Mark Mancina
American film composer (born 1957)
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Mark Mancina (born 1957)[2] is an American film composer. A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures,[3] Mancina has scored over sixty films and television series including Speed, Bad Boys, Twister, Tarzan, Training Day, Brother Bear, Criminal Minds, Blood+, Planes, and Moana.[4] He has also composed music for the PlayStation 3 game Sorcery.
Mark Mancina | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 68–69) [1] |
| Genres | Film score, television score, rock, pop, progressive rock, video game soundtrack |
| Occupations | Composer, producer, arranger |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Website | mark-mancina |
He has made several collaborations with The Walt Disney Company, and has won two Grammy Awards, and was nominated for an Annie Award for Brother Bear. For his work on the Disney Theatrical Productions adaptation of The Lion King, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score in a Musical and won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.[5]
Career
Mancina has worked primarily as a composer for Hollywood soundtracks, such as his collaboration with Trevor Rabin on the soundtrack for Con Air. He arranged many of the songs behind Disney's The Lion King (while Hans Zimmer wrote the orchestral score with Nick Glennie-Smith and Lebo M for the African chants) including the Broadway musical. He composed the score for the thriller Twister (1996) and the action films Speed (1994) and Bad Boys (1995). Mancina co-wrote several songs for Hanna-Barbera's 1990 animated film Jetsons: The Movie.
Mancina collaborated with John Van Tongeren to write the theme to the 1995 revival of The Outer Limits. They both scored ten episodes for the first season of the show. He collaborated with Phil Collins on two Disney animated feature films, Tarzan (for which soundtrack he and Collins received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album) and Brother Bear. Mancina wrote and composed the arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" from 2006 to 2022 for the previous Walt Disney Pictures logo and was co-arranged with and orchestrated by David Metzger. Furthermore, he composed the music of the Disneynature logo, as well as co-composing the music of the 2013 DisneyToon Studios logo with Metzger.
Mancina composed the music for the 2005–06 anime television series Blood+, which had music produced by Hans Zimmer.[6] Additionally in television, he composed score for Criminal Minds and Soldier Of Fortune, Inc.
Mancina has contributed to a number of progressive rock projects. He toured with Trevor Rabin in support of Can't Look Away and went on to produce tracks on the Yes album Union in 1991. He worked with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, as he coproduced their 1992 album, Black Moon, and he also wrote one song Burning Bridges on this record.
With playwright Glen Berger, Mancina has written a musical based on the film August Rush, for which he had written the score. Mancina and Berger cowrote the lyrics for the musical, with Mancina writing the music and Berger writing the book. Under the direction of John Doyle, it received its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois in May 2019.[7]
Although he did not participate in the 2020 film Bad Boys for Life, his original theme for Bad Boys is used heavily throughout the film as well as the end credits.
Personal life
Mancina is of Italian heritage. He resides in Carmel, California, with his wife and daughter. Trained as a classical guitarist, he is an avid guitar player and rare instrument collector.[8]
Discography
Film
1980s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Mankillers | David A. Prior | Action International Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Composed with Tim James and Steven McClintock |
| Code Name Vengeance | David Winters | Action International Pictures | ||
| 1988 | Death Chase | David A. Prior | ||
| Night Wars | ||||
| Space Mutiny | David Winters Neal Sundstrom | |||
| 1989 | Hell on the Battleground | David A. Prior | ||
| Future Force | Composed with Steven McClintock |
1990s
2000s
2010s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Penthouse North | Joseph Ruben | Dimension Films (United States) Lionsgate (International) Demarest Films TAJJ Media Bunk 11 Pictures Kilburn Media |
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| Planes | Klay Hall | Walt Disney Pictures Disneytoon Studios |
Nominated- International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score in an Animated Film | |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Bobs Gannaway | ||
| 2016 | Moana | John Musker Ron Clements |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Composed with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa'i of Te Vaka
Nominated- Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media |
2020s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life |
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Columbia Pictures 2.0 Entertainment Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Overbrook Entertainment |
Credited as composer of original Bad Boys theme |
| 2021 | Cry Macho | Clint Eastwood | Malpaso Productions Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| 2022 | The Sea Beast | Chris Williams | Netflix Netflix Animation |
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| 2024 | Juror No. 2 | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures Dichotomy Films Gotham Group Malpaso Productions |
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| Moana 2 | Jason Hand Dana Ledoux Miller David Derrick Jr. |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Composed score & songs with Opetaia Foa'i, Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear | |
| 2026 | Moana[9] | Thomas Kail | Walt Disney Pictures Seven Bucks Productions |
Composed score & songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World | Documentary series; 11 episodes |
| 1993 | Taking Liberty | Television film |
| Lifepod | ||
| 1993–94 | Space Rangers | 6 episodes |
| 1995–2000 | The Outer Limits | 18 episodes & theme music
Nominated- CableACE Award for Best Score in a Series |
| 1997 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Episode: "The Choice" |
| 1997–98 | Soldier of Fortune, Inc. | 20 episodes & theme music |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| Houdini | Television film | |
| 1999 | The Strip | 10 episodes & theme music |
| 2005–06 | Blood+ | Anime; 50 episodes |
| 2005–09 | Criminal Minds | 88 episodes & theme music |
| 2006 | A House Divided | Television film |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–present | The Lion King | Composed with Hans Zimmer, Tim Rice, Elton John, Lebo M, Jay Rifkin & Julie Taymor
Nominated- Tony Award for Best Original Score |
Video games
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Composed with Lorne Balfe & Hans Zimmer Additional music Nominated- BAFTA Games Awards for Best Original Score Nominated- BAFTA Games Awards for Best Audio Nominated- International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Interactive Media |
| 2012 | Sorcery |