Mark Mancina is an American film composer. A veteran of

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's Media Ventures, Mancina has scored over sixty films and television series including ''

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'', '' Bad Boys'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Brother Bear ''Brother Bear'' is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 44th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert ...

'', ''

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'', '' Blood+,'' and '' Moana''. He has made several collaborations with

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, and has won two

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s, and was nominated for an

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for ''Brother Bear''. For his work on the

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adaptation of ''The Lion King'', he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score in a Musical.

Career

Mancina has worked primarily as a composer for Hollywood soundtracks, such as his collaboration with

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on the soundtrack for ''

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''. He arranged many of the songs behind

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's ''

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'' (while

wrote the orchestral score with

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and

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for the African chants) including the

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musical. He composed the score for the thriller ''

'' (1996) and the action films ''

'' (1994) and '' Bad Boys'' (1995). Mancina co-wrote several songs for

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's 1990 animated film '' Jetsons: The Movie''. Mancina collaborated with

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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

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on two Disney animated feature films, ''

'' (for which

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he and Collins received a

for Best Soundtrack Album) and ''

''. Mancina wrote and composed the arrangement of " When You Wish Upon a Star" from 2006 to 2022 for the previous

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and was co-arranged with and orchestrated by

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. Furthermore, he composed the music of the Disneynature logo. Mancina composed the music for the 2005–06 anime television series '' Blood+'', which had music produced by

. Additionally in television, he composed score for ''Criminal Minds'' and ''Soldier Of Fortune, Inc''. Mancina has contributed to a number of

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projects. He toured with Trevor Rabin in support of ''Can't Look Away'' and went on to produce tracks on the

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album '' Union'' in 1991. He worked with

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, as he coproduced their 1992 album, ''

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'', and he also wrote one song ''Burning Bridges'' on this record. With playwright

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, Mancina has written a musical based on the film ''

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'', 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. Although he did not participate in the 2020 film ''

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'', his original theme for '' Bad Boys'' is used heavily throughout the film as well as the end credits.

Personal life

He resides in

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, with his wife and daughter. Trained as a classical guitarist, he is an avid guitar player and rare instrument collector.

Discography

Film

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Television

Theatre

Video games

References

External links

The Music of Mark Mancina
(official website) *
''BroadwayWorld.com'' interview with Mark Mancina, November 26, 2007
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Career

Personal life

Discography

Film

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Television

Theatre

Video games

See also

References

External links