Whether recording a Hollywood film score with a 90-piece orchestra, tracking a pop song for an A-list artist or mixing a live music broadcast to an audience of millions, Lawrence Manchester's versatility and sheer professionalism serve his clients well on a daily basis.

To date, Lawrence has engineered the scores for three Academy Award-winning films: Martin Scorsese's 4-time Oscar-winning Best Picture, The Departed (original music by Academy Award-winner Howard Shore), Frida (winner, best original score, Elliot Goldenthal), The Red Violin (winner, best original score, John Corigliano). He also has a Gold Record to his credit, John Fogerty's The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty/Credence Collection (Fantasy) and has worked on Grammy-winning albums and Emmy-winning TV programs.

Lawrence worked in the XM truck on his first Bonnaroo Festival in early June doing the live record for The Other Tent and is looking forward to recording Coldplay live in Philadelphia in July!

Just the other day, it was announced that Bernard and Doris received 10 Emmy nominations and Saturday Night Live 6 Emmy nominations!

In the first half of 2008, Lawrence recorded Clay Aiken with music producer, Kipper; produced and mixed Jonathan Sheffer's score for the fantasy film, The Hollow Tree; recorded and mixed David Majzlin's film Asylum Seekers and recorded his film, Herb and Dorothy; recorded and mixed Marcelo Zarvos' film scores, What Just Happened? and 174; mixed Ryan Shore's film Articles of War; recorded and mixed Peter Nashel's films Characters and Uncertainty; recorded Leslie Mendelson's debut release, Easy Love, for Rykodisc, recorded and mixed Andy Hollander's score for Serious Moonlight.

2007 was a busy year for Lawrence: recording and mixing the songs and performances of Sondre Lerche for the Touchstone Pictures' release, Dan In Real Life, and serving as Supervising Recording Engineer for the Julie Taymor/Revolution Studios musical Across The Universe, with music producers T Bone Burnett, Elliot Goldenthal and Teese Gohl. Lawrence also recorded tracks for Jean-Michel Bernard's score to the upcoming Michel Gondry film Be Kind Rewind (Focus Features) and he completed Bernard and Doris (HBO Films) for composer Alex Wurman. His album work for the year included mixing records for New Zealand's Batucada Sound Machine and Australia's Henry Hall, as well as Melissa Errico w/ Michel Legrand, James Marsters, and American Idol's Constantine Maroulis. Lawrence had the pleasure of recording saxophone great David Sanborn for his new album and mastering Howard Shore's soundtrack CD for the critically acclaimed Eastern Promises.

In 2006, Lawrence recorded and mixed the score to the Robert De Niro directed film, The Good Shepherd and completed the Marcelo Zarvos score for the Focus Features film Hollywoodland. He also recorded A Great Night In Harlem (Concord Music Group) at the world famous Apollo Theater in New York City with guest performers Bill Cosby, Elvis Costello, Danny Glover and James Blood Ulmer.

Lawrence has engineered records for Grammy-winning producers Phil Ramone, Neil Dorfsman, T Bone Burnett, Jack Douglas, James Guthrie and Tommy LiPuma. He's recorded Diana Krall, Regina Spektor, Art Garfunkel, Eddie Izzard, Leslie Mendelson, Savion Glover, Nellie McKay, Salma Hayek, Ron Carter, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) and Page Hamilton (Helmet). Lawrence engineered Robert A. Wilson's installation piece, An Evening At Koi Pond, with music produced by Hal Willner and he's a regular guest engineer for Jazz At Lincoln Center.

On such television shows as Saturday Night Live, Late Night With Conan O'Brien and Last Call With Carson Daly, Lawrence has mixed performances by John Mayer, Norah Jones, Billy Joel, Gloria Estefan, Neil Young, Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Moby, Gov't Mule, The Hives, Duran Duran, John Mellencamp, Nelly, Sean Paul, N.E.R.D., Trisha Yearwood, Shawn Colvin and Tony Bennett.

Internationally, Lawrence's work has taken him around the world from New York to Los Angeles, Paris to Bangkok, and Amsterdam to Quito. Lawrence recorded the Melbourne Symphony and London Symphony Orchestras in their respective cities and records regularly in Prague. As a Composer, Lawrence collaborated with legendary record producer Jack Douglas in scoring the film This Thing of Ours (2003), a mob thriller staring James Caan, Vincent Pastore, and Frank Vincent. He has also written music for the New York premiere of Michael Gow's Australian play, Furious, and for American playwright Doric Wilson's Now She Dances!

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MUSIC:

JOHN MAYER
Bold As Love (Live)

BILLY JOEL
Miami

JOHN FOGERTY
Born on the Bayou (Live)

JULIO NAVA
Coleglala

LOUS VANARIA &
LAWRENCE MANCHESTER
Ol' Fashion Guy


FILM SCORES:

THE DEPARTED
Cops or Criminals

THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Edward
Edward's Secret

FRIDA
Journey

THE ELEPHANT KING
Thai Market
Jake's Night Out

TITUS
Procession and Obsequis

TO BE ALIVE
Hurried City Life

S.W.A.T.
Run For Your Life

HIGHWAY
(Rich Robinson of
The Black Crowes)
Main Theme
Splitting Up