Mark Mancina

Mark Alan Mancina is an American film composer, who arranged many of the songs in the 1994 Disney animated feature film The Lion King and the subsequent musical. He also composed the score for the 1997 Touchstone Pictures film Con Air. In addition, he collaborated with Phil Collins in both Tarzan and Brother Bear. He also composed the soundtrack for Planes, replacing James Seymour Brett, composed the soundtrack for Planes: Fire & Rescue, and composed the score for the 2016 movie Moana. Additionally, he has done the theme music for the opening Disney logo, used from 2006 to 2022.
Born in Santa Monica, Mancina spent his childhood in Culver City, then Huntington Beach, California. Commencing his musical training at a very early age, he has performed as a singer, guitarist and pianist. After studying composition and performance as a classical guitar major at Cal State Fullerton, he went on to perform on Trevor Rabin's solo tour, and later to write and produce for Yes. He also worked with Trevor Horn, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Kenny Loggins.
Outside of Disney, he has written scores for countless films, including Jetsons: The Movie, True Romance, Speed, Bad Boys, Twister, Training Day, August Rush, and Cry Macho. Mancina also wrote music for television shows, like The Outer Limits, Blood+, Criminal Minds, and Soldier Of Fortune, Inc.
==Compositions for Disney Feature Films==
Year	Film 	Position 	Subsidiary
1994	The Lion King 	Additional Vocal Arranger 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1995	Man of the House 	Music 	Walt Disney Pictures
1999	Tarzan 	Score Composed 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2003	Brother Bear 	Score Composed 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2003	The Haunted Mansion 	Music 	Walt Disney Pictures
2005	Tarzan II 	Score Composed 	Disneytoon Studios
2013	Planes 	Original Score Composed 	Disneytoon Studios
2014	Planes: Fire & Rescue	Original Score Composed 	Disneytoon Studios
2016	Moana 	Original Songs and Score Composed	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2024	Moana 2 	Original Songs and Score Composed	Walt Disney Animation Studios
==Gallery==
Mark Mancina Moana premiere.jpg|Mark Mancina at Moana premiere in November 2016.
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Category:The Lion King
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Category:Brother Bear
Category:Disney Renaissance
Category:Planes
Category:Annie Award Nominated
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Category:People from California
Category:Man of the House
Category:The Haunted Mansion
Category:Touchstone Pictures