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Mervyn Warren

Mervyn Warren

Composer · Born February 29, 1964 (62) · Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 29, 1964 (62)
From
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Works as
Composer
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 38% in 30 days

What are Mervyn Warren's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 4 · Dark 2

Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

Gentle 5 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

Steady 8 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Casual 11 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
6
Tense
5
Melancholic
5
Joyful
4
Contemplative
3
Other
15

How their films end

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mervyn Warren's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Mervyn Warren's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

19 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Lola(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Tazmanian Devil(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • From Zero to I Love You(2019)

    as Pianist / Vocalist

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story(2018)

    Composer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Joyful Noise(2012)

    Composer · Songs · as Pacashau Sacred Divinity Musician (Piano)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • A Raisin in the Sun(2008)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Wedding Wars(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Last Holiday(2006)

    as Smokey's Keyboard Player (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Honey(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Marci X(2003)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • A Walk to Remember(2002)

    Composer · as Pianist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The Wedding Planner(2001)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Living Out Loud(1998)

    as Jasper's House Band's Pianist

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Steel(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • The Preacher's Wife(1996)

    as Pianist

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • The Wharf Rat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles from 1993 to 2024.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting6 of 18: 4 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thProducing1 of 18: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleMusic12 of 18: 7 only music, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thOther crew5 of 18: 1 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score44th

18 titles, 5 with more than one role — music and acting overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s5 · 2 acting · 3 crew2000s7 · 2 acting · 6 crew2010s4 · 2 acting · 3 crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Mervyn Warren's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Reviewers score the sound and music 65/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Mervyn Warren's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles20–41 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 28 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 19 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Mervyn Warren work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mervyn Warren's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kenny Leon shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers