05-05 Marc Bonilla, guitarist, composer and producer, discusses his many roles in the music, TV & movie industries
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Marc Bonilla is a renowned guitarist, composer, and producer whose dynamic career spans decades across the worlds of rock, film, and television. He first gained recognition touring with Warner Bros. recording artists Toy Matinee and later released three critically acclaimed instrumental guitar albums on Reprise Records: EE Ticket, American Matador, and Celluloid Debris.
A versatile and sought-after collaborator, Bonilla has performed, recorded, and produced with an impressive roster of artists including Asia, Ronnie Montrose, Gamma, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Eddie Jobson (UK, Roxy Music), Slash, Little Richard, Peter Frampton, Rob Halford, David Coverdale, Paul Rodgers, Edgar Winter, Ambrosia, David Pack, Todd Rundgren, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Don Felder (Eagles), Sammy Hagar, and Tesla, among many others.
In the realm of film and television, Marc has composed and performed on scores for numerous major motion pictures such as The Bourne Legacy, Iron Man 2, Green Lantern, The Scorpion King, Falling Down, Waterworld, The Replacements, Spiderman 2, Bruce Almighty, ER, and many more. He has collaborated with top Hollywood composers including James Newton Howard, John Debney, Joel McNeely, and Snuffy Walden, earning an Emmy nomination in 2001 for his work on David Milch’s Big Apple.
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Website: https://marcbonillamusic.com/
Check out the Cruise to the Edge in 2026: https://cruisetotheedge.com/
Marc worked on the new Steve Porcaro album which can be found here: https://www.steveporcaromusic.com/
marc with derek smalls of spinal tap
Videos:
Toy Matinee - JENNY LEDGE Live (Roxy Audio + Cactus Video ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4vDIq32l6g
Toy Matinee - LAST PLANE OUT Live (Roxy Audio + Cactus Video ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5vleAO9z8o
Keith Emerson Band feat. Marc Bonilla – Tarkus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JXjgVNv03c&t=704s
"Saturday In The Park" - Marc Bonilla and Rachel Flowers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSLcqBZdCMc
Keith Emerson Band feat. Marc Bonilla - Bitches Crystal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yylgYIavyNo
COMMOTION - MARC BONILLA & THE DRAGONCHOIR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xetDiYlqVA
Keith Emerson & Marc Bonilla "Karn Evil No. 9" - Hungary 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rN53Ebtw74
Keith Emerson Band feat. Marc Bonilla - Touch And Go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X69A_zaW9kY
Official Keith Emerson Tribute - Lucky Man / The Great Gates Of Kiev - Live in L.A. 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Zf-LrKPTc
I Am The Walrus - Marc Bonilla with Ronnie Montrose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IGRQA8M4uc
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Instrumental): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnPmlmU-XCI
MEDLOCK KRIEGER 2022 JEFF SCOTT SOTO MARC BONILLA DANNY SERAPHINE CTA ED ROTH TRAVIS DAVIS Bogies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz3p337FAbo
Derek Smalls - Big Bottom (Spinal Tap cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8s3qky1cY
CTRL+Z - Alvas Theater - Debut Concert Performance featuring Marc Bonilla of ELP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtJ_n4LeTHA
Mahavishnu Orchestra 8-23-1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD36-Zn2bA4
Kansas - Live in Omaha 1982 remaster [FULL SHOW]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuKnYCGvauo&list=RDEuKnYCGvauo&start_radio=1
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (Live at Knebworth 1990): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGX7RxsTNmo&list=RDVGX7RxsTNmo&start_radio=1
What to know more about Keith Emerson’s Moog??? Check it out here: https://emeapp.org/2019/08/28/the-birth-of-keith-emersons-moog/
Dudley Moore Beethoven Colonel Bogey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIFzbLE6bHU
The best Piano performance ever! -Victor Borge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKeqaDSjy98
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain [HQ]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKn33-q4Ao&list=RDJOKn33-q4Ao&start_radio=1j
Marc has worked with so many of our previous guest: Lee Sklarr, Steve Lukathur, Kipp Lennon, Greg Bissonette, Jon Anderson and more – Check out previous episodes in our archives.
Marc Bonilla Discography
Solo
1991: EE Ticket
1993: American Matador – “Whiter Shade of Pale”, “Street Talk” sounded like the Dixie Dregs, “Vanishing Road” - favorite
2019: Celluloid Debris
Glenn Hughes
1996: Addiction
1999: The Way It Is
Bobby Gaylor
2000: Fuzzatonic Scream
Kevin Gilbert
2010: Kevin Gilbert Performs Toy Matinee Live (live May 1, 1991)
2014: Toy Matinee Acoustic (live Nov. 1990 – Apr. 1991)
2021: Covers (tracks 3–5, recorded 1990–91)
2024: Troy Manitee: Men Without Pat – Live At Ventura Theater 1991
Keith Emerson
2008: Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla
2010: Moscow (live August 26, 2008)
2012: Three Fates Project (with Terje Mikkelsen, Munich Radio Orchestra)
Keith Emerson – Glenn Hughes – Marc Bonilla
2009: Boys Club Live From California (recorded 1998)
CTA – Danny Seraphine and the California Transit Authority
2006: Full Circle
2013: Sacred Ground
Saville Row
2014: The Way Around It (with Troy Luccketta, Mika Greiner, Travis Davis)
Ronnie Montrose
2017: 10x10 – Track "Head On Straight"
marc with sammy hagar
Marc’s Soundtracks
1992: Diggstown (soundtrack)
1994: Terminal Velocity (soundtrack)
1997: Night Man (soundtrack)
2000: The Replacements (soundtrack)
2002: The Scorpion King (soundtrack)
2012: The Bourne Legacy (soundtrack)
The Wring
2021: The Wring2 – Project Cypher
Guest
1999: Encores, Legends and Paradox (ELP tribute album)
marc with kevin cronin
Marc’s Movies:
The Bourne Legacy Performer
Green Lantern Performer, Composer - Additional Music
Iron Man 2 Performer, Arranger
Two:Thirteen Composer, Performer
The Scorpion King Performer, Composer - Additional Music
The Replacements Performer, Composer - Additional Music
Mad Money Performer, Composer - Additional Music
Spiderman 2 Performer, Composer - Additional Music
Youssou Ndour - I Bring What I Love Performer, Composer - Additional Music
The Crop Composer, Performer
Botso - The Teacher From Tbilisi Composer - Additional Music, Performer
Red Sky Composer - Additional Music, Performer
Bring It On 2 Composer, Performer - Additional Music
Bruce Almighty Composer, Performer - Additional Music
Emperor’s New Groove Composer, Performer - Additional Music
Caught Up Composer, Performer
This Is The End Composer, Performer
Green Hornet Performer
Megamind Composer, Performer
One A Minute Composer, Performer
Final Destination Composer, Performer
Monsters Vs Aliens Composer, Performer
Bee Movie Performer
Over The Hedge Performer
Lilo & Stitch 2 Composer, Performer
Collateral Performer
Ice Age Performer
Monsters, Inc. Composer, Performer
Forrest Gump Composer, Performer
Total Recall Composer, Performer
The Black Cauldron Composer
Fright Night Performer
Gremlins 2 Composer
My Girl Composer, Performer
Good Will Hunting Composer, Performer
Toy Story 2 Performer
The Green Mile Performer
White Rainbow Composer, Performer
Roadkill Composer, Performer
The Eavesdropper Composer, Performer
Mother Ghost Composer, Performer
Airborne Composer, Performer - Additional Music
Touching Home Composer, Performer - Additional Music
The Girl Next Door Performer
Timecop Composer, Performer - Additional Music
American Outlaws Composer, Performer - Additional Music
