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 |
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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 | ||
The Haunted Mansion | Music | Walt Disney Pictures | |
2005 | Tarzan II | Score Composed | Disneytoon Studios |
2013 | Planes | Original Score Composed | |
2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | ||
2016 | Moana | Original Songs and Score Composed | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
2024 | Moana 2 |