Santa Monica, United States, 1957
Mark Mancina
Speed, Twister and Training Day, and arranger for Disney's The Lion King, Tarzan and Moana.
A Californian, in the mid-nineties he scored action films such as Speed, Bad Boys and Twister. For Disney he arranged many of the songs of The Lion King (1994) and worked on the Broadway musical, which brought him a Tony nomination. He later scored Tarzan with Phil Collins and Moana with Lin-Manuel Miranda. For Antoine Fuqua's Training Day he wrote a dark, street-wise score; the film's album was mostly hip hop and included only one of his pieces, Wolf or Sheep.
- Style
- Percussion, guitars and orchestra for action; choirs and African and Polynesian rhythms for Disney.
- Awards
- Tony nomination for the score of The Lion King musical (1998).
Discography
- Born Killer (1987) Spotify
- Codename: Vengeance (1987) Spotify · Apple Music
- Mankillers (1987) Spotify · Apple Music
- Night Wars (1987) Spotify
- Lost Platoon (1988) Spotify
- Bad Boys (1995) Spotify · Apple Music
- Return to Paradise (1998) Spotify · Apple Music
- Domestic Disturbance (2001) Spotify · Apple Music
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) Spotify · Apple Music
- August Rush (2007) Spotify · Apple Music
- Shooter (2007) Spotify · Apple Music
- Planes (2013) Spotify · Apple Music
- Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) Spotify · Apple Music
- The Sea Beast (2022) Spotify · Apple Music
- Juror #2 (2024) Spotify · Apple Music
"Spotify" and "Apple Music" open the album directly on each platform; if only Spotify appears, we have not yet been able to check that album on Apple Music. "Search Spotify" opens an album search for that title. If a link does not lead to the right album, write to [email protected]. "Album" marks the year of that album edition when it differs from the film's.
Awards counted up to the 2026 Academy Awards. Facts reviewed in October 2026.