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Mark McKenzie
Sound · Lake City, Minnesota, USA
Biography
Mark McKenzie is an American film composer and orchestrator. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He received his Masters and Doctorate in music composition from the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles where he studied with, among others, Pierre Boulez, Morten Lauridsen and Witold Lutoslawski. He has composed or orchestrated for well over 100 movies. He was an orchestrator for the Academy Award Winning music to Dances With Wolves, the Academy nominated movie scores to Good Will Hunting, Men in Black, and other well-known blockbuster films such as Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Sleepless in Seattle, Mission: Impossible, Nightmare Before Christmas, Lilo and Stitch, The Mummy Returns, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Known for

The Mummy Returns
Orchestrator

Men in Black
Orchestrator

Van Helsing
Orchestrator

Ice Age: The Meltdown
Orchestrator

A Few Good Men
Orchestrator

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Orchestrator

Eraser
Orchestrator

Along Came a Spider
Orchestrator

City Slickers
Conductor

Holes
Orchestrator
Filmography
- 2023Max & MeMusic
- 2022Prancer: A Christmas TaleMusic
- 2021Dragonheart: VengeanceMusic
- 2015Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's CurseMusic
- 2011The Greatest MiracleMusic
- 2007Saving Sarah CainMusic
- 2007The Ultimate GiftOriginal Music Composer
- 2007The Last Sin EaterOriginal Music Composer
- 2006Ice Age: The MeltdownOrchestrator
- 2005Silver BellsMusic
- 2004Van HelsingOrchestrator
- 2003BlizzardOriginal Music Composer
- 2003HolesOrchestrator
- 2002Maid in ManhattanOrchestrator
- 2002Star Trek: NemesisOrchestrator
- 2002ShowtimeOrchestrator
- 2001The Mummy ReturnsOrchestrator
- 2001Along Came a SpiderOrchestrator
- 2000The Lost ChildOriginal Music Composer
- 2000DragonHeart: A New BeginningOriginal Music Composer
- 1999DurangoMusic
- 1998Six Days Seven NightsOrchestrator
- 1997Men in BlackOrchestrator
- 1996Death in GranadaOriginal Music Composer
- 1996EraserOrchestrator
- 1996Down PeriscopeAdditional Music
- 1995Dr. Jekyll and Ms. HydeOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Frank & JesseMusic
- 1994Beverly Hills Cop IIIOrchestrator
- 1994My Girl 2Orchestrator
- 1993The Nightmare Before ChristmasOrchestrator
- 1993Warlock: The ArmageddonOriginal Music Composer
- 1992A Few Good MenOrchestrator
- 1992Mr. Saturday NightOrchestrator
- 1991City SlickersConductor
- 1990Narrow MarginOrchestrator
- 1988The PresidioOrchestrator
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