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Biography Mark Mancina Born Early Music Study Graduate School

Biography Late 1980’s-Early 1990’s Work with Trevor Rabin Work with Yes Work with Trevor Horn

Biography Early to Mid 1990’s London Emerson, Lake, and Palmer Early Work

Biography Older Work in Movies Speed (1994) Bad Boys (1995) Assassins (1995) Money Train (1995) Twister (1996) Con Air (1997)

Biography Work with Disney Work with Elton John Work with Phil Collins

Biography Broadway The Lion King Musical

Biography Continued work with Movies 1.Return to Paradise (1998) 2.The Haunted Mansion (2003) 3.August Rush (2007) * My personal favorite 4. Imagine That (2009)

Biography Television Work with Television Shows 1.Millenium (1992) 2. Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) 3. Blood+ (2005) – Anime 4. Criminal Minds (2006 and on)

Biography Commercials Commercial Jingles 1.Nike 2.Verizon 3. Skittles 4. US Army 5. American Express

Biography Awards Many Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) TV and Movie Awards DVDX Award An Oscar Two Grammy’s A Tony An Ivor Novello

Biography Random Facts August Rush the Musical Mancina’s Music Studio

Composition History *Looking at You* From the Motion Picture Return to Paradise First song on soundtrack Written to portray the evolution of a love affair Performed on exotic and traditional woodwind, string, and percussion instruments The melody consists of descending repetitive notes consisting mostly of a mezzo-piano dynamic

Composition History * Looking at You* From the Original Motion Picture Return to Paradise Song is mostly performed in harmony Some phrases of the song are in heterophony, where the instruments play different melodies while remaining in the same rhythm Overall texture created by this song paints pictures in the mind of watching something surreal unfold

Composition History *Speed: The Rescue* From the Original Motion Picture Speed An action song written for a scene with a speeding bus This song was performed on many different instruments including strings, percussion, brass, and electronic pieces Written in a louder dynamic, with a very quick tempo kept by a constant beat of the drums most of the way through the song

Composition History *Speed: The Rescue* From the Original Motion Picture Speed Strongest melody is played by strings with a slight dissonance producing casual heterophony Musical phrases and sentences are easy to pick out with all the rhythmic changes occuring Played in a minor mode, this piece has very distinct timbre and a steady pitch that carries through the entire song

Composition History *Main Title Theme Suite One* From the Original Motion Picture August Rush Performed by exotic and traditional instruments, including strings, wood winds, electronic instruments, brass, and percussion Song evokes a feeling of newness, adventure, and continuation while mastering the cadence of each phrase The melody is repetitive but is played at different volumes and pitches by all the instruments

Composition History *Main Title Theme Suite One* From the Original Motion Picture August Rush The undertone of the song is a continuous two note sound with what sounds like wind chimes and whistling A strong sense of intensity and depth is created by an average tempo kept in even harmony with lots of dynamic variations Pitch is important in this song with strings and wood- winds carrying the higher notes

Listening Guide *Return to Paradise* ( )- Flutes and strings play soft repetitive descending melody in high pitch ( )- Lower pitch begins harmonizing with higher ( )- Lower pitch strings take melody alone ( )- Higher pitch strings join lower pitch beginning a new phrase in harmony ( )- Original melody plays again at higher pitch with a softer harp coming in playing different notes over the original melody. No lower pitch

Listening Guide *Return to Paradise* ( )- Lower and higher pitched instruments combine at a higher volume and intense tone, flutes are added as the tones soften ( )- Melody changes with higher and lower pitches playing in harmony with flutes and strings (2.29-2:55)- Lower instruments play original descending melody (2:55-3:20)- Higher pitched instruments join and play in harmony, soft flute joins

Listening Guide *Return to Paradise* (3.20-End)- Melody is pulled out into a crescendo once again more intense, soft wind instruments and flutes play in background, trills on flute and soft drum beat end song *Press mouse to continue

Listening Guide *Speed: The Rescue* ( )- Soft drum beats and lower pitch strings begin song ( )- Drums and triangle together pick up quicker speed and higher volume (0.22-0:46)- Brass and strings pick up even louder with a foreboding texture then dwindle ( )- Soft whispering sound and strings instruments ( )- Music picks back up with brass, drums, and strings playing together in harmony ( )- Melody takes higher pitch

Listening Guide *Speed: The Rescue* ( )- Dynamic and quick tempo rush in with strings playing high pitched underlying tone, other instruments play a quick repetitive ascending melody which halts to the sound of one note being played repetitively which dwindles at the sound of a gong, drums continue to play with a wailing sound from a trombone ( )- Music picks back up with strings that come and go, there is a heavy drum beat keeping pace which turns quickly into a fast tempo and a chase like sound ( ) Keyboard begins with drums and strings

Listening Guide *Speed: The Rescue* ( )- Crescendo with repetitive notes that eventually dwindle out ( )- Drum continues with siren sounds in background, brass instruments join while sirens fade ( )- Strings and drums keep pace while chase sound fades away ( )- Powerful continuous notes in repetitive pattern, three sharp chords play followed by drums which then repeat at a higher pitch

Listening Guide *Speed: The Rescue* (3.45-End)- Deep string instrument picks up melody, then percussion ends song abruptly *Press mouse to continue

Listening Guide *Main Title Theme Suite One* ( )- Xylophone starts with a wind like sound and a repetitive two notes on a wind instrument ( )- Deep toned string instrument plays melody with percussion and whistling in background ( )- Melody repeated at higher pitch, hard chords ring in and fade out with continued percussion, xylophone, and two note repetition in background ( )- New phrase with heavy quick string sounds louder than before

Listening Guide *Main Title Theme Suite One* ( )- Keyboard and string instrument come in with string picking in a descending note sequence sounding like a sparkle and fade, at 1.09 strings begin a different underlying phrase ( )- Keyboard and flute play melody together with continued xylophone, strings, and two note repetition in background ( )- Deep toned strings join playing melody, music gets louder and more intense ( )- Strings come back in with underlying quick tone, keyboard joins playing descending series of notes

Listening Guide *Main Title Theme Suite One* ( )- Hand drum like percussion instruments come in as music intensifies and gets louder gradually ( )- Sound explosion with dup[licated chord striking, high pitched whistle begins, all instruments play descending melody in a round ( )- Strings and brass instruments come in softly holding same note while melody continues ( )- From a down beat on the drums the intensity stops, strings stop, drums, plucking, xylophone, and whistling continue

Listening Guide *Main Title Theme Suite One* ( )- Keyboard and strings return with a heavy drum beat playing a to and fro with the descending melody, keyboard/strings come and go letting drums have the show (4.31-End)- All instruments fade out leaving xylophone and whistling to fade last *Press mouse to continue

Bibliography Warm Butter Design. The Music of Mark Mancina. Pitchpipe Productions

Thank you! ~Aurora Casteel