Mark McKenzie

Mark McKenzie
Birth name	Mark McKenzie
Born	Lake City, Minnesota, United States
Genres	Film, symphonic, choral
Occupation(s)	Composer
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1985–present

Mark McKenzie is an American film composer and orchestrator

Born in Lake City, Minnesota, composer Mark McKenzie 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.

McKenzie has composed or orchestrated well over 100 movies. He was an orchestrator for the Academy Award Winning music to Dances With Wolves, the Academy nominated movie score to Good Will Hunting, Men In Black, and other well-known blockbuster films such as Spider-Man, Sleepless in Seattle, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Mummy Returns, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005 film).

Variety declares: "Mark McKenzie's commanding orchestral prowess puts him among the foremost symphonists in Hollywood." The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter and numerous film music sites write that Mark's music is "strikingly original, soul-stirring, majestic, spiritual, deeply profound, filled with unfathomable beauty and power."

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