March 2007:

-3/2/2007: Mark Mancina scores "Sheepish", an animated movie directed by Kevin Johnson and Dan St. Pierre. Release comes from Starz Animation and 20th Century Fox.

April 2005:

-4/13/2005: Mark Mancina will compose the music of Quantico (only the pilot), a new a suspense thriller set inside the F.B.I.'s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Richard Shepard ("The Matador") has signed on to direct the drama pilot. He'll direct the project, which stars Mandy Patinkin, Shemar Moore, Lola Glaudini, Matthew Gubler and Thomas Gibson, from a script by creator Jeff Davis. Mark Gordon, through the Mark Gordon Co., executive produces the project.

February 2005:

-2/17/2005: Mark Mancina is working in Brother Bear II DVD.

January 2005:

-1/21/2005: Asylum, with music by Mark Mancina, will be compete in The Berlin International Film Festival.

December 2004:

-12/8/2004: Now it's sure that Mark Mancina will work in "Asylum" (see http://www.gsamusic.com/composers.html). For more information about this movie you can click here: http://spanish.imdb.com/title/tt0348505/.

October 2004:

-10/28/2004: Mark Mancina is working in Tarzan II DVD.

May 2004:

-5/17/2004: Mark Mancina wins BMI award for Brother Bear: http://www.bmi.com/news/200405/filmtv_songs.asp.

April 2004:

-4/22/2004: Mark Mancina website is now officialy gone online: http://www.markmancina.com/.

January 2004:

-1/10/2004: Mark Mancina and Phil Collins in the 2003 Annie Award Nominations! "Music in an Animated Feature Production: Phil Collins & Mark Mancina "Brother Bear" - Harry Gregson-Williams "Sinbad" - Thomas Newman "Finding Nemo". Good Luck! - Mark Mancina is currently working on his own musical with a great group of talent.

-1/5/2004: You can to read an interview with Mark Mancina y Phil Collins in Soundtrack.Net.

November 2003:

-11/28/2003: BMI.com shows images of the scoring session of The Haunted Mansion.

-11/21/2003: The Haunted Mansion Haunted Hits features both new and classic songs inspired by the spine-tingling adventures and excitement of Disney's The Haunted Mansion! Unfortunately, the CD only has one track with the music of Mark Mancina (http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/soundtracks/hauntedmansion/index.html) - The release date (limited) of The Reckoning in the United States is now in March 5, 2004.

-11/19/2003: Phil Collins will be in Spain this days in some tv shows.Welcome!

October 2003:

-10/27/2003: In http://wgnsuperstation.trb.com/entertainment/movies/stv-orl-livbearfilm102303oct23.story, go on "About the music of Brother Bear", in the right of the web (Phil Collins face). You will see great behind scenes video with Mark Mancina speaking about the music of the movie - Disney opened Brother Bear in two theaters in New York and Los Angeles this weekend. The new animated film earned a big $285,000 for an average of $142,500. The movie is set to go wide on Saturday, November 1 (CoomingSoon.Net).

-10/26/2003: Now you can to listen Brother Bear music in http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/Soundtracks/brotherbear/index.html. It's beautiful!

-10/18/2003: Buy now the Brother Bear CD in Amazon.com with a 10% discount (only for a week) - Animated Bliss just posted the Official Press Kit about this Disney movie, including images of Mark Mancina, Tina Turnet and Phil Collins - Check out the bonus materials and watch for Mark Mancina, who appears briefly in the "Making Of" stuff for the stage musical and the added song "Morning report" (Dean Mancina Collectibles).

-10/14/2003: The Bulgarian Women's Choir's "Transformation" Collins' lyrics were translated into the Inuit Eskimo language for the performance, which was arranged by score co-composers Collins and Mark Mancina and vocal arranger Eddie Jobson. "The idea of them singing in a language that is completely foreign to them gave the song a texture and sound that was unique," Mancina says. "The sound is cross-cultural." "It's unlike anything I've ever done before and it doesn't sound like anything that's been in a Disney film before," Collins adds. "It's kind of a melting pot. It's definitely world music." Collins contributed six songs to the film and collaborated on its score with Mancina, whose previous work includes the Disney features "The Lion King" and "Tarzan." (Billboard).

-10/2/2003: Now you can sample most of the soundtrack titles of Brother Bear in movie's official website.

September 2003:

-9/30/2003: CGNetworks.com has an interview with Kevin Johnson, the Early Bloomer director, and he speaks about the music of the short: "Tito A. Belgrave: Can you elaborate on the choice of music and a bit about the composer? Kevin Johnson: This was one of the nicest surprises that happened to the show and it came about through the involvement of Penney Finkleman Cox, and Sandy Rabins, the Excecutive Vice Presidents of Sony Pictures Animation. I showed them the piece and Penney immediately said you need a score and I know someone who would great for this. So she introduced me to Mark Mancina. Mark came in, looked at the piece and his reaction was, My daughter is going to love this. At that moment I knew he was the right choice. And the fact that he is an award winning composer and one of the most likeable individuals to work with was icing on the cake. This is one thing I look back on and am truly grateful for".

-9/25/2003: The Brother Bear CD has 12 tracks: 1. Great Spirits (Tina Turner) - 2. Transformation (The Bulgarian Women's Choir) - 3. Welcome (The Blind Boys Of Alabama Featuring Phil Collins, Oren Waters) - 4. On My Way (Phil Collins) - 5. No Way Out [Theme] (Phil Collins) - 6. Look Through My Eyes (Phil Collins) - 7. Transformation [Phil Collins Version] (Phil Collins) - 8. Welcome [Phil Collins Version] (Phil Collins) - 9. No Way Out [Theme] [Phil Collins Version] (Phil Collins) - 10. Three Brothers - 11. Wakes As A Bear - 12. Wilderness Of Danger And Beauty.

-9/13/2003: "The official Disney site now features details on Brother Bear's story and its main characters, as well as new pictures, clips from four songs, online games, trailers, screenmates, AIM icons, exclusive wallpapers and 8 video clips from the movie!" (Animated Movies).

-9/5/2003: A 1'30" Brother Bear sound clip can already be found on the Phil Collins forum. The title of the song is "Look Through My Eyes".

August 2003:

-8/30/2003: Now, you can to see the final Haunted Mansion poster with the name of Mark Mancina in the credits. Visit Coming Soon.

July 2003:

-7/24/2003: "Tina Turner and Phil Collins will provide songs for the soundtrack of Walt Disney's Brother Bear, BillBoard reports. Turner will perform "Great Spirits" as the opening song of the soundtrack, which will be released on October 21. Collins will provide five new songs, in addition to co-writing the film's score with Mark Mancina. The titles of Phil Collins' Brother Bear songs are to be determined. Brother Bear is scheduled to open October 24 in New York and Los Angeles, and will get a wider release November 1 in U.S. theaters" (AnimatedMovies).

June 2003:

-6/24/2003: Mark Mancina speaks with Playbill about The Lion King musical.

-6/14/2003: Sad, sad news. "SoundtrackNet has learned that composer Mark Mancina has left Bad Boys 2 due to 'creative differences'. Composer Trevor Rabin, who was collaborating with Mancina, will continue to head up the scoring duties. Some of Mancina's themes and music might remain in the final score, but at this point, it's too early to say for sure. MTV had reported earlier this week that Dr. Dre would be scoring the film; no doubt they mean he was contributing some song material (much like Oakenfold, Moby, and Rob Dougan have done for other various projects)".

May 2003:

-5/22/2003: Dan Goldwasser (http://www.soundtrack.net) copy/paste in the MovieMusic Forum this words of Mark Mancina about his Bad Boys 2 score: "we've brought Trevor Rabin on to co write some of it. Theres more music in this movie than any action movie I've ever done. I doubt there will be a score album".

-5/7/2003: Disney’s Brother Bear teaser trailer online in http://disney.video.free.fr/menu/Premiere.html.

April 2003:

-4/22/2003: Mark Mancina will work in Early Bloomer, an animated short filme produced by Penney Finkelman-Cox (The Prince of Egypt, Shrek).

March 2003:

-3/13/2003: Julianne Moore will star the new filme of Joseph Ruben for Revolution Studios: The Forgottenal. "Gerald DiPego wrote the script about a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist tells her she has created eight years of memories of a son she never had. She makes it her mission to prove her son's existence as well as her sanity" (Ain't It Cool News). Mancina worked with Ruben in Return to Paradise and Money Train.

-3/5/2003: Very, very sad news! MoviePoopShoot.com says that "Mark Mancina isn’t doing LARA CROFT AND THE CRADLE OF LIFE: TOMB RAIDER 2 after BAD BOYS 2 (Craig Armstrong has the gig)".

February 2003:

-2/19/2003: Go to http://www.animated-movies.net/BrotherBear.html and see new pictures of "Brother Bear". Release date: November 7, 2003 (pushed up from the Fall of 2004).

-2/17/2003: Rob Minkof "will direct and produce the Mouse House's planned remake of 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' -- the 1938 animated short that would later appear in Disney's 1940 picture 'Fantasia'". "Minkoff [...] will use similar live-action and computer animation techniques to create a new film inspired by the short" (Variety).

-2/4/2003: It is confirmed by The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency: Mancina will compose the music of Haunted Mansion, directed by Rob Minkof (The Lion King, Stuart Little). The stars are Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Tilly.

December 2002:

-12/16/2002: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Training Day director Antoine Fuqua is lined up to bring one of history's most legendary figures to the big screen as he is set to helm the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced King Arthur. A spring start date is being eyed (ComingSoon.Net).

November 2002:

-11/27/2002: Paul McGuigan, The Reckoning's director, is in talks to direct Revolution Studios' Hostage, based on the novel by Robert Crais, which Bruce Willis will star in and produce through his Cheyenne Enterprises. The story centers on a former hostage negotiator-turned-police chief who is forced into a hostage negotiation that is complicated by the fact that the family patriarch is an accountant for the mob. In an effort to protect their secrets, the mob makes him play both sides (Ain't It Cool News). Remember, Mark Mancina composed the music of The Reckoning.

-11/25/2002: Antoine Fuqua is in negotiations to direct Warner Bros. Pictures' Strangers, a reconception of the Patricia Highsmith novel Strangers on a Train (The Hollywood Reporter).

October 2002:

-10/15/2002: Hayden Christensen is in talks to star as Vince Vaughn's younger brother in the upcoming New Line thriller The Other Side of Simple, says The Hollywood Reporter. Joseph Ruben is the director (Money Train, Return to Paradise) - Mark Mancina will not work with Fuqua in Tears of the Sun. Hans Zimmer will be the composer of the film.

September 2002:

-9/27/2002: "Variety reports that Training Day director Antoine Fuqua is in talks to helm The Jacket for Paramount. The film is a drama of a falsely imprisoned man who learns how to see into the future and tries to change his fate" (ComingSoon.Net).

-9/4/2002: Mark Mancina has his own web: http://www.markmancina.com or http://mancinamusic.com/. In this moment it hasn't any information about the composer, his music or his studio.

August 2002:

-8/20/2002: In the last poll of FilmScoreMonthly, Mark Mancina and Tarzan won with this question: "What is your favorite animated score since 1986?". Tarzan obtained 126 votes and The Lion King 123.

July 2002:

-7/30/2002: Jan De Bont asked Mancina if he would like to work in Tomb Raider 2, and Mark is thinking it over. Mark has other projects by that date, so he has to wait and see his schedule. Thanks to Jeff for the information.

-7/13/2002: It is confirmed by The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency: Mancina will compose the music of Bad Boys II. Excellent news.

May 2002:

-5/25/2002: From ComingSoon.Net. "Jan de Bont has come on board to develop and direct a big-screen feature about 4th century Austrian warrior St. Nikolas, says The Hollywood Reporter. Written by Ken Young and Dennis LeFevre, the project is described as a sweeping epic exploring Nikolas' experiences as a heroic warrior investigating a deadly mystery when he is assigned -in the wake of the Roman army's withdrawal- to restore order in a town plagued by corruption and violence". Music by Mancina?

-5/14/2002: ComingSoon.Net reports that "According to Variety, Paramount Pictures is moving quickly with a sequel to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, with Angelina Jolie set to reprise her role as Croft. The studio has set its sights on Jan De Bont to direct the film. Negotiations have begun with an eye toward getting the action flick in production by early fall". Now, I say: new colaboration De Bont-Mancina?

-5/7/2002: New movie for Antoine Fuqua: The Double Man, a superhero action-adventure with script by Alan McElroy. "MGM and Bruce Willis' Cheyenne Enterprises have signed a first-look deal for" this project (and others) from Stan Lee's new company, POW! Entertainment.

March 2002:

-3/7/2002: New movie for Mark Mancina: Reckoning, where "a priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play". The filme is dir. by Paul McGuigan. In the cast, we can to find to Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind), Willem Dafoe (Spiderman) and Brian Cox (Braveheart).

-3/3/2002: Aint-It-Cool-News says that "Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) will develop Robert Ludlum's final book, 'The Sigma Protocol', as a feature for Universal Pictures. The book centers on a man who, while trying to avenge his brother's murder, uncovers a lethal international conspiracy. He is hunted by a female undercover agent who eventually joins in his crusade and falls in love with him". Music by Mancina? - Mark Mancina appears in the ranking of the most in-Demand composers in Hollywood, that this week we can to read in http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/articles/2002/28_Feb---Top_Forty_One.asp. "Trying to move out of the action movie ghetto has led to fewer assignments for Mancina, whose gentle, Thomas Newman-ish score for Return to Paradise had the misfortune of being written for a movie barely anyone saw. His desire to avoid being typecast is understandable, yet his latest big hit was yet another urban thriller: Training Day".

February 2002:

-2/25/2002: Dan Goldwasser (Soundtrack.Net) has said in Film Music Discussion List that "Mancina had indicated to me that they were planning on putting out a more legitimate (and trimmed down) score release sometime this spring. Probably around the time of the DVD release".

-2/23/2002: FilmScoreMonthly have concluded the latest poll of his its web. The question was: "Who is your favorite composer from the Hans Zimmer stable?". "Out of 311 votes, Mark Mancina received the highest score with 72 (23.2%) just barely squeaking past John Powell (71 votes, 22.8%) and Trevor Rabin (69 votes, 22.8%). Harry Gregson-Williams follows with 58 votes (18.6%), and virtually tied for last are Klaus Badelt (21 votes, 6.8%) and Nick Glennie-Smith (20 votes, 6.4%)." Congratulations, Mark, the people loves your music.

-2/6/2002: MovieHeadLines says: "Dutch director Jan de Bont is in final negotiations to take the helm of The Courier in late spring. The project, budgeted at about $50 million, centers on a mythical figure who makes deliveries to anyone anywhere with no questions asked. He is hired to make a delivery to a legendary underworld figure who has been considered impossible to find. Casting is underway. Brad Pitt was attached at one stage during the three-year development process".

-2/5/2002: Aint-It-Cool-News says: "Antoine Fuqua will develop and direct White Out, based on Bergen County, N.J., Police Chief Jerry Speziale's untitled manuscript for Gaylord Films. It's about Speziale's real-life Pygmalion-esque experience as a New York police officer".

January 2002:

-1/24/2002: MovieHeadLines says: "Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are preparing to start work on the sequel to their hit movie Bad Boys - despite there being no script ready yet. The actors met with producer Jerry Bruckheimer about the project recently to negotiate plans for the film. Bruckheimer says, "We discussed a whole bunch of ideas for the film, and now it's a matter of getting them on paper. They're excited about the project and want to make it, but it's a matter of getting the script right." The original idea was to have the two stars going to London this time around. Once there, they would apprehend a chemist with ties to a drug kingpin. But that idea has now been scrapped. Bruckheimer explains, "We'll keep the action in Miami." Will work again Mark Mancina with Jerry Bruckheimer?

December 2001:

-12/22/2001: Happy Christmas! - I have bought the CD of Domestic Disturbance and it is brilliant - I read news about a promo of Training Day with two CDs. Ah, congratulations to Denzel Washington. He is nominated to the best actor in the Golden Globes.

November 2001:

-11/19/2001: Joseph Ruben (Return to Paradise and Money Train) is in early talks to direct New Line's thriller The Other Side os Simple from a script by Eric Kmetz. The story focuses on two thieves who return to their Midwestern hometown after a long absence and hook up with one of the thieves' slow-witted younger brother. While using him as a patsy in their upcoming criminal plan, the thieves discover that the brother is not as dumb as he lets on (Ain't It Cool News).

-11/4/2001: About Domestic Disturbance, BoxOfficeGuru says "Bowing very wide in 2,910 theaters, the predictable thriller may end up opening with around $14M".

-11/3/2001: Great news! The score of Domestic Disturbance is being released by Varese Sarabande on December 11.

October 2001:

-10/25/2001: Now you can to buy the "Tokyo Disney Sea" music in CD, with the works of some composers for this park. Of course, Mancina is here.

-10/23/2001: "Antoine Fuqua will direct an untitled Myriad Pictures spy thriller about two CIA agents (either of whom might work for the Russians) in a world of espionage. Fuqua will focus on this project after he works on an untitled Bruce Willis thriller slated to begin shooting in February" (Ain't It Cool News). Well, this could be a good work for Mark.

-10/7/2001: Movie: Training Day - Gross: 7.530.000 dollars. The filme, with music of Mark Mancina, is the first in the U.S.A box office. Congratulations!

-10/5/2001: "Moviegoer interest is extremely high for Training Day and Washington's starpower will guarantee brisk sales on opening weekend. Solid reviews and a sharp marketing campaign will add to the turnout as well. As with many of the actor's films, business from African-American ticketbuyers will be superb and will help give it a leg up on the other major films in the marketplace which have no black stars. But the one question mark that Training Day poses lies in the lead role. Will audiences buy Denzel in a bad guy role? Moviegoers should at least give it a try this weekend and good word-of-mouth could allow the film to stay strong through the fall season. Launching in 2,712 theaters, Training Day looks to top the box office charts this weekend with about $20M" (BoxOfficeGuru).

September 2001:

-9/6/2001: Mark Mancina will work in Domestic Disturbance. This story "revolves around a divorced father (Travolta) who discovers that his 11-year-old son's new stepfather (Vaughn) is not what he made himself out to be. Travolta's character sets out on a mission to rescue his son from a life-threatening situation" - This is one review of the Mancina music for Training Day. "Marc (?) Mancina's smoothly ominous score. Variety".

-9/4/2001: You can to hear the music of Mark Mancina in Training Day here - You can to see more photos of Mancina's family here.

-9/1/2001: Finally, Training Day opens in Spain in November 9. I suppose that in every Europe opens in autumn too.

August 2001:

-8/26/2001: Antoine Fuqua will direct Bruce Willis and Monica Bellucci in the Revolution Studios pic Man of War about a special military unit leader sent to an African jungle on a rescue mission. Shooting begins in February. Will Mark Mancina work with Fuqua again? I hope it (Ain't It Cool News).

-8/25/2001: Training Day opens in Spain in November.