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He also notably composed the score for the thriller Twister (1996) as well as the blockbuster action films Speed (1994) and Bad Boys (1995).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrained as a classical guitarist, he is an avid guitar and rare instrument collector.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMancina collaborated with John Van Tongeren to write the theme to the 1995 revival of The Outer Limits. They both scored ten episodes for the first season of the show.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also collaborated with Phil Collins on two feature animated films for Disney, Tarzan and Brother Bear.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMancina has also been associated with a number of progressive rock projects. He toured with Rabin in support of Trevor Rabin's Can't Look Away album and then went on to produce tracks on the Yes album Union. He has also worked with Emerson, Lake \u0026amp; Palmer.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is known to be influenced by The Beatles, favoring their early years.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMancina also composed the music for the popular 2005-2006 anime TV series BLOOD+, which had music produced by Hans Zimmer.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Mark+Mancina","playStationPath":"/stations/113464743/play","stationId":113464743,"bioPath":"/music/Mark+Mancina/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Steven+Price","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cae/cae87a12b8fc008c1c8fa836835fd28d_md.jpg","artistName":"Steven Price","artistId":260120,"station_id":364944142},{"musicPath":"/music/Christopher+Young","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c28/c28ebc7dfcd2675f820e79efe3a625be_md.jpg","artistName":"Christopher Young","artistId":962,"station_id":113372715},{"musicPath":"/music/Nicholas+Hooper","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1df/1dfd022ef6dd0ad64acab3f548359568_md.jpg","artistName":"Nicholas Hooper","artistId":19672,"station_id":167871493},{"musicPath":"/music/Lebo+M","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a1f/a1fb691c2ae06f3fd284f37c5891b3e2_md.jpg","artistName":"Lebo M","artistId":9910,"station_id":113688785},{"musicPath":"/music/Ludwig+Goransson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/00c/00c5f3fb6d62aa2c554bdac570e0fa30_md.jpg","artistName":"Ludwig Goransson","artistId":454752,"station_id":401236760},{"musicPath":"/music/Trevor+Jones","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7fc/7fc608cc8ba06c73f585664a29e3b192_md.jpg","artistName":"Trevor Jones","artistId":5998,"station_id":113865800},{"musicPath":"/music/Lorne+Balfe","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/410/410ea8f1f8553f6ae203ec374c006642_md.jpg","artistName":"Lorne Balfe","artistId":460444,"station_id":401326947},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Ottman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ec9/ec990c423a83f69223c3a90db57b123f_md.jpg","artistName":"John Ottman","artistId":139210,"station_id":287828972},{"musicPath":"/music/Theodore+Shapiro","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ab1/ab1b5538b9cd6adba42084fedcce5e84_md.jpg","artistName":"Theodore Shapiro","artistId":298673,"station_id":378535969},{"musicPath":"/music/Carter+Burwell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/037/0373ee39a76257174902b2a688111698_md.jpg","artistName":"Carter Burwell","artistId":13635,"station_id":113266324},{"musicPath":"/music/Eric+Serra","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c46/c46276b655ba5039f6aa3fd53be327c6_md.jpg","artistName":"Eric Serra","artistId":382,"station_id":113272193},{"musicPath":"/music/Tyler+Bates","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/df9/df9b018b2f79a20503c3b4a169205369_md.jpg","artistName":"Tyler Bates","artistId":14946,"station_id":125850356},{"musicPath":"/music/Bruce+Broughton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/76f/76f14e0855b44359d3db1aadd3684260_md.jpg","artistName":"Bruce Broughton","artistId":2706,"station_id":113485291},{"musicPath":"/music/Jodi+Benson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d96/d968ae663891fc0ef0f2ba2f5d6d5bbe_md.jpg","artistName":"Jodi Benson","artistId":103451,"station_id":287828457},{"musicPath":"/music/Dario+Marianelli","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0dc/0dc4dba7d8e1eb1b5c30175692faf802_md.jpg","artistName":"Dario Marianelli","artistId":76703,"station_id":266672419},{"musicPath":"/music/Mark+Mothersbaugh","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3cb/3cb9eea4055552eec40340eb70ed9964_md.jpg","artistName":"Mark Mothersbaugh","artistId":1825,"station_id":113276458},{"musicPath":"/music/Bruno+Coulais","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5d7/5d7a067778b670e108fc1bac23223b83_md.jpg","artistName":"Bruno Coulais","artistId":76664,"station_id":266662694},{"musicPath":"/music/Marc+Shaiman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bf5/bf572a9ea62a8cdf5e2fb44941fd97fd_md.jpg","artistName":"Marc Shaiman","artistId":464462,"station_id":401383489}]}