and a genuine friend to all, a existent pillar successful our scoring community.

“During the pandemic, Mark generously joined our 2020 New Music Project to support caller repertoire for our euphony organization during a clip of awesome uncertainty and erstwhile about accepted pieces could not beryllium performed.”

The Hollywood Music successful Media Awards remembered Smythe winning a career-propelling prize astatine the organization’s 2013 ceremony, soon aft he arrived successful L.A. from New Zealand.

“He quickly built a distinguished assemblage of activity for film, shorts, and television, earned aggregate HMMA nominations, served arsenic COO of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and returned to coming astatine the 2018 HMMA Gala,” the statement wrote. “Mark’s talent and generosity enriched our organization — he will beryllium greatly missed.”

Smythe’s decease was the 2nd this period connected Mt. Wilson. On May 3, a man identified arsenic John McIntyre, 66, was declared dead connected the aforesaid way aft falling down a valley astatine Mt. Wilson Road and the Little Santa Anita occurrence break successful Sierra Madre. His origin of decease was blunt unit injuries.