Mark Mancina is a three-time Grammy Award Winning American film composer and Tony Nominated music producer. Mancina has scored over sixty films and television series including Speed, Bad Boys, Twister, Training Day, Con Air, Criminal Minds, Blood+, Shooter, August Rush, Planes, and upcoming Clint Eastwood drama Juror #2.
He has collaborated with Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), composing scores for Moana, Brother Bear, and Tarzan. He also produced the original songs written by Elton John and Tim Rice for the 1994 blockbuster The Lion King. He also produced songs for upcoming prequel Mufasa.
For the Disney Theatrical Productions adaptation of The Lion King on Broadway, Mancina produced the score and composed additional music and lyrics. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score in a Musical and was awarded Britain’s Ivor Novello Award for the London production.
Musical collaborators include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Phil Collins, Lebo M, and Clint Eastwood.
