Mark Mancina
Age: 67
Mark Alan Mancina (born March 9, 1957 in Santa Monica, California) is an American composer, primarily 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 Lebo M for the African chants) including the Broadway musical. He also notably composed the score for the thriller Twister (1996) as well as the blockbuster action films Speed (1994) and Bad Boys (1995). Mancina also co-wrote several songs for Hanna-Barbera's 1990 animated film Jetsons: The Movie.
He's also collaborated with director Jan de Bont, and has scored his films Speed, Twister, and Speed 2: Cruise Control.
Trained as a classical guitarist, he is an avid guitar player and rare instrument collector.
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 also 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 has also been associated with a number of progressive rock projects. He toured with Rabin in support of Trevor Rabin's Can't Look Away album and then went on to produce tracks on the Yes album Union. He has also worked with Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
He is known to be influenced by The Beatles, favoring their early years.
Mancina also composed the music for the popular 2005-2006 anime TV series Blood+, which had music produced by Hans Zimmer.
Discography
Film
1980s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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1987 | Mankillers | David A. Prior | Action International Pictures | With Tim James and Steven McClintock |
Code Name Vengeance | ||||
1988 | Death Chase | |||
Rage to Kill | ||||
Night Wars | ||||
Space Mutiny | ||||
1989 | Hell on the Battleground | |||
Future Force |
1990s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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1990 | Born Killer | Kimberley Casey | Action International Pictures | with Tim James and Steven McClintock |
Crossing the Line | Gary Graver | Epic Productions | ||
1991 | The Lost Platoon | David A. Prior | Action International Pictures | with Tim James and Steven McClintock |
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie | Charles Finch | August Entertainment | with Hans Zimmer | |
1993 | Taking Liberty | Stuart Gillard | RHI Entertainment | Television movie |
Lifepod | Ron Silver | RHI Entertainment Fox Broadcasting Company |
Television movie | |
1994 | Monkey Trouble | Franco Amurri | New Line Cinema | |
Speed | Jan de Bont | 20th Century Fox | ||
1995 | Born Wild | Philippe Blot | A-Pix Entertainment | |
Man of the House | James Orr | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
Bad Boys | Michael Bay | Columbia Pictures | ||
Assassins | Richard Donner | Warner Bros. | ||
Fair Game | Andrew Sipes | Warner Bros. | ||
Money Train | Joseph Ruben | Columbia Pictures | ||
1996 | Twister | Jan de Bont | Warner Bros. | |
Moll Flanders | Pen Densham | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
1997 | Con Air | Simon West | Touchstone Pictures | with Trevor Rabin |
Speed 2: Cruise Control | Jan de Bont | 20th Century Fox | ||
1998 | Return to Paradise | Joseph Ruben | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Gramercy Pictures |
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1999 | Tarzan | Chris Buck Kevin Lima |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
with Phil Collins |
2000s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2000 | Auggie Rose | Matthew Tabak | Roxie Releasing 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
with Don L. Harper |
Bait | Antoine Fuqua | Warner Bros. | ||
2001 | Training Day | Antoine Fuqua | Warner Bros. | |
Domestic Disturbance | Harold Becker | Paramount Pictures | ||
2003 | The Reckoning | Paul McGuigan | Paramount Classics | with Adrian Lee |
Brother Bear | Aaron Blaise Robert Walker |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
with Phil Collins | |
The Haunted Mansion | Rob Minkoff | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
2005 | Asylum | David Mackenzie | Paramount Classics | |
Tarzan II | Brian Smith | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios |
with Phil Collins Direct-to-video film |
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2006 | A House Divided | Michael Rymer | Touchstone Television ABC |
Television movie |
2007 | Shooter | Antoine Fuqua | Paramount Pictures | |
August Rush | Kirsten Sheridan | Warner Bros. | ||
2008 | Camille | Gregory Mackenzie | A-Mark Entertainment | |
2009 | Imagine That | Karey Kirkpatrick | Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies |
2010s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2010 | Hurricane Season | Tim Story | The Weinstein Company Dimension Films |
Direct-to-video film |
2011 | The Templar Code | Austin Anthofer Daniel Kult |
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2013 | Penthouse North | Joseph Ruben | The Weinstein Company Dimension Films |
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Planes | Klay Hall | Walt Disney Pictures DisneyToon Studios |
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2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Bobs Gannaway | ||
2016 | Moana | Ron Clements John Musker |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Anime
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2005 | Blood+ | Junichi Fujisaku | Production I.G | Score produced by Hans Zimmer |