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~ Aurora Casteel Music 1010 March 25, 2013 *Press mouse Craig Ferrin to continue

The Music of Mark Mancina. ~ Aurora Casteel Music 1010 March 25, 2013 *Press mouse Craig Ferrin to continue. 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.

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  1. The Music of Mark Mancina ~Aurora Casteel Music 1010 March 25, 2013 *Press mouse Craig Ferrin to continue

  2. Biography • Mark Mancina • Born • Early Music Study • Graduate School

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

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

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

  6. Biography • Work with Disney • Work with Elton John • Work with Phil Collins

  7. Biography • Broadway • The Lion King Musical

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

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

  10. Biography • Commercials • Commercial Jingles • Nike • Verizon • 3. Skittles • 4. US Army • 5. American • Express

  11. Biography • Awards • Many Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) TV and Movie Awards • DVDX Award • An Oscar • Two Grammy’s • A Tony • An IvorNovello

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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Listening Guide • *Return to Paradise* • (0.00-0.26)- Flutes and strings play soft repetitive descending melody in high pitch • (0.26-0.50)- Lower pitch begins harmonizing with higher • (0.50-1.04)- Lower pitch strings take melody alone • (1.04-1.15)- Higher pitch strings join lower pitch beginning a new phrase in harmony • (1.15-1.35)- Original melody plays again at higher pitch with a softer harp coming in playing different notes over the original melody. No lower pitch

  20. Listening Guide • *Return to Paradise* • (1.35-2.01)- Lower and higher pitched instruments combine at a higher volume and intense tone, flutes are added as the tones soften • (2.01-2.29)- 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

  21. 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

  22. Listening Guide • *Speed: The Rescue* • (0.00-0.16)- Soft drum beats and lower pitch strings begin song • (0.16-0.22)- 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 • (0.46-0.51)- Soft whispering sound and strings instruments • (0.51-1.23)- Music picks back up with brass, drums, and strings playing together in harmony • (1.23-1.45)- Melody takes higher pitch

  23. Listening Guide • *Speed: The Rescue* • (1.45-2.11)- 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 • (2.11-2.44)- 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 • (2.44-2.51) Keyboard begins with drums and strings

  24. Listening Guide • *Speed: The Rescue* • (2.51-3.00)- Crescendo with repetitive notes that eventually dwindle out • (3.00-3.09)- Drum continues with siren sounds in background, brass instruments join while sirens fade • (3.09-3.21)- Strings and drums keep pace while chase sound fades away • (3.21-3.45)- Powerful continuous notes in repetitive pattern, three sharp chords play followed by drums which then repeat at a higher pitch

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

  26. Listening Guide • *Main Title Theme Suite One* • (0.00-0.14)- Xylophone starts with a wind like sound and a repetitive two notes on a wind instrument • (0.14-0.22)- Deep toned string instrument plays melody with percussion and whistling in background • (0.22-0.37)- Melody repeated at higher pitch, hard chords ring in and fade out with continued percussion, xylophone, and two note repetition in background • (0.37-0.56)- New phrase with heavy quick string sounds louder than before

  27. Listening Guide • *Main Title Theme Suite One* • (0.56-1.15)- 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 • (1.15-1.27)- Keyboard and flute play melody together with continued xylophone, strings, and two note repetition in background • (1.27-2.03)- Deep toned strings join playing melody, music gets louder and more intense • (2.03-2.16)- Strings come back in with underlying quick tone, keyboard joins playing descending series of notes

  28. Listening Guide • *Main Title Theme Suite One* • (2.16-2.36)- Hand drum like percussion instruments come in as music intensifies and gets louder gradually • (2.36-3.03)- Sound explosion with dup[licated chord striking, high pitched whistle begins, all instruments play descending melody in a round • (3.03-3.17)- Strings and brass instruments come in softly holding same note while melody continues • (3.17-3.30)- From a down beat on the drums the intensity stops, strings stop, drums, plucking, xylophone, and whistling continue

  29. Listening Guide • *Main Title Theme Suite One* • (3.30- 4.31)- 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

  30. Bibliography • Warm Butter Design. The Music of Mark Mancina. Pitchpipe Productions. 2011 http://www.markmancina.com/

  31. Thank you! ~Aurora Casteel

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