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Infobox musical artist|name= Mark Mancina|image=||caption=|image_size=|background= non_performing_personnel|birth_name= Mark Alan Mancina|alias=|birth_date= birth date and age|1957|3|9|birth_place = Santa Monica , California , U.S.|death_date=|Married= Jill Meyer 1999 Present|Children=|occupation= Composer |instrument= Guitar |genre= Film score |years_active= 1988–present|website= http://www.markmancina.com/ MarkMancina.com Mark Alan Mancina (born March 9, 1957 in Santa Monica, California ) is a United States|U.S. composer , primarily for Hollywood soundtrack s, such as his collaboration with Trevor Rabin on the soundtrack for Con Air . He arranged many of the songs behind Walt Disney Pictures|Disney 's The Lion King (while Hans Zimmer wrote the orchestral score with Lebo M for the African chants) including the Broadway theatre|Broadway musical. He also notably composed the score for the thriller Twister (1996 film)|Twister (1996) as well as the blockbuster action films Speed (1994 film)|Speed (1994) and Bad Boys (1995 film)|Bad Boys (1995).
Trained as a classical guitarist, he is an avid guitar and rare instrument collector.
Mancina collaborated with John Van Tongeren to write the theme to the The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|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 feature animated films for Disney, Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan 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 (band)|Yes album Union (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 .cite web | url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-08-28/hans-zimmer-and-mark-mancina-do-blood+music | title= Hans Zimmer And Mark Mancina Do Blood+ Music | publisher=Anime News Network | date=2005-08-28 | accessdate = 2007-12-18
Notable film scores
Space Mutiny (1988)
Millennium: TribalWisdom and the Modern World (1992)
http://www.markmancina.com/ The Music of Mark Mancina (official website)
IMDb name|id=0006183|name=Mark Mancina
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm? colid=23227 BroadwayWorld.com interview with Mark Mancina, November 26, 2007
Persondata|NAME=Mancina, Mark |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=Hollywood soundtrack composer |DATE OF BIRTH=March 9, 1957 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Santa Monica, California |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= DEFAULTSORT:Mancina, Mark Category:Living people Category:1957 births Category:People from Santa Monica, California Category:American film score composers Category:American television composers Category:Grammy Award winners
