Leon Ware(1940-2017)

Composer
Music Department
Soundtrack

Leon Ware was born on 16 February 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a composer, known for Bad Boys (1995), Broken Flowers (2005) and Tag (2018). He was married to Susaye Green and Carol. He died on 23 February 2017 in Marina del Rey, California, USA.

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Known for

Bad Boys

6.8

Soundtrack("Me Against the World")

1995

Broken Flowers

7.1

Soundtrack("I Want You")

2005

Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, and Hannibal Buress in Tag (2018)

Tag

6.5

Soundtrack("Check the Rhime")

2018

This Is Where I Leave You

6.6

Soundtrack("How Do U Want It")

2014

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Composer

Brandy: Who Is She 2 U
Music Video
- Composer
- 2004
Maxwell: Sumthin' Sumthin'
Music Video
- Composer
- 1997
2pac Feat. K-Ci & JoJo: How Do U Want It, Live
8.1
Music Video
- Composer
- 1996
2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo: How Do U Want It
7.9
Music Video
- Composer
- 1996
Madonna Feat. Massive Attack: I Want You
7.3
Music Video
- Composer
- 1995
Fourplay Feat. El DeBarge: After the Dance
Music Video
- Composer
- 1991
Robert Palmer: Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You
6.8
Music Video
- Composer
- 1990

Music Department

Soundtrack

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
6.0
- writer: "Check the Rhime"
- 2023
House Party
4.4
- writer: "Hey Mr. D.J. (Original Mix)"
- 2023
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
6.6
- writer: "Saving All My Love", "Far Enough"
- 2022
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
7.8
TV Series
- writer: "I Want You"
- 2022
The Janes
7.5
- writer: "Can't You Hear Me Callin'
- 2022
The Underground Railroad
7.4
TV Mini Series
- writer: "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (uncredited)
- 2021
Genius
8.2
TV Series
- writer: "I Want You" (uncredited)
- 2021
Pretend It's a City
8.0
TV Mini Series
- writer: "I Want You"
- 2021
Soul
8.0
- writer: "Check the Rhime"
- 2020
Tag
6.5
- writer: "Check the Rhime"
- 2018
The Defiant Ones
8.5
TV Mini Series
- writer: "I Want You"
- 2017
Battlefield: Hardline
6.6
Video Game
- writer: "Lyrics To Go (Dan The Automator Remix)"
- 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
7.0
TV Series
- writer: "I'm Gone"
- 2014
This Is Where I Leave You
6.6
- writer: "How Do U Want It"
- 2014
Quantum Love
6.2
- writer: "Inside My Love"
- 2014

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Born
- February 16, 1940
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died
- February 23, 2017
- Marina del Rey, California, USA(complications from prostate cancer)
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Trivia
He started out in the late 1960s as a songwriter for the Motown label, where he first began working with Marvin Gaye. His songs were also recorded by Michael Jackson, The Isley Brothers and Quincy Jones, among others. His work has been sampled by Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z and A Tribe Called Quest.