Showing posts with label Mark Mancina. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Musical Numbers of The Lion King (1997)


Act One
Scene 1: Pride Rock — Circle of Life (Rafiki, Ensemble)
Scene 2: Scar’s Cave
Scene 3: Rafiki’s Tree
Scene 4: The Pridelands — The Morning Report (Zazu, Young Simba, Mufasa) [1997–2010]
Scene 5: Scar’s Cave
Scene 6: The Pridelands — I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (Young Simba, Young Nala, Zazu, Ensemble)
Scene 7: Elephant Graveyard — Chow Down (Shenzi, Banzai, Ed)
Scene 8: Under the Stars — They Live in You (Mufasa, Ensemble)
Scene 9: Elephant Graveyard — Be Prepared (Scar, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Ensemble)
Scene 10: The Gorge
Scene 11: Pride Rock — Be Prepared (Reprise) (Scar, Ensemble)
Scene 12: Rafiki’s Tree
Scene 13: The Desert / The Jungle — Hakuna Matata (Timon, Pumbaa, Young Simba, Simba, Ensemble)

Act Two
Entr’acte — One by One (Ensemble)
Scene 1: Scar’s Cave — The Madness of King Scar (Scar, Zazu, Banzai, Shenzi, Ed, Nala)
Scene 2: The Pridelands — Shadowland (Nala, Rafiki, Ensemble)
Scene 3: The Jungle
Scene 4: Under the Stars — Endless Night (Simba, Ensemble)
Scene 5: Rafiki’s Tree
Scene 6: The Jungle — Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Timon, Pumbaa, Simba, Nala, Ensemble) & He Lives in You (Reprise) (Rafiki, Simba, Ensemble)
Scene 7: Pride Rock — King of Pride Rock / Circle of Life (Reprise) (Ensemble)

Song Credits
All songs by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) except as follows:
  • He Lives in You (They Live in You): Music and lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Lebo M.
  • One by One: Music and lyrics by Lebo M.
  • Shadowland: Music by Hans Zimmer and Lebo M., lyrics by Mark Mancina and Lebo M.
  • Endless Night: Music by Lebo M., Hans Zimmer, and Jay Rifkin, lyrics by Julie Taymor
  • King of Pride Rock: Music by Hans Zimmer, lyrics by Lebo M.

Additional Score
Grasslands chant and Lioness chant by Lebo M.; Rafiki’s chants by Tsidii Le Loka

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The Music of Moana (2016 film)

Copyright © 2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Original Songs by
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina

Original Score Composed by
Mark Mancina

Executive Music Producers
Tom MacDougall and Chris Montan

Music
Original Songs Produced by
Mark Mancina, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i

Original Score Produced by
Mark Mancina

Executive Director, Music Production
Andrew Page

Music Editor, Production / Songs
Earl Ghaffari

Songs and Score Orchestrated and Arranged by
Dave Metzger

Songs and Score Recorded and Mixed by
David Boucher

Songs and Score Conducted by
Don Harper

Music Business Affairs
Don Welty

Manager, Music Production
Ashley Chafin

Music Production Assistant
Jimmy Tsai

Executive Music Assistant
Jill Heffley

Music Editor, Score
Daniel Pinder, MPSE

Vocal Coach to Auli’i Cravalho
Peisha McPhee

Vocal Coach, Cast
Sam Kriger

Fijian Choral Direction by
Igelese Ete, featuring the Pasifika Voices Choir

Additional Engineering and Music Production
Marlon Espino

Digital Score Assembly
Kevin Harp

Digital Recordist
Larry Mah

Songs and Score Contracted by
Reggie Wilson

Music Preparation by
Booker White — Walt Disney Music

Performances by
Te Vaka

Songs
Tulou Tagaloa
Performed by Olivia Foa’i
Music and Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i

An Innocent Warrior
Performed by Vai Mahina, Sulata Foai-Amiatu, Matthew Ineleo
Written by Opetaia Foa’i

Where You Are
Performed by Christopher Jackson, Rachel House,
Nicole Scherzinger, Auli’i Cravalho, Louise Bush
Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina
Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

How Far I’ll Go
Performed by Auli’i Cravalho
Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

We Know the Way
Performed by Opetaia Foa’i and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Music by Opetaia Foa’i
Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i and Lin-Manuel Miranda

How Far I’ll Go (Reprise)
Performed by Auli’i Cravalho
Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina
Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

You’re Welcome
Performed by Dwayne Johnson
Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Shiny
Performed by Jemaine Clement
Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina
Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Logo Te Pate
Performed by Olivia Foa’i, Opetaia Foa’i, Talaga Steve Sale
Written by Opetaia Foa’i

I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)
Performed by Rachel House and Auli’i Cravalho
Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina
Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i

Know Who You Are
Performed by Auli’i Cravalho, Vai Mahina, Olivia Foa’i, Opetaia Foa’i, Matthew Ineleo
Music by Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina
Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i and Lin-Manuel Miranda

We Know the Way (Finale)
Performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i
Music by Opetaia Foa’i
Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i and Lin-Manuel Miranda

How Far I’ll Go (Alessia Cara Version)
Performed by Alessia Cara
Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Produced by Oak Felder and Trevorious
Mixed by Erik Madrid
Alessia Cara appears courtesy of EP Entertainment/Def Jam Recordings

You’re Welcome (Jordan Fisher/Lin-Manuel Miranda Version)
Performed by Jordan Fisher featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda
Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Produced by !llmind
Mixed by Joey Raia
Jordan Fisher appears courtesy of Hollywood Records

Assistant Music Editor
Benjamin Robinson

Temp Score Music Editors
Tommy Holmes and Dominick Certo

Soundtrack Available on
Walt Disney Records

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Stagebill of The Lion King (1997)


Elton John — Music
Academy Award-winning recording artist, Elton John, released a new studio album in September, 1997, titled The Big Picture. The release of this album is especially noteworthy because it also marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most prolific songwriting teams in the history of pop music, Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin. Several years ago, Elton John embarked on another noteworthy songwriting collaboration with renowned lyricist, Tim Rice, and this resulted in the tremendously successful soundtrack to the Walt Disney Pictures smash hit, The Lion King. The album produced two top-selling, award-winning singles for Elton, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life”. To date, the record has surpassed the 10 million mark in sales. The success of The Lion King has resulted in yet another Elton John/Tim Rice collaboration. The duo have written new material based on the story depicted in Verdi’s classic opera Aida for an upcoming Disney theatrical project. Apart from his musical projects, Elton John continues to be personally involved in the fundraising activities for the Elton John AIDS Foundation which funds direct care services for men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS. Since it’s inception in 1992, the Foundation has distributed more than $13 million in grants worldwide. In addition, as a result of his contributions to charity and the arts, last year, Elton John was added to Queen Elizabeth’s Honors List, receiving the prestigious British title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. This year, in honor of his 50th birthday, he was awarded an Honorary Membership to the Royal Academy of Music in London — a school he attended in his junior years.

Tim Rice — Lyrics
Theater: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatJesus Christ Superstar; Evita; Blondel; ChessStarmania / Tycoon; some of Beauty and the Beast; Heathcliff, King David. In the works: Aida. TV / Films: Three More Men in a Boat; some of Aladdin; The Lion King. In the works: El Dorado, The Pheasant That Died of Old Age. Books: Evita; Treasures of Lord’s, over 30 Guinness Books on British pop music; 22 Heartaches Cricketers’ Almanacks. In the works: An autobiography.

Roger Allers — Book
Roger Allers makes his Broadway debut with this adaptation from the animated feature which he co-directed. Roger has been instrumental in shaping the structure and dialogue for all of the Disney animated features beginning with Oliver & Company in 1988. He is currently writing and directing Kingdom of the Sun, a Disney Animation feature scheduled for release in 1999.


Irene Mecchi — Book
Irene Mecchi began her association with Disney in March, 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short which won the 1994 Environmental Media Award. Irene is a co-writer of Disney’s animated features The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules, and is presently working on Disney’s upcoming Kingdom of the Sun.


Julie Taymor — Director, Costume Designer, Mask/Puppet Co-Designer, Additional Music & Lyrics
Julie Taymor directs theater, opera, and film. She made her Broadway debut in 1996 with her production of Juan Darién (Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater), which was nominated for five 1997 Tony Awards. Other theater work includes: The Green Bird (New Victory Theater and La Jolla Playhouse); Titus AndronicusThe Tempest, and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre for a New Audience); Juan Darién (Music-Theatre Group); co-adapter and director of Transposed Heads (Lincoln Center and American Music Theatre Festival) and Liberty’s Taken (Castle Hill Festival); designer and choreographer of The King Stag (American Repertory Theatre). Opera direction: The Magic Flute (Maggio Musicale, Florence); Oedipus Rex (Saito Kinen Festival, Japan); Salomé (Kirov Opera); The Flying Dutchman (Los Angeles Opera). Film: Fool’s Fire, an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Hopfrog for American Playhouse. She is currently preparing to direct a feature film of her adaptation of Titus Andronicus. Ms. Taymor’s awards include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Emmy for Oedipus Rex, Obie awards for Visual Magic and for Juan Darién, the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, the Dorothy Chandler Performing Arts Award, and the International Classical Music Award for Best Opera Production (Oedipus Rex). Playing with Fire, a book spanning 20 years of Julie Taymor’s work, was recently published by Abrams.

Garth Fagan — Choreographer


Lebo M. — Additional Music & Lyrics, Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements, Choral Director and Ensemble
Lebo M. is known as the “voice and spirit of The Lion King.” A native of South Africa, his pursuit of a musical career in the U.S. eventually landed him a Grammy for his arrangements of the Disney score in 1994. Lebo was the only African contributor to the smash film, which led to his work on the follow-up album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. Schooled at the Duke Ellington School of Music (Washington, D.C.) and the Los Angeles City College Music Department, Lebo was inspired by his native Zulu music, American jazz, and R&B. Credits include: The Power of One (co-wrote the music and lyrics, co-produced the soundtrack, and conducted a 110-person choir); Back on the Block and Listen Up with Quincy Jones; and the feature films Outbreak (Warner Bros.), Congo (Paramount), and Born to Be Wild (Warner Bros.), and the Disney TV special People. His new album, Deeper Meaning, will be released later this year.


Mark Mancina — Additional Music & Lyrics, Music Produced for the Stage and Additional Score
An award-winning composer, was an obvious choice to compose, produce, and adapt additional music for The Lion King stage production as he arranged and produced songs for the blockbuster animated feature film, for which he received both the Grammy and American Music Award in 1994. The film also spawned the hit album Rhythm of the Pride Lands, for which Mancina co-wrote, arranged, and produced three tracks, including “He Lives in You” and “Shadowland”, which are featured in the stage production. Ranked among the upper echelons of film composers, his credits include mega-hits Speed, Twister, and Bad Boys, the period epic Moll Flanders, which was on Billboard’s Classical Crossover Chart, and this summer’s hit action thriller Con Air, among others. He is recording an album of original material and also plans to embark on a tour featuring musical highlights from his film scores.

Hans Zimmer — Additional Music & Lyrics
Hans Zimmer received an Oscar, Golden Globe, and two Grammy awards for his film score of The Lion King. His long line of over 60 film and TV scores goes back to 1982’s Moonlighting, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, and includes the Oscar-nominated scores for The Preacher’s Wife and Rain Man, as well as the Grammy Award-winning Crimson TideBlack RainThelma and LouiseDriving Miss DaisyBackdraftGreen CardBeyond Rangoon, and Broken Arrow. In addition to his composing duties, he has assumed the responsibility of heading DreamWorks’ entire film music division, and has scored their first film, The Peacemaker starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.


Jay Rifkin — Additional Music & Lyrics
The Grammy Award-winning producer, together with producing/composing partner Hans Zimmer, created Media Ventures, a film scoring studio and composer’s cooperative. Their partnership has earned them Academy Award nominations for the film scores of Driving Miss Daisy, Rain Man, and The Lion King. Based on the success of The Lion King soundtrack, Jay produced the gold-selling follow-up album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. He is also the founder and president of Mojo Records, an alternative music label he formed in 1995, home of Goldfinger and Reel Big Fish.

David Metzger — Orchestrator
David Metzger makes his Broadway debut with this production. He has previously worked as an orchestrator on many films, including Speed 2. He has arranged or composed over 250 pieces for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and worked on numerous national television commercials. David currently resides in Oregon.

Bruce Fowler — Orchestrator
Bruce Fowler is an accomplished musician who has composed pieces for such dance companies as the L.A. Chamber Ballet and The Repitoire Dance Theatre. In addition to performing on several film/TV soundtracks, he was the orchestrator for such hit films as The Lion King, The Rock, Crimson Tide, Backdraft, Twister, The Preacher’s Wife, Speed, and Con Air. Recently he orchestrated the score for the DreamWorks film The Peacemaker.

Chris Montan — Executive Music Producer
Chris Montan joined Disney in 1984, and is currently serving as the executive producer of feature animation music, producing motion pictures and television specials for the Studio as well as providing consultation on music-related projects. Under his guidance as head of music, soundtracks from seven theatrical releases (Cocktail, Beaches, The Little Mermaid, Pretty Woman, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King) were certified multi-platinum. Additionally, the Studio received Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award recognition for many of its music entries. Most recently he was the executive music producer on the music for Pocahontas, Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules. His company’s current projects include a new all-star television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Cinderella for ABC.

Walt Disney Theatrical Productions — Producer
Walt Disney Theatrical Productions; a division of The Walt Disney Company, operates under the direction of Peter Schneider and Thomas Schumacher. Disney’s inaugural production, the Tony Award-winning Beauty and the Beast, continues in its fourth year on Broadway and is currently being performed in Chicago, London, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Mexico City, and Stuttgart.

Sunday, October 26, 2025

The Music of Con Air

Copyright © 1997 Touchstone Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc.

Music by
Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin

Music Supervisor
Kathy Nelson

Supervising Music Editor
Bob Badami

Music Editors
Will Kaplan and Zigmund M. Gron

Assistant Music Editor
Shannon Erbe

Orchestrations by
Nick Glennie-Smith, Bruce Fowler and Gordon Goodwin

Score Conducted by
Nick Glennie-Smith and Gordon Goodwin

Score Recorded and Mixed at
Todd-AO Scoring Stage and The Village Recorders

Orchestra Recorded and Mixed by
Steve Kempster

Orchestra Contractor
Sandy DeCrescent

Music Preparation by
Dominic Fidelibus and Booker White

Score Supervisors
Paul Linford and Christopher Ward

Soundtrack Available on
Hollywood Records

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

The Music of Brother Bear

Copyright © 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Songs by
Phil Collins

Score Composed by
Mark Mancina and Phil Collins

Music
Great Spirits
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Performed by Tina Turner

Transformation
Produced and Arranged by Mark Mancina and Phil Collins
Choral Arrangement by Eddie Jobson
Performed by The Bulgarian Women’s Choir

On My Way
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Performed by Phil Collins and Jeremy Suarez

Welcome
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Additional Vocal Production by Chris Goldsmith
Performed by
The Blind Boys of Alabama and Phil Collins with Oren Waters

No Way Out (Theme from Brother Bear)
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Performed by Phil Collins

Look Through My Eyes
Produced by Rob Cavallo
Arranged by Phil Collins and Rob Cavallo
Strings Arranged and Conducted by David Campbell
Recorded by Allen Sides
Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
Performed by Phil Collins

No Way Out (Theme from Brother Bear) (Phil Collins Version)
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Chris Montan
Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
Performed by Phil Collins

Orchestrations by
David Metzger

Vocal Arrangements by
Phil Collins, Mark Mancina, David Metzger

Songs Recorded and Mixed by
Frank Wolf and Steve Kempster

Score Recorded and Mixed by
Steve Kempster

Music Editor
Earl Ghaffari

Music Production Supervisor
Tom MacDougall

Music Production Manager
Andrew Page

Music Production Coordinator
Deniece Hall

Technical Consultant
Chuck Choi

Orchestra Conducted by
Don Harper

Vocal Contractor
Carmen Carter and Bobbi Page

Songs Contracted by
Reggie Wilson

Score Contracted by
Sandy DeCrescent

Supervising Music Copyist
Booker White — Walt Disney Music Library

Assistant Music Editor
Daniel Gaber

Music Production Assistants
Joel Berke and Jill Iverson

Score Assistant
Johnny Whieldon

Transformation Inuit Translation
Lorena Kapniaq Williams

Choral Arrangements by
Eddie Jobson featuring The Bulgarian Women’s Choir

Phil Collins appears courtesy of Atlantic Records

Tina Turner appears courtesy of Parlophone / EMI Records Limited

The Bulgarian Women’s Choir appears courtesy of
Globe Music Media Arts Corp. / Jaro Medien GmbH

The Blind Boys of Alabama appear courtesy of
Real World Records, Ltd.

Rob Cavallo appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

Soundtrack Available on
Walt Disney Records

Friday, October 4, 2024

The Music of Tarzan (1999 film)

Copyright © 1999 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Songs by
Phil Collins

Score Composed by
Mark Mancina

Executive Music Producer
Chris Montan

You’ll Be in My Heart (Phil Version)
Produced by Rob Cavallo and Phil Collins
Performed by Phil Collins
Recorded by Elliot Scheiner
Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge

Music
Two Worlds
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Performed by Phil Collins
Orchestra Conducted by Mark Mancina

You’ll Be in My Heart
Produced by Mark Mancina and Phil Collins
Arranged by Mark Mancina
Vocals by Phil Collins and Glenn Close
Orchestra Conducted by Mark Mancina

Son of Man
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins
Performed by Phil Collins

Trashin’ the Camp
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins
Noises Performed by Phil Collins
Vocals by Rosie O’Donnell
Additional Musical Arrangements by Paul Bogaev

Strangers Like Me
Produced by Phil Collins
Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Performed by Phil Collins
Orchestra Conducted by Mark Mancina

Score Produced by
Mark Mancina

Orchestrations by
David Metzger

Score Conducted by
Don Harper

Songs Recorded and Mixed by
Frank Wolf

Score Recorded and Mixed by
Steve Kempster

Score Co-Produced by
Christopher Ward

Music Editor
Earl Ghaffari

Assistant Music Editors
Robbie Boyd and Daniel Gaber

Director, Music Production
Andrew Page

Music Production Manager
Tom MacDougall

Music Production Coordinator
Deniece LaRocca

Music Contractors
Sandy DeCrescent and Reggie Wilson

Vocal Contractors
Bobbi Page and Fonzi Thornton

Additional Synth Programming
Marc Mann

Supervising Music Copyist
Booker White - Walt Disney Music Library

Music Preparation by
JoAnn Kane Music Service

Phil Collins appears courtesy of Atlantic Records

Original Soundtrack Available on
Walt Disney Records

The Music of Dinosaur (2000 film)

Copyright  © 2000 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Music by James Newton Howard Executive Music Producer Chris Montan Music Orchestrations by Brad D...