Martyn Ware
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.
Known for
- Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
- The Sparks Brothers (2021)
- Punk Britannia (2012)
- Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music: A Musical History (2018)
- Stevie Wonder: A Musical History (2018)
- The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? (2024)
- Synth Britannia (2009)
- Big Gold Dream: Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream (2015)
- Tina Turner - My Songs. My Life (2024)
- This Happened: Claudia Brücken Live at the Scala (2012)
- When Tina Turner Came to Britain (2022)
- Fantastic Man (2014)
- Heaven 17 - At The Scala
- Heaven 17: Penthouse and Pavement - Live in Concert 2010