Mark McKenzie

Mark McKenzie is an American film composer and orchestrator.

Life and career

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."

Mark McKenzie (rugby union)

Mark McKenzie (born 2 December 1971) is a former Scotland 'A' international Scottish rugby union player. He played for Caledonia Reds and Glasgow Warriors in Scotland, and for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu and Nice in France.

McKenzie's career spanned the amateur and professional era. In 1989, he was playing for Glasgow District Under 18s. He won the Division One league title in 94/95 with Stirling County.

On Scotland's rugby professionalism in 1996, McKenzie then played for Caledonia Reds and won the Scottish Inter-District Championship with them in the 1996-97 season; their first ever title. He played in the Heineken Cup with Caledonia Reds.

When Caledonia Reds merged with Glasgow Rugby in 1998, to form Glasgow Caledonians, now Glasgow Warriors, McKenzie found himself without a professional club. He was to move to France where he joined CS Bourgoin-Jallieu. He was there from 1998 to 2000.

He signed for Glasgow Warriors for the start of the 2000 - 01 season. He made 12 appearances, scoring 129 points from three tries, 24 conversions, 20 penalties and two drop-goals. McKenzie made his debut for Glasgow playing the Pacific Coast Grizzlies.