Mark Mancina
Mark Mancina (born March 9, 1957 in Santa Monica , California ) is an American composer who mainly works for Hollywood productions.
biography
Mark Mancina studied composition and performing arts for six years at California State University in Fullerton , California . At that time he actually wanted to pursue a career as a singer and earned some extra money as a piano vocalist in night clubs . He later had his own band called Dexter in the eighties , which gave him insight into the different styles of pop music and eventually became a music producer .
Later he was able to stand out as a composer, especially with his brilliant background music for the fast-paced film Speed , the soundtrack of which landed at number 1 on the sales charts in the summer of 1994. Within a year he repeated this placement with his soundtrack for the film Bad Boys .
His intensive work in the film business began with the collaborative work on Days of Thunder and True Romance . a. worked with Hans Zimmer . He then composed the original soundtrack for the film Monkey Trouble and worked his way up to the top composer ranks through various other films such as Money Train , Moll Flanders or Twister .
Mark Mancina has produced for some of the most successful artists in popular music, including: B. for Seal on his number 1 single (in Great Britain) Crazy , Billy Idol , Yes on their album Union and for Emerson, Lake & Palmer .
While active on both film and pop music tracks, he arranged three Elton John songs from Disney's The Lion King , which won him the American Music Award in the Favorite Pop / Rock album category and a Grammy Award in the Best children's category Album . His later work on the Lion King in the Broadway version lets him win another Grammy. But this time in the category Best Musical Show Album .
He also made a name for himself on television, where he wrote soundtracks for the CBS series Space Rangers and the excellent documentary series Millennium .
He also set some commercials to music, such as B. for Marlboro , GTE, Black & Decker , Reebok , JC Penney , Jaguar and Diet Rite.
Film music (selection)
- 1987: Code name Vengeance
- 1987: Night Wars
- 1987: Rage to Kill
- 1989: Future Force
- 1992: Sleeping Dogs (Where Sleeping Dogs Lie)
- 1993: True Romance additional music with Hans Zimmer
- 1994: Always Trouble About Dojo (Monkey Trouble)
- 1994: speed
- 1995: Assassins - The Killer (Assassins)
- 1995: Bad Boys (Bad Boys)
- 1995: Fair Game
- 1995: Money Train
- 1995: (No) a father wanted (Man Of The House)
- 1996: Twister
- 1996: Moll Flanders
- 1997: Con Air (together with Trevor Rabin )
- 1997: Speed 2 - Cruise Control (Speed 2: Cruise Control)
- 1997: For a friend's life
- 1999: Tarzan
- 2000: Bait - fat prey (bait)
- 2001: Deadly Trust (Domestic Disturbance)
- 2001: Training Day
- 2003: Brother Bear (Brother Bear)
- 2003: The Haunted Mansion (The Haunted Mansion)
- 2003: The Reckoning
- 2005: Asylum
- 2005: Tarzan 2 (Tarzan II)
- 2005-2006: Blood + (Japanese anime series)
- 2005–2009: Criminal Minds (TV series)
- 2007: The Sound of the Heart (August Rush)
- 2007: Shooter
- 2009: The magic is loose at home (Imagine That)
- 2009: Stormy Times - Never Give Up (Hurricane Season)
- 2013: Planes
- 2014: Planes 2 - Always in action (Planes: Fire & Rescue)
- 2016: Vaiana (Moana)
Web links
- official homepage
- Mark Mancina in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mancina, Mark |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1957 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Monica , California , USA |