Martyn Ware

Martyn Ware

Birthday: 1956-05-19

Place of Birth: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography: Martyn Ware (born 19 May 1956) is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and music programmer. As a founding member of both the Human League and Heaven 17, Ware co-wrote hit songs such as "Being Boiled" and "Temptation". Ware has also worked as a record producer, notably helping to revitalise Tina Turner's career in 1983 with her cover of "Let's Stay Together", launching Terence Trent D'Arby's career by co-producing his solo debut, Introducing the Hardline According to... in 1987, and producing Erasure's I Say I Say I Say album in 1994. He is also noted for work in surround sound technology and, more recently, for creation of sound installations.

Movies

Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music: A Musical History
Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music: A Musical History

Documentary exploring the music of rock band Roxy Music, who have a good claim to be one of the UK's...

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Heaven 17 - At The Scala
Heaven 17 - At The Scala

On November 25th 2005, Heaven 17 put on a rare live performance to promote the release of 'Before Af...

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Heaven 17: Penthouse and Pavement - Live in Concert 2010
Heaven 17: Penthouse and Pavement - Live in Concert 2010

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the band's debut album, Penthouse and Pavement, combines the ban...

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Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement
Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement

This is the story of the band, the city and the album that gave birth to the UK electronic pop movem...

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When Tina Turner Came to Britain
When Tina Turner Came to Britain

Using previously unheard interviews, told in her own words and by those around her, this is the stor...

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Stevie Wonder: A Musical History
Stevie Wonder: A Musical History

Well-known fans celebrate Stevie Wonder and his music by selecting some of his best-loved songs. Won...

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Big Gold Dream: Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream
Big Gold Dream: Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream

Documentary on the independent Edinburgh record label Fast Product and Postcard Records and associat...

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This Happened: Claudia Brücken Live at the Scala
This Happened: Claudia Brücken Live at the Scala

Filmed at the Scala, London in 2011, Claudia Brucken, using the nucleus of her current Onetwo band, ...

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The Sparks Brothers
The Sparks Brothers

Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, ce...

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Tina Turner - My Songs. My Life
Tina Turner - My Songs. My Life

Hardly any other world star has left such a profound mark on people's hearts and on music history. T...

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The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

Forty years on from the release of the hit single by charity supergroup Band Aid, this documentary u...

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Synth Britannia
Synth Britannia

Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experime...

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Billy Mackenzie: The Glamour Chase
Billy Mackenzie: The Glamour Chase

The Glamour Chase is Andrew Miller's feature length 2000 documentary on the life of maverick Scottis...

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