Person
Mervyn Warren
Sound · Born 1964-02-29 · Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Biography
Mervyn Edwin Warren (born February 29, 1964) is an American film composer, record producer, conductor, arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 10-time Grammy Award nominee. Warren has written the underscore and songs for many feature and television films. He has also written arrangements in a variety of musical styles for producers Quincy Jones, David Foster, Arif Mardin, and dozens of popular recording artists, including extensive work on Jones' Back on the Block, Q's Jook Joint, and Q: Soul Bossa Nostra.
Known for
A Walk to Remember
Pianist
Last Holiday
Smokey's Keyboard Player (uncredited)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Songs
Honey
Original Music Composer
The Wedding Planner
Original Music Composer
Steel
Original Music Composer
The Preacher's Wife
Pianist
A Raisin in the Sun
Songs
Joyful Noise
Pacashau Sacred Divinity Musician (Piano)
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
Filmography
- 2024LolaOriginal Music Composer
- 2021Mary J. Blige's My LifeMusic
- 2019From Zero to I Love YouPianist / Vocalist
- 2017Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball StoryExecutive Producer
- 2017Score: A Film Music DocumentarySelf
- 2013The Watsons Go to BirminghamOriginal Music Composer
- 2012Joyful NoisePacashau Sacred Divinity Musician (Piano)
- 2008A Raisin in the SunSongs
- 2006Wedding WarsOriginal Music Composer
- 2006Last HolidaySmokey's Keyboard Player (uncredited)
- 2003HoneyOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Marci XOriginal Music Composer
- 2002A Walk to RememberPianist
- 2001The Wedding PlannerOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Living Out LoudJasper's House Band's Pianist
- 1998Quincy Jones... The First 50 YearsSelf
- 1997SteelOriginal Music Composer
- 1996The Preacher's WifePianist
- 1996The Wharf RatMusic
- 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitSongs
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