Mark Mancina
Mark Mancina is an uber producer and we're proud to say he current owns five A. Davis Guitars in his vast collection of high-end acoustics. To date, Mark has purchased: Cypress M1 (Spruce Top, Koa trim), Cypress A1 (Adirondiac Spruce top/Rosewood trim), Brazilian Rosewood A1 (Spruce top/Rosewood trim), Teac A1 (Teac sides/Sitka top) and Cypress Nylon A1 (Cedar top).
The clip below features Mark in his Santa Monica, CA studio (Pitchpipe Productions) talking about his extensive resume, how he got involved with A. Davis Guitars and how these acoustic guitars respond under a mic in the studio.
Check out MarkMancia.com for more background on Mr. Mancia. For tnose of you too lazy to click the link, we'll give you the short version: Three-time Grammy winner and one American Music Award for his work scoring soundtracks. MM's has scored films such as Speed, Training Day, Bad Boys, Twister, Moll Flanders, Con Air, Brother Bear, Shooter and more. He worked with Phil Collins on the Tarzan soundtrack/score and dabbled with Broadway in the stage production of The Lion King, where he wrote, produced and arranged the score for the Tony-winning stage production.
Recent career highlights include composing the original score for the upcoming Warner Bros. release August Rush, the story of a musical prodigy's search for his parents which culminates in a Central Park concert featuring Mancina's "Rhapsody No. 1 in C Major"; scoring Camille, a romantic fantasy starring Sienna Miller; the recent Antoine Fuqua collaboration, Shooter; co-scoring the CBS primetime drama Criminal Minds; and co-composing the new Walt Disney Pictures logo.