All Access: Mark Mancina

On this episode of All Access we are joined by composer Mark Mancina whose career has given us some of the most iconic scores of our generation. Mark takes us through his path to becoming a composer as well as his approach to some of his most memorable scores. We discuss Speed and how Mark worked with director Jan de Bont to craft the now iconic action score. Hear the stories behind some of his other scores such as Bad Boys, Twister, Con Air, Moll Flanders, Blood+, August Rush, Planes and Moana. Mark also shares why working with Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay was a challenge, and why he decided to walk away from Bad Boys II. Also hear Mark talk about the challenges of bringing The Lion King to life as a musical. Mark's career has given us some amazing scores that spanned across so many genres, and each of them special in their own way. Enjoy this fascinating and fun interview with one of the most respected and influential composers in the industry.

Interview Produced & Presented By:
Kaya Savas

Special Thanks:
Mark Mancina
Marlon Espino

[BooneLuleyo]

Speed, Bad Boys, Con Air, Money Train, Fair Game, Twister, Tarzan etc... What a great composer!

[InvertedFreeSolo]

This guy has come up with so many amazing pieces of music.

[nomthandazochili]

speed and bad boys two of the most iconic themes ..this guy made these two movies what they have become today . without him i dint think these movies will be where they are today ..thank you mark

[azimhulaimi]

@6:35 talking about Speed soundtrack :)

[snaileo]

Blood+'s OST literally changed my life.

[daniellamorrow]

August Rush 😭😭😭 the most beautiful compositions ever!!

[ameyliadrake]

Will always be a fan of Mark's work...but my favorite of his musical gifts is his voice 😊 Sherry Drake

[jeffreyksiazek]

Of all the Remote Control Productions composers that Hans Zimmer worked with, Mark Mancina is one of my top favorites. Him...with James Newton Howard, James Dooley, Steve Jablonsky and Harry Gregson-Williams. 🎼

[classicalguitaralive]

Brilliant interviewee, great, informed questions by interviewer. Good job, guys.

[stewartmoore]

This wonderful man has written so many of my favourite scores. He hit it out of the park with the theme from Bad Boys, and just continued to prove himself.

Edit: I forget that Speed is before Bad Boys. He knocked it out of the park with Speed. Perfect action score.

[RadoslawRozbicki]

One of my favourite film music composers! I love Your work Mark! :) You inspired me to work with my own music. :)

[chrispapageorgiou]

and i liked him when i saw planes 1 and 2 in theaters of August 9 2013 and july 18 2014

[hd]

I grew up as a little kid watching Speed over and over and over, I loved that soundtrack the movie and that cool GM bus. Now I am a city bus driver and this soundtrack still gets stuck in my head whenever I drive freeway routes especially haha

[mrchiledonut]

If they ever did remake Metal Gear Solid, I feel like he'd be great to redo the music because the music in MGS reminds me of Speed.

[brandonhoffman]

God bless him. Between Bad boys, twister, and Speed I ever directed a Thriller. Mancina Would be my first call.

[antanyjahdorisme]

Is there a transcript of this interview? I'm doing a project on mark and this has been the only resource that had actual information.

[chrisjames]

Why are many of his albums on moratorium? Specifically Speed and Training Day. Nothing on iTunes.

[triggeredcat]

I WISH he would release an album of Twister so bad.

[Guitarist]

How come he’s not doing any films after Moana? Is just a break? I hope he keeps doing Disney movies

[chasersrblx]

Wait, SO does this mean he gave us access to his scores from twister? I'm just asking!